VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation (TSX VENTURE: AME) ("Abacus" or the "Company") has applied to the TSX Venture Exchange (the "Exchange") to extend the expiry date of previously issued warrants of the Company ("Warrants") by a further six (6) months.The Warrants were issued pursuant to a non-brokered private placement unit offering completed on March 14, 2012. Each Warrant is exercisabl
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — SIRIOS RESOURCES INC. (TSX VENTURE: SOI) completed a first closing of a non-brokered private placement with accredited investors as previously announced. An amount of $175,600 was subscribed, composed of 798,181 shares and the same number of warrants. A director of the Company subscribed for an amount of $25,000. There will be a hold period of four months on all securities issued under this financing.The placement consists of 2 727 273 units of S
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Sage Gold (TSX VENTURE: SGX) ("the Company") is pleased to announce the results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA or the Study") for the Clavos Gold deposit located east of Timmins, Ontario.The Company commissioned Mr. Robert Ritchie P.Eng, (Ontario & Manitoba), an independent engineer, on behalf of the Clavos Joint Venture Committee (60% Sage- 40% St Andrew Goldfields Ltd TSX-SAS), to prepare an independent Techn
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Augustine Ventures Inc. (CNSX: WAW) ("Augustine" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed on a non-brokered private placement of 1,200,000 Flow-Through Units at the price of $0.10 per unit for gross proceeds of $120,000. Each Flow-Through Unit consists of one flow through common share and one half Warrant.Each whole Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of Augustine at an exercise price of
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Gowest Gold Ltd. ("Gowest" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: GWA)(OTCBB: GWSAF) announces that a total of 2,550,000 options to purchase common shares of the Company were granted on March 1, 2013 to directors, officers and consultants at an exercise price of $0.12 per share, expiring on March 1, 2018. The grant is subject is subject to regulatory approval.Gowest also announces that it intends to issue, subject to TSX Venture Exch
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Rye Patch Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: RPM)(OTCQX: RPMGF)(FRANKFURT: 5TN) (the "Company" or "Rye Patch") is please to announce the results of its fall 2012 drilling and exploration program on the Patty project located in Eureka County, Nevada.HIGHLIGHTS:The Patty project is an early-stage property located along the structural projection of the prolific and highly prospective Cortez trend. The 2012 drilling campaign focu
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Tirex Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: TXX) is pleased to announce that it has increased the amount of the private placement announced on February 20, 2013. Due to the financing being over-subscribed, Tirex will issue an additional 200,000 common shares at a price of $0.50 per share for additional proceeds of $100,000. Finder-s fees may be payable in connection with the additional placement.This increase is subject to receipt of applicable
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Seafield Resources Ltd. ("Seafield" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: SFF) and RMB Australia Holdings Limited ("RMB") are pleased to announce Seafield has made an initial drawdown of $3.3 million from the $16.5 million loan facility (the "Facility") with RMB. The Facility was arranged by RMB Resources Inc., a resources financing business within the FirstRand Group of South Africa (FSR: SJ). Details of the fac
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Leo Mining and Exploration Limited ("Leominex") is pleased to announce that it has acquired 4,285,715 units (the "Units") of Mkango Resources Ltd. ("Mkango") on a non-brokered private placement basis at a price per Unit of C$0.175 and for an aggregate subscription price of C$750,000. Each Unit consists of one common share (a "Common Share") and one-half of one common share purchase warrant of Mkango
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 03/01/13 — Gildan Activewear Inc. (TSX: GIL)(NYSE: GIL) announced that Laurence G. Sellyn, Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer, will present an overview of the Company-s business and growth strategy at the Raymond James 34th Annual Institutional Investors Conference, in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at 11:00 AM ET. Mr. Sellyn will also be presenting at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Consumer & Reta