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Colorado to Acquire Eldorado Copper-Gold Property in Northern British Columbia

COLORADO RESOURCES LTD. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an Option Agreement with Sunrise Resources (TSX VENTURE:SHI) ("Sunrise") to acquire up to a 75% interest in the Eldorado Copper-Gold Property located in northern British Columbia.

5 Oct 2012

Bravada Secures Drill Permit for Wind Mountain Gold and Silver Property

Bravada Gold Corporation announced today that it has received its amended drilling permit for the Wind Mountain gold and silver property, located in northwestern Nevada.

5 Oct 2012

Leadership Changes At Boart Longyear

Boart Longyear Limited’s Board of Directors announces that Craig Kipp is terminating his tenure as Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company effective immediately.

From Boart Longyear 4 Oct 2012

Zenyatta Reports High Purity Level of Graphite in First Test at SGS Canada

Zenyatta Ventures is pleased to announce that a first pass beneficiation test at SGS Canada Inc. ("Lakefield") demonstrated a leaching process capable of producing a 97.2% C (total) graphite product from a rough concentrate. Work is on-going to target purity levels of >99.0% C with results from a second series of tests expected soon.

4 Oct 2012

Brixton Begins Second Phase of Drilling Program at Thorn Property

Kiska Metals Corporation ("Kiska" or "the Company") (TSX VENTURE:KSK) reports that partner Brixton Metals Corporation has commenced the second phase of its 2012 drilling program at the Thorn Property in northwestern British Columbia. This work follows up recent drilling at the Oban Breccia Zone (see news release dated September 4, 2012). Highlights of that program include:

4 Oct 2012

Survey Reconfirms Copper, Silver and Gold Deposits at Elizabeth Lake

Kenna Resources Corp. is pleased to announce the results of its airborne geophysical survey on Kenna's wholly-owned Elizabeth Lake Property located 26 kilometres north of La Ronge, Saskatchewan.

4 Oct 2012

Compass Minerals Purchases Mining Rights to Salt Reserves in Chilean Atacama Desert

Compass Minerals (NYSE: CMP) has purchased the mining rights to approximately 100 million tons of salt reserves in the Chilean Atacama Desert.

4 Oct 2012

World’s Largest Underground Mine Automation System At Argyle Diamond Mine

Sandvik Mining today announces an order from Rio Tinto to provide advanced mine automation systems for use at Argyle Diamonds underground mining operation in Western Australia. The automation systems are scheduled for delivery in 2012-2013.

From Sandvik AB 3 Oct 2012

New Modular Angle Drill From Atlas Copco Offers Greater Accessibility

Atlas Copco has now released an exciting new version of its standard LBV16 angle drill designated the LBV16M.

From Atlas Copco AB 3 Oct 2012

Punchline Resources Announces Positive Results from Empress Project

Punchline Resources Ltd. (OTCQB: PUNL) (OTCBB: PUNL) ("Punchline" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has received additional positive sample results from exploration recently conducted at the Empress Project, located approximately 26 miles south of Goldfield, Nevada.

3 Oct 2012

InterOil Begins Drilling of Antelope-3 Appraisal Well

InterOil Corporation (NYSE: IOC) (POMSoX:IOC) ("InterOil") announced that on September 30, 2012, drilling commenced on the Antelope-3 appraisal well in Petroleum Retention License 15 in Papua New Guinea.

3 Oct 2012

Follow-Up Drilling Commences at Corvus Gold’s Yellow Jacket High-Grade Target

Corvus Gold Inc. announces the start of its follow up drill program on the high-grade gold target at Yellow Jacket on its North Bullfrog project in Nevada. The program will target the down dip extension of core zone mineralization that was intersected in the Company's recent hole NB12-138 (4.3 metres at 20.0 g/t gold and 1,519 g/t silver).

3 Oct 2012

New Mineralization Discovered at Riverstone Resources’ Kao Deposit

Riverstone Resources Inc.is pleased to report results from seventy-one reverse circulation ("RC") drill holes adjacent to the 100% owned Kao exploration permit ("Kao") deposit, which forms part of the Company's flagship Karma Gold Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa (the "Karma Project").

3 Oct 2012

Claude Resources Reports Strong Preliminary Production Results from Seabee Gold Operation

Claude Resources Inc. has announced preliminary production results from its 100 percent owned and operated Seabee Gold Operation.

3 Oct 2012

Candente Copper Reports on Recent Community Meeting in Peru

Vancouver, British Columbia, October 1st, 2012. Candente Copper Corp. advises that a meeting of the members of the Comunidad Campesina San Juan De Kañaris ("the Community") was held on Sunday September 30th, and that a vote was held concerning mining in the region. According to media reports in Peru, the Community voted against mining in San Juan de Kañaris.

3 Oct 2012