TORONTO, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Centerra Gold Inc. (TSX: CG) announced that the unionized employees of its Kumtor operation in the Kyrgyz Republic have begun an illegal strike. Production at the operation has been suspended. The trade union is demanding that Kumtor pay the mandatory employee contribution to the Kyrgyz Republic social fund in addition to the mandatory employer contribution paid by Kumtor. Recent regulatory changes now require that social fund contributions be ded
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — North American Tungsten (TSX VENTURE: NTC) ("NTC" or "the Company") is pleased to announce results from its continuing underground diamond drill exploration program on its 100% owned Cantung tungsten mine in the Northwest Territories.Summary of Results:The current drill programme is focused on the outer edge of the defined deposit. The new area termed the "Amber zone" is located near the "below 3700 l
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Detour Gold Corporation (TSX: DGC) ("Detour Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the closing of a mobile fleet equipment financing with Caterpillar Financial ("CAT Financial"). Pursuant to an amended and restated master purchase and lease agreement, CAT Financial will underwrite up to US$150 million in mobile fleet equipment financing to fund the Company-s acquisition of CAT mining equipment for the Detour
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Geologix Explorations Inc. (TSX: GIX)(FRANKFURT: GF6)(BERLIN: GF6)(MUNICH: GF6)(STUTTGART: GF6) ("Geologix" or the "Company") announces that the Board of Directors has adopted a shareholder rights plan (the "Rights Plan"). The Rights Plan, which took effect February 6, 2012, has been adopted in order to ensure the fair treatment of all Geologix shareholders in connection with any take-over bid for the outs
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Regal Resources Inc. (the "Company" or "Regal") (CNSX: RGR) announces that effective Monday, February 6, 2012 the Company has granted a total of 200,000 stock options to an officer of the Company exercisable at $0.27 per share for a 5 year period.About Regal Resources Inc.Regal Resources Inc. is a junior mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver, Canada. The company is focused on the development
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (TSX: GPR)(NYSE Amex: GPL) (the "Company") advises that R. W. (Bob) Garnett, CA, ICD.D., has been appointed Independent Chairman of the Company-s Board of Directors, replacing Kaare Foy, who has stepped aside after serving more than 18 years as a Director of the Company and almost eight years as Executive Chairman. Mr. Foy will continue as a consultant to the Company.Mr. Garnett has served as an i
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Chesapeake Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE: CKG) ("Chesapeake") announces key appointments in corporate finance and special advisory in Mexico.Mr. Sam Wong, Chartered Accountant, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer of Chesapeake. Mr. Wong holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of British Columbia and most recently, was the corporate controller for Luna Gold Corp. Prior to Luna Gold Corp, Mr. Wong worked for Pathway C
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Copper One Inc. (TSX VENTURE: CUO) (the "Company" or "Copper One") is pleased to announce the results for the fall 2011 core drilling program for its 100% owned Lone Mountain Project, just outside of Silver City, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. These results are highlighted by hole LM-11-052, which intersected 135 meters of 0.36% copper, was drilled on a portion of the property that had never been tested and extends the known m
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — Centurion Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CTN) ("Centurion", "the Company") is pleased to announce encouraging gold assay results from initial drilling of the Zulham epithermal gold prospect within the Banda Raya property in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The holes were designed to test the continuity of north-trending, near-surface, mineralized breccias and wall rocks that have been previously reported. Two hand-held mob
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 02/06/12 — CaNickel Mining Limited (TSX: CML) ("CaNickel" or the "Company"), has today filed a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with the securities commissions in the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario and Quebec. Once the shelf prospectus is cleared, the filing will, subject to securities regulatory requirements, allow the Company to make offerings of common shares (the "Common Shares") up t
