MAPLE GROVE, MN — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Affinity Gold Corp. (OTC PINK: AFYG) ("Affinity" or "the Company") is pleased to announce it has entered into a Letter of Intent with Colombia Crest Gold Corp. ("Colombia Crest") (TSX VENTURE: CLB) (OTC PINK: ECRTF) (FRANKFURT: EAT) giving Colombia Crest the right to earn a 30% interest in Affinity-s Peruvian gold-silver project, Machacala, in exchange for an investment of one million five hundred thousand dollars (US
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Colombia Crest Gold Corp. ("Colombia Crest"; the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: CLB)(PINKSHEETS: ECRTF)(FRANKFURT: EAT) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent with Affinity Gold Corp. (OTC: AFYG) to earn a 30% interest in its Peruvian gold-silver project, Machacala. Machacala is located in a mining-friendly area near Trujillo, Peru and the project has had extensive exploration and mining activity co
TORONTO, ONTARIO and STORRS, CONNECTICUT — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — POET Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: PTK)(OTCQX: POETF) ("the Company") – developer of the proprietary planar-optoelectronic technology ("POET") platform for monolithic fabrication of integrated electronic and optical devices on a single semiconductor wafer – announced today that its Board of Directors have endorsed the next phases of the Company-s commercialization plan put forward by the Special Stra
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Oroco Resource Corp. ("Oroco") (TSX VENTURE: OCO)(FRANKFURT: OR6) announces that they have agreed to extend the closing of Goldgroup Mining Inc.-s acquisition of the Cerro Prieto project (the "Cerro Prieto project") to August 30, 2013.Goldgroup has made a further deposit of US $40,000 to Oroco, in addition to the US $100,000 deposited on July 15, 2013, which will be applied against the US $4.5 million initial payme
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Intrepid Mines Limited ("Intrepid", the "Company") (TSX: IAU)(ASX: IAU) advises that it has become aware of comments in The Australian newspaper this morning (16 August 2013) stating that the Company had sought access to the data room of Finders Resources Limited.As advised in the Company Update issued on 8 August 2013, Intrepid is actively pursuing new investment opportunities. In this regard, the Company has signed and w
THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Benton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: BEX) ("Benton" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has executed an option agreement (the "Agreement") with Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (TSX: PTM) ("PTM") on the Company-s recently acquired Mealy copper-nickel-platinum-palladium project (the "Project") in Labrador. The Agreement allows PTM to earn a 71% interest in the Project by paying the Compa
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Scorpio Gold Corporation ("Scorpio Gold" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SGN) reports on the mineral resource study prepared by Telesto Nevada Inc. ("Telesto") on five satellite deposits at the 70% owned Mineral Ridge Project, located in Nevada.Mineral resource estimates were prepared on four of five deposits using drilling data available up to June 1, 2013. All of the deposits lie to the west and southwe
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — Lithium Americas Corp. (TSX: LAC) ("Lithium Americas" or the "Company") announces that, as previously filed on SEDAR on June 28, 2013, each of the 8 nominees in the Management Information Circular dated May 24, 2013 were elected as directors of the Company at the annual and special meeting of shareholders held on June 25, 2013.Based on the ballot conducted at the meeting, the following individuals were elected as directors of
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — NexGen Energy Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NXE) ("NexGen" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has commenced a two drill, 3,000 meter program on the Rook I project. The Rook I project is immediately adjacent to, and on trend, northeast from Fission/Alpha-s recent high-grade uranium discoveries on their Patterson Lake South project.Detailed geophysical surveys of the Rook I project have included aerial VTEM and ma
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 08/16/13 — AQM Copper Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AQM)(BVL: AQM) ("AQM " or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of the transaction with Mitsubishi Materials Corporation ("MMC") as announced in the Company-s press release of July 2, 2013. MMC has invested US$22.60 million and committed an additional US$15.07 million to acquire a 40% interest in the Company-s Peruvian subsidiary Minera AQM Copper Peru S.A.C. (
