Global Uranium Corp (GU-TSX:V) is pleased to provide an update on progress regarding its properties, and on drill programs planned for the coming months.

MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BMK) is pleased to announce it has re-commenced it's 2008 drill program, focusing on multiple priority geophysically defined targets across five project areas in the "Ring of Fire" District of the James Bay Lowlands.

Uranium Star Corp. (TSX-V: NUK) (OTCBB:URST) (FRANKFURT:YE5) is pleased to provide an update on its Three Horses Property in Madagascar and an outline of the exploration plans for 2008.

Alpha Gold Corp. (TSX-V: ALQ) today announced that permitting is underway for a 3000-metre diamond drilling program to commence this week on territory never before drilled, in the Kwanika Valley on the Company's 100%-owned Lustdust property in central B.C.

Lakota Resources Inc. (LAK, TSX-V) is pleased to provide an update on the results of diamond drill (DD) holes and of the last reverse circulation (RC) fence in the first phase of the 2008 drilling program on the Isambara project, located 28 km north of the Tulawaka Gold Mine in Tanzania.

Happy Creek Minerals Ltd. (TSX-V: HPY)is pleased to announce it has received preliminary drilling results from its 100% owned Rateria Copper property. Diamond drilling in 2008 is testing the "A" target located 12 kilometres southeast of Teck Cominco's Highland Valley copper concentrator.

Ian F.T. Kennedy, President and CEO of Lakota Resources Inc. commented, "Preparations are well under way for the previously announced Fall diamond drilling program planned at Tembo in Tanzania.

Xtierra Inc. (TSXV - XAG), is pleased to announce results of a 4,138 metre in-fill diamond drilling programme at its 100% owned Bilbao silver-zinc-lead-copper project, in Zacatecas, Mexico.

PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX:PG) is pleased to announce that drilling on the Rahill-Bonanza Joint Venture Property in Red Lake continues to intersect significant gold grades both down-dip from the Bonanza Deposit, and in the on-strike CP Zone.

Mantis Mineral Corp ('Mantis' -- CNQ 'MINE') is pleased to announce initial assay results of samples recently collected from its Cree Lake property. Three samples from the Flint Rock Occurrence returned individual assays of 47.8 gpt, 19.2 gpt and 7.4 gpt.

Bear Creek Mining (TSX Venture: BCM) is pleased to present its Piedra Sagrada Gold (Copper) Project located in Apurimac Department, Peru. Following significant efforts to consolidate Bear Creek's land position in a large, untested epithermal gold/porphyry copper district, Phase I drilling will commence in early September.

Mirabela Nickel Limited (TSX: MNB, ASX: MBN) is pleased to announce the results of recent drilling for the Santa Rita underground project in the Extended Deeps area. The Company has now announced 7 of the 12 holes in the Extended Deeps area and the average composite result is 98m grading 0.85% Ni and 0.25% Cu.