Category: Exploration and Development

High-Grade Gold Discovered From Underground Sampling at Riverside’s Tajitos Gold Project, Sonora, Mexico

Riverside Resources Inc. is pleased to provide an exploration update from the Company’s 100% owned Tajitos Gold Project in Sonora, Mexico. Riverside geologists have completed the first phase of underground mapping and sampling of more than 10 historic underground workings on the Project. The ongoing exploration work at Tajitos is designed to understand the controls on mineralization and improve and refine targeting for future drill testing. The shallow underground workings provide ample evidence of continuity for gold mineralization and work is defining continuity from surface to depth along shears and veins.

Evrim Options Ermitaño Property to SilverCrest Mines

Evrim Resources Corp. is pleased to announce it has signed a five year option agreement with SilverCrest Mines Inc. whereby SilverCrest can acquire a 100% interest in the Company’s Ermitaño Property in the State of Sonora, Mexico, adjacent to SilverCrest’s mine operations at Santa Elena.

Camino Minerals Corporation Awards Maijoma Drill Contract

Camino Minerals Corporation is pleased to announce that it has selected Landdrill International Mexico SA de CV. to drill a minimum of 1,000 metres in four holes at the Maijoma Project, located in Chihuahua State, Mexico. Camino anticipates that the reverse circulation drill program will begin during the first week of February, 2014.

Excellon resumes operations at Platosa Mine

Excellon Resources Inc. reports that employees returned to work over the weekend and production has resumed at the Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico following a pause in operations for a safety review. Operations were paused after two employees, Evaristo Nova Soto, a 31-year-old electrical supervisor, and Jorge Carillo Rivera, a 25-year-old general serviceman, were fatally injured during routine operations on the evening of January 9, 2014.

Caminaron por las calles principales de Bermejillo

Trabajadores mineros marcharon en silencio, exigieron mejores condiciones de trabajo y honraron la memoria de sus compañeros fallecidos en la mina La Platosa. Evaristo Nava Soto y Jorge Carrillo Rivera murieron el jueves pasado a causa de una descarga eléctrica en la mina propiedad de Excellon Resources Inc.

Excellon Resources Inc. : Fatal accident at Excellon’s Platosa Mine

Excellon Resources Inc. announces with great regret and sorrow that two employees were fatally injured by an electrical shock yesterday evening during routine operation of an underground pump in the Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico. Mine rescue workers were dispatched immediately and the injured employees were removed from the mine. Unfortunately, despite the efforts of the responders, they were later pronounced dead at the hospital. The families of the workers were notified and the Company is ensuring that they receive all possible support.

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