VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. (TSX: PTQ)(OTCBB: PTQMF)(FRANKFURT: P7Z) announces that both Standard & Poor-s and Moody-s Investors Service ("Moody-s") have recently raised Panama-s sovereign rating outlook from stable to positive.While maintaining Panama-s investment grade rating at BBB-, Standard and Poor-s improved outlook "reflects the likelihood of an upgrade if the better-than-expected performance of Panama-s economy
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Rockgate Capital Corp. (TSX: RGT) (the "Company") has accepted the resignation of Lorne Warner from his role as a director of Rockgate in order to pursue his other business interests. The Company thanks Mr. Warner for his service.ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF ROCKGATE CAPITAL CORP.Karl Kottmeier, PresidentNeither Toronto Stock Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of t
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE Amex: GORO) today announced the timing of its second quarter CEO conference call scheduled August 10, 2011. Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold producer with operations in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Company has returned over $22 million to shareholders in special monthly dividends since declaring commercial production July 1st, 2010.Gold Resource Corporation-s CEO, Mr. William W. Reid, w
DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Golden Star Resources Ltd. (TSX: GSC)(NYSE Amex: GSS)(GSE: GSR) ("Golden Star" or the "Company") today announced its unaudited second quarter 2011 results. All currency in this news release is expressed in U.S. dollars. The Company will host a live webcast and conference call to discuss its quarterly results on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (9:00 a.m. Mountain Time). To access the webcast and conference ca
NEW YORK, NY — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — NIS Holdings Corp. (OTCQB: NISC) (PINKSHEETS: NISC), is pleased to announce that it has received a. 18 per share all cash buyout offer by Global Stock Investments Ltd. which expressed this way its desire to have a controlling percentage on NIS Holdings. This comes as a follow up to the equity facility agreement referred to in our previous announcement on June 21st. The Board will consider its options to maximize shareholders- value, and will provide f
GOLDEN, CO — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Golden Minerals Company ("Golden Minerals" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: AUMN) (TSX: AUM) announces results for the second quarter 2011.For the second quarter 2011, Golden Minerals recorded a net loss of $18.6 million, which included $9.1 million of expense related to the El Quevar project, $4.3 million of exploration expense and $3.9 million of administrative expense.At June 30, 2011, Golden Minerals- aggregate cash and short-term
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Tao Minerals Ltd. (OTCQB: TAON) (TAO) is pleased to provide an update regarding the Las Aguadas project in Caldas department, Colombia about which it signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to form a joint venture with Bullet Holding Corp. of Medellin, Colombia in July.In March and April 2011 the Bullet JV properties were prospected over an approximate 12 km x 12 km area to the north and east of the town of Las Aguadas which consisted of a stream sedim
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) will pay an interim dividend of Cdn $0.0533 per share in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2011. The dividend will be paid on September 20, 2011 to shareholders of record on August 29, 2011. The ex-dividend date is August 25, 2011.This dividend is calculated based on the subdivision of the Company-s issued and outstandi
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — (All figures expressed in US dollars, unless otherwise noted)First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) today announced its results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011. The complete unaudited financial statements and management-s discussion and analysis are available for review at and should be read in conjunction with this news release.The Company-s results are
SARASOTA, FL — (Marketwire) — 08/08/11 — Sun Hydraulics Corporation (NASDAQ: SNHY) today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2011 as follows:"The global capital goods expansion is strong and Sun-s second quarter activity reflects that," commented Allen Carlson, Sun-s CEO and president. "Sales were a bit higher than our Q2 estimates and all regions contributed to the top line growth. Earnings were consistent with our strong first quarter results. Gross margin
