TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Ferrum Americas Mining Inc., (TSX VENTURE: FEM) ("Ferrum" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the receipt of positive results from preliminary magnetic separation metallurgical test work on the Company-s Cerro Rojo iron ore project, located in eastern Bolivia, approximately 55 kilometres west of Puerto Suarez and the Hidrovia River system near Corumba, Brazil.Samples totalling 157 kilograms were collected from four surfac
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — San Marco Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SMN) has completed its non-brokered unit private placement announced December 16, 2011. The private placement was oversubscribed and a total of 5,176,250 units at $0.10 per unit were issued in two tranches for gross proceeds of $517,625. The shares, including any shares issued on exercise of the warrants and as finder-s fees, are subject to transfer restrictions until April 24, 2012 (first tranche
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Focus Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE: FMS)(OTCQX: FCSMF)(FRANKFURT: FKC) (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has filed on SEDAR a NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report on a mineral resource estimate at the Company-s 100% owned Lac Knife, Quebec Project near Fermont, Quebec. The graphite mineral resource estimate was prepared by Edward Lyons, P. Geo. and Guy Saucier, Eng., independent Qualified Persons of Roche Ltd. ("Roche"
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Galore Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: GRI) announces the acquisition of surface rights to 110 hectares of privately owned land known as Rancho Duraznillo that cover an important portion of the Dos Santos project Los Gemelos gold target.Galore-s Dos Santos project in Zacatecas, Mexico, now holds, through the wholly-owned Mexico subsidiary Minerales Galore S.A. de C.V., 15,143 hectares of mineral rights. For these mineral rights, there are
TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Titan Resources International Corp. (PINKSHEETS: TNRI) is pleased to announce that is has signed an LOI to expand its presence in a prolific British Colombia mine situated close to New Denver, BC.The Company has entered into an LOI to acquire up to 75% of several contiguous mining claims of a highly recognized property. Historically speaking, approximately 500,000 tonnes of ore have been extracted from this region over the last century. Our research in th
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — GEONOVUS MINERALS CORP. (TSX VENTURE: GNM) ("GeoNovus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce completion of its geophysical program for the Red Hills porphyry copper property in south central Arizona. The Company engaged Zonge International, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) to conduct induced polarization (IP) surveys over the property, with emphasis on an area where previous drill testing of an anomaly identified by a Tita
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Entourage Metals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: EMT) (the "Company") announced today that as a result of encouraging drill results the Company is accelerating the drill program by mobilizing a second diamond drill rig to its Black Raven high-grade Gold Project, located in the Hemlo Greenstone Belt of Northern Ontario.Entourage is planning an aggressive drill program to follow-up on the recent new gold discoveries made at Black Raven. Hig
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Full Metal Zinc Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: FZ) (the "Company" or "Full Metal Zinc") is pleased to announce that Mr. David Petroff has been appointed to the Board of Directors.Mr. Petroff was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of zinc producer Breakwater Resources. Mr. Petroff oversaw the sale of Breakwater Resources for over $660 million in August 2011. Prior to joining Breakwater, Mr. Petroff spent over 25
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its VPG On-Board Weighing division has expanded its offering to include TruckWeigh, a new overload monitoring and payload maximization system for medium- and high-capacity vehicles greater than 8.3 tons (7.5 metric tons). Designed for easy installation, TruckWeigh is the industry-s first such system with a low-weight construction to maximize payload capacity, and solid-state axle deflection
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Finning International Inc. ("Finning") (TSX: FTT) announced today that it completed a US private placement of US $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the "Notes"). The sale of Notes is comprised of two series: the U.S. $100,000,000 3.98% Senior Notes, Series A, due January 19, 2022 ("Series A Notes") and the U.S. $100,000,000 4.08% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 19, 2024
