Month: August 2023

Orla Mining Amends Credit Facility

“This refinancing provides Orla with additional flexibility to lower its cost of capital while maintaining liquidity,” said Etienne Morin, Chief Financial Officer of Orla.

Southern Empire Resources Pursues Suaqui Verde Copper Deposit in Northwestern México

Dale Wallster, CEO of Southern Empire, stated: “With Suaqui Verde, I believe that our team can create significant near-term value for Southern Empire shareholders. Copper, which has just been added to the U.S. Department of Energy’s List of Critical Materials, is now often referred to as the ‘new green metal’ as the electrification and decarbonisation of the world will not happen without it.”

Sonoro Announces Positive PEA Results for Cerro Caliche Gold Project: Pre-Tax NPV of USD $71.4 Million and Pre-Tax IRR of 59%

“This PEA draws on the extensive expertise of our technical team in Mexico under the direction of our VP Operations, Jorge Diaz, who designed a mine plan which materially reduces upfront capital costs and increases throughput after year two with capital cost expansion financed exclusively from cash flow,” stated Ken MacLeod, President and CEO of Sonoro Gold.

Orogen Royalties Announces Profitable Quarter and Strong Cashflow for Q2-2023

Paddy Nicol, CEO of Orogen, commented: “We are happy to report another profitable quarter, supported by strong royalty revenue, a sustainable prospect generation business, and reduction in overhead and G&A expenses. This resulted in a 178% increase in cashflow from operations from the previous quarter which further strengthens the company’s balance sheet.”

Aloro Cancels Quitovac Option

After conducting further due diligence and considering the newly proposed changes to the Mining Law by the current Government of Mexico and the difficulties in obtaining a surface use agreement from the Quitovac Comunidad, Aloro feels that it is not in the Company’s best interest to proceed.

Guanajuato Silver Reports Q2 2023 Financial and Operating Results

James Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Guanajuato Silver, said, “Over the past twelve months we have made great strides in bringing our newly purchased mining assets back into optimal production. Significant infrastructure investments made since August of last year include: the rehabilitation of the Cata shaft; the installation of a new locomotive haulage system and the establishment of an environmentally superior tailings backfill system at VMC; the installation of new Falcon concentrators at both of our Guanajuato processing facilities; and the development of new mining areas at Santa Cecilia, San Ignacio, and Topia.”

Pan American Silver Reports Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources as at June 30, 2023

“The addition of the assets from the Yamana transaction has resulted in a significant increase in Pan American’s reserve and resource base,” said Christopher Emerson, Pan American’s Vice President of Exploration and Geology. “Our exploration and geology teams are currently designing the drill programs across the combined portfolio with an emphasis on near site exploration and further resource conversion. Pan American plans to complete over 480,000 metres of drilling in 2023.”

Strong Metallurgical Test Results at El Tigre

Glenn Jessome, President and CEO, stated: “Based on representative samples from the Sulphide, Black Shale and Surface Stockwork Zones, we are pleased to report very high silver, gold and base metal recoveries. For flotation tests of the Sulphide and Black Shale Zones we note tremendous recoveries of 96 to 98% total silver equivalency for the milling process on the underground deposit; and for the open pit heap leach column tests we note that silver equivalency recoveries average above 78%, which represents a high recovery for a low-cost leaching process.”

Prismo Metals Provides Palos Verdes Drilling Update

“The drilling at Palos Verdes this year has been focussed on drilling areas that have not been drilled previously because they were not accessible under our previous environmental permit,” said Craig Gibson, President and CEO of the Company.

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