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 July 6th, 2011, and we’ve found 7 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.

Mercator Reports 2011 Second Quarter Production Results: Production of 11.18 Million Pounds of Copper and 1.76 Million Pounds of Molybdenum

Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX:ML)

is pleased to announce its production results for the three months ended June 30, 2011 from its wholly-owned Mineral Park Mine in Arizona. Production for the quarter totaled 11.18 million pounds of copper, 1.76 million pounds of molybdenum and 180,569 ounces of silver as compared to guidance of 9.5 million pounds of copper and 1.0 million pounds of molybdenum.

During the month of June, the Mineral Park Mine produced 3,644,209 pounds of copper, a record 633,500 pounds of molybdenum, and 61,073 ounces of silver.

Operational Highlights for the three months ended June 30, 2011

--Mill throughput averaged 32,260 tons per day for the quarter;

--Record mill throughput of 41,738 tons in a 24 hour period achieved;

--Production of 10,434,143 pounds of copper contained in concentrates;

--Production of 748,196 pounds of copper cathode;

--Production of 1,762,174 pounds of molybdenum contained in concentrates;

--By-product production of 180,569 ounces of silver in concentrates.

About Mercator Minerals Ltd.

Mercator Minerals Ltd., a TSX listed Canadian mining company with one of the fastest growing base metal profiles in its peer group, is a leading copper and molybdenum producer with a diversified portfolio of high quality operations and projects in the USA and Mexico. Mercator provides investors exposure to current copper and molybdenum production from the large tonnage long life Mineral Park Mine in Arizona, as well as mid-term exposure to additional copper and moly production through the development of the El Pilar and El Creston deposits. All three deposits are located in favorable and stable mining jurisdictions in Arizona, USA and Sonora, Mexico.

Last: 3.00Range: 4.90-1.49Market Cap: 733 million

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Champion Minerals Announces Up to 139 Metres of 52.8% Total Iron from the Attikamagen Project

CHAMPION MINERALS INC. (TSX:CHM)(FRANKFURT:P02)

is pleased to announce assay results from the Attikamagen Project, which is wholly-owned by Champion and under option to Century Iron Mines Corp. ("Century Iron") and is located in north-eastern Quebec and western Labrador, near the town of Schefferville, Quebec. The 2011 winter drilling program focused on several potential taconite and direct shipping ore ("DSO")(1) targets near Hayot Lake, Quebec and Joyce Lake in western Labrador. Century Iron completed over 2,000 metres of combined diamond and reverse circulation ("RC") drilling and are continuing the current phase of drilling which is expected to be completed by December 2011.

Highlights

-- 2011 RC drilling completed at Joyce Lake encountered a potential DSO
target. Drill hole JOY-11-06 intersected 139.0 m grading 52.8% Total Iron ("FeT"), and drill hole JOY-11-07 intersected 91.0 m grading 52.5% FeT, including 42.0 m grading 65.3% FeT.

--2011 diamond-drilling at Hayot Lake corroborates results of the Century Iron 2010 drilling, which intersected a taconite iron occurrence. Drill

hole HAY-11-10 intersected 108.2 m grading 33.2% FeT. Previously, drill
hole HAY-10-06 intersected 92.6 m grading 31.6% FeT.

Champion Minerals Inc. is a Canadian-based iron ore exploration and development company with properties located in the heart of Canada’s premier iron ore mining district, the Labrador Trough. Champion Minerals is one of the largest landholders of highly prospective iron ore claims located southwest of Fermont, Quebec and northeast of Schefferville.

Last: 1.69Range: 3.30-0.70Market Cap: 142 million

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Rainy River Resources Intersects 1,335.0 g/t Gold & 76.7 g/t Silver Over 1.5 Metres Near Surface in Western Area

Rainy River Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:RR)

is pleased to announce assay results from the Rainy River Gold Project in northwest Ontario where the Company is completing 170,000 metres of diamond drilling in 2011. Results are summarized in Table 1.

Highlights

--Western Area continues to expand with high-grade gold and silver

--NR11719 intersects 1,335.0 g/t gold and 76.7 g/t silver over 1.5 metreslocated 42 metres below surface

--NR11711 intersects 4.4 g/t gold over 10.5 metres and NR11731 intersects3.9 g/t gold over 22.5 metres

--Infill program returns 1.2 g/t gold and 1.8 g/t silver over 93 metres inODM Zone

The Rainy River Gold Project (“Rainy” or the “Project”) is an advanced stage gold exploration project situated in the southern half of Richardson Township, approximately fifty kilometres northwest of Fort Frances in Western Ontario. In June 2005, Rainy River Resources Limited acquired a 100% interest in the project from Nuinsco Resources Limited and has since added approximately 3.4 million ounces to the measured and indicated resource category, and approximately 2.7 million ounces to the inferred resource category of this deposit, in an emerging Canadian Gold District.

Last: 9.9613.50-5.66Market Cap: 816 million

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Blackdog Resources Ltd. Announces Year Over Year Q1 Revenue Increase of 191%

BLACKDOG RESOURCES LTD DOG

Blackdog Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:DOG)

is pleased to provide an update on its Q1, 2011 operations.

Selected highlights of the Company's results are as follows:

--Revenue increased to $1,166,407 (2010-$400,337). This represented a year
over year Q1 increase of 191%.
--Barrels of oil ("bbls") per day increased to 152 bbls (2010-60 bbls).
This represented a year over year Q1 increase of 153%.
--Operating Netbacks increased to $362,079 (2010-$157,046). This
represented a year over year Q1 increase of 131%.
--Funds flow from operations increased to $246,344 (2010-$45,539). This
represented a year over year Q1 increase of 441%.
--General and Administrative costs decreased to $100,788 (2010-$108,588).
This represented a year over year Q1 decrease of 7%.
--Participated in drilling with 15% working interest ("W.I.") in the
Company's first non-operated horizontal Cardium oil well (the "Cardium
Well") in Pembina, Alberta.
--Cardium Well flowed approximately 1,000 bbls (net 150 bbls) during test
period and commenced commercial production on March 18, 2011.
--Installed power for Enhanced Oil Recovery/Salt Water Disposal
("EOR/SWD") well at Woking, Alberta on March 8, 2011 (Company estimates
future monthly saving on rental generator, diesel fuel and labour at
$15,000 per month).

Blackdog Resources Ltd. is a junior oil and gas Company focused on the development of light and medium oil with producing assets in South East Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Company has 24,574,318 common shares outstanding.

Last : 0.45Range : 0.48-0.23Market Cap : 10.9 million

Xmet to Update NI-43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate on the Duquesne-Ottoman Project

Xmet Inc. (TSX VENTUE:XME) ("Xmet")

is pleased to announce that it has retained Watts, Griffis and McOuat Limited ("WGM") Consulting Geologists and Engineers of Toronto, Canada to prepare an update of the initial NI-43-101 mineral resource estimate reported at the Duquesne-Ottoman Property on September 24, 2010 (Inferred Resource of 2.7 million tonnes at an average cut grade of 5.29 g Au/t (6.00 g Au/t uncut) hosting 465,000 ounces Au cut (525,000 ounces Au uncut). WGM is an established, internationally recognized consulting firm with extensive experience in the preparation of NI-43-101 compliant resource estimates.

Over the past nine months Xmet has completed nearly 13,000 metres of diamond drilling on the Duquesne-Ottoman Property and reported high grade drill results, with highlights of the phase one, C$1.74 million drilling summarized in a news release on April 28th, 2011 (www.xmet.ca and www.sedar.com). The majority of the significant holes reported to date targeted expansion of the current resource.

Upon review of the phase one drilling results, management retained WGM to prepare a new NI- 43-101 resource estimate. Results of the updated resource estimate by WGM will be reported immediately upon completion of their study.

About Xmet Inc

Xmet Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary Duquesne-Ottoman Mines Inc. ("Duquesne- Ottoman Mines"), carries out gold resource exploration and development. Pursuant to the terms of a mining option agreement between Duquesne-Ottoman Mines and Duparquet Assets Ltd., Duquesne-Ottoman Mines can earn an option to purchase 75% of the common shares in the capital of Duparquet Assets Ltd, which legally and beneficially owns 20 claims (commonly referred to as Duquesne West) and 40 claims (commonly referred to as Ottoman) covering an area of 928.6 hectares located approximately 30 kilometres north of the city of Rouyn-Noranda and 10 kilometres east of the village of Duparquet within the townships of Duparquet and Destor in the Province of Quebec

Last: 0.105Range: 0.38-0.105Market Cap: 5.4 million

ATAC Resources Steps Out 100 Metres at Conrad Zone and Cuts 82.29 Metres of 4.08 g/t Gold Within an Expanded Interval of 114.93 Metres Grading 3.15 g/t Gold

ATAC Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:ATC)

is pleased to announce the first two diamond drill hole results from the Conrad Zone within the Nadaleen Trend of the Company's 100% owned 1,600 sq/km Rackla Gold Belt in central Yukon.

The Conrad Zone is one of four Carlin-type gold zones drilled to date within the Osiris area, located in the eastern part of ATAC's 185 km long Rackla Gold Project. The first 2011 hole (OS-11-010) was drilled 100 metres east of the 2010 Conrad discovery hole (OS-10-008) which intersected 21.13 metres grading 8.03 g/t gold (see news release dated November 30, 2010), while the second hole (OS-11-011) was drilled from the same pad as OS-10-008 and was designed to intersect a steeper cut of that mineralized section. Drill results are tabulated below.

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Hole IDDip/AzimuthFrom (m)To (m) Interval (m)Au (g/t)
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incl.181.36263.6582.294.08
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About ATAC

ATAC is a well-funded, Yukon-based exploration company focused on developing Canada's only Carlin-type gold discovery at its 100% owned, Rackla Gold Project. For additional information concerning ATAC Resources Ltd., please visit our website at www.atacresources.com.

Last: 7.65Range: 9.00-1.67Market Cap: 738 million

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Miranda Reports Initial Drill Results from Red Hill Project

Miranda Gold Corp. ("Miranda") (TSX-V: MAD) is pleased to announce initial drill results from its Red Hill Project in Eureka County, Nevada. Miranda's funding partner at Red Hill, NuLegacy Gold Corporation, have completed three holes in the Long Fault Anomaly predominately on Miranda's portion of the Red Hill project. Three holes in the ongoing drill campaign have been completed for approximately 4,430 ft (1,350 m). Assays are available for only one of the holes.

As reported to the Company, of particular interest is a significant intercept of 5ft of 0.055 oz Au/t (1.5m of 1.874 g Au/t) within a broader zone of anomalous mineralization in RHM11-006. The gold bearing interval is within the hanging wall of the Long Fault Anomaly and occurs within carbonaceous and pyritic siltstone and limestone of the Horse Canyon Formation, a geologic host for economic mineralization in the nearby Cortez District.

Corporate Profile

Miranda Gold Corp. is a gold exploration company active in Nevada, Alaska and Colombia and whose emphasis is on generating gold exploration projects with world-class discovery potential. Miranda performs its own grass roots exploration and then employs a joint venture business model on its projects in order to maximize exposure to discovery while minimizing exploration risk. Miranda has ongoing partnerships with Agnico-Eagle (USA) Inc., Montezuma Mines Inc., Navaho Gold Ltd., NuLegacy Corporation, Piedmont Mining Company Inc., Ramelius Resources Ltd., and Red Eagle Mining Corporation.

Last Trade: 0.4552 Week: 0.813 – 0.362Market Cap: 23.03 Million