MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - OREX EXPLORATION INC. would like to provide its shareholders with initial assay results from the first two holes of the Phase 2B diamond drilling program in the East Goldbrook sector on the Company's wholly-owned Goldboro Gold Project in north eastern Nova Scotia.

OREX EXPLORATION INC. would like to provide its shareholders with initial assay results from the first two holes of the Phase 2B diamond drilling program in the East Goldbrook sector on the Company's wholly-owned Goldboro Gold Project in north eastern Nova Scotia.

Canadian shares rise, tracking strong gains on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates to record lows, with gains in industrial and mining firms offsetting losses in the energy and financial sectors.

RIMOUSKI, QUEBEC-- - Ressources Appalaches is mobilizing a second drill to the Dufferin Gold Mine site in Nova Scotia. Appalaches is currently conducting a major 3,000-metre drilling campaign as part of its due diligence for the gold mine's purchase.

TORONTO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index edged higher on Monday morning as oil prices rose on expectations that OPEC will agree on a deep supply cut this week to prop up prices, and as firmer metals prices boosted mining shares. Heavily weighted stocks that moved higher included oil companies such as Suncor Energy, up 5.4 percent at C$26.41, Canadian Natural Resources, up 5 percent ...

By Jennifer Kwan

TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index edged higher on Monday morning as oil prices rose on expectations that OPEC will agree on a deep supply cut this week to prop up prices, and as firmer metals prices boosted mining shares.

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks rose for a second day, led by gold mining and energy shares, after oil climbed on expectations of production cuts and bullion prices surged as a slumping U.S. dollar boosted demand for precious metals.

Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian stocks fell, erasing an earlier advance, as banks and insurers declined, led by Manulife Financial Corp . Gold mining shares advanced, limiting the market

Ressources Appalaches is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andre de Guise, a mining engineer, for the reopening of the Dufferin Gold Mine, in Nova Scotia. The engineering supervision for restarting the mine will now be under the management of this mining engineer, in association with Mr.