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Cordoba Enters Agreement with Minatura to Acquire 100% Interest in Cordoba Copper-Gold Project

Cordoba Minerals Corp. (the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement (the "Agreement") to acquire a 100% interest in the Cordoba Copper-Gold Project from the Minatura Group of companies ("Minatura") and the adjacent San Matias Property from Sabre Metals Inc. ("Sabre"), located in the Municipality of Puerto Libertador, Department of Cordoba, 200km north of Medellin, Colombia.

2 Aug 2013

Delrand Provides Update on Diamond Exploration Activities in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Delrand Resources Limited ("Delrand" or the "Company") provides an update on its diamond exploration activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (the "DRC").

2 Aug 2013

Avalon Provides Progress Update on Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project

Avalon Rare Metals Inc. ("Avalon" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a progress update on its Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project, Thor Lake, NWT (the "Project"). The Company has been focusing on optimizing the Project development model outlined in its Feasibility Study ("FS"), the results of which were released on April 17, 2013.

From Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. 2 Aug 2013

Avrupa Acquires New License in Portugal’s Northern Pyrite Belt

Avrupa Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new license in the northern Pyrite Belt of Portugal. The Mining Bureau of Portugal issued the new Marateca license to Avrupa on July 26, 2013. The license covers approximately 742 square kilometers and is located 40 kilometers north of the Company’s Alvalade joint venture project with Antofagasta Minerals, SA. Avrupa previously held an exploration license, also called Marateca, covering some of the same area as the new license.

2 Aug 2013

Timberline Provides Update on Butte Highlands Gold Project

Timberline Resources Corporation ("Timberline" or the "Company") announced today that with the recent receipt of the final MPDES water discharge permit and the progress on the remaining permits, Butte Highlands JV, LLC ("BHJV") management has directed the recently mobilized mining, construction, and exploration crews at the Butte Highlands mine site to proceed with several of projects.

From Timberline Resources Corporation 1 Aug 2013

Donner Provides Drilling Update on McLeod Deep and Bracemac-McLeod Exploration Targets

Mr. Harvey Keats, Chief Executive Officer of Donner Metals Ltd. (“Donner” or the “Company”), provides an update on drilling at McLeod Deep, Bracemac-McLeod as well as on regional exploration targets. Results include the extension of massive and semi-massive sulphide mineralization, associated with extensive alteration, down plunge of McLeod Deep and a new intercept of zinc-rich sulphides immediately northwest of the Bracemac KT zone, which is currently being mined.

1 Aug 2013

Benton Stakes 746 Claim Units in Mealy Project

Benton Resources Inc. (“Benton” or “the Company”) has acquired through staking 746 claim units representing approximately 194 square-kilometers within the Mealy Lake intrusion (the “Mealy Project”). The new project is contiguous and directly along strike of Altius Minerals Corp.’s (“Altius”) 256 square-kilometre Natashquan property located approximately 140 kilometres southwest of Churchill Falls in Labrador.

1 Aug 2013

Orefinders Selects SRK to Prepare 43-101 Resource Estimate on Mirado Gold Project

Orefinders Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that SRK Consulting (Canada) Ltd. ("SRK") has been retained to prepare a NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate and associated Independent Technical Report ("Report") for the Mirado Gold Deposit located in the Kirkland Lake area of Northern Ontario. It is estimated that the Report will be completed during the third quarter of 2013.

1 Aug 2013

MPH Ventures Announces Acquisition of North Albany Graphite Property in Northern Ontario

MPH Ventures Corp. has acquired a 100-per-cent interest in the North Albany Property consisting of 16 mineral claims covering approximately 256 hectares located within the Porcupine district of Northern Ontario, contiguous to the north of Zenyatta Ventures Ltd.'s Albany (vein type) graphite deposit discovery.

1 Aug 2013

Innovative System Couples Detonation of Commercial Explosives to Highly Dynamic Rock Mechanics

Blue Dog Scientific Ltd have recently innovated advanced mathematical and computational systems which, for the first time, fully couple detonation of commercial explosives to highly dynamic rock mechanics. In other words, they can now predict and quantify how different commercial explosives perform in specific mining applications.

31 Jul 2013

Forum Uranium Commences Airborne Radiometric Survey over Clearwater Project

Forum Uranium Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of an airborne radiometric survey over its 100% owned Clearwater Project immediately adjacent to the southwest of the Alpha Minerals/Fission Uranium claim boundary.

31 Jul 2013

North American Nickel Provides Update on Exploration Activities at Maniitsoq Project

North American Nickel Inc. is pleased to provide an update on exploration activities at its 100% owned Maniitsoq project. Field crews commenced surface prospecting on June 15 and the diamond drill arrived on June 21, 2013. To date ten holes (MQ-13-010 to 19) totaling 1,520 meters have been completed. All of the holes have been surveyed with the Crone three-component pulse electromagnetic system.

31 Jul 2013

County of San Bernardino Grants Permit Extension to Castle Mountain Mining

Castle Mountain Mining Company Limited is pleased to announce a five year extension to the Mining Conditional Use Permit and Reclamation Plan N0. 90M-013 (“Mining Permit” or the “Permit”) for the Castle Mountain Mine to December 31, 2025. The Permit extension was granted by the County of San Bernardino, the lead permitting agency with respect the Castle Mountain Mine, following the full review of an application submitted by the Company on May 30, 2013.

31 Jul 2013

Freeport-McMoRan Awards Fluor CM Contract for Peru Cerro Verde Mine Expansion

Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded a contract by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold to provide construction management (CM) services for the expansion of the Cerro Verde mine in Peru. Fluor previously provided engineering and procurement services on the project beginning in early 2012. For the new contract, Fluor booked approximately $2.9 billion into backlog during the second quarter of 2013.

31 Jul 2013

Montero Provides Update on Tanzania Wigu Hill Rare Earth Project

Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. ("Montero") provides an update on test work performed on the bastnaesite-rich carbonatite material from the Wigu Hill Rare Earth Project in Tanzania. A metallurgical study was completed by SGS-Lakefield in Canada examining flotation processes to upgrade Rare Earth Element ("REE") minerals from the Wigu Hill bastnaesite-rich carbonatite material.

30 Jul 2013

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Cordoba Enters Agreement with Minatura to Acquire 100% Interest in Cordoba Copper-Gold Project

Delrand Provides Update on Diamond Exploration Activities in Democratic Republic of the Congo

Avalon Provides Progress Update on Nechalacho Rare Earth Elements Project

Avrupa Acquires New License in Portugal’s Northern Pyrite Belt

Timberline Provides Update on Butte Highlands Gold Project

Donner Provides Drilling Update on McLeod Deep and Bracemac-McLeod Exploration Targets

Benton Stakes 746 Claim Units in Mealy Project

Orefinders Selects SRK to Prepare 43-101 Resource Estimate on Mirado Gold Project

MPH Ventures Announces Acquisition of North Albany Graphite Property in Northern Ontario

Innovative System Couples Detonation of Commercial Explosives to Highly Dynamic Rock Mechanics

Forum Uranium Commences Airborne Radiometric Survey over Clearwater Project

North American Nickel Provides Update on Exploration Activities at Maniitsoq Project

County of San Bernardino Grants Permit Extension to Castle Mountain Mining

Freeport-McMoRan Awards Fluor CM Contract for Peru Cerro Verde Mine Expansion

Montero Provides Update on Tanzania Wigu Hill Rare Earth Project

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