Vice President of Exploration Rob Macdonald states: “These latest drill results have now confirmed the continuity of new mineralization over an approximate 400 metre strike-length extending laterally from the Mina La Bocona to the Skarn Front deposits.”

“These initial results are encouraging and suggest the gold recovery of oxide material at Pilar has the potential to be relatively high.”, commented CEO, Brodie Sutherland. “Work is underway to validate these results at a certified lab. In the meantime, we await the results of our latest stage of drilling at Pilar which aggressively targeted new areas beyond our Main Zone.”

“Drillhole D-96-03-22 returned the highest-grade intercept from the more than 200,000 metres drilled to date on the La Colorada Skarn project,” said Christopher Emerson, Pan American’s Vice President Business Development and Geology. “Further infill drilling will provide tighter spacing to help define this high-grade zone, while step out drilling targets extension of the footprint to the west where the mineralization is still open.”

Three significant gold and silver mineralized structures, Amalia, California and El Cuervo, have been defined by more than 23,000 m of drilling. Across the 3 major structures, mineralization spans over 1,100 m vertically. Mineralization remains open for expansion at each target and multiple targets remain un-tested across the 6 km of structures defined to date.

Chief Executive Officer, Daniel Kunz commented, “Our ongoing Phase 2 drilling of step out holes at San Miguel East has made discoveries of both mill and heap leach grade mineralization that are expanding the potential resource at this deposit. Once again, our drilling continues to intersect multiple veins down-hole that increase the resource potential. We also expect that the deposit will grow along strike to the southeast eventually connecting with the nearby Noche Buena deposit.”

“These drilling results continue to support and guide our exploration campaign and will help the focus on defining the Santo Tomas North Zone” said Richard Lock, Oroco’s CEO.