09:50 AM EST - Merrex Gold : announced that IAMGOLD Corporation acquired 6,666,667 common shares of Merrex Gold in partial satisfaction or repayment of a debt owed by Merrex to an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of IAMGOLD. IAMGOLD now owns 24,283,550 common shares of Merrex, or 19.34% of the outstanding common shares. Merrex Gold
shares V.MXI are trading unchanged at $0.06.