VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Alpha Minerals Inc. ("Alpha" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: AMW), and its Joint Venture partner Acme Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ARI) (formerly International KRL Corp.) are pleased to announce results from a detailed study of assessment reports covering the former Cluff Lake Mining Lease of Areva and the adjacent area of the Skull Lake JV claim S-107579. The claim straddles the margin of the Carswell Impact Struc
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Bravada Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: BVA)(FRANKFURT: BRT) ("Bravada" or the "Company") announced today that Argonaut Gold Inc. (AR.T, "Argonaut") has elected to relinquish its option to purchase the Company-s Wind Mountain gold and silver property, located in northwestern Nevada and, accordingly, Bravada holds an unencumbered 100% ownership of the property subject to a 2% NSR payable to the Vendor of th
KEARNEY, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Ontario Graphite Ltd. today announced that the Ontario Ministry of the Environment has approved all final operating permits for the re-commissioning of the Kearney Graphite Mine, located in Kearney, Ontario, Canada. The company is now fully permitted and has all required approvals from the Ontario government to begin operation at the mine. Since 2011, the Ontario Graphite team has worked with the Ontario government and local aboriginal communiti
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Pacific Ridge Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: PEX) ("Pacific Ridge" or the "Company") has entered into an agreement with Shawn Ryan and Wildwood Exploration Inc. (the "Vendors") whereby Pacific Ridge has the right to earn a 100% interest in the King Solomon Gold property, comprising 331 claims (6,700 ha – the "Property") located in the heart of the Yukon-s famous Klondike Gold District. The King
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Salazar Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: SRL)(FRANKFURT: CCG) (the "Company") On March 26, 2013 the Company announced an investment and participation agreement (the "Agreement") with Urion Mining International BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trafigura Beheer B.V. (together referred to as "Urion"), a privately held international commodity trading and logistics company. Pursuant to the Agreement, Urion subscri
SAO PAULO, BRAZIL — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Brazil Minerals, Inc. (OTCQB: BMIX) ("Brazil Minerals" or "BMIX"), a precious minerals producer with resources and assets in Brazil, announced that it has added gold revenues to its diamond operations and acquired a majority ownership stake in Mineração Duas Barras Ltda. ("Duas Barras"), a Brazilian diamond and gold producing mining company.On April 30, 2013, BMIX and Brazil Mining, Inc. ("Brazil
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Valterra Resource Corporation (TSX VENTURE: VQA)(FRANKFURT: 3VA) reports that metallurgical results from continued testing on the +20kg Discovery Zone trench sample from the Bobcaygeon Graphite Project in southern Ontario has produced an ultra-high-purity, fine-flake graphite concentrate of 99.97% C by LOI method.This new analysis represents further refinement and a more robust analytical method compared to an earlier reported result
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Baja Mining Corp. ("Baja") (TSX: BAJ)(OTCQB: BAJFF) has been informed by Minera y Metalurgica del Boleo, S.A.P.I. de C.V. ("MMB") that on May 10, 2013, Korea Resources Corporation ("KORES") contributed an additional US$65 million in construction funding to MMB.This latest funding completes the second of the three committed pro rata contributions of the Phase II Funding requirement to further advance the c
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT)(OTCQX: EORBF) ("Orbite" or the "Company") announces that the Convertible Debentures (the "Debentures") issued in December 2012, will begin trading today.Convertible DebenturesThe Debentures will begin trading today at the market open on the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") under the symbol ORT.DB (see TSX Bulletin 2013 0468).On December 13, 2012, Orbite announced the completio
QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 05/13/13 — Clifton Star Resources Inc. ("CFO" or "Clifton") (TSX VENTURE: CFO)(FRANKFURT: C3T) is pleased to announce the assay results for the first 15 drill holes from its 2013 drill program at its Duparquet Project in Quebec-s Abitibi region.Clifton Star continues to obtain significant assay results from delineation holes within the limits of the current pit shells as well as from exploration holes outside of the pit shells. The po
