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Discovery Metals Announces Appointment of New CFO and Changes in Fiscal Year-End

Discovery Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Andreas L’Abbé as the new Chief Financial Officer effective immediately. Mr. L’Abbé is a Chartered Professional Accountant (Chartered Accountant) and brings over 10 years of financial and accounting experience in the mining sector. He has held key finance and strategy positions with a number of producing mining companies, most recently as Director of Finance at Tahoe Resources Inc. During his career Mr. L’Abbé also held the positions of VP Finance at Timmins Gold Corp. (now Alio Gold Inc.), and Financial Reporting Analyst for Goldcorp Inc. Prior to these roles, Mr. L’Abbé worked with Grant Thornton LLP in their Assurance and Business Advisory group.

Aura Minerals Inc. and Rio Novo Gold Inc. Announce Merger Transaction

Rodrigo Barbosa, CEO of Aura, commented, “We are very excited to announce this strategic transaction. The transaction creates new opportunities for both Aura’s and Rio Novo’s shareholders. For Aura this opportunity provides a great new pipeline for growth, and for Rio Novo’s shareholders, a company committed to developing its assets.”

Gold recovery equipment successfully tested at Santa Elena Mine

“Representatives from both Mexus and MarMar have worked diligently to get to this point. All aspects of the operation at the Santa Elena mine will now be increased to achieve maximum returns. We will be releasing additional details as key milestones and targets are reached.” added CEO Paul Thompson.

Radius Gold reports additional high grade sampling from Amalia Project, Mexico

Vancouver, Canada: Radius Gold Inc. is pleased to provide an update on exploration in Mexico and reports new high grade channel sampling results from the Amalia Project located in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. Radius exploration teams have been systematically advancing Amalia to drill ready stage, including the submission of applications for drilling to the regional authorities. Additionally, teams have been prospecting the Tarros property and new regional targets in Mexico. In total Radius geologists have collected an additional 315 rock and 195 soil samples in the last three months.

Torex Announces Suspension Of Employment Contracts

Torex Gold Resources Inc. announces, with great regret, that it has suspended the employment contracts of its workforce in Mexico. This suspension is the direct result of an illegal blockade of its ELG Mine, by the Los Mineros Union, an outside union that wants to take over representation of the employees who already have a union. Since the blockade began, on November 3, 2017, the Company has continued to pay its workforce, except for the minority that have participated in the illegal blockade. The suspension of the employment contracts was effective on December 16, 2017, and will affect all employees in Mexico, with the exception of a small number that will manage the Company’s ongoing responsibilities.

VVC Exploration Financing Update

The Company wishes to extend, subject to the TSX Venture acceptance, the deadline for the final closing of a non-brokered equity private placement financing of up to CA$2 million from December 15 to December 20, 2017. The first closing of the Private Placement occurred on October 31, 2017.

Primero Extends Revolving Credit Facility to December 22, 2017

Primero Mining Corp. today announced that the Company has agreed with its lenders to an extension of its revolving credit facility and guarantee provided by Wheaton Precious Metals Corp., previously maturing on December 15, 2017. The maturity of the RCF has been extended to December 22, 2017, providing the Company with the ability to continue negotiations surrounding its previously announced strategic review process and the possible divestiture of its San Dimas mine in Mexico. There can be no certainty that these discussions will result in a resolution acceptable to all stakeholders.

Starcore Reports Q2 2018 Results

“We have reported the lowest production and earnings over the last two quarters in the ten years that we have operated San Martin mine.” reported Robert Eadie, President of the Company. ”The San Martin mine has gone through a transition period where we experienced a lack of developed ore and capex investment during the change in management and introduction of the CIL plant. Our priorities going forward remain focused on exploration in areas that are open at depth, developing a mine plan that addresses our previous undeveloped ore stopes, and continuing with our strategy to carry out cost efficient mining.”

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