VANCOUVER, BC - October 5, 2012 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX-V:SVL)(NYSE MKT:SVLC) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an amended agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Dundee Securities Ltd., and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Underwriters"), to purchase 11,765,000 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price of $2.55 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $30,000,750 on a bought deal basis (the "Amended Offering").

The Company has also granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option to increase the size of the Amended Offering by up to an additional 15%, such option being exercisable in whole or in part at any time prior to 30 days after the closing of the Amended Offering.

VANCOUVER, BC - October 5, 2012 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) SilverCrest Mines Inc. (TSX-V:SVL)(NYSE MKT:SVLC) (the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Dundee Securities Ltd., and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. (the "Underwriters"), to purchase 10,235,000 common shares of the Company (the "Common Shares") at a price of $2.55 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $26,099,250 on a bought deal basis (the "Offering").

The Company has also granted the Underwriters an over-allotment option to increase the size of the Offering by up to an additional 15%, such option being exercisable in whole or in part at any time prior to 30 days after the closing of the Offering.

One Question To Ask A Rare Earth Exploration Company….One Company With The Answer

Last week we spoke at the Cambridge House Resource Investment Conference in Toronto on the subject of investing in critical/strategic metals. Though the definition of “strategic” and “critical” varies depending upon who you talk to, at their core these are industrial metals and are subject to the boom and bust cycles of global economic contraction and expansion. During the presentation, we focused on rare earth elements (REEs) with the goal of discussing with investors how to “play” this space. A great deal has happened in the REE space in a relatively short period of time. Several of the topic discussed included:

Written by Michael A. Berry, Ph.D. - [ Discovery Investing Web Site ]

New York, New York - October 4, 2012 (www.investorideas.com newswire) Investorideas.com staff: Investorideas.com, an investor research portal specializing in sector for independent investors issues a trading alert for the top trader on the TSX for Thursday morning; Sulliden Gold Corporation Ltd. (TSX:SUE.TO), trading at $1.06, gaining 0.13 or 13.98% as of 11:06AM EDT on over 9.8 Million shares. The stock had a morning high of $1.07.

The stock moved after the Company announced that based on discussions with its shareholders, it will not be proceeding with the milestone bonus plan outlined in the Management Information Circular dated September 5, 2012.