VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) today announced that it has temporarily suspended normal operations at its Guelb Moghrein copper-gold mine in Mauritania due to illegal strike action by some unionized employees.The Company continues to work through a government-facilitated mediation process to achieve a resolution to the illegal strike and will update stakeholders as
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Cadman Resources Inc. (CNSX: CUZ) (the "Company") announces that the Company is currently in negotiations with Shenba Resources Holdings Limited ("Shenba"), a Hong Kong based company with an option to develop the Mbozi Copper Project (the "Project") in Tanzania. The Project consists of two Prospect Licenses for two adjacent concessions totaling 232.86 km2. The Project is located in the Mbozi District of the Mbeya Reg
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Forum Uranium Corp. (TSX VENTURE: FDC) is pleased to announce that mineralogical and petrographic studies on Forum-s property option from Aurizon Mines Ltd. by the Saskatchewan Research Council has confirmed the first reported occurrence of the heavy rare earth bearing mineral eudialyte in this region outside of Matamec-s Kipawa heavy rare earth deposit in Quebec. Samples from five boulders and one subcrop taken on Forum-s mineral clai
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Lara Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: LRA), is pleased to report that it-s partner, Network Exploration Ltd. ("Network"), has signed a Community Agreement with the authorities from the Fundicion and Jesus Maria communities in Peru-s Moquegua District, for the further exploration of the Company-s Picha Copper-Silver Project. This agreement is a critical part of the permitting process required by Peru-s Ministry of Energy and Min
PERTH, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Bannerman Resources Limited (ASX: BMN)(TSX: BAN)(NAMIBIAN: BMN) ("Bannerman" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that its Namibian subsidiary has received environmental approval for the Etango Uranium Project from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism. This complements the environmental approval received last year for the Etango Project-s off-site infrastructure.The latest approval follows completion of the Eta
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Taipan Resources Inc. ("Taipan" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: TPN) is pleased to announce that it has closed the amalgamation (the "Amalgamation") with Lion Petroleum Corp. ("Lion"). Under the terms of the Amalgamation Taipan has issued a total of 20,124,817 common shares to the shareholders of Lion in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding share capital of Lion Petroleum Corp.. The Com
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — (Marketwire) — 07/17/12 — Mercuria Energy ("Mercuria", "the Group") grows its global metals trading business.Following a recent announcement that Mercuria has advanced into metal trading, the Group is pleased to confirm that James Jian WU will be leading Mercuria-s Chinese metals trading business based in Shanghai – Mercuria (China) Metal Resources Co. Ltd. – in his capacity as Managing Director and Head of Global Metal Physical Trading.Jian will be
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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwire) — 07/16/12 — Orocobre Limited (TSX: ORL)(ASX: ORE)is pleased to provide the opportunity to listen to an audio broadcast with Managing Director Richard Seville in a presentation titled "Orocobre Limited receives approval to develop the Olaroz lithium project".To listen, type the following link into your web browser: .About Orocobre LimitedOrocobre Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: ORE) and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: O
