February 17th and February 18th

NEW YORK, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ - Wellington West Capital Markets Inc, a Toronto based investment dealer focused on the resource sector, will be hosting a conference for emerging gold mining companies on Wednesday February 17th and Thursday February 18th 2010 at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. The conference will feature presentations by companies with growth-focused production profiles and exciting exploration and development portfolios.

Attending investors will get the opportunity to listen to 20 presentations from company senior executives, along with the chance to engage in one-on-one meetings in the afternoon sessions.

Presenting companies include: Anatolia Minerals (TSX:ANO), Aura Minerals (TSX:ORA), Aurizon Mines (TSX:ARZ) (AMEX:AZK), Avion Gold (TSXV:AVR), Claude Resources (TSX:CRJ) (AMEX:CGR), Detour Gold (TSX:DGC), International Minerals (TSX:IMZ), Inter-Citic Minerals (TSX:ICI), Kirkland Lake Gold (TSX:KGI), Lake Shore Gold (TSX:LSG), New Gold (TSX:NGD) (AMEX:NGD), Oro Gold Resources (TSXV:OGR), Rainy River Resources (TSXV:RR), Romarco Minerals (TSXV:R), San Gold Corp (TSXV: SGR), Sulliden Gold (TSX:SUE), Vista Gold (TSX:VGZ) (AMEX:VGZ), Volta Resources (TSX:VTR), and Victoria Gold (TSXV:VIT). Franco-Nevada (TSX:FNV) will deliver a keynote luncheon presentation on February 17th