VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. ("Petaquilla" or the "Company") (TSX:PTQ)(OTCBB:PTQMF)(FRANKFURT:P7Z) announces that its fourth quarter results of fiscal year 2011 show significant improvements. As a result of improved operational performance and rising gold prices, a net profit of US$5.4 million was generated during the fourth quarter. This second consecutive profitable quarter confirms the Company's improved profitability profile. Petaquilla's accumulated net income of US$7.5 million in the last two quarters of fiscal year 2011 reflects a positive trend in net results and the Company forecasts a positive net income for fiscal year 2012.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Empire Mining Corporation (TSX VENTURE:EPC) ("Empire") is pleased to report that initial studies that it commissioned on the wollastonite mineralization in the Main Zone of the Demirtepe deposit, which is the exclusive host of the copper-gold-silver mineralization, indicate that it is potentially of significant economic importance and can therefore possibly considerably benefit the feasibility of a future copper-gold mine development at Demirtepe.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FEO)(OTCQX:FEOVF)(PINK SHEETS:FEOVF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the fourth set of assay results from its 2011 resource verification program. The results of the new assays continue to correlate well to those reported historically. The latest results from twinned holes in Castle Mountain and Zones 2 and 4 are set out below. The Company remains on track to release a resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment in respect of the Hopes Advance project area by October of this year. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Oceanic Iron Ore Corp. (TSX VENTURE:FEO)(OTCQX:FEOVF)(PINK SHEETS:FEOVF) (the "Company") is pleased to announce the fourth set of assay results from its 2011 resource verification...

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Orsu Metals Corporation ("Orsu" or the "Company") (TSX:OSU)(AIM:OSU), the London-based precious and base metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the on-schedule completion of 1,786m (46 holes) infill drilling of the central oxide ("Karchiga Central Oxide") and an additional 2,278m (26 holes) infill drilling of the North East sulphide ("Karchiga North East Sulphide") as part of the ongoing definitive feasibility study ("DFS") at its Karchiga volcanogenic massive sulphide copper deposit in Eastern Kazakhstan (the "Karchiga Project").

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - U3O8 Corp. (TSX VENTURE:UWE), a Canadian-based company focused on uranium exploration and resource expansion in South America, reports results from the infill drilling program completed on the Aricheng C area in the Kurupung Batholith in Guyana (Figure 1). Resource estimation has started on data from Aricheng C, while infill drilling is progressing well on the next mineralized zone –Aricheng West – towards the goal of increasing the current National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101") uranium resource1 on the Kurupung Project.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Sept. 1, 2011) - Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX:TMM) is pleased to announce results for drilling completed during the months of June and July, 2011 at the existing La Chicharra open pit located 2 kilometres west of the San Francisco open pit, in the state of Sonora, Mexico. The most significant results were obtained along the projection of the La Chicharra mineral trend located 500 meters to the south of the San Francisco mine and 1,200 meters to the southeast of the La Chicharra pit along what appears to be a parallel mineral system to the San Francisco deposit.

Atacama Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:AAM) ("Atacama" or "the Company") is pleased to provide the following report on the financial and operating highlights for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2011. The Company recorded significantly higher gross profits of $1.9 million for the quarter representing a 64% increase over the same period last year. Enjoying a 19% increase in iodine prices and a 15% increase in iodine sales volume, the Company's net loss was narrowed to $117,000 compared to $650,000 in the second quarter of 2010.

CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Aug. 30, 2011) - North American Energy Partners Inc. ("NAEP" or "the Company") (TSX:NOA) (NYSE:NOA) today announced it has been awarded a $127 million heavy civil construction contract with Fluor Canada Limited at Syncrude Canada Ltd's (Syncrude) Base Mine and provided an update on the progress of discussions with Canadian Natural Resources Limited (Canadian Natural).

Nautilus Minerals (TSX:NUS)(AIM:NUS) is to raise approximately US$100 million (C$98.1 million*) through a private placement of common shares to fund the development of its first project, Solwara 1, in the Bismarck Sea of Papua New Guinea. The placing will involve the issue of approximately 39 million shares to a number of investors at a price of CAD$2.52 (US$2.58) per share. Nautilus President and CEO Steve Rogers said the private placement would provide funds for the construction of the seafloor resource production system, which initially will be deployed at Solwara 1 – the company's first deepwater copper and gold project.

Grizzly Discoveries Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GZD) (OTCQX:GZDIF) (FRANKFURT:G6H) ("Grizzly" or the "Company") is pleased to provide the following update on its 2011 exploration program at its 100% owned Greenwood Gold Project, a 225,000 acre contiguous block of mineral claims centered on Greenwood, British Columbia.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2011) - Augen Gold Corp. (the "Company" or "Augen Gold") (TSX VENTURE:GLD) is pleased to announce that it has filed a National Instrument 43-101 compliant technical report entitled "Technical Report on a Resource Estimate of the Jerome Mine Property", dated effective July 18, 2011 (the "Jerome Report") in connection with the NI 43-101 compliant Mineral Resource Estimate for the Company's Jerome Mine previously announced on July 18, 2011.

VANCOUVER, CANADA--(Marketwire - Aug. 31, 2011) - Lithium One Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:LI), is pleased to report the delineation of a new zone (the "North Basin") containing thick halite sequences hosting high grade lithium and potassium brine at the Sal de Vida Project at Salar del Hombre Muerto, Argentina. The five core holes in this new discovery report grades averaging 852 mg/L lithium and 10,181 mg/L potassium within the first 55 metres from surface, with no cut-offs applied. The 50 km² North Basin is adjacent to, but geologically separated from, the 170 km² Central Basin where the Company has previously defined an inferred resource¹ of 5.4 million tonnes Lithium Carbonate equivalent and 21 million tonnes potassium chloride equivalent (1,470M m³ at 695 mg/L Li and 7590 mg/L K).