Year: 2017

J.D. Poliquin, chairman of Almaden stated, “These results again show the continuity of the Ixtaca Zone gold silver mineralisation. We are focussed on developing the Ixtaca deposit into a significant precious metals producer in Mexico, and engineering work and studies on a Feasibility Study are progressing well. We are at the top of a fully preserved epithermal system and over the next several months exploration drilling will also test for additional vein zones beneath alteration elsewhere on the project.”

The Company is pleased to announce that it has now received the preliminary report from the 2017 work program on its 100% owned San Timoteo property, located in Chihuahua, Mexico. The program was carried out by a very experienced, independent consulting geologist with intimate knowledge of the property. The program was an expansion of the work conducted in 2016, but with a focus on structural geology and mineralization. It was designed to strengthen and increase the number of drill targets to be tested in the next major drilling program that will include surface and underground drilling to test targets property wide.

“We are excited to begin the first systematic drill program testing the Veta Grande vein east of San Acacio. Our geological model indicates that with the Veta Grande tilting to the south east, historic miners did not recognize the potential of the vein along strike. If our model is correct, we could dramatically expand the district’s silver footprint. With two diamond drills operating, we look forward to a steady flow of drill results over the next three months.” stated Roy Bonnell, President and CEO of Defiance Silver Corp.

Auxico Resources Canada Inc. is pleased to announce encouraging metallurgical results from a 2.095 kg sample (2,095 g) taken from the volcanic breccia hostrock material in the footwall of the Campanillas Mine, which is located in the north-east corner of the Zamora Property. The sample contains 1.98 kg/t of silver (1,980 g/t) and 2.01 g/t of gold. This sample was treated by the Centre for Mineral Technology and Plastics in Thetford Mines in order to optimize the metallurgical extraction of both gold and silver. The recovery of gold was 71.60% and 92.9% for silver, as a result of processing this material by gravity and flotation methods.

“The first gold sold from the Santana property is not only validation of Chester Millar and our technical team’s belief in the open-pit heap-leach amenable Santana property but also the culmination of years of effort from those that preceded him and originally identified the prospectivity of the area. We look forward to completing the ongoing bulk testing and optimization studies and using future gold concentrate production to reconcile the larger scale potential of the core Nicho zones,” stated Doug Ramshaw, President and CEO.