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Sprott Resource Corp. Announces Strategic Merger between its Subsidiary, Orion Oil & Gas, and WestFire Energy Creating a Uniquely Positioned Intermediate Producer Focusing on the Viking Light Oil Resource Play
May 11, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- /NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWSWIRE SERVICES OR F...
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