“Q2 2016 was a strong quarter operationally as Cerro Prieto has officially gone into commercial production,” said Keith Piggott, Chairman, President and CEO of Goldgroup, “Our all-in sustaining cash cost for the quarter was $973 per ounce. We continue to work on the opportunities to lower cash costs further to our target of $900(1) per ounce as previously forecasted in March 2016.”

México produjo 786,774 toneladas de zinc en 2015, un alza interanual de 19.2% con Peñoles como la empresa con mayor participación en la extracción de ese mineral, informó la Cámara Minera de México (Camimex).

Telson Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has retained the services of Renmark Financial Communications Inc. to support Telson’s investor relations activities. Renmark is one of the largest retail investor relations firms in Canada, offering a wide range of integrated investor and financial communications services.

Mark Brennan, President and CEO of Sierra Metals stated, “At Bolivar, we saw another record quarter of throughput however encountering lower grades. We continue to be optimistic that we will see higher metal production as we begin accessing higher grade ore by the end of the year. At Cusi, silver equivalent production increased 23% over the same quarter last year and the Mine began shipments of zinc with over 1 million pounds produced for the quarter. Sierra continues to have a strong balance sheet and liquidity to drive operations and remains determined to increase production in the future while reducing costs at all three Mines.”

“Clearly the highlight of the Company’s second quarter was declaring commercial production at the Avino Mine, our second and largest mining operation,” said David Wolfin, Avino’s President and CEO. “This achievement marks years of determined effort by our entire team, both in Mexico and Canada, for which I am grateful. The Company is significantly more valuable as a result.

Deep exploration drilling at Juanicipio was ongoing throughout the quarter, and 6 drill rigs are currently on the property drilling, 5 from surface and 1 from within the underground ramp.
2015-2016 drilling to further delineate the extent of the new Valdecañas Deep Zone was completed, and assays released subsequent to the quarter end…

War Eagle Mining Company Inc. announced today that Paul A. Carroll QC, a Director and Chairman of the Board of the Company, has been appointed as its President and Chief Executive Officer replacing Thomas R. Atkins who continues as a Director. Mr. Carroll has been a Director of War Eagle since November 7, 2012 and is the owner of 2.1 million (9.8%) of the common shares of the Company and holds options to acquire an additional 600,000 shares of the Company.