MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Orbite Aluminae Inc. (TSX: ORT) (the "Orbite") announces that it today launched construction for the conversion of its high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in Cap-Chat, in the Gaspe region. Attending the ground-breaking ceremony, in addition to a number of key Gaspe stakeholders, was Dr. Yves Bolduc, Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister Responsible for Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine.This transition "f
CAP-CHAT, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Dr. Yves Bolduc, Minister of Health and Social Services and Minister responsible for the Gaspesie-Iles-de-la-Madeleine region and Bas-Saint-Laurent region, on behalf of Sam Hamad, Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, today attended the ground-breaking ceremony marking the launch of construction to convert the existing Orbite Aluminae Inc. pilot plant to a high-purity alumina processing plant. The project is valued at mor
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Lakeland Mills has temporarily closed its planer mill and shut down its district energy system as a precautionary measure. The action was taken as a result of monitoring that found unusually high levels of methane gas at the Lakeland Mills site.A media teleconference will be held this morning at 11:45 a.m. PDT to provide details on Lakeland-s response to this issue. Greg Stewart, president of Sinclar Group Forest Products, of which
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Hunter Bay Minerals plc ("Hunter Bay") (TSX VENTURE: HBY)(OTCQX: HTBNF) is pleased to announce that its board of directors have approved a proposed private placement offering of up to 10,000,000 units at a price of $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,000,000 (the "Offering"). Each unit will consist of one ordinary share ("Share") and one-half of one share purchase warrant ("Warrant"), with each wh
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Candente Copper Corp. (TSX: DNT)(PINKSHEETS: CCOXF)(LMA: DNT) ("Candente Copper" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that a General Assembly ("Asamblea General") has been called for July 8th, 2012 to provide the opportunity for registered voters of the Community of San Juan de Kanaris to vote on Candente-s proposal for a three year surface access agreement for its Canariaco project.Candente recently a
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Adriana Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: ADI) ("Adriana" or the "Company") announces that it has granted options to certain directors of the Company entitling them to purchase an aggregate of 600,000 common shares of the Company, pursuant to the Company-s Share Option Plan approved by the shareholders. Each option entitles the holder thereof to purchase one common share at a price of $0.68 per share for a period of five years subj
MONTREAL, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — On its porphyry type 33 CARATS gold project located NW of the Eastmain gold mine some 315 kilometers north of the town of Chibougamau, DIOS EXPLORATION (TSX VENTURE: DOS) plans to shortly start mapping and prospecting the tonalitic phase of the Erasme Lake pluton. The Otish Mountains road which will go to the diamond Renard deposit passes less than one to two kilometers east of the sector targeted by DIOS. In 2011, many tonalite boulders returned
Tests Show Recoveries at 96% Zinc, 80% Copper, 75% Lead and 68% Silver
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — Strait Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: SRD) is pleased to report results of its annual meeting of shareholders held June 21, 2012. All of the resolutions on the agenda presented to shareholders were approved: appointment of auditors, election of directors nominated by management, change of name of the Company, and ratification of the Company-s stock option plan.Management proposed a change of name to Strait Minerals Inc. to better reflect the Comp
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 06/22/12 — This news release contains forward-looking information that is subject to the risk factors and assumptions set out on page 2 and in our Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Information on page 2.Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) announced that the Kyrgyz Parliament held a session today to discuss a report released on June 18, 2012 by a Parliamentary Commission regarding Centerra-s Kumtor gold project. The Commission was established to review Kumto
