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Rochester, NY, Jun 15, 2006 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- OTCStockExchange.com's "Stock Watch Alert" this morning are Silver Dragon Resources Inc. (OTCBB: SDRG), Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation (Pink Sheets: UPZS), Xechem International, Inc. (OTCBB: XKEM), DE BEIRA GOLDFIELDS INC. (OTCBB: DBGF).
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Silver Dragon Resources Inc. (OTCBB: SDRG - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=SDRG.OB )

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has closed a private placement and raised a total of US$3,000,000 for 3,000,000 Units. Each Unit was priced at $1.00 and consists of one common share of the Company and two one-half of one common share purchase warrants. One whole warrant will entitle the holder to purchase an additional common share of the Company at any time over a period of two years from the date of closing of the private placement at exercise prices of $2.00 and $5.00.

"The Company plans to use the proceeds of the Offering towards the production and development of the Cerro las Minitas silver mine in Durango, Mexico, to continue the exploration and development program presently under way at the Erbahuo silver project in China, to expand Silver Dragon's asset base, as well as for general corporate purposes," stated Marc Hazout, President and CEO.

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. is a mining and metal company focused on the exploration, acquisition, development and operation of silver mines in proven silver districts globally. Silver Dragon's objective is to acquire silver mining assets that contain promising exploration targets, have highly-leveraged, out-of-the-money silver deposits, and/or producing properties with significant untapped exploration potential. It is management's objective to grow Silver Dragon into a significant silver producer by developing the Cerro las Minitas and the Erbahuo projects in Mexico and China. For more information, please visit the Company's website at: http://www.silverdragonresources.com (now available in Chinese).

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation (Pink Sheets: UPZS - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPZS.PK )

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, has recently received another commitment from its current Massachusetts master franchisee to develop 3 (three) more states in New England. Joe Pitterino and David W. Nyberg have been active in developing the Boston market for Unique Pizza and Subs, and they have now acquired the rights to begin opening stores in the states of: Connecticut, New Hampshire and Rhode Island as early as September, 2006. Franchisee Joseph Pitterino stated, ''We started out to with the intention of opening forty-plus locations across Massachusetts by the end of 2007, but because the demand to open stores is becoming so strong we felt it was prudent to expand our territory to Conn., N.H., and R.I. while these markets were still available. David and I have many established business associates in these states and feel that will make our expansion into these new markets even easier. We are working in conjunction with the corporate office to hire a staff that is qualified to allow for this major expansion throughout New England.'' Unique Pizza and Subs has already projected to establish 194 (one hundred and ninety-four) locations open by the end of 2007, with sales totaling $84,233,400.

James C. Vowler, President and CEO of Unique Pizza and Subs, stated, ''Our company is extremely fortunate to have franchisees that have such enthusiasm and financial commitment to our brand. Joe Pitterino and David W. Nyberg are very educated and experienced businessmen, and by committing to open multiple locations in three additional states, it shows how excited and financially committed they are to developing Unique Pizza and Subs into New England's premier pizza franchise. This is one more strong indication to our shareholders how committed we are to expand Unique Pizza and Subs nationwide.''

Unique Pizza and Subs has done many things to position itself as the fastest growing, publicly traded pizza franchise in the U.S.: the ability to convert an existing pizza shop into a UPZS franchise in about one week; UPZS can open a franchise in any size market and is not limited to demographics or household incomes; the Customer Response Center (C.R.C.) which receives incoming orders for all nationwide stores is provided at no cost to the franchisee, saving them approximately 5% labor costs (pizza call centers have an average order 'up-sell' of 15-20 percent); a stock price that has continued to grow with UPZS's nationwide expansion; the superior product quality of a ''mom and pop'' pizza shop but with the consistency of a major franchise; a very unique and expanded menu with a limited inventory, for optimal cash flow and freshness of product. Unique Pizza and Subs will have locations in nine U.S. states before the end of 2006; Connecticut, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin. In addition, Unique Pizza and Subs is in various stages of negotiations with prospective franchisees in: Canton, MI, Charlotte, NC, Chicago, IL, Greensburg, PA, Houston, TX, Ontario, CA., Phoenix, AZ, Royal Oak, MI, and Sacramento, CA, with the minimum commitment of five locations per franchisee.

Unique Pizza and Subs continues to adjust their projections upward as they continue to exceed their already ambitious plans.

About Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation, a Delaware Corporation

Unique Pizza and Subs Corporation currently is a startup/development stage company. Jim Vowler, President and CEO, completed four years of research before opening his first pizza restaurant in Millvale, PA, and then spent the next eleven years refining every aspect of the pizza business and was responsible for opening more than 20 locations under the name Unique Pizza Factory Corporation. Mr. Vowler's pizzas were the official pizza of the Pittsburgh Penguins and won numerous awards for taste and quality. Calling on this experience, Mr. Vowler has assembled an experienced management team to further develop the company's unique, quality products and business model that is well positioned for rapid growth.

Xechem International, Inc. (OTCBB: XKEM - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=XKEM.OB )

Xechem International, Inc. announced that it has received Orphan Drug designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Orphan Drug Products Development, for the five-membered heterocyclic anti-sickling compound known as 5-HMF for the treatment of patients suffering from sickle cell disease (SCD).

Research led by Dr. Donald Abraham of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) has shown 5-HMF to be "the best potential anti-sickling agent in 30 years of sickle cell research", performed by his group. 5-HMF not only is a natural product with very little, if any, toxicity, but it has a high affinity for sickle cell hemoglobin. It is also very active in genetically modified mice as shown by Dr. Toshio Asakura, Director, and his colleagues at the NIH-NHLBI Sickle Cell Disease Reference Laboratory at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania.

According to Xechem's Chairman and CEO, Dr. Ramesh Pandey, "We are pleased with the FDA's decision granting Orphan Drug Designation to 5-HMF. This puts Xechem into a unique position where the company will have two drugs in the pipeline for treating patients with sickle cell disease. 5-HMF is a new type of drug that interacts specifically with intracellular hemoglobin without interacting with other proteins in the body. Today there are no non-toxic drugs available on the market to treat SCD. We are actively proceeding with our first drug (NICOSAN(TM)) in the hope of bringing it to the Nigerian market immediately following Nigerian regulatory approval. We are also preparing the Investigational New Drug (IND) application for 5-HMF for submission to the FDA in the coming months."

DE BEIRA GOLDFIELDS INC. (OTCBB: DBGF - http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=DBGF.OB )

DE BEIRA GOLDFIELDS INC. ("DE BEIRA" or the "Company") is pleased to present the following information and details regarding the recently acquired Titiribi Gold / Coper project. Below is a brief history of De Beira's entry into Titiribi, Colombia.

Titiribi is a historic multi-million ounce Gold and base metal mining district set in the Mid Northern region of Colombia approximately 70 kilometres southwest of Medellin. Recorded mining activity commenced in 1794, and more or less continuous production, at differing scales, has been observed since that time. In the 1800's and early 1900's Au-Ag (Zn-Pb-Cu) production came from at least 14 principle-mining areas within a three-kilometre radius of the town of Titiribi. Activity from approximately 1942 to present can be classified as minimal and strictly artisanal. Peak production activity dates from the period 1885 through 1930.

Murial Mining S.A (South America), ("Murial"), initiated work in 1992, focusing upon the Otra Mina - Cateadores - Chisperos - Muriel - Cerro Veta sectors of the Titiribi district. Numerous adits and drived were re-opened, cleaned, advanced and sampled. Murial entered into two separate option-style agreements, first with a junior company Ace Resources Ltd. of Vancouver, secondly with Goldfields Ltd of South Africa ("Goldfields"). The Ace Resources Ltd. option terminated in default on the part of Ace Resources, however abundant surface and tunnel sampling and mapping, soil geochemistry and ground-based IP and magnetometry were completed, resulting in the initial target concepts. In 1998, based on results from the Murial/Ace exploration, Goldfields conducted additional geophysics and soil geochemistry, resulting in a 2,500-metre diamond-drilling program in and around the Cerro Veta target area.

This drilling led to the discovery of the Cerro Veta porphyry considered as a potentially bulk-mineable Au-Cu, (Gold-Copper) resource, located two kilometres west of the Titiribi townsite. The Cerro Veta porphyry system is a well defined, zoned, although fault disrupted, poly-phase Au-Cu (Ag, Mo) porphyry system measuring some 725 metres N-S by 550 metres E-W.

Evaluation of this drilling outlined a drill indicated resource of 220 million metric tonnes grading 0.4 g/t Au with 0.15% Cu. Goldfields Ltd. however dropped the Titiribi option due to sub US$300 gold prices.

The decision of the Goldfields senior management to not pursue the Titiribi project in Colombia was brought to the attention of Mr Klaus Eckhof, currently Chairman of De Beira Goldfields. Representatives of Goldfields middle management considered the project had great potential, though possibly due to the depressed metal prices of 1998, the project was not considered viable for Goldfields. In May 2006, De Beira Goldfields entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Murial over the Cerro Veta porphyry system in the Titiribi area and is currently focussing exploration on the la Candela and Margarita areas to the south of the current resources. De Beira is confident it will significantly increase the current resources.

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