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Rubicon Reports New High Grade Gold Intercepts From Exploration Drilling at the F2 Gold System, Phoenix Project, Red Lake, Ontario

Rubicon Minerals Corporation (RMX:TSX | RBY:NYSE-AMEX) ("Rubicon") is pleased to announce further drill results from exploration drilling of the F2 Gold System, part of its 100% owned Phoenix Gold Project in the heart of the prolific Red Lake gold district of Ontario.

Highlights:

-intercepts include 39.43 oz/t gold over 3.6 feet (1351.8 g/t gold over 1.1 metres),

2.07 oz/t gold over 11.5 feet (70.9 g/t gold over 3.5 metres)

and 1.46 oz/ton gold over 11.2 feet (50.0 g/t gold over 3.4 metres)

These latest holes are significant because they demonstrate that the F2 Gold System geology extends south of the original 9X target area over a considerable vertical extent and that the F2 Gold System continues to be open in all directions for further drilling.

About

Rubicon Minerals Corporation is a well-funded, leading gold exploration company deriving its strength from a hands-on management team with a track record of discovery. Rubicon's focus is in highly prospective gold producing areas of North America. It controls over 65,000 acres of prime exploration ground in the prolific Red Lake gold camp of Ontario, Canada, which hosts Goldcorp's high-grade, world class Red Lake Mine.

Last Trade: 5.1452 Week: 6.34 – 3.09Market Cap: 1.1 Billion

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Allied Gold Limited: Simberi (PNG) Exceeds December Quarter Gold Production

Allied Gold Ltd's (TSX:ALG)

100%-owned Simberi gold mine in Papua New Guinea exceeded budgeted production and produced 18,921 ounces of gold in the December quarter - the third consecutive quarter in excess of 18,000 ounces.

Mill throughput at Simberi is running at 2.3 million tonnes per annum due to the successful completion of an optimization de-bottlenecking programme during 2010. The planned Oxide Expansion is underway and will lift mill throughput to 3.5 million tonnes per annum and lift gold output to 100,000 oz pa by late 2011. Pre-mining development for the enhanced production profile has been accelerated through the delivery of a larger haulage & loading fleet.

About the company

Allied Gold Limited is a growing Pacific Rim gold producer with production, exploration and development projects in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

In Papua New Guinea, the Simberi gold mine is 60km from Lihir Island in the Tabar Islands group. In the Solomon Islands, the $150 million refurbishment of the 120,000 ozpa Gold Ridge mine is well underway, with first gold due in early 2011.

Last Sale: 0.65 52 Week Range: 0.24 - 0.70 Market Cap: 677.43M

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Sama Resources Intersects Over 30 Metres of 1.87% Nickel+Copper

Intersection Includes 3.17% Nickel and 1.60% Copper Over 3.0 Metres at Its Poly-Metallic Samapleu Project in Cote D'Ivoire

Sama Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:SME)

Highlights:

* Intersection of a near-surface mineralized zone of 30.8 metres grading 1.02% nickel, 0.85% copper and 0.63 gpt palladium, including 3.0 metres of massive sulphide grading 3.17% nickel and 1.60% copper.

* Additional new intersections:

o Near-surface mineralized zone of 50.0 metres of disseminated to highly disseminated sulphide, including 5.7 metres of massive sulphide.

o Near-surface mineralized zone of 39.6 metres of disseminated to highly disseminated sulphide, including 2.75 metres of massive sulphide.

* Potential new host sector 3.5 kilometres south of Samapleu Main deposit: Gangbapleu.

* 43-101 compliant mineral resource to be completed by mid-2011.

About the company

Sama Resources Inc. ("Sama") (TSX.V: SME) is a growth-oriented resource company focused on exploring the Samapleau Nickel/Copper project in Ivory Coast, West Africa and the Bonanza Gold project in Arizona.

Last Sale: 0.36 52 Week Range: 0.30 - 0.50 Market Cap: 15.90M

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ENDEAVOUR MINING PRODUCES 82,400 OUNCES OF GOLD AND REPAYS YOUGA PROJECT DEBT FACILITY IN 2010

TSX: EDV

report it produced 82,400 ounces of gold in 2010 at its Youga Mine, Burkina Faso and has fully repaid the US$27.9 million Youga project debt facility in 2010.

Highlights

* 82,400 ounces of gold production at the Youga Mine in 2010

* Youga Mine gold production forecast to increase to 84,000 ounces in 2011

* Cash cost in 2011 expected to be approximately US$600 per ounce

* Corporation fully repaid the outstanding US$27.9 million Youga project debt facility

* Corporation is effectively debt-free and has cash and marketable securities of approximately US$200 million (including cash component of approximately US$165 million) and an undrawn acquisition credit facility of an additional US$100 million

* Youga is forecast to generate US$32 million of free operating cash flow during 2011

* US$10 million budgeted in 2011 for accelerated exploration campaign at Youga

About Endeavour Mining Corporation

Endeavour is a gold producer. Endeavour also holds an extensive exploration land position and various advanced-stage development gold projects in West Africa. Endeavour has a global strategy, supported by financial resources and management's company building expertise, to grow into an intermediate gold producer through strategic acquisitions.

Last: 2.65Range: 3.13-1.64Market Cap: 300 Million

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