09:58 AM EST - MetalCORP Ltd. : said it signed an option agreement with Kennecott Canada Exploration Inc., an indirect subsidiary of Rio Tinto plc. Kennecott has the right to earn 51% interest in MetalCORP's GUP project by making cash payments of $500 thousand and incurring exploration expenditures of $6.5 million over five years. MetalCORP Ltd.
shares V.MTC are trading unchanged at $0.07.
