Year: 2014

Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. announced today that new drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in northern Mexico is likely expanding the bulk minable resource in the San Francisco deposit. The first two holes have intersected wide zones of high silver values very close to surface.

Westminster Resources Ltd will be immediately filing for, and seeking approval of, documents relating to the consolidation of the company’s issued and outstanding share capital with the TSX Venture Exchange. The intended consolidation will be on a basis of one postconsolidation common share for every 10 preconsolidation common shares. This consolidation will reduce the issued and outstanding shares of the company from 113,272,926 to 11,327,292 shares, assuming no other change in the issued capital. The company’s outstanding options and warrants will also be adjusted on the same basis (1 for 10) as the common shares, with proportionate adjustments being made to exercise prices.

Starcore International Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce results for a recently completed Reserve estimate for its San Martin Mine in Queretaro, Mexico.

Soltoro Ltd. has appointed Dr. Glen Masterman as an independent Director of Soltoro Ltd.

La minera First Majestic Silver, que tiene cinco minas que operan en México, ha anunciado sus cifras de producción y curiosamente está aplazando algunas ventas de sus reservas de plata, debido al bajo precio del metal.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. and Bralorne Gold Mines Ltd. are pleased to report that the previously announced arrangement has been completed. Avino has acquired all of the outstanding common shares of Bralorne not already owned by Avino, in exchange for issuing up to 2,636,844 common shares of Avino to the shareholders of Bralorne, resulting in Bralorne becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Avino. Fractional shares of Avino have been rounded down to the nearest lower whole share. All unexercised outstanding stock options of Bralorne have been cancelled. For complete details of the plan of Arrangement, interested persons are directed to the Information Circular filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) on September 12, 2014 by Bralorne under its SEDAR profile.

Levon Resources Ltd. is pleased to report that further to its news release of September 3, 2014, it has filed its latest NI 43-101 compliant report on its bulk tonnage mineral resource for the Company’s wholly owned Cordero Project located 35 km northeast of Hidalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. The resource was completed by Independent Mining Consultants in collaboration with M3 Engineering and Technology, both of Tucson, AZ. The report was filed on SEDAR on Monday, October 20, 2014 and can be accessed at www.sedar.com or at www.levon.com.

Almaden Minerals Ltd. announces that the independent NI 43-101 Preliminary Economic Assessment Update Technical Report, for its gold-silver Ixtaca Deposit, Mexico, has been completed and filed on SEDAR. A summary of findings from the PEA were announced in Almaden’s press release issued September 3rd, 2014. The full report, “Preliminary Economic Assessment of the Ixtaca Project”, prepared by Moose Mountain Technical Services can be obtained from www.sedar.com. The independent qualified persons responsible for preparing the Ixtaca Preliminary Economic Assessment are Jesse Aarsen, P.Eng. and Tracey Meintjes, P.Eng. of MMTS, Ken Embree, P.Eng. of Knight Piésold Ltd., Kris Raffle, P.Geo. of APEX Geoscience Ltd., and Gary Giroux, M.A.Sc., P.Eng. of Giroux Consultants Ltd., all of whom act as independent consultants to the Company, are Qualified Persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and have reviewed and approved the contents of this news release.