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Purepoint provides update on Red Willow Joint Venture with Rio Tinto

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 13, 2011) - Purepoint Uranium Group Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTU) provided an update on the advancement of Purepoint's Red Willow Project in the Athabasca Basin. The project is managed by Rio Tinto under an option agreement signed in December 2010. "Rio Tinto's focus this summer was to follow up on three areas identified from a recently completed regional 3D geological model", said Scott Frostad, Purepoint's Vice President, Exploration. "Geophysical surveys are now in progress and the results will be added to the existing base of knowledge in order to prioritize the next phase of work".

Majescor and SOMINE report significant copper soil and IP anomalies at the SOMINE property, northeast Haiti

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 13, 2011) - Majescor Resources Inc. ("Majescor" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MJX), its 100%-owned affiliate company SIMACT Alliance Copper-Gold Inc. ("SACG") and their Haitian partner SOMINE SA are pleased to report new significant results from the ongoing exploration program at the SOMINE Cu-Au project in northeast Haiti, together with the signing of a drill contract for a first round of 3,500 m focussing on the Douvray-Blondin porphyry copper-gold deposits, and on nearby targets. The drill contract has been awarded to Palo Verde Drilling Ltda. of Guatemala City, Guatemala. A man-portable drill with capabilities to 325 m depth is presently in transit from the Dominican Republic to the SOMINE project in NE Haiti. Majescor anticipates that drilling will commence on or before September 30.

LIM Added to S&P/TSX SmallCap Index

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited (TSX:LIM) 2011 is pleased to announce that Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Ltd. has been added to the S&P/TSX SmallCap Index which will become effective af...

Artha options Organullo gold-silver property in Salta Province, Argentina from Cardero Resource Corp.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - Artha Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:AHC) ("Artha" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has entered into an Option Agreement to whereby it can earn an undivided fifty-five (55%) percent working interest in the interest of Cardero Argentina S.A. ("Cardero Argentina") in the tenures which make-up the Organullo Project, and thereafter form a Joint Venture with Cardero Argentina, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardero Resource Corp. ("Cardero"). The Organullo project is a relatively advanced epithermal gold-silver project located in northern Salta Province NW Argentina with excellent potential for both high sulphidation type epithermal high grade gold and silver as well as bulk tonnage lower grade gold and silver mineralization (Maps 1 and 2).

Great Western Minerals Group to hold conference call and present at upcoming Rare Earth Conferences

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (OTCQX:GWMGF) ("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Company officials will be presenting at the following venues in September 2011. SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:GWG) (OTCQX:GWMGF) ("GWMG" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Company officials will be presenting at the following venues i...

IBC Vice President of Nuclear Fuels Jim Malone appointed Chairman of World Nuclear Association Fuels Working Group

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (TSX VENTURE:IB)(PINK SHEETS:IAALF)(OTCQX:IAALF) ("IBC" or the "Company") announces that Jim Malone, IBC's Vice President of Nuclear Fuels, has been appointed as Chairman of the World Nuclear Association's (www.world-nuclear.org) recently initiated Fuel Technology Working Group. The working group's objective is to explore evolutionary fuel technologies with a view to developing, supporting and commercializing alternative fuel-types for the nuclear industry. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 12, 2011) - IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (TSX VENTURE:IB)(PINK SHEETS:IAALF)(OTCQX:IAALF) ("IBC" or the "Company") announces that Jim Malone, IBC's Vice President of Nuclear Fuels, has been appointed ...