ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX: POM)(NYSE MKT: PLM) is pleased to announce that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published notice of PolyMet-s Section 404 Wetland Permit application, a key federal permit needed for construction and operation of the company-s NorthMet copper nickel project located near Hoyt Lakes, Minn. The notice and application can be accessed at the USACE website: .A Section 404 Wetland Permit covers mitigation and replaceme
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — Turquoise Hill Resources (NYSE: TRQ)(NASDAQ: TRQ)(TSX: TRQ) today provided an update on Oyu Tolgoi, project financing and financial and production guidance for 2014.On December 12, 2013, the Oyu Tolgoi LLC Board unanimously approved the 2014 operating budget. This is an important step in preparation for the mine-s first full year of operations.In 2014 production from Oyu Tolgoi is expected to be 150,000 to 175,000 tonnes of copper in
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX: FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") announced today that, as a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission ("BCSC"), the Company is issuing the following news release to clarify its disclosure.Technical Disclosure IssuesThe Company has disclosed the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") of its 40%-owned Decar Nickel Project
Biomay announced today that an interim analysis for futility has been successfully completed for an ongoing phase IIb study (clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT01538979) with its 3rd generation grass pollen allergy vaccine BM32. The study has enrolled 180 patients and is designed to show a treatment effect over two consecutive pollen seasons. An independent data management committee (DMC) has been appointed to analyze the data from the first treatment year with respect to the primary endpoint comb
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — (Please note that all dollar amounts in this news release are expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.)Primero Mining Corp. ("Primero" or the "Company") (TSX: P)(NYSE: PPP)(ASX: PPM) and Brigus Gold Corp. ("Brigus") (NYSE: BRD)(TSX: BRD) today announced that they have entered into an arrangement agreement (the "Arrangement Agreement") whereby Primero will acquire all outstanding common shares o
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — Anaconda Mining Inc. ("Anaconda" or "the Company") – (TSX: ANX) is pleased to announce certain financial and operating results for the fiscal 2014 second quarter ended November 30, 2013 ("Q2"). The Company sold 3,852 ounces of gold and generated $5,299,446 in revenue at Pine Cove at an average sales price of $1,376 per ounce. The Q2 sales volume was 21% greater than Q2 of fiscal 2013; while the Q2 revenue was 2% les
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — Allana Potash Corp. (TSX: AAA)(OTCQX: ALLRF) ("Allana" or the "Company") announces its slate of nominees to the Board of Directors (the "Board") for election at the annual general and special meeting (the "Meeting") of its shareholders to be held on January 16, 2014. The current four Board members, Mr. Farhad Abasov, Mr. Lewis MacKenzie, Mr. Richard Lacroix and Dr. Mark Stauffer will seek re-election and M
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 12/16/13 — Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX: TMM)(NYSE MKT: TGD) is pleased to report that it has agreed with Sprott Resource Lending Partnership (the "Lender") to an extension to the term of its existing $18 million credit facility. The extension is subject to final documentation.The new credit agreement will have a term of 12 months from January 1, 2014. Interest will be payable at the rate of 9% per annum. Payment of the principal amount out
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) named Prof. Matthias Jarke ACM Fellow, specifically recognizing his contributions to conceptual modeling, requirements engineering and metadata management as well as his leading role in advancing computer science in Germany. In the 20 years of the ACM Fellows program, ten German computer scientists were named ACM Fellow, among them three researchers from Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Prof. Jarke is the director of the Fraunhofer Institute for App
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — (Marketwired) — 12/15/13 — Orocobre Limited (TSX: ORL)(ASX: ORE) ("Orocobre" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that Deutsche Bank AG Australia and New Zealand ("Deutsche Bank") has initiated analyst coverage on the Company.Deutsche Bank joins seven other brokers Patersons Securities Limited, Canaccord Genuity (Australia) Limited, GMP Securities Pty Ltd, Blackswan Equities Ltd, Cormark Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd and Byron
