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Superior Copper Buys Back 1.5% Net Smelter Royalty on Coppercorp Project

Superior Copper Corp. ("Superior Copper" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has bought back a 1.5% net smelter royalty (the "NSR") that was previously applicable to certain mineral claims on its flagship Coppercorp Project, located within the Batchawana Copper Project. Superior Copper paid $36,000 in cash and issued 450,000 shares in return for the repurchase and extinguishment of the Company's obligations under the NSR.

23 Dec 2013

Avrupa Minerals Receives Favorable Geochemical Rock Sampling Results From Projects in Southern Portugal

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company has received favorable geochemical results from rock sampling at three different projects in southern Portugal. The projects include the Marateca and Sines licenses in the Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) and at Alvito in the Ossa Morena tectonic zone.

19 Dec 2013

Gentor Discovers Copper-Bearing VMS Gossans at Karaburun Project in Northern Turkey

District of the Central Pontide Region in northern Turkey (Figure 1). The Karaburun gossans lie in the same stratigraphy as the long-life Kure Copper Mine and a newly discovered large copper resource at Honanu owned by Asya Mining, which lies 20 kilometres to the north-west.

19 Dec 2013

USACE Publishes Notice of PolyMet's Wetland Permit Application for NorthMet Copper Nickel Project

PolyMet Mining Corp. 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.

18 Dec 2013

Millrock Resources Announces Seismic Geophsyical Survey and Drilling Results for Monsoon Project

Millrock Resources Inc. ("Millrock" or "the Company") recently completed a seismic geophysical survey and drilling of a single reverse circulation borehole at its Monsoon copper project in southeast Arizona. The survey results and the drill hole indicate that it is unlikely that a large porphyry copper deposit exists within 500 m of surface.

From Millrock Resources Inc. 16 Dec 2013

Borneo Resource Investments Finalizes Purchase of Producing Gold Mining Property

Borneo Resource Investments Ltd., a mining company that mines gold and develops producing gold mines as well as coal mining properties in Indonesia, today announced it has, through its subsidiary PT Puncak Kalabat, finalized the purchase of a producing gold mining property for $250,000, including an initial $150,000 payment in cash and two subsequent payments of $50,000 each.

13 Dec 2013

Cadillac Reports Burnt Hill Project Update

Cadillac Ventures Inc. is pleased to provide the following update on the Burnt Hill Project, specifically Wolf Ridge prospecting, which has successfully expanded the Wolf Ridge showing to extend a minimum of approximately 800m further to the southeast of the Summer 2013 trenching program.

13 Dec 2013

Compania Minera Zahena Inks Option Agreement for Arikepay Copper-Gold Porphyry Project

Candente Copper Corp. ("Candente Copper" and/or the "Company ) is pleased to announce that Compañia Minera Zahena S.A.C. (Zahena), has entered into an Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Cobriza Metals Peru ("Cobriza") for its Arikepay copper-gold porphyry project, located in southern Peru. Cobriza is a wholly owned subsidiary of Candente Copper.

12 Dec 2013

Drilling Underway at Josemaria and Filo del Sol Copper-Gold-Silver Projects

NGEx Resources Inc. ("NGEx" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that drilling is now underway at the Josemaria and Filo del Sol copper - gold - silver projects, located in San Juan province of Argentina. Two diamond drills are underway at Josemaria and two reverse circulation drills have begun work at Filo del Sol.

From Lundin Mining Corporation 12 Dec 2013

MAG Silver Begins Phase 1 Drill Program at Salamandra Silver-Copper-Lead-Zinc Project

Canasil Resources Inc. ("Canasil") announces that MAG Silver Corp. ("MAG") has started the Phase 1 drill program at Canasil's Salamandra silver-copper-lead-zinc project in Durango State, Mexico. The planned program includes a minimum of 3,000 meters of diamond drilling as part of the CAD$ 1,000,000 first year exploration expenditures required by May 2014 under an option agreement for MAG to earn up to a 70% interest in the Salamandra project.

From MAG Silver Corp 12 Dec 2013