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Critical Elements Reports Positive Optimization Metallurgical Test Results With Lithium Recoveries of Up to 91.9% at Grades of Up to 6.43% Li2O 0

MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CRE)(OTCQX: CRECF) (FRANKFURT: F12) is pleased to report the latest results of the optimization metallurgical program underway at SGS Canada Inc. (Lakefield) for its Rose deposit in James Bay, Quebec.The program has resulted in the successful optimization of recovery rates and grades of Li2O in the concentrate, with an average recovery of 90.88% at 6.20% Li2O in batch flotation tests (see table below),

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Starcore International Mines Ltd.: Corporate Update 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Having just announced its debt-free status after repaying the outstanding amount of $3.86 million on its credit facility (see news release of September 3, 2013), Starcore International Mines Ltd. (TSX: SAM) (the "Company") reports on the current status of the Company:About StarcoreStarcore is engaged in exploring, extracting and processing gold and silver through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Compania Minera Pena de Bernal, S

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Canada Carbon Secures Surface Access Rights for Its Miller Hydrothermal Lump-Vein Graphite Property 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Canada Carbon Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: CCB) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a surface access agreement (the "Agreement") with two landholders who are affiliated with each other (collectively, the "Landholder") in respect to its Miller Hydrothermal Lump-Vein Graphite Property ("Miller"). The Agreement provides the Company with surface access for an initial period of five

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Teck Announces Exercise of Strait Minerals Warrants 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A, TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) ("Teck") announced that it has exercised 3,000,000 warrants to purchase 3,000,000 common shares of Strait Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SRD) ("Strait"), at a cost of $0.12 per common share.Following the exercise, Teck directly holds 9,000,000 common shares of Strait, representing approximately 14.9% of the outstanding common shares of Strait.Strait is a Canadian m

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Strait Issues Shares for Warrant Exercise, Prepares to Resume Drilling at Alicia 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Strait Minerals Inc. ("Strait" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: SRD) is pleased to report that Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has exercised 3,000,000 warrants to purchase 3,000,000 common shares of Strait at $0.12 per share for net proceeds to Strait of $360,000. Teck now directly holds 9,000,000 common shares of Strait, representing approximately 14.9% of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.&quo

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Metanor Produces a New Record of 4,312 Ounces in August 0

VAL-D-OR, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Ressources Metanor Inc. ("Metanor") (TSX VENTURE: MTO) is pleased to provide this update on the development activities underway at its Bachelor project.Metanor produced 4,312 ounces of gold during the month of August. The ounces produced in August came from development and stope ores for a total of 21,340 tonnes of ore at a feed grade of 6.46 grams / tonne with a 97.3% recovery. The average grade went up in August due to the commenceme

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Monarques Proceeds to the Acquisition of 4 More Gold Properties in Val-d-Or 0

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — MONARQUES RESOURCES INC. ("Monarques" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: MQR)(FRANKFURT: MR7) is pleased to announce the acquisition of 4 other properties belonging to X-Ore, a subsidiary of Blue Note Mining ("Blue Note") in the gold-bearing sector of Val-d-Or: the Tex-Sol, Belcourt, Lac Tavernier and Bel-Rive properties. They cover a total area of 43 km2, which adds up to the 69 km2 of the other properties recentl

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Mediterranean Resources Announces Further Sampling at Its Tac Deposit Including 31.1 g/t Au Over Five Metres 0

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Mediterranean Resources Ltd. (TSX: MNR)(FRANKFURT: MHM1) ("Mediterranean") is pleased to announce results from rock chip (RC) sampling in the northern sector of its Tac deposit.Surface sampling activities were performed during spring/summer 2013 over an area of approximately 12.5 hectares. Of these the most exceptional was an assay of 31.1 g/t Au, obtained in a 5-metre sample taken. Mineralization occurs in zones of pervasiv

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Quest Produces Separate Heavy and Light Rare Earth Concentrates from Strange Lake B-Zone Deposit 0

TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Quest Rare Minerals Ltd. (TSX: QRM)(NYSE MKT: QRM) is pleased to announce that it has produced a heavy rare earth plus yttrium (HREE+Y) concentrate with a purity level of approximately 84% from Quest-s metallurgical test work, of which 75% is composed of yttrium oxide. Quest anticipates that further improvements in product quality and recoveries will be made. Quest has also successfully produced a separate light rare earth (LREE) concentrate, an

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Revett Minerals Inc. Troy Mine Update 0

SPOKANE VALLEY, WASHINGTON — (Marketwired) — 09/05/13 — Revett Minerals Inc. (NYSE MKT: RVM)(TSX: RVM) is pleased to provide a status update on efforts to re-establish access to mining areas in the A and C Beds via the Lower Quartzite haulage route at its Troy Mine in northwest Montana.Since the suspension of underground activities in December 2012, Revett has continued to monitor conditions underground and has undertaken efforts to identify a viable and safe route back into the previously

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