Category: Exploration and Development

McEwen Mining Inc. is pleased to announce an updated Canadian National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate for the El Gallo 2 project in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The main objective of the Company’s drilling during the past year was to convert Inferred Resources to the Measured and Indicated categories. This was done in order to begin work on an updated El Gallo 2 reserve estimate and mine plan. McEwen Mining’s drilling has been successful at upgrading a large portion of the previously classified Inferred Resource. El Gallo 2 Resource Highlights

Sierra Iron Ore Corporation is pleased to announce that it has made significant advancement to support the Company’s plan for an exploration/development field work program on the El Creston iron ore property. The program will include a preliminary pilot testing plant operation for the purpose of testing zones at the property.

Primero Mining Corp. is pleased to provide an update on its 69.2% owned Cerro del Gallo gold-silver-copper development project in Guanajuato, Mexico, following its acquisition in May 2013.

As a result of a review by the British Columbia Securities Commission, Cayden Resources Inc. is issuing this news release to clarify technical disclosure relating to its Morelos Sur and El Barqueno mineral projects. The Company refers to the following clarifications and corrections made to the Company’s website, corporate presentation and fact sheet.

La Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente (Profepa) entregó tres certificados de Calidad Ambiental a igual número de empresas duranguenses.

El Tigre Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources has approved the environmental plan that will allow development and construction of the El Tigre tailings recovery project effective July 18, 2013. This permit is the final step for the Company to accomplish and it can now proceed with its plans as outlined in a Preliminary Feasibility Study announced in a press release dated July 4, 2013 by Hard Rock Consulting, LLC.

Sierra Metals Inc. is pleased to announce that drilling and sampling at its Bolivar copper-zinc-silver mine in Chihuahua State, Mexico, continues to demonstrate significant mineralization outside the NI 43-101 resource volume. The Bolivar NW area continues to return potentially-economic results from both the Upper and Lower Skarn horizons, while surface sampling shows the El Gallo body is larger than previously recognized.

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to report on ongoing hydrologic work and environmental baseline studies required for the advancement of the Promontorio resource.

VVC Exploration Corporation is pleased to announce the results of due diligence evaluations of the Samalayuca copper/silver property in Chihuahua State, and the Escondida gold/silver property in Sonora State, owned by Camex Mining Development Group Inc. as part of the acquisition of Camex by VVC, and the results of reverse circulation (RC) drilling on VVC’s Cumeral gold/silver Property, in Sonora State, Mexico. The three properties were visited and evaluated by Peter Dimmell, P.Geo., a QP and a director of VVC, over two days in early July 2013.

Kootenay Silver Inc. is pleased to report on ongoing hydrologic work and environmental baseline studies required for the advancement of the Promontorio resource.