Canasil Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Iain MacPhail has agreed to serve as a director of the Company. Mr. MacPhail has previously served as Chief Financial Officer of the Company and is currently an advisor to the Board. He was Chief Financial Officer of Far West Mining Ltd. from September 2004 to June 2011, during the period that Far West raised approximately $50 million for the exploration and development of its projects in Chile, Argentina and Australia until the acquisition of Far West in June 2011 by Capstone Mining in a transaction valued at $725 million. A Chartered Accountant, Mr. MacPhail served as a principal of a public accounting practice in Vancouver, B.C., from 1988 to 2007, prior to which he specialized in the tax practices of two major accounting firms in Vancouver and Toronto. He has been an officer, director and Chief Financial Officer of several private and public resource companies where his responsibilities included finance, administration and regulatory reporting.

Vendome Resources Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of its non-brokered private placement offering on January 3, 2014, pursuant to which an aggregate of 2,850,000 units were sold at a price of $0.05 per Unit, raising gross proceeds of $142,500. Each Unit consists of one common share and one common share purchase warrant. Each common share purchase warrant entitles the holder to purchase one common share of the Company at a price of $0.10, if the warrant is exercised within the first 12 months from the closing date and at a price of $0.15 for an additional 6 month period.

Revolution Resources Corp. is pleased to announce that Michael McPhie has been appointed to the Board of Directors, and Jodie Gibson, P.Geo has been appointed as Vice-President of Exploration.

The first silver doré bar production at First Majestic’s T.FR Del Toro Silver Mine in Zacatecas, Mexico was announced December 4, 2013. In making that announcement, First Majestic CEO Keith Neumeyer stated, “The commencement of silver doré production at Del Toro is another significant milestone for First Majestic this year. The Del Toro Silver Mine continues to be a substantial growth driver for the Company as silver production ramps up from this new mine. With the plant construction nearly complete, this achievement puts First Majestic on track to reaching its tenth consecutive year of growth in silver production.”

Further to its previous news releases, Cortez Gold Corp announced today that it has closed Tranche 1 of its non-brokered private placement with the issuance of 3,512,500 Units priced at $0.20 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $702,500.

Animas Resources Ltd. has mailed to its shareholders a Directors’ Circular as required by applicable securities laws in response to the unsolicited offer by Marlin Gold Mining Ltd. to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of the Company for $0.10 per common share in cash. Animas previously stated its recommendation to shareholders to not tender their shares to the Offer on December 30, 2013. A copy of the Directors’ Circular is available online at www.sedar.com . Marlin has stated that the Offer expires at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on January 28, 2014 (unless the Offer is extended, withdrawn or varied).

Kimber Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that, further to its press release dated January 6, 2014, the Supreme Court of British Columbia has issued a final order (the “Final Order”) approving the plan of arrangement between Kimber and Invecture Group, S.A. de C.V. Under the terms of the Arrangement, Invecture will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Kimber not already owned by Invecture in consideration for Cdn$0.15 in cash for each Common Share. The Arrangement is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of all other conditions of the Arrangement. The completion of the Arrangement is expected to occur on or about January 8, 2014, following which the Common Shares are expected to be de-listed from the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Xtierra Inc. announces that its two principal shareholders have agreed to provide US$500,000 of short term financing.