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2011 Rice Lake Drilling Intercepts Shoreline Basalt on Strike Point Project
Feb. 25, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- SKP - TSXV     STKXF - OTCQX CA...
About this update from Strikepoint Gold Inc.
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