PolyMet Mining Corp. (TSX: POM)(AMEX: PLM) ("PolyMet") is pleased to announce its participation in the American Stock Exchange's Fourth Annual Precious and Base Metals Investor Conference to be held on Wednesday, April 11th and Thursday, April 12, 2007 at the New York Marriott Financial Center.

Douglas Newby, Chief Financial Officer of PolyMet, will make the presentation which will be webcast at http://www.investorcalendar.com/CEPage.asp?ID=115303 at 2:30 EDT on Thursday April 12, 2007. A new PowerPoint presentation has been posted on PolyMet's website at www.polymetmining.com.

PolyMet's 100%-owned NorthMet project comprises a copper...

Ireland Inc. (OTCBB: IREL) (the "Company") announced today that it has entered into an assignment agreement dated March 29, 2007 (the "Assignment Agreement') with Nanominerals Corp. ("Nano") of Las Vegas, Nevada. Under the terms of the Assignment Agreement, Nano will assign to the Company its options to acquire up to 100% of two mineral properties, the Columbus Project located in Esmeralda County, Nevada and the Red Mountain Project located in San Bernardino County, California.

The Columbus Project is a placer mining project consisting of 149 mineral and mill site claims covering 19,737.98 acres over the Columbus Salt Marsh in Esmeralda County, NV. The project also consists of 80 acres of private land in the area. Over 5 years of work by the claim owners has outlined significant occurrences of calcium carbonate, gold and silver within the claim b...

Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: APE) has intersected significant new silver-zinc-lead mineralization at the Hampaturi Southwest target, 150m along strike from the Hampaturi South Zone, at the southwestern end of Apogee's 100% owned La Solucion Mine. Vice President, Exploration Doug Currie stated: "Once again, step-out drilling has successfully located high grade silver-zinc mineralization along the Hampaturi structure. These results indicate there is potential to delineate an additional shoot parallel to the recently defined resource at Hampaturi South, and confirm our belief in the exploration potential of the structure which has a strike length of approximately 10km."

The new mineralization discovered at Hampaturi Southwest is located approximately 150m to the southwest and along strike of the Hampaturi South Zone, within the strike extension of the ...

Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: APE) has intersected significant, high grade silver-zinc mineralization in the Hampaturi South Extension adjacent to the southwestern end of Apogee's 100% owned La Solucion Mine. Assay results received and visual observations of the mineralized structure indicate that a zone of silver-zinc-lead+/-anomalous gold mineralization measuring approximately 100-125m along strike, 125-150m down dip/plunge and averaging 4.3m in True Thickness has been identified; the zone is still open in all directions (Table 1; Figure 2). Upon completion of the current drill program in approximately 3-4 weeks a NI43-101 Mineral Resource will be calculated.

Apogee Vice President Exploration, Mr Doug Currie, commented: "We have been very encouraged by the initial results of drilling at Hampaturi South which commenced shortly after Apogee completed...

Valencia Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE: VVI) is pleased to report that a 40 hole, 4804m Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program has been successfully completed at its Cachinal Silver Project in Chile (Figure 1). This program evaluated the 600m long mineralized structures in the prospective Carmen and Arturo-Prat zone to determine the potential for an open pittable resource.

Surface trench results, reported in July, confirmed silver mineralization associated with two intersecting northwesterly trending vein systems, the Carmen and Arturo-Prat Veins, indicated by Valencia's 2005 trenching and RC drilling program (See Press Release July 26, 2006). The current program of drilling was designed to evaluate the size and continuity of the zone of mineralization for mining a potential open pittable resource to 150m depth (Figure 2). Drilling was also completed to te...

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The Building World Peace: The Role of Religions and Human Rights International Conference will encourage dialogue by building upon the peaceful messages of religious teachings and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Join us in challenging our diverse communities to unite against violence and create a new global consciousness. We currently have delegates coming from over 12 countries around the world from various backgrounds to participate - don't miss this unique opportunity! To find out more, please visit buildingworldpeace.com, or phone us at 780-453-2638.

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Canadian Royalties Inc. (TSX: CZZ) provides the following update of recent corporate developments and community activities.

Raglan South Nickel Project - Community Activities Update

As part of the ongoing efforts to maintain a mutually supportive relationship between Canadian Royalties and local communities near the Raglan South Nickel Project, the Company has recently retained local Community Relations Officers ("CRO") in each of the following communities: Kangiqsujuaq, Salluit, and Povirnituq, all of which are located in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec. Each of the CRO's will act as the Company's community relations consultant in their respective communities and will assist in maintaining an open discussion about potential impacts and benefits to those local communities for the creation of jobs, job training programs and complementary business and cont...

Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: APE) has begun planning and implementing operational improvements at the 100% owned La Solucion Mine. The company is also in the midst of a 33,500m diamond drilling program to delineate potential mineral resources at its Bolivian Silver-Lead-Zinc projects where exploration programs in the first half of 2006 have located significant high grade silver, lead, zinc and locally, gold mineralization. Eight diamond drills are currently operating.

The La Solucion Mine

The recently-acquired, 100% owned La Solucion Mine is located 17 km by paved road from the Capital city of La Paz. The mine has been producing for the past 14 years with an ore processing capacity of 120 tonnes per day and an existing flotation mill that produces zinc and lead concentrates. The production facility is in good operating condition however the mine ...

Apogee Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: APE) has recently made senior appointments to strengthen its Bolivian management team; Mr Joaquin Merino-Marquez has been appointed Exploration Manager-Bolivia and Mr David Fuertes has been appointed Operations Manager-La Solucion Mine. Mr. Mark Feeney has also been appointed Director of Corporate Development for the company.

Joaquin Merino-Marquez, Exploration Manager - Bolivia

Mr Joaquin Merino-Marquez has a BSc(Hons) from University of Seville, Spain and an MSc from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He has extensive surface and underground exploration and mining experience. Most recently he worked as Senior Exploration Geologist for Placer Dome Asia Pacific at the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea. Joaquin has also worked for other major and junior mining companies in Venezuela, Peru, Chile and Bolivia.

Golden Odyssey Mining Inc. ("Golden Odyssey" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE: GOE) (OTCBB: GODYF) has completed the geologic mapping and sampling program on its Mexican Hill project on the Carlin Trend in Elko County, Nevada. The project is located 40 miles south of Carlin, Nevada and is approximately 35 miles southwest and on trend with Newmont's Rain and Emigrant Springs deposits.

The work has confirmed a structural - stratigraphic setting similar to that of the Rain District where the contact of the Chainman shale and Devils Gate limestones represent a regionally permissive host horizon. Significant ore deposits occur where this horizon is intersected by high angle mineralizing structures. Soil sampling at Mexican Hill has also ...