AME’s Mineral Exploration roundup concludes with renewed support from the province

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Dec. 27, 2011) - Columbus Silver Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CSC) ("Columbus Silver") is pleased to announce that Santa Fe Gold Corporation (OTCBB:SFEG) ("Santa Fe") has announced it has obtained conditional debt financing to complete its acquisition of Columbus Silver.

In 2012 the Canadian dollar is predicted to stay just below par and Canadian GDP will grow just two percent, according to Doug Porter, Deputy Chief Economist at BMO Capital Market, who released his 2012 predictions on Boxing Day.

Crystallex International received protection today under the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act of Canada, and the company will also be delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange next month.

Canada's energy and pipeline regulator has approved an application by Enbridge to build a $180 million pipeline to move oil out of the pipeline-constrained Bakken oil play.

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 22, 2011) - Detour Gold Corporation (TSX:DGC) ("Detour Gold") is pleased to announce the approval of the Comprehensive Study Report ("CSR") regarding the environmental assessment for the Detour Lake project by the Federal Minister of Environment.

HudBay Mineral's (TSE:HBM) Reed copper project in Manitoba got the go ahead from the company's board of directors on Monday.

A feasibility study released Wednesday for the Ajax copper-gold project estimates the capital costs at $795 million.

Imperial Oil is spending close to $9 billion to expand its 71%-owned Kearl Oil Sands Project.

Peregrine Diamonds Ltd. ("Peregrine" or "the Company") is pleased to report that it has entered into a binding agreement with BHP Billiton to purchase BHP Billiton's 51 percent participating interest in the 8,580 square kilometre Chidliak diamond project ("Chidliak" or "the Project"), Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.