LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/22/11 — Minera IRL Limited ("Minera IRL" or the "Company") (TSX: IRL)(AIM: MIRL)(BVLAC: MIRL) the Latin American gold mining company, has commenced a 4,000 meter exploration diamond drilling program at the Michelle Project in Patagonia, Argentina.Highlights:"This is a very prospective drill target into outcropping epithermal veins located only a few kilometres along strike from the world class Cerro Van
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/22/11 — Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla") (TSX: PTQ)(OTCBB: PTQMF)(FRANKFURT: P7Z) is pleased to announce that Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") and Glass Lewis & Co., LLC ("GL") have recommended that shareholders of Petaquilla vote FOR the issuance of shares in connection with the acquisition of Iberian Resources Corp. ("Iberian") (the "Authorizing Resolution") at the upcomi
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/22/11 — GMR Global Mineral Resources Corp. (FRANKFURT: GLLN), a Canadian-based mining company trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange under Symbol GLLN, is pleased to announce the company has engaged the services of Mr. Michael J. Linn, B.Sc., to assist with geological work on the company-s gold properties located in the Slocan Mining District.Mr. Linn has over 40 years of experience in the mining industry, having graduated in 1970 from the University of
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/20/11 — A correction is being issued with respect to the Debut Diamonds press release that was disseminated on Friday, August 19 at 3:14 pm EST. In the contact information, Chris Meraw was misidentified as President of KWG Resources Inc. when he is President of Debut Diamonds Inc. The complete and corrected release follows.Debut Diamonds Inc. ("Debut") is pleased to announce that it successfully completed a $2,000,000 private placement (the &qu
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwire) — 08/19/11 — On June 29, 2011, Niocan Inc. ("Niocan" or the "Company") (TSX: NIO) announced that the Company had entered into a binding term sheet with Nio-Metals Holdings LLC ("Nio-Metals") pursuant to which Nio-Metals has agreed to purchase by way of private placement a minimum of 2,000 units (each, a "Unit") and a maximum of 4,000 Units at an issue price of $1,000 per Unit, representing aggregate gross proceeds to th
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/19/11 — American Manganese Inc. (TSX VENTURE: AMY)(PINK SHEETS: AMYZF)(FRANKFURT: 2AM) ("American Manganese" or the "Company") announces that the board of directors has authorized the grant of 4,253,000 incentive stock options pursuant to its Stock Option Plan to Directors, Officers, Employees and Consultants of the Company. These options are exercisable at a price of $0.58 per share for a period of five years and are subje
LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC — (Marketwire) — 08/19/11 — Bear Lake Gold Ltd. (the "Company" or "Bear Lake") (TSX VENTURE: BLG) received today a letter from the Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry ("MNDMF") addressed to five companies, including Bear Lake, indicating that the MNDMF intends to issue an order to file a certified closure plan with respect to the Upper and Lower Kerr mine tailings areas by February 19, 2012. As previously indicated in
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/19/11 — Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX: ML) ("Mercator" or the "Company") announces that further to its press release dated February 9, 2011, it has adopted a substituted shareholder rights plan, the approval of which is being sought at the Company-s annual and special meeting to be held in the Pacific Room at the Metropolitan Hotel Vancouver, 645 Howe Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 10:
Aztex Will Increase Its Stake as a Falken Shareholder Through Open Market Purchases
