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Swingplane Provides Update on Algarrobo Iron Oxide-Copper-Gold Property

Swingplane Ventures, Inc. (the "Company" or "Swingplane") is pleased to update information pertaining to the Algarrobo property.

21 Feb 2013

CAP Mineria Places Order for Siemens’ Electrical Equipment

The Siemens Drive Technologies division has been commissioned by CAP Mineria to supply the entire electrical system for the Cerro Negro Norte iron ore mine in the Chilean Atacama region. The plant, situated about 700 km north of Santiago de Chile, is designed for an annual output of about 4 million metric tons of iron ore concentrate.

From Siemens AG 21 Feb 2013

Teras Announces Positive Results from Geochemical Sampling Program at Cahuilla Project

Teras Resources Inc. ("Teras" or the "Company") is very pleased to report results from its recent geochemical sampling program at the Cahuilla project in Imperial County, California. A total of 130 samples were collected in the northeast section of the project area considerable distances from known precious metal mineralization resulting in the substantial expansion of the favorable epithermal system. Consequently, the Company has significantly increased the exploration potential of Cahuilla in the northeast portion of the project area.

From Teras Resources Inc. 20 Feb 2013

Copper North Reports Exploration Program Results from Redstone Copperbelt

Copper North Mining Corp. ("Copper North" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the results of geophysical surveys, geochemical surveys and geological mapping from Coates Lake and other properties in the Redstone Copperbelt, Northwest Territories, Canada.

20 Feb 2013

Alpha Minerals Reports Additional Results from Patterson Lake Core Drill Program

Alpha Minerals Inc., (the "Company" or "Alpha"), and its Joint Venture partner Fission Energy Corp. are pleased to release additional results from the Patterson Lake, Saskatchewan, core drill program. Hole PLS 13-038, located along the same conductor as adjacent to the Discovery (see News Release Nov 5, 2012), but 385 meters to the East, intersected two high grade zones within an overall Upper Zone of 57.5 meters of strong mineralization and also a Lower Zone of 15.5 meters thickness of intermittent uranium mineralization.

20 Feb 2013

QRS Capital Enters Option Agreement to Acquire Portion of Aurum Project

QRS Capital Corp. ("QRS" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an option agreement (the "option agreement") to acquire 100% of a 3,560 hectare portion of the Aurum Copper Project, a 7,960 hectare copper, silver and gold mineralized property located in the Third Region, Southern Atacama at 1,200 m.a.s.l. on the Coastal Cordillera of Central Chile.

20 Feb 2013

Minaurum Gold Announces Identification of New Targets at El Porfido Project

Minaurum Gold Inc. ("Minaurum") is pleased to announce the identification of two new targets at its 100%-controlled El Pórfido gold-skarn/porphyry project. The 4,666-hectare project lies within 90 kilometers of the prolific Guerrero Gold Belt in the southwestern part of the Mexican state of Puebla. The property was staked by David M. Jones, who was responsible for the discovery of the Los Filos mine in the Guerrero Gold Belt, presently operated by Goldcorp.

20 Feb 2013

Atacama Pacific Announces Positive Drill Results from Cerro Maricunga Project

Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation ("Atacama Pacific") is pleased to report continued positive results from the ongoing 20,000-metre infill drilling program at its 100% owned Cerro Maricunga oxide gold project located in Chile's Maricunga Mineral Belt, 120 kilometres northeast of the city of Copiapo.

20 Feb 2013

Siemens Commissions Gearless Belt Conveyor System at Xstrata Copper Mine in Peru

The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has commissioned a gearless belt conveyor system in the Antapaccay copper mine in Peru. This is the first large-scale reference for this technology outside Germany. The mine, 4200 meters above sea level, belongs to Xstrata Copper and is scheduled to produce an average of 160,000 tonnes of copper in concentrate per annum in the initial years of its more than 20-year projected mine life.

From Siemens AG 19 Feb 2013

EMED Mining Announces Completion of Updated NI 43-101 Technical Report

EMED Mining Public Limited (the "Company" or "EMED Mining"), the Europe-based minerals development and exploration company, is pleased to announce that independent technical expert Behre Dolbear has completed an updated NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Company's Rio Tinto Copper Project.

19 Feb 2013

Orocobre Updates Progress on Olaroz Lithium Project Construction

Orocobre Limited ("Orocobre" or "the Company") is pleased to provide a progress report on the construction of the Company's flagship Olaroz lithium project.

19 Feb 2013

PwC Report Shows Coal Makes Significant Contribution to British Columbia Economy

A new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) shows that coal makes a significant contribution to the British Columbia economy through employment, tax revenue and contribution to provincial GDP. In 2011, the coal industry generated an estimated $3.2 billion in provincial GDP and approximately $715.2 million in tax revenue for all levels of government including $399 million in tax revenue generated by economic activity and $316.2 million in mineral tax payments to British Columbia.

18 Feb 2013

Sabah Shell Petroleum Awards Subsea Pipelines Contract for Malikai Project to Technip

Technip was awarded by Sabah Shell Petroleum Company Ltd (SSPC) an important subsea pipelines contract for the Malikai Deepwater project, located offshore Sabah, at a water depth of approximately 650 meters.

18 Feb 2013

Environmental Licensing Process for Belo Sun Volta Grande Project in Progress

BELO SUN MINING CORP. confirms that the environmental licensing process for the company's Volta Grande Project (the "Project") continues in the ordinary course. To correct recent media reports, Belo Sun confirms that its licensing application has not been rejected.

18 Feb 2013

Cancana Plans to Spin-Off Gold and Diamond Assets

Cancana Resources Corp. (the "Company" or "Cancana") is pleased to announce that its annual meeting of its shareholders will be held on April 12, 2013 in Victoria, BC. The Company is also pleased to announce its plan to spin off its gold and diamond assets.

18 Feb 2013