QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - March 8, 2012) - Clifton Star Resources Inc. ("Clifton Star" or the "Corporation") (TSX VENTURE:CFO)(FRANKFURT:C3T) is pleased to announce that the British Columbia Securities Commission has revoked the Cease Trade Order previously affecting the Corporation (the "CTO") on March 5, 2012. The revocation of the CTO was in furtherance to the Corporation filing an updated NI 43-101 compliant technical report on Clifton Star's Donchester Mine Property located in the Duparquet Township, Duparquet, Québec (the "Technical Report"), on February 28, 2012.
Further to the filing of the Technical Report and the revocation of the CTO, the TSX Venture Exchange issued a bulletin at the closing of markets today stating that the Corporation is scheduled to be reinstated for trading at the opening of markets, tomorrow, on Friday, March 9, 2012.
Last week, the Corporation issued three news releases regarding first, the Technical Report, second, the 2011 drilling results on the Beattie, Donchester and Central Duparquet properties, and finally, the metallurgical tests results carried by SGS Lakefield on the Beattie, Donchester and Central Duparquet gold zones, all of which are available on the Corporation web site.
Clifton Star would like to thank its shareholders for their patience and continuous support during the CTO period.
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