Month: February 2014

Oroco Wins Xochipala Appeal

Oroco Resource Corp. is pleased to announce that the Federal Tribunal of Mexico has granted the Company’s appeal of the decision of the lower Federal District Court and has ordered that all aspects of the 2011 Guerrero State Court auction of a 50% interest in the Celia Gene and a 100% interest in the Celia Generosa concessions be set aside. The decision of the Federal Tribunal confirms that the Company’s subsidiary, Minera Xochipala, S.A. de C.V., is the sole registered owner of 100% of each of the Celia Gene and Celia Generosa concessions and terminates the competing claim of Mr. Avinadain Bautista arising from the Court Auction of the Camacho Interest.

Excalibur: Catanava Update

Excalibur Resources Ltd. provides an update on theprogress at its 49% (60% pending completion of deal with MineraApolo) owned subsidiary Minera Catanava de C.V. The concentratetesting work, including assay results from a commercial lab, hasshown that we can produce a very good grade concentrate of between300 and 500 grams of gold per ton and around 1 to 2 kilograms silverper ton. Two samples of 400 grams of concentrates were sent for fireanalysis and plasma induction of 33 elements which were assayed atERSA Global Labs of Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico. The silver, as well asthe gold recuperation, will increase when flotation cells areinstalled which is planned for later this year. “Given theanticipated amount and logistics of producing concentrates, it ispreferable to pour dore, so a large tilt and pour dore furnace hasbeen ordered,” commented, Dr. Don McLeroy.

GoGold Receives Second US$15,000,000 Advance from Orion Mine Finance With the Intention to be in Production May 2014 at Parral

GoGold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received US$15 million from Orion Mine Finance representing the second advance under the credit agreement dated September 27, 2013. Further details about the debt financing arrangement with Orion Mine Finance is contained in GoGold’s news releases dated July 12, September 18 and September 30, 2013, which are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Aurcana Reports Fourth Quarter and 2013 Production Results

“We are pleased to report that La Negra once again delivered another year of increased silver equivalent production, outperforming 2012 by 14%. I want to thank our team at La Negra for their continued efforts in achieving another successful year of growth in production. La Negra team has also delivered by replacing and expanding the current reserves through a focused program of underground development and diamond drilling,” commented Mr. Lenic Rodriguez, Aurcana’s President & CEO. “We continue to improve operations and look to further increase production in 2014 to between 3.75 to 4.1 million ounces of silver equivalent, a potential increase of more than 40% over 2013. Looking ahead, production planning has already commenced for 2015 at La Negra and the goal is to reach 3,800 tpd production based on continuing technical and financial studies.”

Minaurum Gold Arranges Shares for Debt

Minaurum Gold Inc. announces that it has arranged to settle the outstanding debt owed to Minera Mariposa S.A. de C.V. pertaining to un-incurred expenditures on the Jackie and El Porfido properties by issuing an aggregate of 150,000 common shares at a deemed price of $0.533 per common share. The amount of indebtedness to be settled by this arrangement totals US$80,000.

Big North Samples 2.46% Cg to 5.11% Cg at El Tejon

Big North Graphite Corp. has received the assay results from the verification sampling completed by R.Tim Henneberry, P.Geo., as part of his due diligence review for the NI43-101 report to support the acquisition of Grafito de Mexico S.A. and its El Tejon flake graphite mine and mill. The sample results ranged from to a low of 2.46% Cg to a high of 5.11% Cg (percent graphite carbon).

Maza Drilling is a Mexican company established in 2007 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Our Canadian founder, Mr. Guy de Launiere, has over 20 years of international experience managing diverse drilling operations. Maza Drilling strives to compete at the highest levels in terms of recovery, effectiveness, efficiency, and affordability at every project while keeping at the forefront of technology to meet our customer’s needs in this demanding market.

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Maza Drilling is a Mexican company established in 2007 in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Our Canadian founder, Mr. Guy de Launiere, has over 20 years of international experience managing diverse drilling operations. Maza Drilling strives to compete at the highest levels in terms of recovery, effectiveness, efficiency, and affordability at every project while keeping at the forefront of technology to meet our customer’s needs in this demanding market.