TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – April 7, 2010) – Vena Resources Inc. (TSX:VEM)(LIMA:VEM)(FRANKFURT:V1R)(OTCBB:VNARF) is pleased to announce that in cooperation with Trafigura Beheer B.V. (“Trafigura”), a privately-held international commodity trader (see below for more information), a series of metallurgical tests have been completed. These tests were undertaken in order to obtain commercial Zinc concentrates and to develop an improved flowsheet for the Azulcocha mill that is intended to process the known tailings and underground resources.

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG–(Marketwire – March 31, 2010) – Northland Resources S.A. (TSX:NAU)(FRANKFURT:NBS)(OSLO:NAUR) released results today showing a net loss of $12.2 million ($0.11 per share) for the fiscal period ending January 31, 2010, compared to a net loss of $7.8 million ($0.07 cents per share) for the same period 2009. During the fiscal period, the Company incurred and capitalized $24.5 million on its resource properties in Sweden and Finland; the total to date is $107.6 million. As of January 31, 2010, the Company had cash on hand of $55.4 million. All figures are in Canadian dollars.

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 30, 2010) – VG Gold Corp., (TSX:VG)(FRANKFURT:VN3)(PINK SHEETS:VGGCF) is pleased to announce that drilling at the Paymaster West Project in Timmins, Ontario continues to deliver positive results. 

The initial results of phase III drilling that began at the start of 2010 are shown below. 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 29, 2010) – Nortec Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NVT)(FRANKFURT:WMQ), (“Nortec” or the “Company”), is in discussions with the Government of Ecuador for the acquisition of mining projects. A presentation was made to the President of Ecuador and his cabinet on Thursday, March 25, 2010. Shareholders and interested parties are referred to the official Ecuadorian Government and local media websites:

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 24, 2010) – Reservoir Capital Corp. (“Reservoir” or the “Company”)  (TSX VENTURE:REO)(FRANKFURT:ROC)(BERLIN:ROC) is pleased to announce that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (“the Agreement”) with Ahmet Caliskan and Burcin Tunca (“the Current Shareholders”) to acquire a 75% interest in a 30.4 megawatt (“MW”) portfolio of six small-scale hydroelectric projects in western and northwestern Turkey. Construction of the first projects is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2010, with the first one coming on-line in early 2011 and the remainder in stages before the end of 2012. Electricity production is projected to be approximately 100 gigawatt hours (“GWh”) per annum.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 23, 2010) – Pediment Gold Corp. (TSX:PEZ)(OTCBB:PEZGF)(FRANKFURT:P5E) (“Pediment” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the final results from its 2009 drill program. The results focus mainly on the Veta Madre area, a discrete gold-mineralized zone located about 1 kilometre east of the El Creston pit. Results from a deeper RC drill hole (R-131), completed outside the El Creston pit north wall and final results for the La Verde zone are also reported.

VAL-D’OR, QUÉBEC–(Marketwire – March 23, 2010) – Golden Valley Mines Ltd. (“Golden Valley Mines” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:GZZ) is pleased to announce the first set of assay results (5 drillholes totalling 708 metres) from the on-going 26,000 metre drill program on the Malartic CHL Prospect, which includes definition drilling of the Jeffrey Zone. The property is optioned to Osisko Mining Corporation (“Osisko”)(TSX:OSK)(FRANKFURT:EWX) who is also the project operator.

VANCOUVER,
BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 23, 2010) – Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd.
(“Barkerville”, the “Company”) (TSX
VENTURE:BGM)(FRANKFURT:IWUB)
announces that it has been advised by its mining contractor, Procon Mining and
Tunnelling Ltd. (Procon), that mining began as scheduled, on March 15, 2010 and
that ore from the West Zone at the QR Mine is being mined, hauled and stock
piled at the QR Mill ahead of commencing gold production at the facility.