Good morning to you all. Please find enclosed a summary of the breaking small-cap and micro-cap financial news we highlighted on AGORACOM Small Cap TV this morning. It’s April 8, 2011, and we’ve found 2 great press releases to report on at the open. Another great day for small-cap and micro-cap financial news. To watch the show live every morning at 9:30 AM, visit our front page.

Roxgold Step Out Hole Intersects High Grade Gold Mineralization in New Discovery on Yaramoko Gold Concession, Burkina Faso, West Africa

Roxgold Inc. ("the Company") (TSX VENTURE:ROG)

is pleased to announce that further to the Company's press release of February 28, 2011 it has received the final series of assays from drilling activities on its optioned Yaramoko gold concession in western Burkina Faso, West Africa from Riverstone Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:RVS). Roxgold is earning a 60% interest in the project from Riverstone.

HIGHLIGHTS

- 20 METRES OF 28.61 GRAMS PER TONNE ("GPT") GOLD (INCLUDING 6 METRES OF 85.53 GPT) IN BAGASSI CENTRAL NEW DISCOVERY STEP OUT HOLE YMR-10-RC055

"Intersections of this grade are rare and can build ounces within the deposit very quickly," commented Roxgold President and CEO, Robert Sibthorpe.

- STEP OUT HOLE COLLARED ABOUT 80 METRES NORTHWEST OF THE HIGH GRADE ZONE INTERSECTED IN YMR-10-RC036 (6 METRES OF 24.62 GPT)

- BAGASSI CENTRAL DISCOVERY WILL BE THE FOCUS OF ADDITIONAL DRILLING DURING PHASE 2 WORK IN THE UPCOMING MONTHS

- 8 BAGASSI SOUTH DRILL HOLES INTERSECTED GOLD RANGING FROM 1 TO 25 METRES AND GRADING FROM .592 TO 3.26 GPT

- PHASE 1 RC DRILLING (25 HOLES AND 2500 METRES) HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THE BISSA WEST CONCESSION IN CENTRAL BURKINA FASO - ASSAY RESULTS ARE PENDING

About the company

Roxgold Inc. is a mineral exploration and development company based in Vancouver, BC. Roxgold has recently acquired options to earn 60% interests on a number of large mineral concessions in Burkina Faso, West Africa. This country has one of the fastest growing gold production records in the world. Exploration work has begun on the concessions with the majority of the $1 million plus budget to be spent on drilling previously identified gold targets.

Last Sale: 0.36 52 Week Range: 0.03 - 0.56 Market Cap: 12.36M

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Orocobre Limited: First Battery Grade Lithium Carbonate Produced from Salar de Olaroz

Orocobre Limited (TSX:ORL)(ASX:ORE)

is pleased to report that it has produced battery grade lithium carbonate from Salar de Olaroz brines.

Orocobre's analysis shows that the lithium carbonate is of greater than 99.9% purity* and of higher purity than the specifications for battery grade material sold by existing producers. This material was produced by refining a lower purity product previously produced at the company's facilities at Olaroz with recirculated brines. As such, the Company considers the material to be representative of what could be expected in commercial production.

Managing Director Richard Seville commented:

"This is a major milestone for the company, and is the result of over 2 years of painstaking process development work. Six months ago we started pilot plant scale production of crude lithium carbonate, and now we are able to produce a value added, refined product which we believe meets cathode manufacturers' rigorous material specifications.

We considered that it was important to produce "battery grade" lithium carbonate from our facilities as part of our Definitive Feasibility Study and this important milestone has now been achieved."

About Orocobre Limited

Orocobre Limited is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX:ORL)(ASX:ORE) and is the leading lithium-potash developer in the lithium and potassium rich Puna Lithium Province of Argentina.

Last Sale: 2.62 52 Week Range: 1.35 - 4.00 Market Cap: 269.37M

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