Lincoln Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:LMG) ('Lincoln" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has received a positive preliminary economic assessment ("PEA") on the proposed open-pit mining and heap leach operation at its Pine Grove Gold Project located in the Pine Grove Hills approximately 20 miles south of Yerington, Nevada.

Galore Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GRI) announces that, it increased the size of the flow-through private placement initially announced in its news release dated November 4, 2011. A total of up to 2,699,334 flow-through shares will be issued at a price of $0.15 per flow-through share for a total of $404,910.

("Bonaparte" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a non-brokered, private placement of up to 1,000,000 common shares of the Company's stock at $0.20 per share for estimated gross proceeds of up to $200,000.

Eric Friedland reports that he has exercised rights under the rights offering of Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine") completed on December 6, 2011 to acquire deemed beneficial ownership of a total of 2,818,465 common shares of Peregrine, representing 2.5% of the deemed outstanding common shares of Peregrine.

Ascot Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: AOT.V - News) is pleased to announce final drill results from its successful 2011 exploration program at Premier.

Luna Gold Corp. (TSX-V: LGC.V - News)(BVLAC: LGC.V - News) ("Luna Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce a significant mineral resource update at the Aurizona gold mine in Brazil.

Golden Minerals Company (NYSE Amex:AUMN) (TSX:AUM) ("Golden Minerals" or "the Company") is pleased to provide additional assay results from the Company's drilling program at the Yaxtché deposit on the El Quevar project, located in the Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.

New Millennium Iron Corp. ("NML" or the "Corporation") (TSX:NML) announced today additional drill core assay results from its 100% owned Lac Ritchie property. The drilling on this property was completed on October 11, 2011 and during that period 40 holes for a total of 3,800 m were drilled. The assay results received to date represent 15 out of 40 holes drilled at Lac Ritchie.

Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE Amex:AXU) today announces interim results from its 2011 drilling program at the Bermingham property, located adjacent to the historical Hector Calumet mine within the Keno Hill Silver District in Canada's Yukon Territory. Previously-discovered zones of silver mineralization at Bermingham have been confirmed and expanded, with intercepts ranging up to 22.2 meters true width within a complex structural zone. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 8, 2011) - Alexco Resource Corp. (TSX:AXR)(NYSE Amex:AXU) today announces interim results from its 2011 drilling program at the Bermingham property, located adjacent to the historical Hector ...

Talison Lithium Limited ("Talison") (TSX:TLH) and Sojitz Corporation ("Sojitz") announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") to discuss on a non-exclusive basis collaborative marketing and distribution opportunities in Japan for lithium carbonate produced by Talison.

Intrepid Mines Limited (TSX:IAU)(ASX:IAU) ("the Company") reports that assay results from drilling completed in the last six months around the known porphyry copper-gold zone of the Tumpangpitu area of the Tujuh Bukit Project in Indonesia have been incorporated to deliver an expanded Inferred Resource estimated at 1.7 billion tonnes at 0.41% copper and 0.46 g/t gold, at a cut-off grade of 0.2% copper.

U3O8 Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UWE), a Canadian-based company focused on exploration and resource expansion of uranium and green commodities in South America, has signed a letter of intent with U3O8 Limited ("UTO"), an Australian uranium exploration company, to form a joint venture to explore U3O8 Corp's Sierra Cuadrada Project in Chubut Province, Argentina