TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Orvana Minerals Corp. (TSX: ORV), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Empresa Minera Paititi ("EMIPA"), provides updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101-compliant resource and reserve estimates for its Don Mario UMZ copper-gold-silver mine operations in Bolivia. During 2012, EMIPA made significant changes to the mining and processing aspects of the operation thus warranting an update.The updated NI 43-101-compliant resource
LONGUEUIL, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Reunion Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: RGD) ("Reunion or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on its exploration activities at the Matthews Ridge manganese project in Guyana, South America.The Company has concluded its planned exploration program for 2012, completing a total of 47,570 meters of diamond drilling in 735 holes, 17,361 meters of reverse circulation drilling in 283 holes, 217 meters of Banka drilling in 119 h
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Kaminak Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: KAM) today announced the maiden National Instrument 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate on the Coffee Gold Project, Yukon, Canada, of 64 million tonnes grading at 1.56 grams per tonne gold ("g/t Au") for 3,236,000 ounces of gold at a base case cut-off of 0.5g/t Au for Oxide and Transitional material and a 1g/t Au cut-off for Sulphide material. The Company presently has C$16 million in cash
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX: NCU) ("Nevada Copper") announces that it has SEDAR-filed its National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report Feasibility Study ("Feasibility Study") for its 100% owned Pumpkin Hollow Copper project located near Yerington, Nevada. The report is available at . The Feasibility Study confirms the technical and financial viability of constructing and operating an underground Stage 1 mine development
CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Champion Bear Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CBA) ("Champion Bear" or the "Company") has granted options to acquire an aggregate of 730,000 common shares of Champion Bear to certain of the directors and a service provider of the Company (at an exercise price of $0.12 per share until December 12, 2017). 510,000 options were allocated to the Company-s President and 220,000 were allocated to another director and to a service provid
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — (All dollar amounts in this news release are expressed in Australian dollars unless otherwise indicated.)Cerro Resources NL ("Cerro") (ASX: CJO)(TSX VENTURE: CJO) today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement (the "Agreement") with Primero Mining Corp. ("Primero") (TSX: P)(NYSE: PPP) aimed at progressing the planned Cerro del Gallo gold/silver heap leach mine in Mexico, under which:The Share Arrangem
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — CADAN RESOURCES CORPORATION (TSX VENTURE: CXD)(FRANKFURT: RFU1) ("Cadan" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company-s Philippines affiliate, Tribal Mining Corporation (TMC), has poured its first gold since the approval to commence commercial production at the T-Boli gold-silver mine (Company News Release October 18, 2012).The first gold bars were poured at the TMC owned carbon-in-leach (CIL) processin
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Columbus Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CGT) ("Columbus Gold") is pleased to announce results of the final drill hole MO 12-99 of its recently completed Phase I drilling program at the Montagne d-Or gold deposit on its 100% owned Paul Isnard Project in French Guiana. The Phase I drilling program consisted of 45 diamond core holes totaling 15,824 metres. Drill hole MO 12-99 was a step-out hole, located 150 meters west of the e
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Magellan Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MNM)(OTCQX: MAGNF) ("Magellan") is pleased to announce that it has negotiated a non-brokered private placement financing of 6,670,000 units (the "Units") of Magellan at a price of $0.30 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $2,001,000. Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of a share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one additional common share at a
CALGARY, ALBERTA — (Marketwire) — 12/13/12 — Manson Creek Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: MCK) (-Manson Creek-) is pleased to announce the receipt of the remaining channel sample results from the fall exploration program on the Up Town Gold project in the Northwest Territories. The Company is encouraged with the Fox South sample results that outline an open-ended shear and alteration zone extending for over 470 meters. The widespread gold and silver mineralization occurs in the shadow of the h
