Alberta Star Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ASX)(OTCBB: ASXSF) is pleased to announce that the Company has successfully mobilized its drills and drilling equipment to the Company's Contact Lake Project. Drilling was commenced at the Company's Contact Lake and Eldorado IOCG and uranium projects in Canada's Northwest Territories (the "Project") in early June. The Company's drill contractor is Connor's Drilling Ltd. which is now operating three Boyles BBS-25A drills currently located on site at the Project. Mr. John Camier B.Sc. (Specialist), M.Sc., a principal of South Bay Exploration Ltd., a geological services company of Brandon, Manitoba, is supervising the Company's 2006 diamond drilling program on behalf of the Company...

BluMont Capital Inc. ("BluMont") (TSX VENTURE: BCC) is pleased to announce that it has launched the BluMont Core Hedge Fund (the "Fund") - a single manager long/short equity fund with a North American focus.

The investment advisor of the BluMont Core Hedge Fund is Burlington Capital Ltd ("Burlington Capital"). Founded in 2004 by CEO Allan Brown, CFA and President, Geoffrey Barth, CFA, Burlington Capital is also one of the investment advisors for the multi-manager BluMont Canadian Opportunities Fund.

Burlington Capital's success comes from its fundamental stock research that has enabled them to unearth significant investment opportunities. Allan Brown and Geoffrey Barth have worked together for more than ten years and have 27 years of combined investment experience, including 20 years of portfolio management experience across a number of market sectors, asset classes and fund portfolios.

"We are extremely excited to be working with BluMont Capital," says Allan Brown. "We fee...

Syngas International Corp. (OTCBB: SYNI), an emerging leader in the development and production of hydrogen enriched alternative fuels in an environmentally responsible manner, is pleased to announce its support for the testimony given by former Federal Reserve Chairman Allan Greenspan.

In testimony given before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Greenspan stated that America needed to reduce its dependence on foreign oil or suffer damaging economic consequences. He further stated that the run up in oil prices has resulted in huge amounts of cash "to countries that are not friends of ours... This is a very serious issue."

He encouraged the private sector to investigate cellulosic ethanol as a better hope than the conventional corn based ethanol now being produced in the USA. Greenspan stated that using every bushel of corn in the USA for conventional corn based ethanol production woul...

Alberta Star Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: ASX)(OTCBB: ASXSF) is pleased to announce that the Company is successfully mobilizing its drills and drilling equipment to the Company's Contact Lake Project. The Company has contracted the services of Connor's Drilling Ltd. and drill crews are expected to arrive and commence drilling of the 2006 diamond drilling program at the Company's Contact Lake and Eldorado IOCG and uranium projects in Canada's NWT. (the "Project), by June 9, 2006. Three Boyles BBS-25A drills are being mobilized to the Project. The Company has contracted the services of Mr. John Camier B.Sc. (Specialist), M.Sc., a principal of South Bay Exploration Ltd., a geological services company of Brandon, Manitoba, to supervise the Company's 2006 diamond drilling program at the Contact Lake and Eldorado IOCG and uranium projects in Canada's Northwest Territories. Tim Couplan...

Counsel Corporation (TSX:CXS) today reported its financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2006. All amounts are stated in Canadian dollars.

For the three months ended March 31, 2006, the Company's consolidated revenue from continuing operations was $12.5 million, an increase of 2% from $12.3 million in the first three months of 2005. The increase in revenue is attributable to an increase in occupancy levels in the Company's long-term care facilities and income producing properties.

The Company had net income of $2.2 million or $0.04 per share, basic and diluted, for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared with a net loss of $9.7 million, or $0.20 per share, basic and diluted, for the three months ended March 31, 2005. The Company incurred a loss from continuing operations of $3.5 million, or $0.08 per share, basic and diluted, for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared with a loss of $4.3 million, or $0.09 per share, basic and diluted, for the thr...

Executive Summary of Copler Feasibility Study Posted to Anatolia's

Website.

Anatolia Minerals Development Limited (the "Company" or "Anatolia")(TSX:ANO) announces it is posting the Executive Summary of the recently announced Copler feasibility study to its website (see Anatolia news release of April 20, 2006). In addition, the Executive Summary will be filed at www.sedar.com. The Executive Summary provides additional details relating to the design, construction, operation and economics of the Copler Gold Project. The technical report meeting the requirements of NI 43-101 will be filed with the appropriate regulatory authorities within 45 calendar days of the April 20, 2006 news release. Anatolia's website is www.anatolia-minerals.com.

The feasibility study represents an unoptimized, technically feasible design and is the basis of the study undertaken for the Company by Samuel Engineering, Inc....

Alberta Star Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ASX)(OTCBB: ASXSF) is pleased to announce that the Company has contracted the services of Mr. John Camier B.Sc. (Specialist), M.Sc., a principal of South Bay Exploration Ltd., a geological services company of Brandon, Manitoba, to supervise the Company's Summer 2006 diamond drilling program at the Contact Lake and Eldorado IOCG and uranium projects in Canada's Northwest Territories. Mr. Camier has extensive experience working in remote and northern regions of Canada and has supervised a number of large diamond drilling programs in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. More importantly, Mr. Camier assisted in the drilling of Fortune Minerals NICO Gold Bismuth deposit and carried out and oversaw much of the drilling of the Sue-Dianne IOCG deposit in the southern Great Bear Magmatic Zone. Mr. Camier has completed his...

Canadian Natural Resources Limited (TSX: CNQ) (NYSE: CNQ):

In commenting on first quarter 2006 results, Canadian Natural's Chairman, Allan Markin stated, "The execution of our defined plan for profitable growth continues on track. In the first quarter we executed a record drilling program in a challenging environment due to unseasonably warm weather and limits in the availability of rigs and services, all the while achieving a 90% overall success rate. On our major projects we saw first production from Primrose North which reached 15,000 bbl/d during the quarter, we received government approval of the Olowi Field development plan offshore Gabon, and we started seeing positive production results from the waterflood and polymer floods at Pelican Lake. At the Horizon Project, our team continues to execute and as...

Goodman & Company, Investment Counsel Ltd. ("Goodman & Company") announces a major initiative to simplify and enhance its Dynamic Funds™ product line-up. The streamlining initiative includes a series of mergers, terminations and name changes among the Dynamic group of funds as well as a new mandate for one fund. The comprehensive plan will eliminate several small funds and is expected to achieve expense ratio cost-efficiencies for securityholders by merging mutual funds with similar investment objectives. The result will be a simpler, more cost-effective product line-up.

Mergers and Terminations

The streamlining involves merging each terminating fund identified below into its continuing fund and includes converting Dynamic Canadian Dividend Fund Ltd. from a mutual fund corporation to a mutual fund trust structure: Goodman & Company also announces the upcoming termination of Dynamic SAMI Fund. Units of this fund are no longer available for purchase.

Dynami...

Alberta Star Development Corp. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:ASX)(OTCBB: ASXSF), listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (ASX) and on the OTCBB (ASXSF), is pleased to announce that it has received formal approval from the Sahtu Land and Water Board (SLWB) for a second 25,000 meter "Class A-5 year drill permit" ("the Permit") at its Eldorado Iron oxide, copper, gold, silver, and uranium project located in Canada's Northwest Territories. The Company is now fully permitted for 40,000 meters of diamond drilling at Contact Lake and in the Eldorado Uranium Belt in the Sahtu Dene Land Settelement region.

25,000 METER DRILL PERMIT ELDORADO IOCG & URANIUM PROJECT-APPROVED AND ISSUED

Alberta Star has now completed all of the requirements for its drill permitting which included the finalization of a comprehensive First Nations Traditional Educational Knowledge Report ("TEK"). The TEK report was complet...