First Point Minerals Receives Positive Preliminary Economic Assessment for Decar Nickel Project in Central British Columbia

 First Point Minerals Corp. (TSX:FPX) ("First Point" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the positive results of a NI 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment ("PEA") for the Decar nickel-iron alloy project ("the Project") in central British Columbia, demonstrating the economic potential of the project. The PEA study was prepared by Tetra Tech on behalf of Cliffs Natural Resources Exploration Canada Inc., an affiliate of Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE:CLF)(Paris:CLF) ("Cliffs").

First Quantum Minerals Announces Creation of a New Global Leader in Copper

85.5% of Inmet Shares Tendered

First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ("First Quantum" or the "Company") (TSX:FM)(LSE:FQM) and its wholly-owned subsidiary FQM (Akubra) Inc. (together, the "Offeror") today announced that, as at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Time) on March 21, 2013, a total of 60,120,405 common shares of Inmet Mining Corporation ("Inmet", TSX Symbol "IMN"), representing 85.5% of the outstanding Inmet shares (on a fully diluted basis), had been validly tendered to the Offeror's offer (the "Offer") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Inmet. The Offeror has taken up and accepted for payment all such shares and will pay for such shares on or before March 27, 2013.

Canadian Zinc Receives Draft Water Licence and Permits for Operation of Prairie Creek Mine

Canadian Zinc Corporation (CZN.TO)(CZICF) is very pleased to report that on March 15, 2013 the Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (the "Board") issued a Draft Type "A" Water Licence and two Draft Type "A" Land Use Permits for the operation of the Prairie Creek Mine.

This Water Licence will entitle Canadian Zinc (Licensee) to conduct mining, milling and associated activities at the Prairie Creek Mine Site, dewater the underground mine for the purpose of mining, use water for processing and domestic purposes, and to dispose of waste for mining and milling, and backfill paste tailings and waste rock into the underground mine.

Labrador Iron Mines Announces Strategic Relationship with Tata Steel Minerals Canada

Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited ("LIM" or the "Company") (TSX:LIM.TO - News) announces that it has entered into a framework arrangement with Tata Steel Minerals Canada ("TSMC"), a subsidiary of Tata Steel Limited, to establish a strategic relationship between LIM and TSMC whereby the two companies have agreed to co-operate with each other in various aspects of their respective iron ore operations in the Labrador Trough and enter into definitive agreements to formalize this arrangement in due course.

Both LIM and TSMC operate adjacent DSO iron ore projects in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and in the Province of Quebec, near Menehik, Labrador and Schefferville Quebec, and both utilize and intend to utilize the same rail and port infrastructure.