Eaglecrest Explorations, Emgold Mining, Novawest Resources.

Vancouver, British Columbia, January 18, 2007. The Smartstox Online TV Talk Show is alerting subscribers and other resource stock investors to the recent developments announced by these Smartstox-profiled companies. Emgold Mining Corp. (TSX-V: EMR)(OTCBB: EGMCF)(Frankfurt: EML) Emgold Mining announced last week that they’ve now completed two of the three permitting stages needed to reopen the Idaho-Maryland gold mine in Grass Valley California, once the state’s second largest underground gold mine. A significant resource is already identified and many more exploration targets wait to be tested. Emgold’s CEO David Watkinson tells us more about the historic producer, and the timeline to bring it back into operation in our Smartstox interview available at http://www.smartstox.com/interviews/emr. Eaglecrest Explorations Inc. (EEL-TSX.V) has just announced that further high-grade gold intervals have been identified in their L484 gold shoot at their San Simon project in Bolivia. The L484 gold shoot is located 150 metres west of the L463 gold shoot, which last year returned the best drill hole gold assay results in the Company's history. Eaglecrest began its infill and delineation program on the L484 gold shoot in late October 2007; the results will be integrated into the NI 43-101 compliant gold resource being developed for the project’s Dona Amelia zone. More information on Eaglecrest’s exploration progress can be heard in our Smartstox interview with president Hans Rasmussen at http://www.smartstox.com/interviews/eel. Novawest Resources Inc. (TSX-V: NVE)(Frankfurt: NWN) says that the airborne geophysical survey being conducted over their 12,500 hectare Centre Uranium Property in Quebec’s historic Chibougamau mining camp is well underway and should be completed over the next few days. Novawest has also acquired additional claims that are being included in the project. Assay results and analysis from 40 samples are currently pending. Novawest has several properties in the prolific camp, prospective for copper, gold, uranium and vanadium. For more information on Novawest’s project portfolio watch our interview with president Patrick O’Brien at http://www.smartstox.com/interviews/nve. To view our full interview line-up, visit www.smartstox.com. Smartstox.com provides investors with investment-related content through video and audio interviews with the management of small cap companies, along with written profiles of those companies. The companies themselves compensate Smartstox.com for production of the materials. Readers are encouraged to read our full disclosure, available at http://www.smartstox.com. The Smartstox Online Talk Show Stanlie Hunt, President (604) 628-4592 or (416) 628-4841 info@smartstox.com Disclaimer: The interviews and reports prepared by DSMA/Smartstox are for informational purposes only. Any third party statement and/or opinion and/or any forward-looking statement expressed within any DSMA/Smartstox content shall not be considered a recommendation or endorsement from DSMA/Smartstox to buy or sell securities from companies advertised on Smartstox.com or any other companies. The information in DSMA/Smartstox content has not been approved or disapproved by any security regulatory authority.