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SCOTTSDALE, AZ–(MARKET WIRE)–Aug 25, 2008 — International Minerals Corporation (Toronto:IMZ.TO - News) (Swiss:IMZ.SW - News) announces a major increase in mineral reserve estimates for the Pallancata silver-gold mine in southern Peru. Pallancata is jointly owned by IMZ (40% interest) and Hochschild Mining plc (”Hochschild,” 60% interest and operatorship).
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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(MARKET WIRE)–Aug 20, 2008 — Pengrowth Corporation, administrator of Pengrowth Energy Trust
(Toronto:PGF-UN.TO - News) (NYSE:PGH - News), today announced its September 15, 2008 cash distribution will be Cdn $0.225 per trust unit. The distribution is net of amounts withheld to partially finance capital expenditures. The ex-distribution date is August 27, 2008. The distribution [...]

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CAMERON PARK, CALIFORNIA–(Marketwire - June 17, 2008) - Firstgold Corp. (TSX:FGD - News; OTCBB:FGOC - News) announced today that it has completed leases and the claim staking on two properties, comprising roughly 5,500 acres of potentially mineralized ground in Nevada. The Honorine Gold Exploration Property (3,280 acres) is located in proximity to the Antler [...]

VANCOUVER - Victoria Gold Corp. (TSXV:VIT) has struck a share-swap deal valued at $6.5 million to take over Gateway Gold Corp. (TSX:GTQ), a move it says improves its chances of a “significant discovery.”
Toronto-based Victoria said Gateway’s properties are “highly prospective” for finding gold and take it a step closer to production.
“We truly and honestly believe [...]

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(MARKET WIRE)–Aug 19, 2008 — Klondike Gold Corp. (CDNX:KG.V - News) is pleased to announced that the board of directors of joint venture partner Klondike Star Mineral Corp. has recently reported on the determination of probable mineral reserves sufficient to support a mining decision.
The probable mineral reserve identified to date, based on [...]

RENO, Nev.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Piedmont Mining Company, Inc. (OTC BB: PIED) today reported good exploration progress at the Willow Creek gold project in Elko County, Nevada. In the past six weeks a ground magnetic survey has been completed as well as some infill sampling of surface rock outcrops and soils. These results confirm and further define previously [...]

Orsu Metals says to focus on Varvarinskoye mines, copper-gold exploration
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Orsu Metals Corp., a London-based base and precious metal mining, development and exploration company, said it will continue to focus on bringing the Varvarinskoye copper-gold mine in Kazakhstan up to commercial production levels and simultaneously continue with the development of its advanced [...]

MONTREAL, Aug. 14 /CNW Telbec/ - Canadian Royalties Inc. (TSX:CZZ - News; “Canadian Royalties” or the “Corporation”) announces that it filed its financial results on August 14, 2008, for the quarter ended June 30, 2008 together with the management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations for the six-month period ended [...]

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire - Aug. 12, 2008) - Far West Mining Ltd. (TSX:FWM - News) is pleased to announce that diamond drilling is scheduled to commence on the Georgetown Silver-Lead-Zinc Project in Queensland, Australia during the third week of August, 2008. The Company plans to complete a ten-hole 3,000 metre program testing magnetic and electromagnetic [...]

By James Macharia
JOHANNESBURG, August 6 (Reuters) - Thousands of South African workers are expected to down tools in a national strike on Wednesday, bringing Africa’s biggest economy to a standstill in a protest against rising electricity, food and fuel prices.
The nearly 2 million-strong Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), an ally of the ruling [...]