SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — ALL AMOUNTS ARE STATED IN CDN $ (UNLESS NOTED)Cameco (TSX: CCO) (NYSE: CCJ) today announced it has signed a memorandum of agreement with its partner, Kazatomprom, to increase annual uranium production at Joint Venture Inkai Limited Liability Partnership (JVI) from 3.9 million pounds to 5.2 million pounds.JVI owns and operates the Inkai in-situ recovery uranium mine and processing plant located in central Kazakhstan. JVI is owned by Cameco (
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE: RVS)(OTCQX: RVREF)(PINK SHEETS: RVREF)(FRANKFURT: 3RV) ("Riverstone" or the "Company") announces that a total of 800,000 incentive stock options have been granted to a director and a consultant of the Company pursuant to the Company-s Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable for a period of five (5) years at a price of $0.475 per share and are subject to vesting in accor
CARLSBAD, CA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — , the world-leading provider of precision microelectronics and optoelectronic packaging systems, today announced that it will exhibit at SEMICON Taiwan 2011 in Taipei from September 7-9 in booth #1006.The Palomar Technologies Asia-Pacific team has joined forces with . to offer the latest in and at this year-s tradeshow. , Palomar Technologies- Asia-Pacific Director, will be on-site to discuss the latest advancements in systems and process developme
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Southern Andes Energy Inc. ("Southern Andes" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE: SUR) is pleased to announce that it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange (the "TSX-V") on August 29, 2011 to extend the expiry date of 3,125,000 common share purchase warrants which were due to expire on September 16, 2011 by a further twelve month period to September 16, 2012. These warrants were originally issued on March 12
ST. ANDREWS, NEW BRUNSWICK — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Portage Minerals Inc. ("Portage" or the "Company") (CNSX: RKX) announced today that it has closed $1.0 million non-brokered private placement with the MineralFields Group. The Company also closed an additional $311,259 with other investors as part of the first tranche of the non-brokered private placement as announced on August 18th 2011."We are very pleased to be entering into this relationship with MineralFiel
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE: AAM) ("Atacama" or "the Company") is pleased to provide the following report on the financial and operating highlights for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2011.The Company recorded significantly higher gross profits of $1.9 million for the quarter representing a 64% increase over the same period last year. Enjoying a 19% increase in iodine prices and a 15% increase in io
LAVAL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Typhoon Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE: TYP) announce that during the annual and special meeting of shareholders held today August 31, 2011, all the propositions contained in the circular of information were approved:The Board of Directors and Management would like to thank all shareholders for exercising their rights to vote in such a large number.The Board of Directors has approved a total grant of 470,000 stock options to its managers (120,000 op
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Niblack Mineral Development Inc. ("Niblack" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: NIB) is pleased to announce that joint venture partner Heatherdale Resources Ltd. ("Heatherdale") (TSX VENTURE: HTR) has satisfied requirements to earn an additional 9% ownership interest (resulting in a total ownership Interest of 60%) in the Niblack Project as contemplated by the June 2009 LLC Agreement of the Niblack Project LLC
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Animas Resources Ltd (TSX VENTURE: ANI) -Animas Resources Ltd. plans to begin an aggressive exploration/pre-feasibility program at the Santa Gertrudis gold project in northern Mexico. This program will be financed by the $3.4 million financing announced with a strategic shareholder earlier today, and from cash on hand. The program will shift Animas from an exploration approach at Santa Gertrudis to moving the project towards gold produ
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/31/11 — Pilot Gold Inc. (TSX: PLG) ("Pilot Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to report that ongoing core drilling at the Halilaga Project in northwest Turkey continues to increase both the size and continuity of copper-gold mineralization at the Kestane porphyry.Drilling from within the Kestane porphyry has intersected shallow high-grade supergene mineralization that returned:Step-out drilling designed to expand the size o
