VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Far West Mining Ltd. is pleased to report the acquisition of 55 additional exploration claims in Chile. The claims are located to the north and northeast of the Santo Domingo property.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Clifton Star Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that on December 22, 2008 we closed a non-brokered private placement in respect to which the Company has issued 1,324,304 units at a price of $1.25 per Unit to seven placees.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - MBMI RESOURCES INC. reports that further to its December 10, 2008 news release, it has closed the first and second tranche of the non-brokered Private Placement financing.

SPARWOOD, British Columbia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Thousands of friends and family gathered in the tiny western Canadian coal-mining town of Sparwood Sunday to remember eight snowmobilers killed in avalanches.

Associated Press - January 4, 2009 2:15 PM ET SPARWOOD, British Columbia (AP) - Thousands of people gathered in the small mining town of Sparwood, British Columbia, Sunday to bid a final...

Two snowmobiles sat propped up at the front of the Sparwood arena where the tiny mining community is holding a memorial Sunday for eight local men who died in avalanches exactly one week ago

Thousands of people gathered in the small mining town of Sparwood, British Columbia, on Sunday to bid a final farewell to eight local snowmobilers who died a week earlier in a string of avalanches.

SPARWOOD, British Columbia -- Thousands of people gathered in the small mining town of Sparwood, British Columbia, today to bid farewell to eight local snowmobilers who were doing what they loved when they died last weekend in a string of...

Thousands of people gathered in the small mining town of Sparwood, British Columbia, Sunday to bid a final farewell to eight local snowmobilers who were doing what they loved when they died last weekend in a string of avalanches.

COMOX, BRITISH COLUMBIA-- - Troymet Exploration Corp. : Further to press releases dated December 4, 2008 and December 5, 2008, Troymet is pleased to announce that it has completed the closing of a non-brokered private placement consisting of 9,200,000 common shares of the Corporation issued on a "flow-through" basis at a price of $0.025 per Flow-Through Share for a gross proceeds of $230,000 ...