“Our Q2 results reflect production equipment availability challenges that resulted from working capital constraints,” said Arturo Préstamo, President and CEO. “With the recent sale of the Gavilanes Project, we have remedied this issue and have seen immediate improvement in production in terms of both tonnes of production and grade that are in line with management’s expectations at the Rosario Project. At the Veta Grande Project we are now accessing mineralized material from Level 6 of the Garcia mine and again are seeing an improvement in grade that is in line with management’s expectations.”

Westminster Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the appointment of Jason Cubitt as director. Mr. Cubitt has 25 years of experience working with resource companies in various capacities as founder, finance agent and institutional investor, including director of investments for Vertus Investment Advisory and Ascenta Asset Management, offshore investment advisory firms for which he was responsible for precious metals and special situations mining and energy funds.

Colibri Resource Corporation announces a non-brokered private placement, pursuant to which the Company intends to raise gross proceeds of up to $1,200,000 through the issuance of up to 8,000,000 Units at a price of $0.15 per Unit. Each unit consists of one common share and one warrant. Each warrant entitles the holder to acquire one additional common share of the Company at a price of $0.25 per share for a period of 24 months following closing. Closing may take place in two or more tranches.

Monarca Minerals Inc. is pleased to report that it has appointed Carlos Espinosa as President and Michael Smith as Executive Vice President, Exploration of the Company. Allan Folk remains as Interim Chief Executive Officer.

En 2016, a nivel nacional México produjo 766 mil toneladas de cobre contra las 594 mil toneladas producidas en 2015; un incremento de 28.9%. Este importante incremento se debió a la consolidación de las operaciones de la Planta Concentradora II y la Planta ESDE III de Buenavista del Cobre, pertenecientes a Grupo México. Sumando la obtención de concentrados y cátodos de cobre, Buenavista produjo 447,418 toneladas, 57.2% más que en 2015, mientras que la Mina Caridad produjo 133,256 toneladas, 1.7% más que en 2015.