Category: Exploration and Development

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.

Avino Silver and Gold Mines Ltd. today announced that ithas been recognized by the governor of Durango, Mexico, Mr. JorgeHerrera Caldera for its outstanding efforts to improve safetyconditions for workers and employees as well as its contributions tolocal communities. The prestigious award is granted annually to thecompany who best demonstrates commitment to safety and outreach. Mr.Herrera Caldera intends to visit the mine site in the coming weeks.

Gold Resource Corporation is saddened to announce an employee was fatally injured today in a rock fall accident at the La Arista underground mine. Underground operations have been temporarily suspended until an investigation, conducted by Gold Resource Corporation’s management and the Mexican Ministry of Labor and Social Security is completed over the next several days.

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce the results from Almaden’s ongoing 2013 Ixtaca Zone drill program at the Company’s 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico. The 2013 drill program is focussed on expanding the known resource immediately along strike to known mineralisation, adjacent to the current resource shell and within what is considered a potential pit shell. Highlights from the holes released today include the following intercepts.

Xtierra Inc. is pleased to announce the successful completion of an additional drilling campaign in the southern part of its silver-zinc-lead-copper project in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. All six drill-holes, with a total of 1784.10 metres, encountered thick intersections of good grade mineralization with notable high grade silver intersections throughout. Four of the drill-holes showed highly mineralized intervals comprising massive to semi-massive sulfide mineralization varying between 20 and 40m in thickness. A summary of the principal intersections for each of the drill-holes is listed below.

Soltoro Ltd. has discovered the previously unknown Talayote gold zone as part of its ongoing regional mapping and sampling program. Soil sampling detected several isolated gold anomalies in the area and follow-up geologic mapping and rock sampling revealed a series of northwest-trending quartz veins. Veins in the Talayote area are similar in orientation to those in the El Rayo gold deposit, located approximately 1.5 kilometres to the southeast. Thirty-two samples have been collected from the Talayote area to date.