Category: Exploration and Development

Tonogold To Acquire 100% Of Iron Ore Project, Mexico

Tonogold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce it has agreed terms with the owners of Mil-ler Resources and Energy SA de CV, owner of the Nevmex producing iron ore project located near Hermosillo, Sonora in Mexico, to merge the companies in a non-cash transaction as an alternative to the previous arrangements.

GoGold Starts Processing Ore at its Parral Mine

GoGold Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Parral heap leach project in Chihuahua, Mexico has reached a major milestone with the start of commissioning of agglomeration and ore stacking on the heap leach pad. It is anticipated that the first silver/gold Dore pour will occur near the end of this month. The company has been delivering ore to the heap leach facility since late April. The phase one leach pad is nearing completion and will accommodate the first two years of commercial production. Construction of the front end agglomeration circuit is complete and commissioning has begun. The processing is expected to gradually increase to 5,000 tpd over the next three months. The entire processing facility is approximately 90% complete with the remainder to be finished within the month and the project is on budget.

Rare Earth Minerals Finds New Lithium Deposits, Starts Work On Plant

Rare Earth Minerals PLC Tuesday said it has found new lithium-bearing clay deposits on its concessions and engineering design work has started on a lithium carbonate plant after it announced that it can produce 99.5% pure battery-grade lithium carbonate from the Sonora Project in Mexico.

Golden Minerals Reports High Grade Drill Intersections At Velardena

Golden Minerals Company is pleased to announce results from its recent drilling program conducted at the Velardena Properties located in the State of Durango, Mexico. Mining operations at Velardena were suspended in June 2013 in response to the decline in precious metals prices, and drilling and analysis have subsequently been conducted in support of creating a restart plan that would result in cash flow-positive operations. Since January 2014, the Company has drilled 37 underground core holes totaling approximately 8,000 meters. Several additional holes are being drilled to infill and confirm mineralized characteristics of the Terneras vein, one of the veins that would be mined if the Company recommences mining at the Velardena Properties.

Kootenay drill program slated for Promontorio’s La Negra prospect

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to announce that plans are underway for an anticipated 3,000 meter drill program on its emerging La Negra Silver prospect, situated 7 kilometres north of the Promontorio diatreme breccias, in Sonora, Mexico. The La Negra prospect is one of five identified discoveries within a 25km x15 km northwest trending corridor, termed the “Promontorio Mineral Belt.”

Tarsis Cuts 3.00 m of 11.10 g/t Gold and 31.6 g/t Silver at Yago

Tarsis Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has carried out further exploration at its Yago project, including sawn channel sampling of outcrop, mapping and rock and soil sampling. The Yago project features gold and silver mineralization within a low-sulphidation epithermal environment.

SilverCrest Announces Commencement of Mill Commissioning At Santa Elena

SilverCrest Mines Inc. is pleased to announce a major milestone for the Company with the commissioning of the new 3,000 tpd CCD-MC processing plant now underway at its 100% owned Santa Elena Mine in Sonora, Mexico. The scheduled three year Expansion Plan to transition from an open pit heap leach operation to a conventional mill and underground mine is nearing completion. The US$99 million program including drilling, Pre-Feasibility Study, detailed engineering, new processing plant, and underground development is on budget (+/-5%) and has experienced only modest delays from the original schedule. Construction involved approximately 450 workers at its peak with a total of more than 1.5 million man-hours worked. Please click here www.silvercrestmines.tv/ to view the new ball mill in operation. For additional information and to view photos and videos of the mill, the processing plant and the mine site, please visit the Company’s website at www.silvercrestmines.com.

Orex Completes Airborne Geophysical Survey and Prepares for a TITAN 24 Deep Penetration Geophysical Survey at Los Crestones

Orex Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce completion of an airborne geophysical survey at its Los Crestones precious metal project, Sinaloa, Mexico. The 4,168 hectare helicopter-borne radiometric and magnetic survey was flown at 50m line spacing by MPX Geoservices Ltd. Data are being processed and results are expected in the coming weeks. In addition, Orex has signed a contract with Quantec Geoscience Ltd (“Quantec”) to undertake an 18 line-kilometre TITAN 24 DCIP (Direct Current resistivity and Induced Polarization chargeability) ground geophysical survey.

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