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Dianor Resources Conducts Preliminary Review on Iron Ore Potential of Leadbetter Property, Ontario

Dianor Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DOR)(OTCQX:RDSNF) has announced that it in light of the increased worldwide demand for iron ore resources, and the well established iron mining history of the Wawa area, a preliminary review of the Iron Ore Potential of the Leadbetter Property is being conducted.

4 Mar 2011

Carpathian Gold Updates on RDM Gold Project, Brazil

Carpathian Gold Inc. (TSX:CPN) has provided the following project updates and expanded plans for 2011.

4 Mar 2011

TAG Oil Discovers New Multi-Zone Light Oil Well in New Zealand

Canadian listed TAG Oil Ltd. (TSX-V:TAO) has reported that the Cheal-B4ST well is a multi-zone light oil discovery. The Cheal-B4ST well is located in TAG Oil's 100%-controlled Petroleum Mining Permit 38156 (PMP 38156), in the Taranaki Basin, North Island New Zealand.

4 Mar 2011

Peregrine Diamonds Announces New Results from Chidliak Project in Canada

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. (TSX:PGD) has reported new microdiamond results confirming a coarse diamond size distribution in previously untested portions of the CH-1 kimberlite located on the 8,580 square kilometre Chidliak project on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.

4 Mar 2011

Pan American Goldfields Executes Agreement to Acquire Cerro Delta Gold Project in Argentina

Further to its press release of December 21st, 2010, Pan American Goldfields Ltd (OTCBB:"MXOM") has announced it has executed an agreement with Compania Minera Alto Rio Salado S.A., a private Argentine entity, for the acquisition of the 15,000 hectare Cerro Delta project in northwest La Rioja Province, Argentina.

4 Mar 2011

Premium Exploration Announces Geochemical Results from Idaho Gold Project, USA

Premium Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEM) has reported geochemical results from ~4,500 soil samples taken from the Company's 100% owned Idaho Gold Project located along the Orogrande Shear Zone in North-Central Idaho, USA.

From Premium Exploration Inc. 4 Mar 2011

Regulus Resources Encounters Anomalous Gold Mineralization at Rio Grande Project, Argentina

Regulus Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:REG) has announced that a soil and talus sampling program has outlined a large area of anomalous gold mineralization to the northeast of the Rio Grande ring structure in Salta Province, Argentina.

4 Mar 2011

Ethos Capital Options to Buy Two Prospective Gold Properties in Yukon

Ethos Capital Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ECC) has announced that it has obtained the option to acquire a 100% interest in two prospective gold properties located respectively 70 km and 120 km south of Dawson City, Yukon.

From Ethos Capital Corp. 4 Mar 2011

Atna Resources Announces Updated Mineral Resource Estimates at Briggs and Reward Mines

Atna Resources Ltd. (TSX: ATN) (OTC Bulletin Board: ATNAF) has reported updated mineral reserve estimates at December 31, 2010 for the Briggs Mine in Inyo County, California and for the Reward Mine in Nye County, Nevada.

From Atna Resources Ltd. 4 Mar 2011

Ardent Mines to Purchase Shares of Sociedad Minera Las Cumbres in Peru

Ardent Mines Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: ADNT) has agreed to general terms for the purchase of 100% of the shares of Sociedad Minera Las Cumbres SAC, the operator of a silver mine located in the Churin region of Peru, approximately 150 miles Northeast of the capital city of Lima.

4 Mar 2011

Alexco Resource Plans for Exploration at Keno Hill Silver District, Yukon

Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE Amex:AXU) has provided an interim update of operations performance at its newly-commissioned Bellekeno mine and outline 2011 plans for primary and advanced exploration in the Keno Hill Silver District, Yukon Territory.

From Alexco Resource Corp. 4 Mar 2011

Ivanhoe Mines Expects More Silver Production at Oyu Tolgoi Mine

Robert Friedland, Executive Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ivanhoe Mines Ltd. (TSX:IVN)(NYSE:IVN)(NASDAQ:IVN), and John Macken, President, said today that the Oyu Tolgoi Mine in southern Mongolia is expected to produce an average of more than three million ounces of silver a year during its first 10 years of commercial production, beginning in 2013.

From Ivanhoe Mines Ltd 4 Mar 2011