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Osborne copper gold project on track to advance Ivanhoe Australia from explorer to producer

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 28, 2011) - Peter Reeve, Chief Executive Officer, and Robert Friedland, Chairman of Ivanhoe Australia Limited (IAL) (ASX:IVA)(TSX:IVA), are pleased to announce the completion of the Osborne Copper-gold Study and the results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment of the company's Osborne Project in north-western Queensland. "The study confirms our view that Ivanhoe Australia is firmly on track to begin production from the Osborne complex within approximately five months, in what will be a major milestone in the evolution of our company," Mr Reeve said.

Management shake up and private placement at Cassidy Gold

Cassidy Gold Corp. ("Cassidy") (TSX VENTURE:CDX) announces that it will conduct a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,300,000 units of Cassidy (the "Units") at a price of $0.15 per Unit for aggregate proceeds of up to approximately $495,000. Cassidy is also pleased to announce the appointments of Paul Rankine as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Cassidy and of Marion Bush as the Chief Operating Officer and a director of Cassidy.

Teck announces 33% dividend increase

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 26, 2011) - Teck Resources Limited (TSX: TCK.A and TCK.B, NYSE: TCK) announced today that it will pay an eligible dividend of $0.40 per share on its outstanding Class A common shares and Class B subordinate voting shares on January 3, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2011. This represents a 33 percent increase from the previous dividend.