VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Mercator Minerals Ltd (TSX: ML) ("Mercator" or the "Company") announces the resignation of Colin Benner, for personal health reasons, from the board of directors effective July 23, 2013."Colin was instrumental in the acquisition of the El Creston project by Mercator and, with his deep knowledge and experience in the mining sector, has been a valuable contributor to the Company," commented Robert Quinn, Me
TORONTO, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Goldspike Exploration Inc. ("Goldspike") (TSX VENTURE: GSE) is pleased to announce that further to its press release dated July 18, 2013, it has received approval from the TSX Venture Exchange for the extension of the expiry dates of certain common share purchase warrants.The expiry date of an aggregate of 19,000,000 previously issued warrants from October and December, 2010 and August, 2011 has been amended from August 3, 2013 to Augu
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Passport Potash Inc. ("Passport" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: PPI)(OTCQX: PPRTF) announces that the board of directors (the "Board") of the Company approved an advance notice policy (the "Advance Notice Policy") on July 22, 2013. The Advance Notice Policy includes, among other things, a provision that requires advance notice be given to the Company in circumstances where nominations of person
LA PRAIRIE, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Vantex Resources Ltd. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: VAX) is pleased to announce the completion of a $123,600 non-brokered financing.The Company sold 103 Flow-Through units (the "FT Units") at a purchase price of $1,200 per FT Unit, for a total amount of $123,600. Each FT Units consists of 18,000 flow-through common shares and 2,000 common shares at a price of $0.06 per share and 10,000 common share purchase warrants. Each w
RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Puma Exploration (TSX VENTURE: PUM) is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement with qualified investors in the amount of $501,200. With this placement, Puma Exploration issued 2,179,131 common shares at the price of $0.23 per share and 1,089,565 warrants. Each full warrant gives its holder the right to purchase one common share at a price of $0.26 per share until July 23, 2015.In connection with this Private Place
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Colorado Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: CXO) ("Colorado" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of its recently completed diamond drilling program on the Eldorado Property (see CXO NR13-01, April 17, 2013).Eldorado is a 3,600 hectare property covering the Eldorado and Bonanza Cu-Au showings in northern British Columbia. The property, one of three separate properties held by Colorado in the area, is loca
TORONTO, ONTARIO and STORRS, CONNECTICUT — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — OPEL Technologies Inc. (TSX VENTURE: OPL) (OTCQX: OPELF) ("OPEL" or "the Company"), announces that it has filed Articles of Amendments under the Business Corporation Act (Ontario) dated July 23, 2013, thereby changing its name to POET Technologies Inc. There is no consolidation of capital and no exchange of shares is required.Trading under new name – It is anticipated that trading on the TSX Venture Ex
KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Toro Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE: TRK) ("Toro" or the "Company") today announced the appointment of Jeremy Ross as a director of the Company.Mr. Ross has more than fifteen years in corporate development and marketing for junior mining and oil and gas companies. He is the founder/president of Opus 3 Consulting – a successful corporate development firm based in Vancouver, Canada.Mr. Ross replaces John Watt who has ste
DENVER, COLORADO — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Geovic Mining Corp. ("Geovic" or "the Company") (TSX: GMC)(OTCBB: GVCM), on behalf of its 60.5%-owned subsidiary Geovic Cameroon Plc ("Geovic Cameroon"), is pleased to announce that it has agreed to the terms and conditions of a Definitive Agreement ("DA") with Jiangxi Rare Metals Tungsten Holdings Group Company Ltd ("JXTC") of Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China. JXTC is a state owned large scale
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwired) — 07/23/13 — Compass Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE: CVB) ("Compass" or the "Company") announces that Marshall Auerback resigned from the board of directors as of July 21, 2013.The Company would like to thank Mr. Auerback for his contribution while serving as a director, and wish him well in his endeavors.About Compass GoldCompass Gold Corporation, a Tier 2 mining issuer listed on the TSX Venture Exchange, is focused on gold exp
