Category: Exploration and Development

Frente a un escenario de bajos precios en los metales, Minera Frisco apostará por un crecimiento en los volúmenes de producción con sus nuevos proyectos.

Denunciaron organizaciones sociales que apoyan a los aborígenes de la sierra del norte de Jalisco y del este de Nayarit en su disputa por sus sitios sagrados del este, en San Luis Potosí.

La Secretaría de Desarrollo Rural, Sustentabilidad y Ordenamiento Territorial informó que elabora un estudio previo justificativo para analizar la factibilidad de declarar área natural protegida al municipio de Tetela de Ocampo, con 15 demarcaciones más; tal como han pedido los pobladores de la región para impedir las actividades mineras de la empresa Frisco del magnate Carlos Slim Helú.

Mammoth Resources Corp. is pleased to announce results from its recently completed, detailed mapping and sampling program (five by five metre grid spacing) at five select, large outcrops (measuring tens of square metres) located within the Los Carneritos target area (as recommended in the company’s recently posted Technical Report – refer to the company’s web site, “Projects” section, “Technical Reports”). Rocks sampled in these five areas included highly silicified, felsic volcanic and chaotic volcanic breccias with patches of vuggy silica which returned numerous high gold grades, including one exceptional sample, sample number 330952 which assayed 73.4 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from what is being called Draw Point 4 within the Carneritos area (refer to Technical Reports within the Projects section of the company’s web site at www.mammothresources.ca for a summary report on this program, including a table of complete assay results plus the various sample location maps listed below. Figure 1 – Draw Point Location Map, Carneritos Area, Tenoriba Project is both available in the report and attached to this press release).

Ciudad de México.- Con el objetivo de incrementar el movimiento de carga de los productos generados por la industria minero-metalúrgica, la acerera Ternium, uno de los mayores grupos minero-metalúrgicos del mundo, llegó a un convenio a largo plazo para la transportación de sus insumos y producción a través de Ferromex.

Golden Minerals Company has recently received assay results from eight drill holes totaling 1,490 meters from drilling at its Los Azules exploration project located in southern Chihuahua, Mexico.

Southern Silver Exploration Corp. reported today that Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation has provided to Southern Silver $475,000, utilized as to $250,000 to pay the February 2014 periodic option payment to the optionor of the Cerro Las Minitas mineral concessions with the balance of $225,000 utilized in exploration expenses on the property.

Goldgroup Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that its 100% owned subsidiary, Granmin S.A. de C.V. has received the permit for use of explosives from the Mexican military called SEDENA (“Secretary of National Defense”). This represents the final permit necessary for full-scale operations at the Company’s 100%-owned Cerro Prieto open-pit, heap leach gold mine located in Sonora, Mexico. The explosives permit allows Goldgroup to order and use explosives for mining purposes under the supervision of the military. The Environmental Impact Statement and the Authorization of Change of Land Use for the Cerro Prieto project have previously been granted.

Fresnillo PLC said Wednesday the Mexican Ministry of Defense has granted a new explosives permit for the Herradura mining unit at Minera Penmont and the company expects to resume normal operations next week.

Levon Resources Ltd. is pleased to report that Phase 4 drilling was completed on February 13, 2014 at the Company’s wholly owned Cordero project near Hidalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. Twenty four core holes (13,072 metres) were drilled on a 100 m drill grid, testing the recently acquired Aida claim which is located in the center of the Cordero project. Assays for 14 of the 24 holes have been received and are described in this release. The pending assays of the remaining 10 holes will be reported when available, then all project drill data will be forwarded to Independent Mining Consultants to prepare an updated Cordero resource estimate.