Bayfield Ventures Corp. (TSX VENTURE:BYV) (FRANKFURT:B4N) (the "Company") is pleased to announce additional gold and silver intercepts on its 100% owned Burns Block property in the Rainy River District of north-western Ontario. The Burns Block is situated adjacent to the east and on strike to Rainy River Resources' (TSX-V: RR) multi-million ounce gold deposit.

Macusani Yellowcake Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:YEL) (FRANKFURT:QG1) is pleased to announce additional assay results from the drilling program on two platforms, PT-CH17 and PT-CH2, at the Chilcuno Chico area on the Kihitian Property on the Macusani Plateau in Puno, Peru. The exploration program, which targeted the deeper Manto "B" zone, intersected 11 m with a weighted average grade of 2,042 ppm U3O8 (or 4.084 lbs/ton) from 85 to 96m. This intersection represents the high-grade portion of a larger 27 m intersection (from 74 to 101m) with a weighted average grade of 862 ppm U3O8 (or 1.724 lbs/ton).

Forsys Metals Corp. (TSX:FSY)(FRANKFURT:F2T)(NSX:FSY) ("Forsys" or the "Company") is pleased to announce positive uranium leaching results from laboratory tests to determine whether ore from its fully licensed Valencia Uranium Project could be economically recovered by heap leaching. The test program focused on the uranium recovery and reagent consumptions that are commercially achievable, and generating data to guide future development work by a heap leach process route.

India Globalization Capital, Inc. (NYSE Amex: IGC), a company competing in the rapidly growing materials and infrastructure industry in India, announced that it has closed on a strategic partnership agreement to provide iron ore to Chinese steel mills.

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) will pay an interim dividend of Cdn $0.0533 per share in respect of the financial year ended December 31, 2011. The dividend will be paid on September 20, 2011 to shareholders of record on August 29, 2011. The ex-dividend date is August 25, 2011.

Geopulse Exploration Inc. (OTCQB: GPLS) (OTCBB: GPLS) has secured its potash property objective in Utah. The company was among numerous other mineral exploration groups participating in the competitive tender process. Geopulse was recently informed of its success and now await final state approval of company ownership.

Highland Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:HI) has entered into a Joint Venture Agreement with BRP LLC whereby Highland has acquired the right to earn in up to a 65% interest in copper resources in Keweenaw and Houghton counties, Michigan.

High Desert Gold Corporation announced on Thursday that the Company has identified two new areas of high-grade gold/silver and base metal mineralization, and a third area of skarn mineralization, at its wholly-owned San Antonio Project in Sonora, Mexico.

North Bay Resources Inc. announced on Wednesday that the Company has acquired a 100% undivided interest in two rare earth properties in southeastern British Columbia. The Perry River Carbonatite property covers 505 hectares (1,247 acres) and is located approximately 42 kilometres northwest of Revelstoke, BC. The property is known to host niobium, lanthanum, cerium, neodymium, and other REEs.

Ucore Rare Metals Inc. announced on Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has granted a request for priority permitting of the Company's Bokan Mountain rare earth project in Southeast Alaska. The Department has approved exploration permitting in inventoried roadless areas of the Tongass National Forest proximal to Bokan. The permitting approvals will allow the Bokan project to proceed significantly faster than previously anticipated, reducing project development time by a year or more.

The Crain property resource block is accessible through historic mine workings on Energy Fuels’ Calliham property acquired earlier this year. Engineering studies are currently underway to rehabilitate and develop the resources in this district.

AuRo Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ARU)(FRANKFURT:NXP3) announced that its acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding securities in the capital of White Gold Corporation ("White Gold") has closed.