Month: March 2018

Orla Announces David Stephens as Director

Orla Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that Mr. David Stephens has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Stephens is currently Vice President Corporate Development and Marketing with Goldcorp Inc. He replaces Mr. Steven Thomas as Goldcorp’s representative on the Board of Directors of Orla, following Mr. Thomas’ resignation from the Board, as he is leaving Goldcorp to commence a new role as CFO of Torex Gold Resources Inc.

Goldcorp Deposits the First Gold on Tradewind Blockchain

“We are excited to be an investor in Tradewind and participate in the launch of VaultChain, a cutting-edge technology that integrates physical gold into a blockchain,” said David Garofalo, President and CEO at Goldcorp. “We believe physical gold stored on a blockchain will increase the utility of the commodity and, ultimately, drive value in the price of gold. We are thrilled to be an early adopter of this 21st century platform and deposit its first bar of gold.”

Prospero Silver Expands Au-Ag Bearing Epithermal Vein System at Pachuca SE Project, Mexico

Tawn Albinson, the President of Prospero said: “The limited program we’ve just finished demonstrates that the Pachua SE property hosts a number of blind epithermal veins with silver and gold mineralization; exactly what we’d hoped to see at the property. The discovery validates the science-based strategy we’ve applied to our exploration for blind epithermal targets; a strategy which we’ve implemented in the drilling and generative work with Fortuna. The next step at Pachuca will be additional drilling program to extend mineralization in the veins. “

Stockport Exploration Inc. Announces Proposed Extension of Convertible Notes

Stockport Exploration Inc. announces that its $295,000 loan financing from various directors, officers, and other private investors of the Company of 15% unsecured convertible notes will have the maturity date extended by eighteen months, subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval. Under the terms of the financing, the principal amount of the Loans bear interest at 15% per annum, payable quarterly and will be repayable by the Company on or before September 27, 2019.

Azure Completes Oposura Resource Drill-Out

Azure Minerals Limited is pleased to announce further high-grade zinc and lead assay results from its now-completed resource definition drilling program at the Company’s flagship Oposura Project.

Argonaut Gold Announces Updated mineral Reserves at its Operating Mines and Files Updated national Instrument 43-101 Technical Reports

Pete Dougherty, President & CEO stated: “We significantly increased our Mineral Reserves and mine life at El Castillo through the purchase of, and exploration success on, the adjacent San Juan mineral concession. Furthermore, we feel we have more opportunity at El Castillo in the future with approximately an additional 220,000 gold ounces in Measured and Indicated Mineral Resource above and beyond the Mineral Reserve. With San Agustin now also having achieved commercial production, the El Castillo Complex boasts a Proven and Probable Mineral Reserve of 1.3 million gold ounces and 26.2 million silver ounces and across our Mexico operations we now have over 1.7 million gold ounces of Mineral Reserves. At La Colorada, we continue to demonstrate our ability to consistently replace the ounces we deplete annually through mining due to our successful exploration programs.”

Prize Mining Receives Technical Report on the Manto Negro Oxide Copper Deposit, Mexico

“We are very pleased that the authors of the technical report have validated our exploration model for sediment-hosted copper on the Manto Negro property”, stated Michael McPhie, Prize’s President & CEO. “Our initial work on the property has already returned very encouraging results with high copper and silver grades. We now intend to expand our exploration program to further demonstrate the district-scale and near term production potential of the project.”

Mexican Gold Re-Discovers Historical Gold Mines at Las Minas

As one of the geologists on site commented, “Finding these old mines that have been lost to the jungle for 100 years really has an Indiana Jones feel to it. It’s easy to forget that we’re drilling off a paved road a few kilometers away.”

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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.