Exeter Resource Corporation  is pleased to provide an update on progress at the Caspiche gold-copper project in the Maricunga district, Chile.

On November 22, 2010 Exeter announced the appointment of Aker Solutions (“Aker”) of Santiago, Chile to carry out two pre-feasibility studies for its Caspiche gold-copper project. The first study will consider a stand-alone “oxide gold” project to mine the upper part of the deposit and is scheduled to be available in early Q2-2011. The second study, to be run concurrently with the oxide study, will consider mining both the oxide and sulphide deposits. That study is scheduled to be available in Q3-2011.

Current activities relate to defining the mining and mineral processing options to be adopted by Aker in the pre-feasibility studies (“PFS”). Work in progress is a follows:

Heap Leach Testwork

• The oxide gold PFS is considering a heap leach gold mine to develop the upper portion of the Caspiche deposit. McClelland Laboratories, Nevada has now completed a 29 column leaching program on selected materials sourced from diamond drill cores. Detailed analyses of the column residues and reagent usage calculations are in progress.
• A metallurgical test program on drill core samples from the MacNeill zone started this week at McClelland Laboratories. This portion of the Caspiche deposit contains sulphides but is low in copper. The program will examine whether this type of mineralization is best suited to heap leaching or flotation recovery.

Sulphide Zone Testwork

• The sulphide zone flotation pilot plant program at SGS Lakefield laboratories in Canada was completed early in December. Approximately 10 metric tons of sulphide material broadly representative of the Caspiche Indicated Resource was treated to provide design information for the PFS and to provide large samples for further investigations into concentrate treatment and recovery optimisation testwork.  A subsequent test program has started with a scheduled completion date set for the end of January 2011.

Mining, Infrastructure and Water Studies

• NCL Ingenieria (“NCL”) of Santiago has completed detailed pit designs for the oxide heap leach gold PFS. In addition Aker have now completed trade-off studies to evaluate production rates and crush sizes.  More detailed work will now start on the selected options.  The study remains on track for completion in the second quarter of 2011.
• Work is well underway for the main oxide-sulphide PFS for Caspiche.  NCL and geotechnical consultants AKL are close to finalising mine design and scheduling for a “Superpit” option, which assumes open-cut mining to a depth of approximately 1,000 metres (“m”).  Aker have developed initial flowsheets and design criteria for a sustainable production rate of 150,000 tonnes/day (+50Mtpa). Production rates will be firmed up when final mining schedules are available.
• NCL and Aker are also advancing an “all underground” option which will look at developing a lower tonnage, higher grade case using modern block caving techniques.  This scenario has potential to significantly reduce the quantity of mechanical mining equipment and the number of people working above 4,000m altitude.
• A specialist consultant for tailings storage and bulk earthworks design, Knight Piesold of Elko, Nevada, has carried out a site inspection to locate and rank suitable sites for overburden and tailings storage.  Their report should allow Aker to finalise locations for the placement of major infrastructure for the PFS.
• Geophysical surveys over one of the Company’s regional exploration properties located outside of the Copiapo Basin have indicated some potential for development of a high altitude water resource.  The Company has applied for water exploration rights over this property.  High altitude water has excellent potential to be sustainable through annual snow melt, and any water discovery at similar or higher altitudes than the Capsiche project has potential to reduce pumping costs.

Exploration Drilling

• The Company is in-fill drilling higher grade material currently classified as Inferred Resources in the Caspiche resource model. The objective is to generate the data necessary to bring some of this material into the Indicated Resource category for inclusion in the PFS.
• On completion of the in-fill drilling within the main Caspiche deposit, a number of exploration targets will be drill tested to assess the potential for ancillary resources on the property.

Jerry Perkins, Exeter’s VP Development and Operations said, “Exeter has commissioned a broadly based series of sub-studies to provide Aker with a realistic information platform for the pre-feasibility studies.  Aker are fully involved in the coordination and specifications of all such studies to ensure the best study outcome.  In addition to Exeter’s study management team headed by John Wells, we continue to bring in experienced specialist consultants to review progress and contribute initiatives to the studies.”

Jerry Perkins, Exeter’s VP Development and Operations and a “qualified person” within the definition of that term in National Instrument 43-101, Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects, has supervised the preparation of the technical information contained in this news release.

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Here is a list of criminals and general unsavory scofflaws in the Elko area for the past few days per the Elko Police Department. The information includes name, age and city of origin in the first line, where they were arrested in the second line, and their crime (or crimes, usually) in the third.

Dec. 10

Javier Oswaldo Cruz, 18, Las Vegas

Nevada Youth Training Center

Felony warrant; $10,000

Thomas Guerra, 43, Buhl, Idaho

U.S. Highway 93 near Jackpot

Warrant and failure to use seat belt; $749

Donald Dwight Ozman, 24, Elko

500 block Cimarron Way

Domestic violence; $3,137

Dec. 11

Gustavo Sigala, 28, Elko

Fifth Street and Spruce Road

DUI and careless driving; $1,189

Heather Marie Thompson, 24, Spring Creek

800 block Thistle Drive

Domestic violence; $3,137

William Dewayne Bell, 49, Fountain, Colo.

Interstate 80 near Fifth Street overpass

Unlawful possession for sale and transporting a controlled substance; $15,000

Donald Joseph Cox, 51, Security, Colo.

Interstate 80 near Fifth Street overpass

Unlawful possession for sale,transporting a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia; $15,637

Tessa Ann Murphy, 30, Elko

Mountain City Highway and Terminal Way

DUI, operating vehicle without insurance, driving without a valid license and unregistered vehicle; $1,828

Paul Andrew Cowles, 29, Elko

Fourth and Idaho streets

Warrant; $1,500

Lindsey Ann Poyer, 24, Kirtland, N.M.

High Desert Inn

Domestic violence; $3,137

Kelly Linn Pinnell, 33, Carlin

Idaho Street at Mountain City Highway

DUI, speeding and no proof of insurance; $1,771

Dec. 12

John Naranjo, 38, Twin Falls, Idaho

Bartons Club 93

Domestic violence; $3,137

Hong Thi My Tran, 52, Elko

1700 block Clarkson Drive

Domestic violence; $3,137

Cody Ray Copeland, 21, Lovelady, Texas

Fifth and Court streets

DUI, open container and wrong way on one way street; $1,371

Joshua Jimmy Juarez, 24, Elko

Fifth Street and Wilson Avenue

DUI, driving with suspended license and left of center; $1,371

Zachery William Bristol, 22, Elko

Lamoille Highway and Metzler Road

DUI and speeding; $1,194

Vickie Lorraine Garcia, 23, Elko

1800 block Ruby View Drive

Battery with a deadly weapon, domestic violence and attempted murder; $58,137

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For nearly three decades, Will Roberts has traveled the country to keep vaudeville and interest in his predecessor and personal hero, Will Rogers, alive and kicking in the American consciousness.

Now, the long-time performer and cowboy humorist is taking to technology in the hopes of reaching a new generation of fans.

Roberts, a syndicated humorist and a professional trick roper by trade, is using the latest forms of communication to expand his reach in the hopes of attracting a new type of audience. Roberts says “Folks attention span is so short, you have to hit um quick or you will lose them.” “In this modern day and age Americans newest slogan is: Mom, apple pie and high speed Internet. They say you can live two weeks without food, a day or so without water “but take someones Internet access away and they won’t last five minutes.”

After spending years working in more traditional media outlets, including gigs in broadcast television, Fox,CBS,PBS and radio, Roberts is mixing things up to match drastic changes in the way people interact, a case of an old-school performer making an impact through new media.

In addition to expanding his reach through the Internet, which includes an online blog and cartoon, Roberts has also added a pair of iPhone apps to his bag of tricks to reach a generation more tuned into mobile devices than televisions or radios.

He also has his own MySpace page featuring a handful of videos showing off his trick-roping skills to go along with Facebook and Twitter accounts allowing fans can keep up with the performer.

With roughly 60 news web sites already picking up his humorous jottings on everyday life, Roberts hopes that expanding to mobile apps will bring his message to an even wider audience.

Though Roberts has spent the better part of 27 years as a vaudeville performer – including stints as a magician, a clown, a dancer and a singer – the performer said expanding into new media is an extension of his true calling: to serve as a voice for the everyday folks.

In a world where some people feel the loudest and brashest voices are the only ones that are heard, Roberts continues his mission to speak up for real people across the country who sometimes feel left behind.

“In this day and age, I am trying to get folks to talk, communicate, not yell,” he said. “The long and the short of it is that I used to travel 200 times a year for seven years doing my Will Rogers-style show. I have met a lot of folks and people are what it’s all about. They want to be heard, and I like to believe I am a voice for the people who don’t get heard.”

Visit Will Roberts – Modern Day Will Rogers work.

www.WillRogersUSA.com

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Elko District, Wells Field Office; and BLM Ely District, Schell Field Office are making the Final Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Antelope Complex Wild Horse Gather available to the public for review. The Final EA incorporates an additional alternative brought forward during the public comment period that concluded Oct. 19. The BLM expects to issue a Decision Record in mid-December.

The BLM is scheduled in late January 2011 to gather and remove approximately 1,917 to 2,278 excess wild horses from in and around the Antelope Complex. The complex is located approximately 60 miles south of Wells, Nevada and consists of the Antelope Herd Management Area (HMA) which is managed by the Ely District, Schell Field Office and the Antelope Valley, Goshute, and Spruce-Pequop HMAs which are managed by the Elko District, Wells Field Office.

There are currently an estimated 2,705 wild horses within the complex where the appropriate management level (AML) is 427-788 wild horses. If more than 2,278 wild horses are gathered, selective removal criteria would be used to return horses to the range. Of the horses remaining on the range, BLM would conduct fertility control measures on mares and/or adjust the sex ratios of the gathered animals to be returned to the HMA to 60 percent male/40 percent female ratios.

Removing the excess wild horses will help to prevent further deterioration of the range, and achieve and maintain a thriving natural ecological balance and multiple-use relationship as required under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act, and Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, as well as help to achieve and maintain healthy, viable wild horse populations.

The gathered animals will be transported to the Palomino Valley Center near Reno, Nevada, where they will be prepared for the BLM adoption program. Un-adopted horses will be placed in long-term pastures where they will be humanely cared for and retain their “wild” status and protection under the 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act. The BLM does not sell or send any horses to slaughter.

The Antelope Complex gather and impacts are described and analyzed in the Final EA, which is available online at www.blm.gov/nv. Click on the Elko District map and then click on the EA listed “In the Spotlight.” The BLM will also provide updates and information at the same Web address on a regular basis throughout the course of the gather.

For more information, contact Lesli Coakley, BLM Elko District public affairs specialist, at (775) 753-0386 or by email at lesli_coakley@blm.gov.

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