Agoracom Updates

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 September 7th, 2012, 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 ... or click on the image below.

Nevada Copper Announces 1.1 Billion Pound Increase in Measured and Indicated Resource

Nevada Copper Corp. (TSX:NCU) ("Nevada Copper" or the "Company") is very pleased to announce it has completed an updated National Instrument ("NI") 43-101 mineral resource estimate for its 100% owned Pumpkin Hollow Property in Nevada. The updated mineral resource estimate includes the results of approximately 44,000 meters of resource delineation drilling completed since October, 2010. This program focused on expanding the Measured and Indicated ("M&I") copper resource primarily in the North and South open-pittable deposits (the "Western Deposits").

The following are highlights of the new mineral resource estimate, compared to the previously published January 2011 resource estimate. The new resource estimate is based on drill results from October 2010 to August 2012. The details of tonnage and grades are contained in the resource tables below.

• 26% Increase of the M&I copper resources for the Western Deposits - increasing by 1.1 billion pounds to 5.4 billion pounds (0.15% cutoff);

• 30% Increase of the M&I copper resource in the North Deposit - increasing by 820 million pounds to 3.5 billion pounds (0.15% cutoff);

• 20% Increase of M&I copper resources in the South Deposit - increasing by 315 million pounds to 1.9 billion pounds (0.15% cutoff);

• 1.1 billion pound increase of Total M&I copper resource to 6.8 billion pounds for the combined Western and Eastern Deposits from 5.7 billion pounds (0.15% cutoff - Western Deposits; and 0.75% cutoff - Eastern Deposits);

• Total Inferred copper resource of 1.7 billion pounds for combined Western and Eastern Deposits (0.15% cutoff - Western Deposits and 0.75% cutoff - Eastern Deposits);

• 16% Increase of the M&I Iron Resource for the Western Deposits increasing by 17.8 million tons to 129 million tons of contained iron (20% cutoff); and,

• Significant Increase in the Inferred Iron Resource for the Western Deposits increasing by 19.9 million tons to 27.6 million tons of contained iron (20% cutoff).

About the company

Nevada Copper owns 100% of the Pumpkin Hollow Copper Development Property in the Walker Lane mineralized belt of Western Nevada.

Last: 2.80Range: 5.61-1.75Market Cap: 204 million

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Aurizon Announces an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Marban Deposit

Aurizon Mines Ltd. (TSX:ARZ)(NYSE MKT:AZK)(NYSE Amex:AZK) is pleased to announce an updated mineral resource estimate for the Marban deposit, located in the Malartic gold camp of Quebec's Abitibi Region.

Based on a cut-off grade of 0.35 grams of gold per tonne and a high value capping of 25 grams of gold per tonne, the updated In-pit mineral resources are estimated at 20,700,000 tonnes at 1.58 grams of gold per tonne or 1,053,000 ounces of gold in the measured and indicated category and at 3,780,000 tonnes at 1.60 grams of gold per tonne or 194,000 ounces of gold in the inferred category. The resources, outside of the pit shell and using a cut-off grade of 2.0 grams of gold per tonne, are estimated at 980,000 tonnes at 2.82 grams of gold per tonne or 89,000 ounces of gold in the measured and indicated category plus 800,000 tonnes at 2.68 grams of gold per tonne or 69,000 ounces of gold in the inferred category.

About Aurizon

Aurizon is a gold producer with a growth strategy focused on developing its existing projects in the Abitibi region of north-western Quebec, one of the world's most favourable mining jurisdictions and prolific gold and base metal regions, and by increasing its asset base through accretive transactions. Aurizon shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "ARZ" and on the NYSE MKT under the symbol "AZK". Additional information on Aurizon and its properties is available on Aurizon's website at www.aurizon.com.

Last: 4.34Range: 7.25-3.80Range: 713 million

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Lupaka Gold Intercepts 18 Metres at 7.29 g/t Gold and 124 Metres at 1.39 g/t Gold at Crucero Gold Project. Exploration Drilling Commences on Chaska Zone

Lupaka Gold Corp. ("Lupaka Gold" or "the Company") (TSX:LPK) announces that it has received assay results on the first five drill holes completed since the 2012 drilling program commenced on its Crucero Gold Project in southeast Peru.

Holes DDH-54 and DDH-56 have returned some of the highest grades over continuous widths reported to date, including 18 metres at 7.29 gpt gold. DDH-19 contains a significant width of 124 metres at 1.39 gpt gold in the southern portion of the mineralized envelope. The results confirm that the A-1 Zone is continuous and open to the north along strike and at depth.

The Company also reports that exploration drilling has commenced on the Chaska Zone (also known as the A-3, A-4, A-5 Zones) approximately two kilometres to the east of the A-1 resource zone in an area of significant geochemical and geophysical anomalies.

About the Company

Lupaka Gold is aggressively exploring and developing the Crucero Gold Project, its 5,500 hectare gold property located in southern Peru. The Company, based in Vancouver, Canada, is project operator and holds a 100% indirect interest in the property. Since commencing active exploration in April 2010, the Company has reported NI 43-101 compliant gold resource estimate updates in the first quarter of 2011 and 2012 (see the Company's most recent technical report on sedar.com). In addition to the existing resource estimate, Lupaka Gold has identified a number of exploration targets within the Crucero Project that display similar anomalous characteristics.

Last: 0.52Range: 1.47-0.50Range: 23.7 million