Author: Josue Gomez

(RTTNews) – Capital Gold Corp. (CGC; CGC.TO) said Friday it entered into an amendment to its merger agreement with Gammon Gold Inc. (GAM.TO: News ), which increases the cash component of the merger consideration payable to Capital Gold shareholders by US$0.30, from US$0.79 to US$1.09.

El Tigre Silver Corp. announces that it has granted incentive stock options to directors, officers and employees which allow for the purchase of an aggregate of 250,000 common shares for a period of five years at a price of $0.45 per share. These options have been granted pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan.

March 17, 2011 – Soltoro Ltd. (SOL-TSX:V) (“Soltoro” or the “Company”) has elected to accelerate the expiry date of the share purchase warrants issued on February 12, 2010 (the “Warrants”) as part of a private placement unit offering. Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of Soltoro at a price of $0.50 per common share. The Warrants were originally set to expire on August 12, 2011 and will now expire on April 19, 2011.

Vancouver, British Columbia — March 17, 2011: Golden Predator Corp. (TSX: GPD) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced sale and option transactions covering its Nevada silver property portfolio to Silver Predator Corp. (CNSX:SPD). On closing, Golden Predator was issued 5,000,000 common shares of Silver Predator. Golden Predator may receive an additional 11,000,000 common shares of Silver Predator (subject to upwards adjustment) as Silver Predator earns into the Taylor Property.

Capital Gold Corporation (CGC.TO) told reaffirmed its support for a proposed merger agreement with Gammon Gold Inc. (GMM.TO).

CGC today acknowledged that, on March 15, 2011, Timmins Gold Corp. (TMM.V) added $0.25 in cash to its unsolicited offer for Capital Gold. Also on March 15, 2011, Gammon Gold announced that it was proposing to amend its merger agreement with Capital Gold to increase the cash component of the merger consideration to be paid to CGC’s stockholders by $0.30, from $0.79 to $1.09.

“The Board of Directors of Capital Gold has considered both bids and

unanimously reaffirms its support of the merger with Gammon, as increased,” Capital Gold said in a statement.

Drawing from the experience of its management team, led by company CEO and Chief Geologist James McDonald, Kootenay is applying the same pragmatic approach to its flagship Promontorio Silver Project in Sonora Mexico, that has helped companies McDonald has been associated with, such as Alamos Gold Inc., turn into accomplished producers.

GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED is pleased to announce the appointment of Ken Major, P. Eng., to the Board of Directors of the Company.

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX-V:TMM). On March 15, 2011, Timmins announced that it had delivered an increased offer to the Capital Gold Board of Directors for the merger of Timmins Gold and Capital Gold. Under the increased offer, Capital Gold shareholders will now receive 2.27 Timmins Gold common shares and US$0.25 in cash for each share of Capital Gold common stock.

Mar 16, 2011 (SmarTrend(R) News Watch via COMTEX) — Shares of Minefinders (AMEX:MFN) are trading up 3.1% to $10.72 today on above average volume. Approximately 855,000 shares have traded hands today vs. average 30-day volume of 589,000 shares.

LONDON, ENGLAND–(Marketwire – March 16, 2011) – Arian Silver Corporation (“Arian” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE:AGQ)(AIM:AGQ)(PLUS:AGQ)(FRANKFURT:I3A), a silver exploration, development and production company with a focus on projects in the silver belt of Mexico, today announced that Graham Potts will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Graham will remain as Corporate Secretary of Arian.

“While not an accredited accountant, Graham accepted the CFO role to assist the Company during the ’08-’09 financial