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-- Acquisition of Franconia has significantly expanded the scope and scale of the joint venture development -- The Twin Metals Project is the newly expanded project which includes the Nokomis Deposit and three additional resources from the acquisition -- The Twin Metals technical team is actively working on planning and engineering of the expanded project -- Currently conducting studies to optimize the...

SEC 12g 3-2(b) Exemption # 82-4931 VANCOUVER, April 28 /PRNewswire/ - Q-Gold Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: QGR) (http://www.qgoldresources.com) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent with NYCON Resources Inc. for the exploration and development of the Farewell and Gagaryah platinum group nickel-copper (PGM-Ni-Cu) properties, located in the McGrath Mining District, Alaska. The Farewell and Gagaryah claims are located in the Alaska Range, approximately 260...

TORONTO, April 26 /PRNewswire/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM) (FWB: WC7) (the "Company") announces that their Annual General Meeting of Shareholders will be held at St. Andrew's Club in Toronto on Thursday, April 28th at 4:30 p.m. St. Andrew's Club is located at 150 King Street West, 27th Floor, in Toronto. The agenda includes a formal shareholder meeting followed by a presentation from management on the Company's progress over the past year, including;...

TORONTO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ - Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth") (TSX: DM) (TSX: DM.U) and Franconia Minerals Corporation ("Franconia") (TSX: FRA) are pleased to announce that Franconia shareholders have approved the previously announced plan of arrangement involving Duluth and Franconia (the "Arrangement"). At the special meeting of Franconia shareholders held earlier today, the Arrangement was approved by 88% of the votes cast by shareholders of Franconia represented in person...

NEW YORK, March 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Palladium Alliance International (PAI) and Vivienne Westwood are proud to unveil Christina Hendricks as the face of the new Vivienne Westwood "Get a Life" Palladium Jewelry Collection. The award winning actress is lending her classic beauty to the collection, modeling the limited edition jewelry for a photo shoot styled by Dame Westwood in London. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110302/NY57777) Featured in the collection are both...

TORONTO, Jan. 20 /PRNewswire/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, FWB:WC7) (the "Company") today announced that it has completed the sale of 500,000 shares of its Duluth Metals Limited shareholding, raising $1.47 million. This new funding provides the Company with working capital to advance its key projects in Sudbury. "Our Duluth Metals shares remain a core asset for Wallbridge, and we continue to be Duluth's largest shareholder holding 11.1 million shares or 10.7% of...

HIGHLIGHTS A 30,000 tonne bulk sampling program is underway at the Broken Hammer Zone in Sudbury to confirm grade and recoveries of the NI 43-101 compliant resource and to determine economic viability of mining the deposit. A 2500 metre winter drill program is being initiated to follow-up on 2010 results and to test several high-priority targets near the Amy Lake PGE Zone, Frost Lake Project. Drill results from Parkin Offset Property, Milnet 1500 Zone are being reviewed with...

TORONTO, Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ - Wallbridge Mining Company Limited (TSX:WM, FWB: WC7) (the "Company") today announced that it had signed a Letter of Intent to enter into an agreement with Technica Group Inc. for the purpose of extracting a bulk sample from the Broken Hammer platinumpalladium-gold-copper Resource on its Broken Hammer Property in Sudbury. The purpose of the bulk sample is to confirm the grades and metal recoveries and establish the economic viability of the deposit for...

Rare Earth metal and cousin of platinum is attractive for improving flash memory chipsOne of the rarest metals on Earth may be an excellent option for enabling future flash memory chips to continue to increase in speed and density, according to a group of researchers in Taiwan."Incorporating nanocrystals of iridium into the critical floating gate portion of flash memory designs shows both excellent memory properties as well as stability in the high temperatures used in processing such...

TORONTO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ - Duluth Metals Limited ("Duluth Metals") (TSX: DM) (TSX:DM.U) today announced that exploration work has commenced on the Company's 100% owned (non-joint venture) exploration properties which consist of approximately 31,000 acres of mineral interests adjacent to and nearby the Twin Metals Minnesota LLC (TMM) joint venture with Antofagasta plc and Duluth Metals.  The properties provide a pipeline of new exploration targets for potential future growth...