VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — BonTerra Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BTR) (FRANKFURT: 9BR) (the "Company", "BonTerra") has received assays for holes 27, 28, 30 & 31 on the Eastern Extension property (the "Property") in Quebec. The highlight of these drill holes was BA-11-31 which assayed as high as 25.70 grams / tonne gold. The Property is situated 170km northeast of the gold mining city of Val d-Or, Quebec in the Abitibi Greenstone
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/19/11 — Kenai Resources Ltd. ("Kenai") (TSX VENTURE: KAI) is pleased to provide a further update on drilling at the Sao Chico gold project in north central Brazil. The drilling program currently underway at Sao Chico from core holes 11-SC-001 to 11-SC-005 has demonstrated that it is drilling into deeper zones which may be the source of the multiple parallel veins mined on the Sao Chico garimpo. Surface mining by garimpeiros was estim
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. (TSX VENTURE: UHO) (the "Corporation") has granted 350,000 options to a consultant. The options have an exercise price of $0.15 per common share, will expire and vest 1/3 per year for 3 years with the first 1/3 vesting on the date of grant. All option grants are subject to regulatory approval.United Hunter Oil & Gas Corp. is a Canadian based corporation with management experienced in the oil and gas
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: RVS)(OTCQX: RVREF)(PINK SHEETS: RVREF)(FRANKFURT: 3RV) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ryan Torvik as Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Mr. Torvik replaces Kerry Spong, who will continue to serve as Corporate Secretary of the Company.Mr. Torvik is a Canadian Chartered Accountant with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Saskatchewan. He completed his articling
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Velan Inc. (the "Corporation") (TSX: VLN) announced today that it has received approval of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX"), to proceed with a normal course issuer bid. Under the bid, the Corporation may purchase up to 100,000 Subordinate Voting Shares (the "Shares") of the Corporation, representing approximately 1.51% of the issued Shares of such class as at October 12, 2011. The average daily trading volume for t
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Aura Minerals Inc. (TSX: ORA) ("Aura Minerals" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James "Jim" M. Bannantine as President and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company effective immediately. Mr. Tom Ogryzlo will be stepping down as Interim CEO following a brief transition period and will remain a director of Aura Minerals.
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Passport Potash Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: PPI)(OTCQX: PPRTF) announces an update on the status of its NI 43-101 Technical Report ("Report"). As earlier announced the Report is being prepared by SRK Consulting (US) Inc. ("SRK"). SRK has advised that the Report should be finalized the last week of October 2011. Further, the Company has been informed that the Report will not include a current resourc
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Soldi Ventures Inc. (Soldi) (TSX VENTURE: SOV) reports that its proposed 10 hole (2,000 meter) drill program to be carried out on the Golden Bullet Project has been fully approved by the Ministry of Natural Resources in Newfoundland. The permitted locations will test the majority of the principal gold showings and prospects.Golden Bullet Project OverviewThe two primary licenses within this project are the Golden Bullet License and the
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/18/11 — Fancamp Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: FNC) is pleased to provide the first assay results from the Company-s drill programme on the 100% owned and previously undrilled Lac Lamelee South Project, which is located about 15 km west of ArcelorMittal-s Fire Lake Mine. The three holes reported cover some 300 metres strike length (The Tanguay Zone) on the west end of the 2.4 km long Lamelee Ridge underlain by the hematite/magnetite iron forma