Prospero Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that on May 23, 2014 it completed the non-brokered private placement first announced on April 15, 2014 of 5,000,000 units at a price of $0.05 per Share, for gross proceeds of CDN $250,000. Each unit is comprised of one common share and one full non-transferable share purchase warrant. Each warrant is exercisable by the holder to acquire one additional common share at a price of $0.10 per warrant for a period of 12 months from the date of closing subject to acceleration of the expiry date as set out below.

Primero Mining Corp. announced today that it closed a previously announced $75 million revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders. The Line of Credit has a three year term, a floating interest rate that the Company expects to be approximately 4% per annum for the first six months and is secured by a charge over substantially all of the Company’s assets. Coincident with and as a condition of closing the Line of Credit, the Company repaid the outstanding $27 million promissory note held by Goldcorp Inc. bearing interest of 6% and originally due December 31, 2015.

Goldcorp Inc.’s decision to drop its C$3.2 billion ($2.9 billion) hostile bid for Osisko Mining Corp. in the face of a rival offer shows the industry has found new discipline after years of value-destroying deals, BlackRock Inc.’s Catherine Raw said.

Candente Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement for total gross proceeds of $1,369,727.40.

Silver Bull Resources, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has executed a definitive share purchase agreement with BHK Resources Inc. a capital pool company with TSX Venture Exchange trading symbol BHK.P, in connection with the proposed sale of Dome International Global Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Silver Bull which holds, indirectly, a 100% interest in and to the Ndjole manganese and gold project, located in Gabon. The proposed transaction was previously announced on December 17, 2013.

International Northair Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Net Smelter Return royalty agreement with Coeur Capital, Inc. for proceeds of US$4.0 million. The 2.5% NSR is payable on future production from the La Cigarra silver project, located in north central Mexico.