Balmoral Intersects 7.94 g/t Gold Over 19.70 Metres BL Footwall Zone, Martiniere Property, Quebec

 
-- High-grade core of intercept yields 21.18 g/t (0.62 oz/t) gold over 6.45 metres (21.16 feet)

Balmoral Resources Ltd. ("Balmoral" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:BAR)(OTCQX:BALMF) reported today results from the first 3 of 20 holes drilled in the Bug Lake area of its Martiniere Property during the recently completed Fall 2012 drill program. Results include further confirmation of the very high grade nature of the Bug Lake Footwall Zone. Hole MDE-12-65 returned anomalous gold mineralization over an interval of 81.00 metres, including a high-grade Footwall intercept of 7.94 g/t gold over 19.70 metres. As with other previous intercepts from the Footwall Zone, this broader interval contains a sulphide-rich core which returned 21.18 g/t gold (0.62 oz/ton) over 6.45 metres (21.16 feet). The core of this intercept occurs at approximately 50 metres vertical depth.

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McEwen Mining Provides Third Quarter 2012 Operational and Development Update

(All Amounts in US Dollars Unless Otherwise Stated)

McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE:MUX)(TSX:MUX) is pleased to provide a summary of the third quarter, including operational and development updates, for its mines and projects in Argentina, Mexico and Nevada.

THIRD QUARTER 2012 HIGHLIGHTS

Development Drilling at Pinson Returns 60 feet of 1.38 oz/ton Au

Atna Resources Ltd. ("Atna" or the "Company") (TSX:ATN/OTCQB:ATNAF) is pleased to provide initial results of development drilling at its Pinson Mine near Winnemucca, Nevada. Underground ore stope definition drilling commenced in early October with one reverse circulation rotary drill. Drilling is focused on the definition of individual mine stopes to maximize ore extraction, minimize dilution, and optimize ore zone access. 

Highlights from the drill results include:

Silver Bull Intersects 174.59g/t Silver Over 17.50 Meters Including 529.35g/t Over 4.6 Meters on the Sierra Mojada Project, Coahuila, Mexico

 
Silver Bull Resources, Inc. (TSX:SVB)(NYSE MKT:SVBL) ("Silver Bull") is pleased to announce the drill results for the eighth batch of drill holes from the underground drill program twinning a series of "long holes" in a high grade silver zone situated at the eastern end of the Shallow Silver Zone on the Sierra Mojada Project in Coahuila, Northern Mexico.

High grade silver highlights from the eighth batch of 9 drill holes include:

South Mine Complex Extended Further East; Drill Hole 53-2111A Assays 2.97 Ounces of Gold Per Ton Over 10.0 Feet True Width

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc. (the Company) (TSX:KGI)(AIM:KGI), an operating and exploration gold company, is pleased to announce drilling results from recently completed underground diamond drilling exploration program. This particular program includes further drilling on the HM property which was formerly held under a joint venture with Queenston Mining Inc. but which was acquired, along with the South Claims, North Amalgamated and other joint venture properties, from Queenston on August 30, 2012.

This most recent round of drilling on the HM claim and the adjoining west Macassa claim has served to extend the South Mine Complex to its furthest point east to date. (see figure 1)

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