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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 March 17th, 2011, and we’ve found 3 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.

Puma Drilled 1.2% Cu Over 75.5 Meters at Turgeon Copper Project in New Brunswick

Puma Exploration (TSX VENTURE:PUM)

announces the results of the last three holes drilled at Turgeon Copper Project, New Brunswick. Hole FT11-04 intersected two (2) distinctive zones of semi-massive to massive sulphide mineralization with 1.2% Cu over 75.5 meters and 1.1% Cu over 40.7 meters respectively. This hole is located 70 meters east of hole FT10-02 which was drilled in 2010 and cut a very high grade copper zone containing 10.1% Cu over 7.5 meters (see press release 09/02/2011).

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About Turgeon

The Turgeon property is located only five kilometres south of the deepwater port of Belledune, New Brunswick. The property is accessible by road all year round and is intersected by a power line. The Turgeon property is 3,726 hectares and is part of Puma's 10,476 hectares that is held in the Bathurst Mining Camp of northern New Brunswick that is being actively explored.

Last Sale: 0.30 52 Week Range: 0.04 - 0.41 Market Cap: 13.91M

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VMS Reports 50.08 Metres of 6.85% Copper in Hole RLD030 at Reed Lake JV, Indicating Continuity of Mineralization Between the Known Mineralized Body and Step Out Hole RLD015

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS)

is pleased to announce the latest drill and assay results from the in-fill diamond drill program on the extension of Zone 10 at the Reed Lake copper-zinc-gold-silver deposit, near Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada.

These latest results, including holes RLD027 to RLD030, were testing the extension of Zone 10. The in-fill program for the upper two lenses is complete and these results focus on Zone 10 between the 300 and 530 metre levels.

RLD030 -50.08m@ 6.85%Copper0.20% Zn 0.80g/t gold 9.08 silver

About VMS Ventures Inc

VMS Ventures Inc. is focused primarily on acquiring, exploring and developing copper-zinc-gold-silver massive sulphide deposits in the Flin Flon-Snow Lake VMS Belt of Manitoba.

Last Sale: 0.67 52 Week Range: 0.20 - 0.85 Market Cap: 76.66M

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Meritus Intersects 105.00g Au/tonne Over 0.80m and 16.88g Au/tonne Over 4.00m At Gutain Davaa

Meritus Minerals Ltd. (MML) (TSX-V - MER) has received assay results from another five drill holes from the winter drilling program at Gutain Davaa, Toordogiin Shil Prospect.

Hole TSD045 intersected five distinct mineralized zones and several other zones of anomalous gold over its length of 224m. Most substantial are 2.00m of 44.04g Au/tonne, including 0.80m of 105.00g Au/tonne; 9.00m of 7.68g Au/tonne including 4.00 m of 16.88g Au/tonne, and 12.90m of 2.62g Au/tonne. The hole ended in a strongly anomalous zone and indications are that mineralization may persist to greater depths.

About the company

Meritus Minerals Ltd. is a mineral exploration company committed to building shareholder value through the acquisition of base and precious metal properties.

Last: 0.10Range: 0.51-0.08Market Cap: 5.9 Million

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