Kinross Gold Corporation (TSX:K.TO - News)(NYSE: KGC - News) announced today it has reached a non-binding agreement in principle with the government of Ecuador regarding key fiscal and legal parameters for the exploitation of the Fruta del Norte (FDN) deposit in Ecuador's Zamora Chinchipe province.

Douglas Forster, Chairman of Calibre Mining Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CXB) (the "Company" or "Calibre") is pleased to announce that Alder Resources Ltd. ("Alder") (TSX VENTURE:ALR) has informed Calibre that drilling has commenced on Calibre's Rosita Copper- Gold-Silver Project on the Company's Borosi Property in northeastern Nicaragua.

Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX:ML) ("Mercator" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously announced private placement (the "Offering") of 11,428,572 units ("Unit") to raise gross proceeds of C$20 million. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 5, 2011) -

Siga Resources Inc (OTCBB: SGAE) is pleased to announce that it has now received all the raw results from the 9 bulk test pits completed in late summer and fall on the Lucky Thirteen property.

Rio Novo Gold Inc. (TSX:RN.TO - News)(TSX:RN-WT.TO - News) ("Rio Novo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the "Licenca de Instalacao", (the "LI" or "Construction License") has been issued for its Almas Gold Project by the Tocantins State Natural Resources and Environment Authority (NATURATINS). TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 2, 2011) - Rio Novo Gold Inc. (TSX:RN)(TSX:RN.WT) ("Rio Novo" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the "Licenca de Instalacao", (the "LI" or "Construction License") has been issued for its Alma...

Northern Tiger Resources Inc. ("Northern Tiger" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:NTR) is pleased to announce that all results have been received from the 2011 soil geochemistry survey at the 3Ace Property in the southeast Yukon.

Premium Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PEM.V -News)(OTCQX:PMMEF.PK - News) ("Premium" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the first six of nine holes drilled in the 35 km2 Deadwood Zone have resulted in four widely-spaced gold discoveries in host rocks identical to the Friday Zone.

Bonanza Goldfields Corp. (Pinksheets: BONZ.PK - News) ("Bonanza" or the "Company") announced today the expansion of their flagship Tarantula Project with the acquisition of the Piedmont Mine, a gold and silver mine in operation until 1940.

Hathor Exploration Limited (TSX:HAT) ("Hathor") announces that Rio Tinto has confirmed that it has succeeded in its bid to acquire Hathor and that all of the conditions of the offer, made through an indirect wholly-owned Canadian subsidiary of Rio, have been satisfied.

New World Gold Corporation (Pinksheets: NWGC.PK - News) is pleased to announce that is has acquired a second mine in Peru. The mine was ready to go on production but had no milling capability.

Newstrike Capital Inc. ("Newstrike" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the extension to hole AP-11-67 has resulted in a new discovery on the Ana Paula Project. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Nov. 28, 2011) - Newstrike Capital Inc. (TSX VENTURE:NES) -

Therma-Med, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: THRA) announces that a comprehensive geological report on its Hindon Copper property located in Hindon Township, Ontario, Canada, has now been completed and was presented to the company's representatives.