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Cangold Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

CANGOLD LIMITED (TSX-V: CLD, the “Company”) reports that it has closed the first tranche of its non-brokered private placement financing announced on April 26, 2011. On closing, the Company issued 5,192,000 units at $0.50 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,596,000. Each unit comprises one common share and one-half of one non-transferable Series Q share purchase warrant.

Colibri Appoints Dr. Paul Bartos to Board of Directors and Grants Incentive Stock Options

Vancouver, British Columbia – July18, 2011. Colibri Resource Corporation (“Colibri” or the “Company”) (TSX.V-CBI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Paul J. Bartos as Director. Dr. Bartos is a noted authority on epithermal deposits and currently is the Vice President/ Chief Geologist of Esperanza Resources Corp. where he was instrumental in the discovery of the San Luis bonanza vein deposit. This deposit, which was recently sold to Silver Standard Resources, has proven and probable reserves of 503,313 tonnes averaging 17.95 g/t Au, 446.14 g/t Ag (290,484 ounces gold, 7,219,435 ounces silver). San Luis represents one of the highest grade precious metal deposits found in recent years. Prior to this, Dr. Bartos was with ASARCO Inc., with his most recent position as Latin American Exploration and Business Development Manager. Among other accomplishments, he was responsible for the discovery and development of the San Bartolome silver deposit in Bolivia. This deposit, containing an estimated 107 million ounces of proven and probable silver reserves, is currently in production by Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp., and is now one of the world’s largest pure silver mines.

Guerrero Closes Financing

Guerrero Exploration Inc. announces that it has closed its previously announced financing by issuing 1,560,000 units (“Units”) at $0.20 each.

Coeur Names Mitchell J. Krebs as President and Chief Executive Officer

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation announced today that Mitchell J. Krebs has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. In addition, the Board of Directors also elected Mr. Krebs as a director and Robert E. Mellor as non-executive Chairman of the Board.

Argonaut Gold Announces Q2 Gold Production of 17,453 0unces; El Castillo Production of 35,467 ounces in the first half of 2011

Argonaut Gold Inc. announced today that the Company produced 17,453 ounces of gold during the 2nd quarter ended June 30, 2011, at its 100% owned El Castillo Mine (“El Castillo”), located 100 km north of the city of Durango, Mexico. Gold produced in the first half of 2011 was 35,467 ounces, which is in line with the Company’s guidance of 70-75,000 ounces for full year production.

Corex Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement for up to 3,333,333 Units

Corex Gold Corp. is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,333,333 units at a price of $0.30 per unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to CDN $1,000,000. Each unit will consist of one common share and one half warrant, exercisable by the holder to acquire one additional common share at a price of $0.45 for 12 months from Closing. The warrants are subject to an accelerated expiry which comes into effect once the shares trade above a weighted average price of $0.50 for any twenty consecutive trading-day period, subsequent to four months from Closing. In the event of an accelerated expiry, the expiry date will be the earlier of the regular two year expiry date and 30 days from the date the Company advises the placees of the accelerated expiry. The Private Placement and payment of any finder’s fee are subject to acceptance by the TSX Venture Exchange.

Dia Bras Exploration Appoints Fernando Piccini As CFO

Dia Bras Exploration Inc. announced the appointment of Fernando Piccini as Chief Financial Officer or CFO, effective immediately. Piccini, replaces Chief Financial Officer, Ernesto Duran, who has tendered his resignation to assume a consulting position.

ECU Silver Mining Inc. Announces Closing of Private Placement of Convertible Notes

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ECU Silver Mining Inc. (“ECU”) is pleased to report that it has closed the previously announced issuance of CAD$15 million principal amount, 0.0% senior unsecured convertible notes at par (the “Convertible Notes”) in a private placement (the “Private Placement”) to Golden Minerals Company (“Golden”). The Private Placement was described in the June 24, 2011 joint press release in which ECU and Golden announced the signing of an arrangement agreement pursuant to which the two companies have agreed to merge by way of plan of arrangement under the Quebec Business Corporations Act (the “Arrangement”).

Goldcorp Supports Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp by Northgate Minerals Corporation

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, July 13, 2011 – GOLDCORP INC. (TSX: G, NYSE: GG) today agreed to support the proposed transaction by which Northgate Minerals Corporation (“Northgate”) (TSX: NGX, NYSE Amex: NXG) will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Primero Mining Corp (“Primero”) (TSX: P). The transaction will be effected through a plan of arrangement under the British Columbia Business Corporations Act.

Bearing Resources Grants Stock Options

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jul 13, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Bearing Resources Ltd. (“Bearing” or the “Company”) reports that the Company has granted an aggregate of 2,090,000 incentive stock options (the “Options”) at an exercise price of $0.72 per Option, of which 1,800,000 Options were granted to insiders of the Company. The Options will vest over a two year period from the date of grant. The Options are granted in accordance with the Company’s Incentive Stock Option Plan approved on March 22, 2011. The grant of the Options is subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange.

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