Wavefront Energy and Environmental Services Inc., a leader in technology development and implementation for improved oil recovery and optimized groundwater remediation is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Top Gun Sand Pumps & Rentals Ltd., an arms length, privately held Saskatchewan company.

Turner's The Blue Rigi has been saved for the nation, thanks to an overwhelming public response to a fundraising appeal launched by The Art Fund and Tate in January, and a major grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) announced today.

A rare work of art by Canadian artist, David Milne (1882-1953), has been added to the National Gallery of Canada's collection, with the support of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Canadian Art Fund. The National Gallery and its Foundation are pleased to invite the public to see Milne's masterly work, Alcove (1914), presently on view in the Canadian art galleries of the National Gallery of Canada.

Goldbelt Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that subject to completing a final agreement, it has entered into an exclusive option to acquire all of Barrick Exploration Africa Limited's assets in Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea.

Uranium One Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement with U.S. Energy Corp. and its affiliate, Crested Corp., for the purchase of the Shootaring Canyon Uranium Mill in Utah, as well as a land package comprising approximately 38,763 acres of uranium exploration properties in Utah, Wyoming, Arizona and Colorado and a substantial database of geological information with respect to an additional 1,582,036 acres in a five-mile zone surrounding the purchased properties.

McVicar Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that Hong Kong based McVicar (Hong Kong) Advanced Materials Co. Ltd. has officially completed the purchase of 100% interest in Zhejiang Hongbo Chemical Co. Ltd., China from Shining Palace Holding Limited with the approval of the Chinese Government as originally announced on October 27, 2006.

Tm Bioscience Corporation, a leader in the commercial genetic testing market, announced today that Tm Bioscience shareholders and optionholders have approved the acquisition of Tm Bioscience by Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX) at the Company's Special Meeting of shareholders and optionholders held this morning. Shareholders and optionholders representing more than 98 percent of all votes cast voted in favour of the transaction.