Year: 2018

Goldplay Exploration Ltd. is very pleased to congratulate its director, Ms. Laura Cristina Diaz Nieves, on her appointment as the next General Director of Mines in Mexico. As a result of this appointment, Ms. Diaz Nieves is required to relinquish her position as director of the Company at the end of this month.

N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng, and CEO, remarked, “With our continued success at Las Chispas, we are excited to add the necessary people and skill sets to complement our highly experienced and dedicated team. We welcome Pierre’s contribution as we move towards breaking ground on the new decline into the Area 51 zone (Babicanora Vein). Also, Pierre will be supervising preparation of the Preliminary Economic Assessment, targeted for completion in Q1 of 2019. This will allow our exploration team to focus on the ongoing expansion and infill drilling program for an updated resource estimate and resource re-categorization. We are excited to have Pierre join the team as COO to help manage this critical period of development for the Company and we also thank him for his contributions at the board level.”

“Lograr que las minas estén completamente libres de diésel es nuestro objetivo final”, dijo Andrew Draffin, gerente de proyectos de Voltra, un proveedor que ha proporcionado a BHP modelos Toyota LandCruiser adaptados y equipados con un motor eléctrico y baterías de iones de litio. “Comenzamos con vehículos livianos porque es lo más fácil para las empresas probar el concepto eléctrico”.

George Paspalas, President and CEO, commented, “We continue to enjoy watching the consistent advancement of the Juanicipio project. I encourage our shareholders to visit our website to view pictures of the ongoing development. The current drill program to flesh out the Valdecañas Deep Zone has been completed and we are starting to work through the results. As always, the joint venture continues to focus on exploring the balance of the property where many highly prospective targets still remain to be drilled. It is worth remembering that the joint venture has only worked on a very small area of the property.”

Igor Gonzales, President, and CEO of Sierra Metals stated: “I am very pleased with the Company’s performance during Q3 2018. Despite weaker realized metal prices, and harsh weather events at the Bolivar Mine, the Company generated positive cash flow at its three operating mines of $18 million, and our production results were solid. We continue building upon the strong results from the first half of the year. The Company also realized positive returns on our capital investments and our operational improvement efforts at all our Mines. This is best demonstrated through our improving operating performance, strengthening of our asset base, significantly lower cash costs and all-in sustaining costs, strong cash flow year to date as well as increases to the mineral reserves and resources at each of our Mines.”

SilverCrest Metals Inc. announces the grant of stock options under its Stock Option Plan to purchase an aggregate of 100,000 common shares of the Company at an exercise price of $3.41 per share for a five-year term expiring November 11, 2023. The stock options were granted to the Company’s newly appointed director, Hannes Portmann, and are subject to necessary regulatory approvals.

“As a result of the Arrangement, shareholders of Mako Mining will benefit from the producing La Trinidad Gold Mine in Mexico, cash in the bank and no debt, and an unencumbered, fully permitted, high grade gold development asset in Northern Nicaragua” stated Kevin Bullock, CEO of Mako Mining. He went on to say “having now amended the previous Gold Purchase Agreement with Sailfish, Mako Mining shareholders will also benefit from building a fully permitted, unencumbered asset with security and provisions commensurate with a standard, third-party NSR agreement.”