GlobeStar Mining Update on Cerro de Maimon Project

First Concentrate Shipment Scheduled

GlobeStar Mining Corp. (TSX:GMI) ("GlobeStar" or the "Company") is pleased to provide an update on the start-up activities at the Company's 100% owned Cerro de Maimon copper/gold project in the Dominican Republic.

Start-up and operation of the project's 1300 metric tonne per day ("mtpd") sulphide process plant and related facilities have continued essentially on a 24 hour basis since the beginning of September, except for a seven day period when the 800 hp ball mill motor failed to start and had to be removed from service. The motor was repaired on an expedited basis and returned to service and is currently operating normally.

Golden Predator Intersects 1.00% Tungsten (WO3) Over 11.4 Feet at Springer

Golden Predator Mines Inc. (TSX:GP) is pleased to report it has intersected, near surface, high grade tungsten mineralization in drilling at its wholly-owned Springer tungsten project in Pershing County, Nevada.

Assay highlights include:

2.24% WO3 over 4.6 feet (1.4 m) and 0.43% WO3 over 7.0 feet (2.1 m) in the Sutton South area and 1.00% WO3 over 11.4 feet (3.5 m) from the George Bed area.
(All intervals true thickness)

RD-08-55 Intersects 61.96 Metres of 5.96% Copper at VMS Discovery Zone Near Snow Lake, Manitoba

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VMS) (the "Company") is pleased to announce assay results from drillholes RD-08-54, RD-08-55, RD-08-56 and RD-08-57 at its Reed Lake Discovery Zone near Snow Lake, Manitoba.

Highlights: - RD-08-55 Intersects: 61.96 metres (203.28 feet) of 5.96% Copper
Including: 20.83 metres (68.34 feet) of 9.13% Copper
Including: 7.15 metres (23.46 feet) of 16.51% Copper
- RD-08-56 Intersects: 19.87 metres (65.09 feet) of 3.25% Copper
- RD-08-57 Intersects: 2.04 metres (6.69 feet) of 7.73% Copper

Apoquindo Minerals Samples 68 Meters of 3.93 % Copper at Pachagon-Peru

- Continuous 68 meters of 3.93% Cu is exhibited in secondary copper zone of Adit E and 58 meters of 2.76% Cu is exhibited in secondary copper zone of Adit F

- More than 5 square kilometres of leached capping, with locally intense phyllic stockwork, has been outlined by recent geologic mapping and surface rock sampling above the adits

- Apoquindo obtained the community and environmental permits to begin work on the property

Apoquindo Minerals Inc. ("Apoquindo" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:AQM)(BVL:AQM) through its wholly owned subsidiary, Minera KoriTambo SAC, has initiated exploration at its Pachagon porphyry copper prospect in the Department of La Libertad, Peru and has obtained the community and environmental permits to begin work on the property. The principal target at Pachagon is leachable copper ore in secondary chalcocite hosted in both the sedimentary rocks and the granodiorite porphyry.