Canadian Orebodies Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CO) ("Orebodies") has started drilling on its Haig Inlet Iron Ore Project, located on the Belcher Islands, Nunavut, Canada.

Mindoro Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:MIO) (ASX:MDO) (FRANKFURT:WKN 906167) today announced further positive and encouraging copper-gold results from its Pan de Azucar Project in the Philippines, including PDA-28: 3.9 meters of 5.3 percent copper, 0.78 g/t gold, 55.7 g/t silver, 5.11 percent zinc from 9.2 meters and 54.8 meters of 1.17 percent copper and 0.77 g/t gold from 20.75 meters.

Great Panther Silver Limited (TSX:GPR)(NYSE Amex:GPL) announced the acquisition of four mining concessions, totaling 1,514 hectares, approximately 10-15 kilometres northeast of Guanajuato, Mexico.

Allana Potash Corp. CA:AAA -0.73% announces today its support to the relief efforts following the drought and resulting famine inEast Africa with a pledge of $100,000 to the Ethiopian government.

Carpathian Gold announced that it has concluded an agreement with Barrick Gold Corporation for a CDN$20 Million private placement to purchase 38,461,538 common shares (the "Private Placement" and the "Common Shares") of the Corporation at a price of $0.52 per share. The Common Shares will be subject to a four-month hold period. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be exclusively applied to the Corporation's ongoing exploration and development work on its wholly owned Rovina Valley Project ("RVP") situated in west-central Romania.

Grizzly Discoveries Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GZD) (OTCQX:GZDIF) (FRANKFURT:G6H) provides the following update for its Alberta Potash Project:

High Desert Gold Corporation announced on Tuesday the completion of its earn-in option on the Gold Springs gold project that straddles the Nevada-Utah border. The Option and Earn-in Agreement dated January 10, 2010 called for HDG to incur $US1 million in exploration expenditures and pay $US160,000 to Pilot Gold Inc.

Argentum Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASL) has closed the third and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement of $0.35 units. The units each consist of one common share and one-half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant will be exercisable for one additional common share at a price of $0.50 until June 23, 2012.

Alderon Resource Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ADV)(OTCQX:ALDFF) announced the addition of Mr. Tayfun Eldem, P.Eng. as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the company effective September 7, 2011, at which time Mr. Mark J. Morabito will assume the role of Executive Chairman and Mr. Stan Bharti will assume the role of Vice Chairman.

Champion Minerals Inc. (TSX:CHM)(FRANKFURT:P02) announced assay results from the Attikamagen Project, which is wholly-owned by Champion and under option to Century Iron Mines Corp. and is located in north-eastern Quebec and western Labrador, near the town of Schefferville, Quebec. The 2011 winter drilling program focused on several potential taconite and direct shipping ore ("DSO") targets near Hayot Lake, Quebec and Joyce Lake in western Labrador. Century Iron completed over 2,000 metres of combined diamond and reverse circulation ("RC") drilling and are continuing the current phase of drilling which is expected to be completed by December 2011.

Latin American Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:LAT) announced that on July 5, 2011, it signed a definitive Option Agreement for the potential earn-in and joint venture development of the Company's Itapoty Diamond Project by Olivut Resources Ltd (TSX VENTURE:OLV). Olivut is a Canadian diamond exploration company focused on projects in the NWT, Canada and in Uruguay, South America. The Itapoty Diamond Project is one of several exploration and mining projects being developed by Latin American Minerals in Paraguay.

Exploration Orbite V.S.P.A.announced that it has completed its previously announced bought-deal private placement of special warrants (the "Special Warrants") in the aggregate amount of C$57,500,000 (the "Offering"), which includes the exercise in full, by Mackie Research Capital Corporation, the lead underwriter and sole bookrunner for the Offering, of its option to acquire an additional 15% of Special Warrants initially reserved for the Offering (the "Underwriters' Option").