Further to their joint press release of November 20, 2014, Starcore International Mines Ltd. and American Consolidated Minerals Corp. announce the closing of their previously announced plan of arrangement whereby Starcore was to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of AJC. The transaction was completed pursuant to a plan of arrangement in accordance with the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia), which was approved by the British Columbia Supreme Court on December 1, 2014. Shareholders of AJC approved the Arrangement on November 20, 2014. All conditions of closing have now been satisfied by both parties.

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce the financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2014. The full version of the financial statements and accompanying management discussion and analysis can be viewed on the Company’s website at www.santacruzsilver.com or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. All financial information is prepared in accordance with IFRS and all dollar amounts are expressed in US dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Hecla Mining Company is pleased to announce its Board of Directors has declared the regular quarterly dividend of $0.875 per share on the 157,816 outstanding shares of Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock. This represents a total amount to be paid of approximately $138,000. The cash dividend is payableJanuary 2, 2015, to shareholders of record on December 15, 2014.

Mundoro Capital Inc. is pleased to announce the Company has filed financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014.

GOLDCORP INC. is pleased to declare its twelfth monthly dividend payment for 2014 of $0.05 per share. Shareholders of record at the close of business on Thursday, December 11, 2014 will be entitled to receive payment of this dividend on Friday, December 19, 2014.

Aurcana Corporation is pleased to report its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. The summary of the selected financial information should be read in conjunction with the Condensed Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) and the related Management Discussion and Analysis for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 dated November 28, 2014 together referred to as the “Financial Statements”, which have been filed on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) and are also available on the Company’s website (www.aurcana.com). All figures are in US dollars unless otherwise noted.

Flinders Resources Limited and Big North Graphite Corp. announce that further to the joint news release of October 21, 2014, and November 3, 2014, the companies have agreed to further extend the due diligence period to January 30, 2015. As a result, the entering into a definitive agreement to incorporate the terms of the binding letter agreement dated August 29, 2014 has also been extended to January 30, 2015.

The Board of Directors of San Marco Resources Inc. announces the appointment, effective today, of Mr. Bernie Zacharias as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer and Ms. Barbara Henderson as the Company’s Corporate Secretary. These appointments follow the resignation of Julie Capstick from the positions of CFO and Corporate Secretary in order to pursue an alternative career opportunity. The Board of Directors thanks Ms. Capstick for her dedicated and professional service to the Company over the past four years.

The most obvious change has been to rebrand the Company as Calissio Resources Group Inc., from the previous name Amarium Technologies Inc.. The name change was enacted to more appropriately and clearly reflect the operations of Calissio as a mineral producer based in Mexico, and not a technology company, as the previous name suggested.

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. reports that it has amended the previously announced US$28.4 million Pre-paid Silver Purchase Agreement with JMET, LLC wherein the Company had agreed to sell 4,635,000 ounces of silver through August 2019, subject to certain adjustments relating to metal prices. The original agreement was announced in a news release on September 18, 2014.