VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Newcastle Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: NCM) is pleased to announce that it has exercised its option early and purchased a 100% interest, subject to a 2% NSR royalty payable to Cadillac Ventures Inc., in its Pickle Lake property. The former Cadillac claims consist of 21 mining claims covering 2,960 hectares located in Connell and Dona Lake townships of the Patricia Mining division in northwestern Ontario.Several of the Cadillac claims are
HOUSTON, TX — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — (PINKSHEETS: PGIE) –The executive team wants to take this opportunity to address shareholders regarding its issuance of the preferred stock dividend. We received numerous calls and emails from shareholders regarding the preferred issuance for shareholders with stock held at brokerage accounts. We initially relied upon our transfer agent to file the FINRA Corporate Action forms and were subsequently notified that process has changed, that we are requi
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Uranium North Resource Corp. ("Uranium North" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: UNR) announces the completion of the 2011 drill program on the Company-s 100% owned Mallery project in Nunavut. Five drill holes totaling 750 metres were drilled into three known mineralized zones."All drill holes intersected silica and quartz veining as anticipated. This is very encouraging as gold is associated with silica on the Ma
MALVERN, PA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Vishay Precision Group (NYSE: VPG) today unveiled a new video that presents a demonstration of the ESD-withstanding capabilities of two resistor technologies: thin film and Bulk Metal® Foil. Using an ESD testing system and 10 kilohm 1206 resistors, the demo shows that, while a single 3,500 V ESD pulse results in a relatively minor 1520 ppm resistance change to a thin film resistor, it also causes several cracks to its resistive element under the e
IRVINE, CA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Itonis, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ITNS) today announced that the Company has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding with a newly acquired subsidiary, officially entering the scientific technology sector. This agreement is the result of many months of ongoing negotiations and due diligence, including the process of obtaining an independent valuation of the new acquisition by the EMCO / Hanover Group.Since 1971, the EMCO / Hanover Group has concluded more
ROUYN-NORANDA, QUEBEC, CANADA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (TSX: GMX)(FRANKFURT: G1M)(OTCQX: GLBXF) is pleased to provide shareholders with the assay results of two drill holes, undertaken on our manganese-iron property near Woodstock, New Brunswick.Two holes were drilled back to back, due to the physical characteristics of the topography and access issues. The first hole GNB11-2 was drilled at 110 degrees for a length of 320 meters. The second hole GNB11-3 wa
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Everett Resources Ltd. ("Everett") (TSX VENTURE: EAR) is pleased to announce the start of the second phase diamond drilling program at its Menarik polymetallic property, located in the James Bay area of the province of Quebec. A minimum of 2,500 meters will be drilled in this program, to test multiple targets, as the property hosts stratiform chromite horizons and magmatic massive sulphides in Menarik ultramafic intrusion, ni
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Gregory Isenor, P.Geo., President and CEO of Merrex Gold Inc. ("Merrex") (TSX VENTURE: MXI) announces that Merrex has engaged H. Andrew Daniels, P.Geo., as an independent geological advisor for its Siribaya Gold Project in West Mali.Mr. Daniels- scope of engagement includes a comprehensive review of all exploration data accumulated since the project was begun in 2006, and an independent interpretation of that data based upon his rev
RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — Ressources Appalaches (TSX VENTURE: APP) is pleased to inform its shareholders that it has made the final $1,500,000 payment on its own behalf, thereby acquiring 100% of the Dufferin Mine in Nova Scotia for a total amount of $4,000,000. The property is free of any royalty (NSR). The transaction comprises the acquisition of the Dufferin Mine, which employs ramp-access mining, together with its processing plant (mill), the mining lease, and the inf
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 10/12/11 — (All figures are in United States dollars unless otherwise stated) -Minefinders Corporation Ltd. ("Minefinders" or "the Company") (TSX: MFL)(NYSE Amex: MFN) is today reporting its production and sales results for the quarter ended September 30, 2011. Full financial and operating results for the quarter will be released after market close on Monday, November 7, 2011.For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 Minefi
