Zinc

Arco Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ARR) reported that the company has closed the second and final tranche of its non-brokered private placement announced on February 11, 2010 to complete the full private placement with gross proceeds totaling $1,291,500.

Iberian Minerals Corp. (TSX VENTURE:IZN) reported financial and operating results for the year ending December 31, 2009, with comparative figures for the year ending December 31, 2008.

VMS Ventures Inc. (TSX VENTURE:VMS) announced that its 100% owned Copper Project will be the focus of the Company’s next drill program, expected to begin before the end of April, 2010. As well, the Company, with the signing of the Letter of Intent (LOI) with HudBay Minerals (TSX:HBM) as announced March 4, 2010, has halted its phase 2 drill program at the Tower Zone.

Dia Bras Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:DIB) reported the results of continued, detailed sampling and mapping plus X-Ray diffraction studies at the La Cascada high-sulfidation gold prospect of its Bolivar property in Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Zincore Metals Inc. (TSX:ZNC) reported that the company proposes to issue up to 2 million flow-through common shares to raise CDN$600,000 by way of a non-brokered private placement at $0.30 per share.

Beaufield Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:BFD) reported that the company has expanded its claim holdings, located 40 kilometres northwest of Schefferville Quebec, from an initial 139 claims to 237 claims or to 11,893 hectares.

Kent Exploration Inc. (TSX VENTURE:KEX) announced that the company has given notice of its Annual and Special General Meeting of the Company to be held in Vancouver at 10:00AM Vancouver time, on April 30, 2010.

Rio Cristal Resources Corporation (TSX VENTURE:RCZ) reported assay results from a campaign of bulk sampling on a mineralized quartzite bed known as Bench 5 within Zone 2 at its Condor gold property in southwest Peru.

Baja (TSX:BAJ)(OTCQX:BAJFF) reported the filing of a preliminary short form base shelf prospectus with the Securities Commissions in each of the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario, and a corresponding shelf registration statement on Form F-10 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.