Southwestern Resources Corp

Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) has entered into two joint ventures to explore for gold and copper in southern Peru.

The following insider trading transactions were recently reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in the OSC Bulletin:…

The following insider trading transactions were reported by the Ontario Securities Commission in recent issues of the OSC Bulletin:…

Atikwa Minerals — Ian Atkinson resigned as president but remains director; CFO Bradley Kipp adds the title of president.

The following insider trading transactions were reported in the July OSC Bulletin, published by the Ontario Securities Commission:…

Canadian Shield — Eduardo Baer appointed chairman and CEO.

Vancouver — Southwestern Resources (SWG-T) reports satisfactory gold values from drilling at the Boka project in China’s Yunnan province.

The mere hint of a potential slowdown in the torrid growth of China’s economy helped shave a painful US$50 per oz. off gold prices over the past month, dropping spot prices into the US$380-per-oz. range.

In China’s Yunnan province, Orsa Ventures (ORN-V) has secured the rights to acquire a project prospective for copper-nickel mineralization and platinum group elements (PGEs).