Category: Exploration and Development

Mexus Gold US announced that a series of blasts were completed at the Santa Elena mine with successful fragmentation. The initial blasts resulted in 60,000 tons of ore with grades ranging from 1 to 3 grams per ton. Marco Martinez, President of MarMar holdings, stated that this material is now ready to be moved to the heap leach pad. In addition, Mr. Martinez stated that the geomembrane heap leach pad is nearly complete with the anchoring of the liner remaining. The electro winning gold recovery equipment is currently being assembled in Monterrey, Mexico. The equipment should be ready by the time the first 1 meter lift is completed on the heap leach pad.

El secretario de Economía, Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal, anunció que la minería tendrá una subsecretaría, porque es un sector importante en la economía del país.

BACANORA MINERALS LTD. the AIM and TSX Venture Exchange listed lithium and borates company focussed on Mexico, announces the sad passing of the Hon. Colin Orr-Ewing, a Non-Executive Director and, until recently, Chairman of the Company, on 3 August 2016 following a short illness. The Directors and employees of Bacanora would like to take this opportunity to extend their sincerest condolences to Colin’s family.

GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED announces that the General Manager of the Topia Mine, Ing. Javier Ramirez Vargas unexpectedly died earlier today in the town of Topia. The circumstances of Mr. Ramirez’s death are being investigated by authorities at this time. Although Mr. Ramirez’s death did not occur at the Company’s operations, out of respect for Mr. Ramirez and to allow our employees time to recover from his sudden passing, the Company has temporarily suspended mining and processing operations at its Topia Mine in Durango.

N. Eric Fier, CPG, P.Eng, President & CEO remarked, “The initial Las Chispas drill hole results received to date are impressive. Not only do they indicate bonanza grades of up to*** 18.55 gpt Au and 2,460 gpt Ag or 3,851.3 gpt AgEq*, but also show mineralized widths up to 7.2 metres in estimated true thickness. These first results have exceeded our expectations and appear to confirm that historic mining completed in the early 1900’s has left behind substantial unexplored, unmined and easily accessible high grade mineralization. Until now, we have only been guided by what we could access from the estimated 11.5 kilometres of historic underground workings with approximate mined widths of 1 to 3 metres. Our drilling adjacent to historic workings now suggests that 1 to 3 metres may be the minimum widths of the Las Chispas vein. By combining our recent underground sampling and new drill results for the first of several veins to be explored, we have begun to discover the hidden potential of this district-wide play. This news release is the first of a series of releases on Phase I drill results and other activities to be announced over the next several weeks.”

Minera Alamos Inc. today announced that they have engaged Mrs. Claudia Angelica Santos Rodriguez with the firm of Consultoria Ambiental Vugalit, S.C. to perform environmental studies and compile information necessary for the application of permits at the Company’s Los Verdes and La Fortuna projects in Mexico.

MarMar’s expert team of geologist, engineers, accountants and team of lawyers continue to meet and exceed the standards expected when Mexus brought them in as a partner. The work being done at the mine is being reviewed constantly to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations. Added CEO Paul Thompson “Marco Martinez, CEO of MarMar, has been excellent to deal with. He has followed through on everything we’ve asked and been spot on with his recommendations and follow through. I’ve heard our shareholder base loud and clear when they asked for a history of MarMar and Mr. Martinez. You’ll find this write up on our website with a link to the report below. I hope this confirms to our shareholders that we have found an excellent partner who will bring this mine into production in a timely manner and at a low cost.”

YAMANA GOLD INC. iis pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive Share Purchase Agreement to sell 100% of its interest in the Mercedes mine in Sonora, Mexico to Premier Gold Mines Limited. Pursuant to the Agreement, Yamana will receive consideration in the form of cash and equity securities, the value of which was $140 million at the time of negotiations.

Pete Dougherty, President & CEO stated: “We are pleased with the outcome of the ruling, which confirms our belief that the local zoning plan should not have impeded the permitting of the San Antonio project. This ruling does not mean that our permits are granted but does provide the basis of understanding for all involved in the permitting process. We will continue to engage and work closely with all stakeholders to advance the San Antonio project. We believe that San Antonio provides an opportunity for a model mine with the use of clean technologies that also provides near and long-term benefits to the region.”

Riverside’s President and CEO, John-Mark Staude, stated: “We are pleased to have Centerra as a partner and we look forward to continuing our joint exploration efforts to make a discovery in the Sonora Mega-shear Gold Belt. Riverside’s prospect generation has taken advantage of the downturn in the market to acquire and develop excellent new gold, silver and copper targets and we look to the near future to push these ahead with additional joint venture option agreements.”