Year: 2015

Cierran minas en Zacatecas

El aumento del 50 por ciento en los costos de producción y la caída de los precios internacionales de plata, oro y el cobre, ha provocado la suspensión del 80 por ciento de proyectos de exploración minera en los últimos dos años, por falta de viabilidad financiera.

Yamana Announces Closing of C$299.3 Million Equity Financing, Including Full Over-Allotment Option Exercise

YAMANA GOLD INC. announced today that it has closed its previously announced offering of common shares of the Company. A total of 56,465,000 Offered Shares have been issued at a price of C$5.30 per Offered Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of C$299,264,500, which includes the full exercise by the underwriters of the over-allotment option to purchase an additional 7,365,000 Offered Shares.

El Tigre Silver Provides Progress Report and Assay Results

El Tigre Silver Corp. is pleased to present the results of our 2014 3rd and 4th quarter exploration program on the El Tigre Exploration Project located within the Company’s 215 square kilometre concession ownership in Sonora, Mexico.

Solitario Options Its Norcan Copper Project in Mexico

Solitario Exploration & Royalty Corp. is pleased to announce that it recently signed an option agreement with Minera Cuicuilco S.A. de C.V., a Mexican indirect subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Inc, on its Norcan copper project located in Mexico along the prolific copper producing Sonora-Arizona Copper Belt. The Norcan project consists of three properties totaling 19,453 hectares (48,048 acres) that are strategically located just north of and along trend with the world class Cananea copper mine.

Corex Announces Change of Auditor

Corex Gold Corp. announces that it has changed its auditors from BDO Canada LLP to Smythe Ratcliffe LLP, effective February 2, 2015.

Grupo México deslistará a filial en el NYSE

La empresa minera Grupo México dejará de cotizar las acciones de su subsidiaria Southern Copper en el mercado bursátil de Nueva York, para reemplazarlas en Londres por los títulos de su filial Americas Mining Corporation, según un estudio de Accival Casa de Bolsa.

Kootenay closes oversubscribed non-brokered private placement

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to announce that, further to its press releases dated December 10 and 23, 2014, it has closed the second and final tranche of a non-brokered private placement of units with aggregate oversubscribed total gross proceeds of $1,577,875.

Goldcorp declares second monthly dividend payment for 2015

GOLDCORP INC. is pleased to declare its second monthly dividend payment for 2015 of $0.05 per share. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, February 12, 2015 will be entitled to receive payment of this dividend on Friday, February 20, 2015.

Primero Appoints Mr. Ernest Mast as President and Chief Operating Officer

Mr. Mast is a metallurgical engineer and brings to Primero over 25 years of international mining experience. Mr. Mast previously held leadership positions including Vice President of Corporate Development at Copper Mountain Mining, owner of the 35,000 tonnes per day Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia, Vice President of Operations at New Gold Inc. where he was responsible for overseeing approximately 1,600 employees at 4 mines producing a combined 400,000 ounces per year of gold and substantial silver and copper by-products. Mr. Mast was also the President and CEO of Minera Panama, a subsidiary of Inmet Mining (now First Quantum), during the development of Cobre Panama, a 290,000 tonnes per year copper project. In addition, he was President and General Manager of the large-scale Falcondo ferronickel operations in the Dominican Republic, now owned by Glencore. Mr. Mast has a Master’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from McGill University, is a registered professional engineer and is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

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