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DENVER, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vista Gold Corp. (TSX & NYSE Amex Equities: VGZ) ("Vista") is pleased to announce the results of its initial drilling program for the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold-silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico. In November 2011, Vista initiated an exploration drilling program on the project. With the results of the first 10 core holes, we have begun to achieve our objectives of: Obtaining core for metallurgical testing from the stockwork that is the...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX: YNG) (Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) is pleased to announce results from its 2011 Surface drilling program at the Mahala Project which is located in its wholly-owned Jerritt Canyon gold operation in Nevada, USA.  Jerritt Canyon is operated by Queenstake Resources USA Ltd., ("Queenstake") a wholly owned subsidiary of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. ("YNG" or the "Company"). HIGHLIGHTS -- MAH-457...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Calico Resources Corp. (TSX-V: CKB, OTCQX: CVXHF) (the "Company" or "Calico") is pleased to announce results of the last five holes from its 2011 drilling campaign at Grassy Mountain.  Holes CAL-008 through 012 were Reverse Circulation (RC) angle holes that successfully accomplished their objective of extending mineralization along the northern margins of the deposit.   All five holes intersected thicker than anticipated sections of...

VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. (TSX: YNG) (Frankfurt Xetra Exchange: NG6) is pleased to announce results from its 2011 Smith Mine underground diamond drilling program at its wholly-owned Jerritt Canyon gold operation in Nevada, USA.  Jerritt Canyon is located approximately 50 miles north of Elko, Nevada and is operated by Queenstake Resources USA Ltd., ("Queenstake") a wholly owned subsidiary of Yukon-Nevada Gold Corp. ("YNG" or the "Company")....

VANCOUVER, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Western Pacific Resources Corp. (WRP - TSXV) is pleased to release the assay results for the last 15 drill holes from the 2011 drilling conducted at Mineral Gulch. Results for these holes are shown in Table 1. Previous results were released in a press release dated October 25, 2011. Highlights of this round of drilling include hole MGR11-026 which intersected 0.558 g/t Au over 47.2 m beginning at 22.9 m downhole. This hole lies just north of...

VANCOUVER, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Calico Resources Corp. (TSXV: CKB) (OTCQX: CVXHF) (the "Company" or "Calico") is pleased to announce final results of the next five (5) sequential drill holes, CAL-003 to CAL-007, from the drilling campaign at the Grassy Mountain Project completed on October 30, 2011.  This season's drill program consisted of step-out and in-fill drilling and was designed to enhance and expand the boundaries of the higher grade portion of the resource. ...

TSX-V: MXR  OTC BB: MXROF Frankfurt: M1D VANCOUVER, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - MAX Resource Corp. (TSX.V: MXR; OTCBB: MXROF; Frankfurt: M1D) has completed additional soil sampling and a Phase II core drilling program at its Majuba Hill copper/silver project in Nevada, where drilling earlier this year encountered long intervals of high-grade silver and copper near surface in five of eight holes, as well as significant gold intercepts. MAX believes that Majuba Hill is a...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Gold Port Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: GPO) (The "Company") is pleased to report the completion of the first step-out drill hole at the Groete Creek Gold Project in Guyana. The intent of the step-out is to potentially confirm the continuation of gold and copper mineralization in an eastern direction at the project. The Groete Creek Gold Project was drilled by CAMDICO and Western Premium Resources in 1994, with 9 holes...

VANCOUVER, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Radius Gold Inc. (TSX-V: RDU) is pleased to provide the final results from the diamond drilling conducted at the Sixty Mile property this year.  In total 20 holes (5,273 m) were drilled.  Sixteen holes tested the Graben Fault Zone in the Sixty Mile River Valley and four tested the Thrust Fault Zone. Results from the first 13 holes were released on October 25, 2011. Results have been received for the final three holes which tested...

TSX-V: KSK VANCOUVER, Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Kiska Metals Corporation ("Kiska" or "the Company") reports final drill results from the Island Mountain prospect, Whistler Project, located 160 km northwest of Anchorage, Alaska. Results include hole IM11-040, which averaged 0.84g/t gold equivalent (0.53g/t gold, 3.55g/t silver and 0.13% copper) over 364 metres, including a higher grade interval that averages 1.05 g/t gold equivalent (0.62g/t gold, 6.36g/t silver, 0.17% copper)...