TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS) announced today that it has declared a dividend in the amount of Cdn$0.35 per share on its common shares, payable on June 14, 2013 to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 24, 2013.Russel Metals is one of the largest metals distribution companies in North America. It carries on business in three metals distribution segments: metals service centers, energy products and steel distributors, under vario
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Russel Metals Inc. (TSX: RUS) today announced first quarter 2013 earnings of $22 million, or $0.36 per share on revenues of $822 million. These results compare to the earnings of $33 million or $0.55 per share on revenues of $803 million in the same quarter last year and are above the fourth quarter 2012 earnings of $0.34 per share.Revenues in our metals service center segment decreased 16% to $359 million in the first quarter of 2013 compared t
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX: ARZ)(NYSE MKT: AZK) ("Aurizon" or the "Company") reports that during a routine evening inspection of the tailing ponds on Wednesday, May 1, 2013, at the Casa Berardi Mine, located approximately 95 kilometres north of the town of La Sarre, in the Abitibi region of northwestern Quebec, it was discovered that there was a breach of an internal tailings dyke which resulted in a surge of liquids
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Augustine Ventures Inc. (CNSX: WAW) ("Augustine" or the "Company") announces Board approval of amendments to its by-laws to include advance notice provisions, the purpose of which is to require that advance notice be provided to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors of the Company are made by shareholders other than pursuant to the requisition of a meeting or a shareh
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Zincore Metals Inc. (TSX: ZNC)(LMA: ZNC) ("Zincore", the "Company") is pleased to report that all of the nominees listed in its information circular dated March 28, 2013 were elected as Directors of Zincore at the Company-s annual general meeting of shareholders held in Vancouver, Tuesday, April 30, 2013.The detailed results of the vote by ballot are listed below.About ZincoreZincore is a Vancouver-based mineral ex
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — North American Nickel Inc. (TSX VENTURE: NAN)(OTCBB: WSCRF) (CUSIP: 65704T 108) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has awarded a drill contract to Westcore Drilling from Salmo, British Columbia for the Company-s 2013 summer drill program on their 100% owned Maniitsoq property. The program is scheduled to begin in June, 2013.A minimum of 3,000 meters is planned to extend high grade nickel-copper-platinum group su
MOSCOW, RUSSIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Maxim Finskiy ("Finskiy"), 22 Tverskaya, Ulitsa, Moscow 125009, Russia, announces that, pursuant to a private placement financing (the "Private Placement"), he acquired, through a company wholly-owned by him, beneficial ownership of and/or control or direction over 5,000,000 common shares (the "Acquired Shares") of Red Tiger Mining Inc. ("Red Tiger"). Finskiy paid CDN$0.10 per Red Tiger common share pursuant
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — Valterra Resource Corporation (TSX VENTURE: VQA)(FRANKFURT: 3VA) reports that a new +1km-long, NE-trending series of anomalous graphite samples, recently compiled from the Bobcaygeon Graphite Project in Southern Ontario, defines an open-ended, graphite-enriched corridor located approximately 1.5km north of the Discovery Zone (to see compilation map please click the following link: ).In November 2012, a total of 67 surface grab/chip sa
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — ASHBURTON VENTURES INC. (TSX VENTURE: ABR)(FRANKFURT: ARB) ("Ashburton" or the "Company") announces today it has acquired a 100% interest in mineral tenures adjacent to the Colorado Resources Ltd. North Rok property located near Iskut, B.C. Colorado Resources recently announced a drill hole intercept of 333 meters (from 2-335m) averaging 0.5% Cu and 0.67 g/t Au (see Colorado Resources news release, April 25th,2013)
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 05/02/13 — American Bonanza Gold Corp. (TSX: BZA)(OTCQX: ABGFF) ("Bonanza" or "Company") announced today that its board of directors (the "Board") has adopted an advance notice policy (the "Policy") which includes, among other things, a provision that requires advance notice be given to the Company in circumstances where nominations of persons for election to the Board are made by shareholders of the Compa
