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TNR Gold receives third party proposal and provides Los Azules project update

TNR Gold Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TNR.V - News) has received an unsolicited proposal from a third party to merge with TNR and to acquire TNR's wholly owned subsidiary Compania Minera Solitario Argentina S.A. ("Solitario"). The Company has called a meeting of the TNR Board of Directors to determine whether the proposal is sufficiently attractive to commence exclusive negotiations with the third party, and also to consider its other strategic alternatives. VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - May 11, 2012) - TNR Gold Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:TNR) has received an unsolicited proposal from a third party to merge with TNR and to acquire TNR's wholly owned subsidiary Compania Min...

Zincore announces strategic partnership with First Quantum Minerals to accelerate work on copper and zinc projects

Zincore Metals Inc. (TSX:ZNC)(LMA:ZNC) ("Zincore" or the "Company") is pleased to report that it has entered into a strategic partnership with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) ("First Quantum") Under the terms of a binding Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU"), First Quantum's wholly-owned subsidiary, FQM (Peru) Ltd will make a strategic investment in Zincore via private placement for 19,113,874 common shares at $0.20 per share (the "Private Placement") and fund the advancement of Zincore's Dolores copper porphyry project through exploration and, if warranted, development and production. The Dolores project is located in the prolific Yauri-Andahuaylas Copper District of southern Peru, approximately 40 kilometres from the Haquira deposit, which First Quantum is currently developing.