Day: October 9, 2012

MINERA FRISCO Y AURICO GOLD CELEBRAN UN ACUERDO DEFINITIVO CONFORME AL CUAL MINERA FRISCO, S.A.B. DE C.V. INFORMA QUE SU CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRACíÓN HA DECIDIDO SOMETER A LA CONSIDERACíÓN DE LA ASAMBLEA DE ACCIONISTAS DE LA SOCIEDAD LA ADQUISICíÓN DE LA TOTALIDAD DE LAS ACCIONES EN CIRCULACíÓN REPRESENTATIVAS DEL CAPITAL SOCIAL DE AURICO GOLD DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V., UNA SUBSIDIARIA DE AURICO GOLD INC. (NYSE, TSX: AUQ), QUE ES TITULAR DE LAS CONCESIONES Y DERECHOS CONFORME A LAS CUALES OPERA Y EXPLOTA LA MINA CONOCIDA COMO “OCAMPO” Y REALIZA ESTUDIOS DE FACTIBILIDAD Y OTRAS ACTIVIDADES DE EXPLORACíÓN EN LAS PROPIEDADES CONOCIDAS COMO “VENUS” Y “LOS JARROS”, TODAS UBICADAS EN EL ESTADO DE CHIHUAHUA, ASÍ COMO DE UNA PARTICIPACíÓN DEL 50% EN EL CAPITAL SOCIAL DE OTRA SUBSIDIARIA DE AURICO GOLD INC., TITULAR DE LOS DERECHOS PARA EXPLORAR Y DESARROLLAR EL PROYECTO MINERO CONOCIDO COMO “ORíÓN”, UBICADO EN EL ESTADO DE NAYARIT, POR UNA CONTRAPRESTACíÓN TOTAL EN EFECTIVO DE EU$750 MILLONES DE DÓLARES. SE ESPERA CONCLUIR LA TRANSACCíÓN EN DICIEMBRE DE 2012.LA TRANSACCíÓN SE ENCUENTRA SUJETA AL CUMPLIMIENTO DE CONDICIONES DE CIERRE USUALES EN OPERACIONES DE ESTE TIPO, INCLUYENDO AUTORIZACIONES REGULATORIAS Y CORPORATIVAS COMO LA AUTORIZACíÓN DE LA COMISíÓN FEDERAL DE COMPETENCIA Y LA APROBACíÓN DE LA ASAMBLEA DE ACCIONISTAS DE MFRISCO.

AuRico Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which Minera Frisco, S.A.B. de C.V. will acquire the Ocampo mine and the adjacent exploration projects “Venus” and “Los Jarros” all located in Chihuahua State, Mexico and a 50% interest in the Orion advanced development project located in Nayarit State, Mexico from AuRico Gold, for a total cash consideration of $750 million. Minera Frisco is a leading Mexican mining company that was spun out of Grupo Carso S.A. de C.V. in November 2010 and is listed on the Mexican Stock Exchange with a current market capitalization of approximately $10.7 billion. The transaction is expected to close in December 2012.

Mammoth Resources Corp. is pleased to report results from the first phase of its field exploration program at the 28,970 hectare Urique Property, located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. The project is surrounded on three sides by Goldcorp’s El Sauzal gold mine to the south, Kimber Resources’ Monterde property to the north and Paramount Gold and Silver’s San Miguel project to the west (refer to Figure 1. Location of Mammoth Resources – Yale Resources Urique Joint Venture, Chihuahua State, Mexico http://media3.marketwire.com/docs/mth109fig1.pdf). Work is being supervised by Mammoth Vice President Exploration, Richard Simpson, P. Geo, and is being carried out by Yale Resources geologists. Mammoth is optioning the Urique Project from Yale Resources.

Scorpio Mining Corporation is pleased to report additional results from the recently completed drill program at its 100% owned El Cajón Project near Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Impulsora Minera Santacruz S.A. de C.V. has been successful in negotiating improved payment terms with Minera Hochschild Mexico S.A. de C.V. allowing Impulsora to extend out payments to acquire a 100% interest in the San Felipe project located near Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.