Riverside’s President and CEO, John-Mark Staude, stated: “We are pleased that results of our reconnaissance fieldwork at Ariel are supportive of the possible existence of porphyry copper mineralization. Riverside continues to build upon our alliance funded work to expand the targets defined. The Project, which was acquired through claim staking at minimal cost, is ready for follow-up exploration programs. Riverside continues to progress with the Project Generator business model and uses our team of experienced geologists to acquire and work up highly prospective assets.”

Marcio Fonseca, Goldplay’s Chief Executive Officer, commented: “We are very satisfied with the results of the ground geophysical survey program, supporting our exploration strategy to create a solid foundation for drill target generation to advance exploration on the El Habal Project.”

Candente Gold Corp. (TSXV:CDG) is pleased to announce that Sun River Gold plans to conduct a drilling program to further test the Mexico Mines Tailings Deposit. The drill is currently being mobilized from the USA to El Oro, Mexico and drilling will commence once all approvals have been received from Mexican authorities.

“The Ermitaño West and Aitana veins lie only four kilometres south of the operating mill at Santa Elena and remain to be explored at depth where First Majestic stated it expects to recover higher concentrations of gold and silver, in particular at Aitana,” commented Paddy Nicol, Evrim President and CEO. “First Majestic has announced plans to complete 13,000 metres of infill and expansion drilling at depth at Ermitaño West in 2018, as well as explore the recently discovered Aitana vein.”

High grade zinc assays continue to be obtained from infill and extensional drilling of the Tres Amigos resource. The drill campaign aims to convert inferred to indicated classifications and increase resource tonnages.

“The results from the surface drilling continue to be extremely encouraging. Firstly, they continue to confirm and provide further detail on the extent and continuity of the complex breccia mineralization below the proposed pit,” said Greg McCunn, Chief Executive Officer. “In addition, the hydrothermal breccia structure that lies south of the proposed pit continues to show mineralization over wide intersections near surface and may turn out to be a second mineralized breccia pipe altogether. We are looking forward to seeing the results from the next three drill holes to see how this develops.”

While KORES’s overseas assets will be sold off without exception, the ministry will not set sales deadlines to avoid the erosion of their value. Assets deemed strategically important in terms of metallic mineral supply will be sold to South Korean companies, with the related KORES employees to be laid off during the sales process. The corporation’s Overseas Resources Development Headquarters will remain in operation for a while for the maintenance and management of the assets.