Arctic Oil & Gas Corp. (AOAG) Alaska Gold Mines Financing Developments

Arctic Oil & Gas Corp., a resources development company, is pleased to announce the Company's precious metals division is securing updated ore reserves reports on its Alaska gold projects and finalizing summer 2009 mining development plans.

The company is preparing a hybrid private Gold Mine Finance Offering for qualified banks and institutions.

AOAG plans to offer qualified partners, a potentially more profitable mechanism than gold exchanges for securing large quantities of gold bullion, with an effective projected net cost approximately 30% below the current spot gold price. [read more]

Source: Arctic Oil & Gas Corp.

Finning Announces Truck Sale and Extension of Support Services Contract With Barrick's Veladero Gold Mine for a Total Value of C$70 Million

Finning International Inc. today announced that its South American mining division has secured a sale of six 793 mining trucks to Minera Argentina Gold, a subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation and operator of the Veladero gold mine in Argentina. Finning also secured a one year extension on its Maintenance and Repair Contract (MARC) with Minera Argentina Gold that covers 28 existing 793 mining trucks and 18 pieces of support equipment. The combined value of these deals is approximately C$70 million.

The new trucks will be delivered in the first quarter of 2009 and used in the existing operations at the Veladero mine. The Veladero mine is located approximately 320 kilometers northwest of the city of San Juan in Argentina, close to the Chilean border. [read more]

Source: Finning International Inc.

Dynasty Plans to Commission Gold Plant By the End of March 2009

Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc. has nearly completed plant construction at its Zaruma Gold Project in Ecuador.

Company President, Rob Washer, commented: "President Correa and other senior Mining Ministry representatives continue to express publicly and privately their support for "large scale environmentally responsible" mining in Ecuador. After months of direct consultation with government and industry officials regarding the Mining Mandate and draft amendments to the Mining Act, we concluded we should complete construction so that we may commission the gold plant at Zaruma as soon as practicable. We are presently planning for the end of March 2009. [read more]

Source: Dynasty Metals & Mining Inc.

Update by Radisson Mining Resources Regarding its Drill Program on THE O'BRIEN/KEWAGAMA GOLD PROJECT

Radisson Mining Resources is pleased to provide an exploration update on its 100% owned O'Brien/Kewagama Gold Project located near Cadillac, Quebec. The O'Brien-Kewagama Property contains the former O'Brien Mine, which was known for its high gold grades and was considered to be the most important gold producer in the Cadillac Mining Camp in Quebec when it was in operation from the early 1930s to the mid 1950s.

Infill Drill Program 36 East Zone

In late 2007, Radisson commenced an infill surface drill program on the 36 East Zone in an attempt to define, between surface and the 500 foot level, the resource blocks identified in the NI 43-101 Resource Report on the 36 East Zone prepared by Luke Evans, Scott Wilson Roscoe Postle Associates Inc., in 2007. The NI 43-101 Report estimated Indicated Resources on the 36 East Zone, using a 0.17 oz/ton gold cutoff grade, at 270,000 tons at an average uncut grade of 0.56 oz/ton and an average cut grade of 0.36 oz/ton, representing 97,200ounces of gold. The Inferred Resources are estimated at 182,000 tons at an average uncut grade of 0.37 per ton and an average cut grade of 0.29 oz/ton for a gold content of 53,700 ounces. [read more]

Source: Radisson Mining Resources Inc.