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(All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, May 13, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (TSX: RNX) has closed the previously announced royalty purchase agreement with RK Mine Finance ("Red Kite") (see RNC news release dated May 9, 2013). As per the terms of the agreement, RNC has received $15 million from Red Kite in exchange for 1% Net Smelter Return ("NSR") Royalty in the Dumont Nickel Project. Tyler Mitchelson, President and CEO of...

(All amounts expressed in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, May 9, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (TSX: RNX) is pleased to announce that it has signed a royalty purchase agreement with RK Mine Finance ("Red Kite"). Under the terms of the agreement, Red Kite will acquire a 1% Net Smelter Return ("NSR") Royalty in the Dumont Nickel Project for a purchase price of $15 million. "This commitment by Red Kite is a significant endorsement of the Dumont...

TORONTO, March 26, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation (TSX: RNX) ("RNC") is pleased to report its review of activities and financial results for the year ended December 31, 2012. All amounts are expressed in Canadian dollars, unless otherwise noted, and are based on the audited financial statements for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted. Tyler Mitchelson, President and CEO, commented, "Despite challenging economic conditions over much of the...

TORONTO, March 7, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (TSX: RNX) has closed a private placement of 4 million flow-through shares  at a price of $0.50 per share for gross proceeds of $2 million. Marquest Capital Markets and Casimir Capital Ltd. acted as the agents for the placement. "By raising a targeted amount of capital through this flow-through financing we will be able to investigate the regional potential near Dumont and, most importantly, follow-up on a single...

MCLEAN, Va., Jan. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A team of researchers has uncovered what may be the earliest known portrait of Thomas Jefferson. If the picture proves to be Jefferson, it would give historians new insights into Jefferson's thinking and appearance soon after he became the American minister to France--less than ten years after he wrote the U.S. Declaration of Independence. The canvas, a 1785 oil painting by the French artist Benjamin Nicolas Delapierre showing a gentleman...

AMOS, QC, Jan. 18, 2013 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (TSX: RNX) is pleased to announce the official opening of its new community liaison office located in the municipality of Launay in the Abitibi region of Quebec. Approximately 75 people, including local residents, media and representatives from the municipality of Launay and RNC attended the opening ceremony, which was held at the new office yesterday evening. The liaison office has been established in the...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band will participate in the 57(th) Inauguration of the President of the United States on Jan. 21, 2013. This marks the Marine Band's 54(th) consecutive inaugural appearance, a tradition that dates back to Thomas Jefferson in 1801. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130115/DC42661) Providing the inaugural soundtrack since 1801, the Marine Band provides music for the swearing-in ceremony,...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello has installed a Marioff HI-FOG® water mist fire suppression system as part of its ongoing efforts to protect Jefferson's iconic home. The Foundation was incorporated in 1923 to restore and preserve Monticello. Marioff, part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), is a leading provider of water mist fire protection technology and supplier...

(All amounts expressed in Canadian dollars unless otherwise indicated) TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - Royal Nickel Corporation ("RNC") (TSX: RNX) is pleased to report its review of activities and financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Third quarter results are based on the unaudited financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2012. "The third quarter was another period of substantial progress for RNC as important community, financial and...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Oct. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Berkwood Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: BKR) ( "Berkwood") is pleased to release the review of historical data and results from check assays on its recently acquired Peter Lake Copper Property (the "Property"), located 90 km north of Mont-Laurier, Quebec. The Property consists of 24 claims totalling 1403 Ha located in the Mont-Laurier Terrane in the Central Grenville Province. Over several years of historical work, two mineralized...