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Wealth Minerals Arranges $1,100,000 Loan 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — Wealth Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: WML)(OTCQX: WMLLF)(FRANKFURT: EJZ) (the "Company" or "Wealth") announces that it has arranged loans in the aggregate amount of $1,100,000 from a number of individual lenders.The loans each have a term of one year from the date of the advance of funds, are unsecured, and bear interest at a rate of 5% per annum. Interest is payable upon repayment of the loan. As a bonus for making th

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NEWSMAX Analysis Adds Weight to Quantum-s U.S. Rare Earth Findings as Strategic Asset vs. Chinese Imports 0

Rare Earth in Nebraska Has the Potential to Change U.S. Dependency on China

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Nautilus Awarded Exploration Tenements in Eastern Pacific 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — Nautilus Minerals- (TSX: NUS)(AIM: NUS) Tongan subsidiary, Tonga Offshore Mining Ltd. ("TOML"), has become one of the first private sector organizations to be granted exploration licences in the highly prospective Clarion Clipperton Zone ("CCZ") of the Eastern Pacific.Sponsored by the Tongan Government, TOML has been granted approximately 75,000 km(2) of prime exploration territory in the CCZ, which lies in internat

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Re-Issuance: Canadian Orebodies Commences Drilling on the Potential Large Tonnage Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — The following is a re-issuance of the press release sent out on July 21, at 4:00pm. Canadian Orebodies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CO) ("Orebodies") is pleased to announce that it has commenced drilling on Orebodies Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project, located on the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada (the "Property").Orebodies commenced exploration on the Property utilizing 3 diamond drills, with plans for the drilling to continue into Septembe

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North Bay Resources Inc. (NBRI): USCIS Approves Ruby Gold Project $7.5M EB-5 Funding Facility 0

SKIPPACK, PA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — North Bay Resources Inc. (OTCBB: NBRI) ("North Bay" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Northern California Regional Center, LLC ("NCRC"), has received an approval letter from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services ("USCIS") for the expansion of its geographical area and the pre-approval of North Bay-s Ruby Gold Project in Sierra County, California as a qualified EB-5 project, thereby

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Williams Creek Gold Limited Reports on Annual General Meeting and Announces Phase II Exploration Program on its Barkerville Properties 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — Williams Creek Gold Limited (TSX VENTURE: WCX) ("Williams Creek" or "the Company") is pleased to report on its Annual General Meeting held on July 14, 2011 in Vancouver. The matters brought before shareholders were approval of the Company-s Stock Option Plan, setting of the Board of Directors, and selection of the Company-s auditors for the coming fiscal year. 49,493,190 out of 109,057,249 shares outstanding were vo

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BE Resources Inc. Announces Remaining Assay Results from Drilling Program at the Warm Springs Beryllium & Rare Earth Project 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — BE Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BER) (the "Company") announces the remaining assay results from its drilling program to date at its Warm Springs project in New Mexico. This news release taken together with the news releases of December 2, 2010, March 29, 2011 and April 26, 2011, disclose the results of all drilling completed by the Company to date at the Warm Springs project, which commenced in September 2010.Of the holes drilled to dat

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Release of Loan Guarantees Provided by China National Gold 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd. (TSX: CGG)(SEHK: 2099) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that as of June 1, 2011 the project lenders (Agriculture Bank of China, Bank of China, and a syndicate of banks comprised of the Bank of China, China Development Bank, and Agriculture Bank of China) for the Company-s RMB 1.74 billion (US$254.51million) loan facilities have agreed to release China National Gold Group Cor

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AngloGold Ashanti to Acquire Interest in First Uranium From Village Main Reef 0

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — (Marketwire) — 07/22/11 — AngloGold Ashanti Limited
("AngloGold Ashanti") (NYSE: AU) has entered into an agreement to acquire
ownership over the 47,065,916 shares in First Uranium Corporation ("First
Uranium") held by Village Main Reef Limited ("Village"), which equates to a
19.79% interest in First Uranium, for CAD0.60 per share (ZAR4.3569 per
share or USD0.64 per share) representing aggregate consideration of
approximately CAD28 mi

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Prophecy Platinum Files Wellgreen Mineral Resource Technical Report and Sets Investor Conference Call for Monday, July 25 at 1:30 pm EST 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/21/11 — Prophecy Platinum Corp. ("Prophecy Platinum" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NKL)(PINK SHEETS: PNIKD)(FRANKFURT: P94P) announces it has filed on SEDAR, the independent National Instrument (NI) 43-101 compliant report prepared by Todd McCracken, P. Geo. of Wardrop Engineering Inc., a Tetra Tech Company, relating to a mineral resource estimate for its Wellgreen PGE-Ni-Cu property located in the Yukon Territory, Canada

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