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Northern Superior Completes Planning for 2015 Croteau Est Drill Program

Northern Superior Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that planning for its 2015 Croteau Est drill program, is complete. Initiation of the core drill phase of the program is planned for June 9th, 2015.

From Northern Superior Resources Inc. 26 May 2015

Cangold Acquisition by Great Panther Receives Shareholder Approval

CANGOLD LIMITED ("Cangold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the plan of arrangement (the "Arrangement"), pursuant to which Great Panther Silver Limited ("Great Panther") will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Cangold ("Cangold Shares"), was approved by Cangold shareholders at the special meeting of Cangold shareholders held on May 22, 2015. At the meeting, approximately 99.44% of the votes cast by Cangold shareholders were voted in favour of the Arrangement.

25 May 2015

Northern Empire Completes Payment to Northair for El Reventon Silver Project

Northern Empire Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Northern Empire") today announced that pursuant to receiving TSX Venture Exchange approval on its Assignment Agreement with Northair Silver Corp. ("Northair") and its wholly owned Mexican subsidiary to acquire certain mineral claims in the Mexican State of Durango, referred to as the El Reventon silver project (See news release dated December 22, 2014), it has completed payment to Northair consisting of a cash payment of C$10,000 and the issuance of 200,000 common shares (the "Shares") in the capital of the Company.

25 May 2015

Barrick to Sell Cowal Mine to Evolution Mining for $550 Million

Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick or the "company") today announced it has reached an agreement to sell 100 percent of the Cowal mine in New South Wales, Australia to Evolution Mining for US$550 million in cash on closing.

25 May 2015

Global Graphite Market Forecast to Grow at 3.7% CAGR from 2014 to 2020

According to a new market report published by Persistence Market Research "Global Market Study on Graphite: Battery Segment To Witness Highest Growth by 2020," the global graphite market was valued at USD 13.62 billion in 2013 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 3.7% from 2014 to 2020, to reach USD 17.56 billion in 2020.

25 May 2015

Timberline Files Positive PEA on Talapoosa Project in Western Nevada

Timberline Resources Corporation is pleased to announce the filing of a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment, disclosed in the Company's press release dated April 27, 2015, on the Company's Talapoosa project located in western Nevada.

From Timberline Resources Corporation 22 May 2015

Midland Provides Update on Ongoing Exploration Activities Across Quebec

Midland Exploration Inc. is pleased to provide an update on its various ongoing exploration activities across Quebec. Over the past few years, Midland has concluded several partnerships including agreements with Teck Resources Limited, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Sphinx Resources Limited, and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation.

From Midland Exploration 22 May 2015

Klondex Provides Update on Drilling at Fire Creek Project Hui Wu Vein

Klondex Mines Ltd. provides an update on recent drilling and development on the Hui Wu Vein at its Fire Creek project in northern Nevada.

22 May 2015

AfroCan Resources Gold to Acquire Tanzanian Property

AfroCan Resources Gold Ltd advises that it has embarked upon the acquisition of a Tanzanian property with 112,000 oz inferred resource. Says CEO Brian Barrett "The property will be a good addition to our existing resource base. Our target is to have properties containing 2.5 million oz's in production by 2017."

22 May 2015

Independence Announces Drill Test Budget for Boulevard and Henderson Projects

Independence Gold Corp. ("Independence" or "the Company") is pleased to announce a $1.8 million budget to drill test the Company's 100% owned Boulevard and Henderson projects located in the White Gold Area south of Dawson City. The 2015 drill programs are scheduled to commence mid-June and will consist of approximately 2,350 metres (m) of reverse circulation drilling and 800 m of diamond drilling.

21 May 2015

Medallion Reports Positive Testing Results for Extraction of Rare Earths from Beach Sand Monazite

Medallion Resources Ltd ("Medallion" or the "Company"), today announced that it has made significant progress on its lab-scale metallurgical testing to extract rare earths from beach sand monazite. This recent work, undertaken by the Company's Chief Technical Advisor Dr Bill Bird and a Denver-based metallurgical consultancy, confirms Medallion's caustic-route metallurgical process plans and establishes an important step toward full process refinement and commercialization.

21 May 2015

DRA Taggart to Conduct Comprehensive Review of Avanti Kitsault Mine Project

DRA Taggart is pleased to confirm that it has entered an agreement with Avanti Kitsault Mine Limited (AKML), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alloycorp Mining Inc. (Alloycorp), to conduct a comprehensive review of the Avanti Kitsault Mine Project in British Columbia.

21 May 2015

AMVI Completes Detailed Drill Program at Agata Nickel Laterite Project in the Philippines

Mindoro Resources Ltd. ("Mindoro" or "the Company") today announced that Agata Mining Ventures Inc. ("AMVI"), a joint venture company in which Mindoro holds a 40% interest and TVI Resource Development (Phils.), Inc. ("TVIRD") holds a 60% interest and is the operator, has completed a detailed drill program comprising 986 holes totalling 16,768 metres at the Agata nickel laterite project located in northern Mindanao, the Philippines.

21 May 2015

Orefinders Commences 2015 Field Work Program on Mirado Gold Project

Orefinders Resources Inc. is pleased to report that the 2015 field work program has commenced on their 100% owned Mirado gold project. Approximately 20 kilometers of line-cutting and induced polarization (IP) survey will test the geophysical response over high grade gold occurrences identified and reported by Orefinders during 2014. The line-cutting and IP geophysics contracts were rewarded to CXS Canadian Explorations Services Ltd., from Larder Lake, Ontario.

21 May 2015

Viscount Commences 2015 Exploration Campaign on Cherry Creek Project

Viscount Mining Corp. ("Viscount" or "the Company"), a mineral resource exploration company with a portfolio of past producing gold and silver mines and exploration properties in the Western United States, is pleased to announce the 2015 exploration campaign has commenced on the Cherry Creek Project in White Pine County, Nevada.

21 May 2015