Category: Exploration and Development

Goldex Releases Assays from Phase One Drill Program at El Arco

Goldex Resources Corporation today announced results from the phase one drill program on its Mexican property, El Arco. El Arco represents a newly discovered gold-silver system that has seen no previous exploration activity. The property is located in the Central Plateau gold and silver belt, near the historic silver-lead-zinc district of Tejamen in the state of Durango, Mexico. El Arco demonstrates low sulphidation epithermal-style banded quartz veinlets similar to those found at the surface in the La Cienga district also located in Durango. The project consists of two mineral exploration licenses that cover 3,381 hectares. Surface samples have confirmed the presence of both high-grade gold and silver values.

CWRN: “Wide Area Deep Drilling Underway”

Cotton & Western Mining, Inc. In 2011, Panamerican Minerals Ventures, S.A. de C.V. Mexico, the operators of the “Guadalupe Iron Mineral Concession,” drilled three deep conformation holes 300 meters apart in the center line of the 1,500 meter long Coloso Iron Mineral Vein, (one of four major iron mineral veins located on the concession); the purpose of those drill-holes was to explore the depth of the Coloso Vein, since the original drill program of 68 holes was shallow at 20-meters depth. Drill-hole 69 at 44-meters revealed continuous iron minerals mixed Magnetite and Hematite down to an elevation point of 81-meters above sea level, where the drilling was suspended without punching through the iron minerals as the iron content became lower and the mineral became solid magnetite. Drill-hole 70 at 84-meters depth on the lower elevation of the concession revealed the same mineral structure as drill-hole 69, hitting iron mineral at 4-meters down and continuous to 84-meters where the drilling was suspended at 2-meters above sea level; the third Drill-hole number 71 at 54-meters depth revealed continuous magnetite as well, the drilling was suspended pending simulated concentration testing of the lower grade materials to better understand the percentage of Fe304 (Magnetite Iron Oxide) uplift that could be anticipated if the materials were processed through a series of beneficiations. Results from those analytical studies indicated that the iron minerals can be processed to a Grade-A iron mineral status. Management has been discussing the feasibility of building a concentration plant on site with the corporation of Bao Steel Group of China, provided that there is enough magnetite mineral reserve to justify the investment; therefore, the company has begun a series of new and deeper drilled-holes on a wide-area bases to establish parameters for an accurate calculation of available mineral reserves.

Excellon Announces La Platosa Exploration Results: High Grades Continue to Extend Manto Sulphides Drill Hole Encounters Source Environment Indicators

Excellon Resources Inc. Mexico’s highest grade silver producer, is pleased to report assay results for seven new drill holes. Of the seven holes, six were directed to the search for additional massive sulphide manto mineralization. Five were drilled west of the northwest corner of the 6A Manto and one was drilled immediately north of the northwest extremity of the Guadalupe Manto. The seventh was drilled in the Rincón del Caído area 1.0 km northwest of the La Platosa Mine to further the search for the large-tonnage proximal source of the massive sulphide mantos.

San Marco Stakes 156 sq. km Adjacent to Los Carlos Property

San Marco Resources Inc. has acquired by staking, 156 sq. km of highly prospective land (Los Carlos II) adjacent to the Company’s 100% optioned Los Carlos property, where drilling is currently testing the western portion of one of 4 known gold/silver surface occurrences. The Los Carlos II property (15,600 ha.) is located in the prolific “Megashear” in Sonora State, Mexico. Goldgroups Sierra Colorado mine is located 18km to the northwest and Timmins Gold’s San Francisco mine is 85 km to the east.

Goldgroup Announces Completion of PEA on Caballo Blanco Indicating Robust Project Economics of 66% Pre-Tax IRR and US$284 million Pre-Tax NPV and Provides Corporate Update

Goldgroup Mining Inc. is pleased to announce initial positive results from a Preliminary Economic Assessment for the Company’s 100%-owned Caballo Blanco gold project located in the State of Veracruz, Mexico. Based on the PEA, the Caballo Blanco project is expected to generate a 66.4% pre-tax internal rate of return (“IRR”) and a US$283.8 million pre-tax net present value (“NPV”) at a 5% discount rate, over an approximate 7.5-year mine life and produce 687,000 ounces of gold and 1.3 million ounces of silver, based on the current mineable resource determined from the Whittle optimization model. A technical report entitled “Minera Cardel Resource Corp. — Caballo Blanco Gold Heap Leach Preliminary Economic Assessment” will be completed within 45 days and will be filed on SEDAR and the Company’s website.

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