Rockex Mining Corporation ("Rockex" or the "Company") (TSX:RXM) is pleased to announce the results of an airborne high-resolution aeromagnetic survey flown over its Western Lake St. Joseph, Doran Lake and Root Lake Projects in the Lake St. Joseph area, located in northwestern Ontario 80 kms southwest of Pickle Lake and 100 kms northeast of Sioux Lookout.

Wajax Corporation (TSX:WJX) today announced it has reached an agreement with LeTourneau Technologies, Inc. ("LeTourneau") providing for the dealer agreement relating to Wajax's distribution of LeTourneau mining equipment and parts products in Canada to be discontinued effective April 27, 2012.

Lucara Diamond Corp. ("Lucara" or the "Company") (TSX:LUC)(BOTSWANA:LUC) is pleased to provide the following update on the development of its AK6 diamond mine in Botwsana which is rapidly nearing completion as well as the trial mining program at the Mothae diamond mine in Lesotho which, based on continued good results, will soon be moving into the pre-feasibility stage.

Atacama Pacific Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ATM) ("Atacama Pacific") is very pleased to report further positive results from metallurgical testing from the it's oxide-associated Cerro Maricunga Gold Project located in northern Chile, 20 kilometres south of Kinross Gold's La Coipa precious metals mine. The testing was undertaken by Laboratorio Plenge ("Plenge"), Lima, Peru and by Advanced Mineral Technology Laboratory Ltd. ("AMTEL"), London, Canada.

BILLINGS, MT--(Marketwire - Oct 17, 2011) - STILLWATER MINING COMPANY (NYSE: SWC) (TSX: SWC.U) will release its third quarter 2011 financial results before the United States financial markets open on Friday, October 28, 2011. The Company will conduct...

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 17, 2011) - Alamos Gold Inc. (TSX:AGI) ("Alamos" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mr. Han Ilhan will join the Company as Vice President of Projects effective October 17, 2011. Mr. Ilhan has...

CONCORD, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Oct. 17, 2011) - Tawsho Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:TAW) ("Tawsho" or the "Corporation") announces that it has granted a stock option today to acquire up to 5,000 common shares to a key employee of the Corporat...

Canasil Resources Inc. (Canasil) (TSX VENTURE:CLZ)(FRANKFURT:3CC) announces that assay results from drill hole SE-11-11, drilled to a depth of 175.6 metres to test the San Francisco vein area at the Sandra-Escobar silver-gold project in Durango State, Mexico, confirm disseminated silver mineralization with 19.09 g/t silver, 0.12% lead and 0.22% zinc over 52.5 metres, starting at 7.50 metres below surface to a depth of 60 metres.

Osisko Mining Corporation ("Osisko" or the "Company") (TSX:OSK)(FRANKFURT:EWX) is proud to announce it has deposited the amount of $22.1 million with the Quebec Government, representing 50 % of the financial guarantee of $44.2 million, to cover the entire future cost of rehabilitating its new Canadian Malartic mine site in the Abitibi region of Quebec. The balance of the guarantee will be remitted as two subsequent payments of $11.05 million each, to be made on or around September 1, 2012 and September 1, 2013.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 17, 2011) - Huakan International Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HK) (the "Company") reports that the deadline for closing of the sale of its Greenwood Gold project assets to Gold Crown LLC has been extend...

LONGUEUIL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Oct. 17, 2011) - Avala Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:AVZ) (the "Company" or "Avala") is pleased to present an update on progress and drill results from the Korkan-Bigar trend, part of the sediment-hosted gold...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Oct. 17, 2011) - Cortez Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:CUT) ("Cortez" or the "Company") announces that it has accepted a letter of intent ("LOI") from Banco Base, S.A. Institución de Banca Múltiple ("B...