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Cream Minerals announces completion of 20,000 metre drill program, Nuevo Milenio silver-gold project, Nayarit State, Mexico

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2011) - Cream Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CMA)(OTCBB:CRMXF)(FRANKFURT:DFL) ("Cream" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the successful completion of 20,200 metres of diamond drilling at the Nuevo Milenio silver-gold project located in Nayarit State, Mexico. The Nuevo Milenio is a low sulphidation, epithermal precious metal prospect containing silver-gold mineralization in quartz vein - quartz stock work zones hosted within a collapsed caldera. Nuevo Milenio contains a NI 43-101 compliant Inferred Mineral Resource of 54.6 million ounces silver equivalent contained within 5.09 million tonnes. The average silver grade is 251 g/t and the average gold grade is 1.66 g/t (see page 3). Metal prices employed were USD $10.28 per ounce silver and USD $816.09 per ounce gold. A cut-off grade of USD $45.00 per tonne or 131 g/t silver equivalent was used.

Orbite Receives Receipt of Final Prospectus Qualifying its C$57.5 Million Bought-Deal Offering

Exploration Orbite V.S.P.A. Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ORT.A) ("Orbite" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has obtained a receipt for its final prospectus filed in each of the provinces of Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia (the "Receipt"). The prospectus qualifies for distribution 17,968,750 class A shares (the "Common Shares") of the Company and 8,984,375 common share purchase warrants (the "Warrants") of the Company issuable upon the automatic exercise of 17,968,750 previously issued special warrants (the "Special Warrants"). The automatic exercise of the Special Warrants is expected to occur at 5:00 p.m. (Montreal time) on September 22, 2011, being the third business day after the issuance of the Receipt. The Receipt for the prospectus was obtained within the prescribed deadline.

Altius and Century Iron Mines sign principal and royalty agreements on four Labrador Iron Ore properties

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2011) - Altius Minerals Corporation (TSX:ALS) ("Altius") and Century Iron Mines Corporation (TSX:FER) ("Century") are pleased to announce that they have signed a principal agreement and a royalty agreement (together, the "Agreements") covering four of Altius' regional iron ore projects in the Labrador Trough: Astray, Grenville, Menihek and Schefferville. Under the Agreements, Century will acquire a 100% interest in the four projects for exploration expenditures of $7 million per project and the issuance of 5 million Century shares cumulatively over a 5-year period. Altius will retain a 1% to 4% sliding scale Gross Sales Royalty ("GSR") on the properties as well as additional consideration of "bonus" Century shares as National Instrument 43-101 compliant iron ore resources are defined above various thresholds.

Hathor intersects 27.0 m of 7.91 % U3O8, including 3.5 m of 41.77 % U3O8, as far east zone at Roughrider continues to surpass expectations

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 20, 2011) - Hathor Exploration Limited (TSX:HAT) ("Hathor" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a further update on the 2011 summer drill program at the Far East Zone of the Roughrider Uranium Deposit in the Athabasca Basin, with new data from 7 drill holes (MWNE-11-711 to 715, 717A, and 719; Figures 1 to 5; and Tables 1 and 2).

Century Iron Mines Corporation to Trade on TSX Under Symbol "FER"

Century Iron Mines Corporation ("Century Iron" or the "Company") (TSX:FER) is pleased to announce that its common shares will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange at the opening of trading today under the current symbol "FER". Concurrently with the listing on the TSX, the Company's shares will no longer trade and will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange.

Stratton resources commences drilling at its MAC molybdenum-copper project in British Columbia, Canada

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19, 2011) - Stratton Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SI) ("Stratton" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has commenced drilling at the MAC Molybdenum-Copper Project ("MAC") located in central British Columbia, Canada. MAC is an under-explored molybdenum-copper project with historic molybdenum resources (non-43-101 compliant) that have significant upside potential. Initial work will be carried out with the goal of confirming, expanding and quantifying the molybdenum resource. It will also target the previously unreported copper component and bring the resource into compliance with NI 43-101 standards by drilling 10,000 meters of diamond drill holes in the Camp Zone. Two diamond drills are being mobilized to site.

Selwyn Resources Ltd.: new high-grade mineralization extends XY West to the Northwest

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19, 2011) - Selwyn Resources Ltd. ("Selwyn") (TSX VENTURE:SWN) is pleased to provide additional information on the discovery of zinc-lead mineralization northwest of XY West deposit, as described in the August 15, 2011 news release, within an adjacent fault panel. These new drill results support the significant mineral potential of the Selwyn Project now that high-grade zinc-lead mineralization has been traced over 2,900 metres in the XY Central-XY West deposits area. This drilling was conducted by Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. ("SCML"), the joint venture company equally owned by Selwyn and Chihong Mining Canada Ltd. Chihong Mining Canada Ltd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yunnan Chihong Zinc and Germanium Co. Ltd. The location of the new drill holes and lenses can be found on drill plan maps available at www.selwynresources.com.

IAMGOLD update on rare earth drilling and assay results

IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD" or the "Company") today announced an update on its exploration of the rare earth elements ("REE") adjacent to its Niobec niobium mine near Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. The known rare earth element zone ("REE zone") located about one kilometre north of the Niobec mine was last explored in 1985, and is known to host significant rare earth element mineralization. As reported in the Company's 2011 second quarter report, a supplemental exploration program of $2.5 million was approved to drill test the projected extensions of known niobium resources at Niobec, and to explore the REE zone. A 21,000 metre diamond drilling campaign commenced in the second quarter, with 8,500 metres directed to the REE zone.

Sunridge Gold Completes Drilling Program and Reaches 50% Ownership at the Besakoa Copper-Zinc-Gold Project, Madagascar

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19, 2011) - Sunridge Gold Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SGC)(OTCQX:SGCNF) announces that the initial 5,000 metre diamond drill program on the Besakoa copper/zinc/gold volcanogenic-massive-sulphide (VMS) project in Madagascar is now complete. Core samples have been shipped to the laboratory and assay results are expected next month.

Aurizon Mines Ltd.: two new high grade gold zones discovered at Marban

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19, 2011) - Aurizon Mines Ltd. ("Aurizon") (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE Amex:AZK) is pleased to report the discovery of two new high grade mineralized gold zones at the Marban Block property, located in the Malartic gold camp, Abitibi region of Quebec. "These are extremely encouraging results for us," said George Paspalas, President and CEO of Aurizon. "The original premise for entering into the Marban joint venture was to test for both extensions of the current known gold mineralization in the top 300 metres, and to test for vertical extension at depth. These results confirm that premise." VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 19, 2011) - Aurizon Mines Ltd. ("Aurizon") (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE Amex:AZK) is pleased to report the discovery of two new high grade mineralized gold zones at the Marban Block property, located in t...