\nFORTRESS MINERALS CORP.
\n Wednesday, March 17, 2010
\nFortress Minerals announced the initial assay results from the phase 1 drilling program at the Malmyzh Project in eastern Russia. The first four diamond drill holes totalling 1,311m, with the best intercept from Hole AMM-002 returning 474.7m at 0.26% copper and 0.29 g/t gold. All four drill holes encountered significant mineralization from the collar to the bottom of the hole.
Property: MALMYZH
(Complete Text of Mar 17, 2010 News Release)

\nLYDIAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
\n Wednesday, March 17, 2010
\nLydian International announced the results of its 2009 metallurgical test work from its 95% owned Amulsar gold discovery in Armenia. As part of the experiment, column leach tests on three different 19mm ore composites returned gold extractions of 89.1%, 88.6% and 76.5% over a 70 day leach period but with recovery trajectories indicating gold was still being extracted in all composites with two of them likely to exceed 90% extractions after a short period of further leaching.
Property: AMULSAR
(Complete Text of Mar 17, 2010 News Release)

\nAFRICAN MINERALS LIMITED
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nAfrican Minerals announced it has entered into a conditional strategic agreement with China Railway Materials Commercial Corporation in respect to African Mineral\'s Tonkolili iron ore project, Sierra Leone and the related infrastructure projects.
Property: TONKOLILI
(Complete Text of Jan 6, 2010 News Release)

\nZINCO MINING CORPORATION
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nZinco Mining announced a private placement of 5,000,000 units at Can$0.20 per unit, each unit consisting of one share and one half of one share purchase warrant, totalling Can$1,000,000.
(Complete Text of Mar 16, 2010 News Release)

\nPERSEUS MINING LIMITED and WESTERN PLAINS RESOURCES LIMITED
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nPerseus Mining announced the granting of two 15 year mining leases in relation to the 5.3 Moz Central Ashanti Gold Project (previously referred to as the Ayanfuri gold project)in Ghana.
Property: AYANFURI-CAGP
(Complete Text of Jan 7, 2010 News Release)

\nSULLIDEN GOLD CORPORATION LTD.
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nSulliden Gold reported new assay results from the current exploration program on its Shahuindo gold project in Peru. Results from the Gap Zone include hole RSH10-29 that assayed 0.94 g/t Au and 97.5 g/t Ag over 202.5m, including 2.01 g/t Au and 258.1 g/t Ag over 75 m, and terminated in mineralization. This is the first hole drilled on section 550E of the Gap Zone, where\nmineralization currently remains open at depth and along the width of the section.
Property: SHAHUINDO
(Complete Text of Mar 1, 2010 News Release)

\nANGLO AMERICAN PLC
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nAnglo American provided a further update on the situation in Chile. Affected copper mining operations - Los Bronces, El Soldado and Mantoverde - were able to resume full and safe production during Sunday when power was returned to all operations. It is expected that the Chagres smelter will resume full production by Wednesday following the resumption of full power supply. Lost copper production during the stoppage was limited to less than 1,500 tonnes. Minor damage was reported at Anglo American\'s copper mining operations.
Property: EL SOLDADO COPPER MINE, LOS BRONCES MINE and MANTOVERDE MINE
(Complete Text of Mar 3, 2010 News Release)

\nANGLO AMERICAN PLC
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nAnglo American provided an update on its operations following the massive earthquake which struck Chile on Saturday. Due to the interruption of power supply, production was affected at four of the Company\'s copper operations in Chile - the Los Bronces, El Soldado and Mantoverde mines and the Chagres copper smelter. Power was partially restored to the operations during Saturday night and following detailed inspections production began to ramp up on Sunday. The affected mine operations produced 341,300 tonnes of copper in 2009, as part of Anglo American\'s total copper output of 669,800 tonnes for the year. Chagres\nsmelter production in 2009 was 137,700 tonnes of anodes.
Property: EL SOLDADO COPPER MINE, LOS BRONCES MINE and MANTOVERDE MINE
(Complete Text of Mar 1, 2010 News Release)

\nEUROPEAN GOLDFIELDS LIMITED
\n Tuesday, March 16, 2010
\nEuropean Goldfields announced to have received key permits for the Certej gold-silver project in Romania. The last remaining approval required for the grant of the Zonal Urbanisation Plan (“PUZ”) relating to Certej has been issued by the Regional Department for Environmental Protection, Timisoara.
Property: CERTEJ-SACARAMB
(Complete Text of Mar 16, 2010 News Release)

\nNORTEC MINERALS CORP.
\n Monday, March 15, 2010
\nNortec Ventures Corp. has been granted two claim reservations by the Finland Ministry of Employment and the Economy over two highly prospective lithium (“Li”) targets in the Tammela district of southwest Finland. As part of Nortec’s ongoing research and evaluation of projects throughout Finland, the company has recognised the potential for significant Li mineralisation within the Somera-Tammela pegmatite region of southwest Finland. Kietyönmäki and Hirvikallio have been identified as areas that contain swarms of lithium-bearing pegmatite dykes. The company has staked two claim reservations, one over Kietyönmäki and the other over the Hirvikallio prospect. The combined 317 hectares in claim reservations are collectively known as the Tammela Lithium Project.
Property: TAMMELA
(Complete Text of Sep 9, 2009 News Release)