VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — GEONOVUS MINERALS CORP. (TSX VENTURE: GNM) ("GeoNovus" or the "Company") is pleased to announce completion of its geophysical program for the Red Hills porphyry copper property in south central Arizona. The Company engaged Zonge International, Inc. (Tucson, Arizona) to conduct induced polarization (IP) surveys over the property, with emphasis on an area where previous drill testing of an anomaly identified by a Tita
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Entourage Metals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: EMT) (the "Company") announced today that as a result of encouraging drill results the Company is accelerating the drill program by mobilizing a second diamond drill rig to its Black Raven high-grade Gold Project, located in the Hemlo Greenstone Belt of Northern Ontario.Entourage is planning an aggressive drill program to follow-up on the recent new gold discoveries made at Black Raven. Hig
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Full Metal Zinc Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: FZ) (the "Company" or "Full Metal Zinc") is pleased to announce that Mr. David Petroff has been appointed to the Board of Directors.Mr. Petroff was recently the President and Chief Executive Officer of zinc producer Breakwater Resources. Mr. Petroff oversaw the sale of Breakwater Resources for over $660 million in August 2011. Prior to joining Breakwater, Mr. Petroff spent over 25
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Vishay Precision Group, Inc. (NYSE: VPG) today announced that its VPG On-Board Weighing division has expanded its offering to include TruckWeigh, a new overload monitoring and payload maximization system for medium- and high-capacity vehicles greater than 8.3 tons (7.5 metric tons). Designed for easy installation, TruckWeigh is the industry-s first such system with a low-weight construction to maximize payload capacity, and solid-state axle deflection
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Finning International Inc. ("Finning") (TSX: FTT) announced today that it completed a US private placement of US $200 million aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes (the "Notes"). The sale of Notes is comprised of two series: the U.S. $100,000,000 3.98% Senior Notes, Series A, due January 19, 2022 ("Series A Notes") and the U.S. $100,000,000 4.08% Senior Notes, Series B, due January 19, 2024
MONTREAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Critical Elements Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CRE) (OTCQX: CRECF) (FRANKFURT: F12) is pleased to announce the appointment of Jean-Francois Meilleur as Vice President.Jean-Francois Meilleur is presently President and co-owner of Paradox Public Relations. His many accomplishments include playing a key role in raising funds for many projects. Mr. Meilleur holds a Bachelor-s Degree from the HEC business school (Hautes Etudes Commerciales) in Montreal,
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — MagIndustries Corp. ("MagIndustries" or the "Company") (TSX: MAA) announced today that Rich Morrow, Chief Executive Officer, has resigned as Chief Executive Officer and accepted a new role as Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Development. The transition is effective on February 15, 2012. Following the effective date Mr. Longbo Chen, MagIndustries- Co-Chief Executive Officer will take over the role as sole Chief Exec
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — AsiaBaseMetals Inc. ("AsiaBaseMetals" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ABZ) is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement (the "Definitive Agreement") with AXN Group LLC ("AXNG") for the acquisition by the Company of a 90% interest in a Laos limited company that will hold exclusive rights to explore and mine the Vientiane Potash Property, a 16.5 k
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — North Springs Resources Corp. (OTCBB: NSRS)(PINKSHEETS: NSRS) (the "Company" or "North Springs") is pleased to announce that final property and drill site preparations have been completed at the Company-s 20% owned Goldstar/One Arm Joe Gold Project (the "Goldstar Property" or "Goldstar") located near Wickenburg, Arizona, USA. North Springs earned its 20% interest in the Goldstar Property by already funding
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 01/19/12 — Serengeti Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: SIR)(FRANKFURT: 34S) is pleased to provide an update of its 2011 exploration activities at its British Columbia projects. The 2011 program has identified several porphyry Cu-Au and other primary Au-Ag targets for follow up drilling in 2012. At the Kwanika and Valleau projects, robust Cu-Au soil and IP chargeability anomalies were identified, resulting in excellent porphyry drill targets. At the St
