RENO, NV — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — Focus Gold Corporation (OTCBB: FGLD) announces that David P. Cadwell has accepted the position of Project Manager for the company-s Huicicila porphyry gold-copper project in Nayarit State, Mexico. Mr. Cadwell has over 40 years of international experience in minerals exploration and development, much of it exploring and developing porphyry copper and gold deposits. He has worked around the world, including extensive experience throughout Latin America. Mr
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — Continental Nickel Limited (TSX VENTURE: CNI) ("CNI" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the production of high grade concentrates from the initial "sighter" flotation tests on composites from the various ore zones at the Ntaka Hill Nickel Project ("Ntaka Hill"). Highlights of the initial tests include concentrates containing between 16.7% Ni and 18.6% Ni at between 84.2% and 90.2% recovery from Sleepi
With another outstanding project, the Prysmian Group contributes that the Ukraine experiences a turning point in sustainability, especially in solar power. In cooperation with Activ Solar, an international company based in Vienna, which is specialised in the development and the production of solar technology, an 80 megawatt solar photovoltaic power station located in Ohotnikovo (Crimea, Ukraine) is constructed. This project will be the largest ground-mounted installation ever built in the regio
PHOENIX, ARIZONA — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — VIKING MINERALS INC (OTCBB: VKML) ( ) reports on the drilling that has started on its South Dolly Varden Gold Copper claims in Elko County, Nevada.The first drill hole is over 700 feet and has intersected several zones of altered mineralization that correspond to the predicted depth of the geophysical IP anomaly. This geophysical anomaly extends from the northern part of the property a minimum of 3000 feet south and is up to 600 feet wide. The h
Cardiac toxicity is a major concern in drug development and it is imperative that clinical candidates are thoroughly tested for adverse effects earlier in the drug discovery process. In a new research study (1), Abassi et al. investigated the use of Roche-s (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) xCELLigence Cardio Instrument in conjunction with embryonic stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (ESCC) for assessment of compound risk in the drug discovery process. The xCELLigence Cardio Instrument is an impedance
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — Olivut Resources Ltd. ("Olivut" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: OLV) is pleased to provide an update for its exploration programs.Highlights include the following:HOAM Project, NWTItapoty Diamond Project, ParaguayRivera Project, UruguayHOAM ProjectThe Company-s 2011 HOAM exploration program was focused on drill assessment of several priority magnetic anomalies and on detailed airborne magnetic surveys of prospective target are
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — Galantas Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: GAL)(AIM: GAL), the gold mine producer and explorer in Northern Ireland, reports today that its 100% operating subsidiary, Omagh Minerals Ltd (OML) has identified significant gold intersections in drilling on its Omagh, County Tyrone property.The drilling was carried out on the Joshua vein, on land owned by OML. Three of the holes were on the southern part of the vein with one hole (no.54) to the north. Fur
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/15/11 — PC Gold Inc. (TSX: PKL) is pleased to report that a major shallow drilling program is now underway at Pickle Crow, targeting the near surface (0-150 metres) areas of a thick unit of banded iron formation (the "No. 1 BIF") which cuts through the historical workings, as well as high grade cross-cutting structures such as the historically top-producing No. 1 and No. 5 veins. Up to 22,000 metres of drilling is anticipated, for completion by
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 09/14/11 — Argonaut Gold Inc. (TSX: AR) ("Argonaut" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Standard & Poor-s Index Operations will be adding Argonaut Gold to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index, effective upon the close of trading on Friday, September 16, 2011. The S&P/TSX SmallCap Index provides an investable index for the Canadian small cap market.Since the beginning of 2011, Argonaut Gold-s average trade volume has increased
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 09/14/11 — Kaminak Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: KAM) today announced assay results from 44 diamond drill holes from the Latte zone, located on the Company-s 150,000 acre Coffee Gold property, Yukon Territory. Kaminak discovered Latte in 2010 and successfully defined a linear structural zone 600m long that begins at surface. Drilling in 2011 has more than doubled the strike length of the Latte zone to at least 1350m and reaching 275m vertically