Moss Lake Gold Mines Ltd is pleased to announce that initial drilling has been completed on its wholly-owned Moss Lake Gold Deposit. Line cutting work has been initiated to facilitate the completion of the planned 6,000 metre drilling program, due to commence this spring.

Metalex Ventures Limited (MTX : TSX Venture Exchange) is pleased to inform our shareholders that drilling is soon expected to commence on its Angolan project.

Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc. announces the results from drill holes numbers CM07-06 to CM07-09 inclusive, completed on the Crack Moly Project located northeast of Harrison Lake, BC. These holes are the final in a series of nine holes completed during the Phase I and partially completed Phase II 2007 drill programs.

The year 2007 was certainly a year to be remembered by investors familiar with Montello Resources (TSX.V: MEO). The company and its JV partner Pennine Petroleum Corp. (TSX.V:PNN) have achieved success at their Pincher Creek operations in Alberta, with one new well completed and scheduled to soon become a producer.

Mr. Chris England, President of WestCan Uranium Corp., is pleased to announce that the Company has started mobilizing for a two hole drill program on the Key Lake Uranium Property which consists of five claims lying between 5 and 23 kilometres from the formerly producing Key Lake Uranium Mine, in the Athabasca Basin of Northern Saskatchewan. The mine produced over 200 million pounds of U3O8 before its closure in 1997.

Colibri Resource Corporation has received assays from core drilling of the first two holes on the Leon Project, Sonora, Mexico. This project presents multiple targets including at least 4 separate clusters of artesanal underground mine workings.

Golden Band Resources Inc. (GBN:TSXV) is pleased to announce the start of the 2008 winter exploration drilling program on its La Ronge gold belt projects in northern Saskatchewan.

Astral Mining Corp.’s (TSX.V:AST) management may well have exceeded its target. Both management and investors are likely over the moon given that the company, along with joint venture partner Kootenay Gold (TSX.V:KTN), announced some stellar results from the latest round of drilling at the Jumping Josephine (JJ) Gold Project in southeastern BC.

Network Exploration Ltd. (TSX.V: NET) is pleased to announce that its first-phase drill program at the Caldera property in Chile will commence January 15, 2008 and will consist of 6 holes totaling approximately 1500m designed to test the copper and gold targets as determined by the Company's recent sampling and trenching programs.

Sun Cal Energy Inc. (OTCBB:SCEY), an energy exploration company focused in the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California, the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma, the Breton Sound of Louisiana and the Green River Basin of Wyoming is pleased to announce that it has engaged Schlumberger to conduct a reserve analysis and target drilling program on its Jonah Prospect.

With money jingling in its pocket, Universal Power Corp. (TSX.V:UNX, FSE:3U2A) is ready to start exploring both in Africa and also a world away in northern Canada.

The first results from this year’s exploration are telling Goldcliff Resource Corporation (TSX.V: GCN) that the historical Hedley gold district still has plenty of life left in it.