Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. reports that further to its news release dated June 28, 2017, it has closed, for gross proceeds of $935,000, the first tranche of the previously announced non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of up to $1,500,000.

“I’m pleased with our results,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO. “We generated adjusted EBITDA of $1.3 billion in the second quarter and $5.4 billion over the last twelve months. After a challenging first quarter we set second quarter steelmaking coal sales and production records of 6.9 and 6.8 million tonnes, respectively, and we reduced our outstanding notes to US$4.8 billion, achieving our target of less than US$5 billion.”

La cuarta productora de oro más grande del mundo registró ganancias netas por 135 millones de dólares en comparación con la pérdida que obtuvo de 78 millones en el mismo periodo del año anterior, ocasionado por el cierre temporal de su mina en México.

New Gold Inc. today announces new appointments to its senior management team as the company looks forward to the Rainy River project’s scheduled transition from construction into operation beginning in September. New Gold is also pleased to announce the addition of a new director to its Board.

“We accomplished or advanced several strategic priorities during the quarter that are critical to achieving our full-year and longer-term objectives,” said Mitchell J. Krebs, Coeur’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our stepped-up exploration programs targeting higher-grade mineralization at Palmarejo and Kensington are yielding positive results, we significantly strengthened our balance sheet, the development of Jualin remains on-track to commence production later in the year, and we have now begun to stack ore on the new Stage IV leach pad at Rochester.

“With the disposal of non-core assets and the acquisition of the Maricunga district joint venture with Barrick during the first half of 2017, the Company has seen a net increase in its gold reserves from 42 million to 50 million ounces,” said Paul Harbidge, Senior Vice President, Exploration. “With an enviable portfolio of brownfield exploration opportunities within our key mining districts and good progress on our exploration programs, we are maintaining our five year 20% gold reserve growth target, which would now see gold reserves increase to 60 million ounces by 2021, up from the previous target of 50 million ounces.”

Defiance Silver Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Roy Bonnell to the position of President and CEO. Mr. Bonnell has over 20 years of experience in venture capital investment, finance and mergers & acquisitions. Mr. Bonnell provides Defiance with the financing and management abilities necessary to rapidly advance and grow the San Acacio Silver deposit in Mexico.