Year: 2014

Golden Minerals Company is pleased to announce results from its recent drilling program conducted at the Velardena Properties located in the State of Durango, Mexico. Mining operations at Velardena were suspended in June 2013 in response to the decline in precious metals prices, and drilling and analysis have subsequently been conducted in support of creating a restart plan that would result in cash flow-positive operations. Since January 2014, the Company has drilled 37 underground core holes totaling approximately 8,000 meters. Several additional holes are being drilled to infill and confirm mineralized characteristics of the Terneras vein, one of the veins that would be mined if the Company recommences mining at the Velardena Properties.

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to announce that plans are underway for an anticipated 3,000 meter drill program on its emerging La Negra Silver prospect, situated 7 kilometres north of the Promontorio diatreme breccias, in Sonora, Mexico. The La Negra prospect is one of five identified discoveries within a 25km x15 km northwest trending corridor, termed the “Promontorio Mineral Belt.”

Tarsis Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has carried out further exploration at its Yago project, including sawn channel sampling of outcrop, mapping and rock and soil sampling. The Yago project features gold and silver mineralization within a low-sulphidation epithermal environment.

BACANORA MINERALS LTD. is pleased to provide an update of recently completed operational activities, ongoing exploration work and future plans for the Sonora Lithium Project in Mexico.

GOLDCORP INC. announced today that its Los Filos mine in Guerrero State, Mexico has resumed all operations following a negotiated settlement with the Carrizalillo Ejido for a new land occupancy agreement with a five-year term. Operations at Los Filos had been suspended since April 2, 2014.

SilverCrest Mines Inc. is pleased to announce a major milestone for the Company with the commissioning of the new 3,000 tpd CCD-MC processing plant now underway at its 100% owned Santa Elena Mine in Sonora, Mexico. The scheduled three year Expansion Plan to transition from an open pit heap leach operation to a conventional mill and underground mine is nearing completion. The US$99 million program including drilling, Pre-Feasibility Study, detailed engineering, new processing plant, and underground development is on budget (+/-5%) and has experienced only modest delays from the original schedule. Construction involved approximately 450 workers at its peak with a total of more than 1.5 million man-hours worked. Please click here www.silvercrestmines.tv/ to view the new ball mill in operation. For additional information and to view photos and videos of the mill, the processing plant and the mine site, please visit the Company’s website at www.silvercrestmines.com.