Big North Graphite Corp. announces a non-brokered private placement of up to $250,000 unsecured convertible notes (the “Notes”). The Notes will have a 12-month term and will be convertible into units of the Company at a price of $0.05 per Unit.

Further to its previous news releases, Cortez Gold Corp announces that it will increase its private placement by increasing the size of the offering to 5.5 million units, for gross proceeds of $1.1 million. The pricing remains unchanged at $0.20 per unit with each Unit consisting of one common share of the Company and one-half of one share purchase warrant with each whole Warrant entitling the holder to acquire an additional common share of the Company at $0.40 per share for a period of 24 months after issuance. The Warrants will be subject to an accelerated expiry should the common shares of the Company close at a minimum of $0.60 for a period of twenty consecutive trading days on the TSX Venture Exchange.

Canasil Resources Inc. announces closing of the second tranche of the non-brokered private placement announced on December 3, 2013, for gross proceeds of $96,300 consisting of 1,070,000 units at an exercise price of $0.09 per unit as detailed below. No commission or finder’s fee is payable with respect to this tranche of the placement, which is subject to final approval by the TSX Venture Exchange (“the Exchange”). Together with the previously announced first tranche of 3,000,000 units which closed on December 6, 2013, a total of 4,070,000 units have now closed.

The shareholders of Oremex Silver Inc. elected a new board ofdirectors at its annual meeting held in Toronto on December 31, 2013.Frank Hogel, Allan Folk, and Keith Stein were elected as directors ofthe company.

On December 18, 2013, Del Toro Silver Corp. (the “Company”) entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Asher Enterprises, Inc. dated December 18, 2013 (the “Issue Date”). Under the terms of the Agreement the Company issued an 8% convertible promissory note, in the principal amount of $31,500 (the “Note”), which Note matures on September 20, 2014 and may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at any time after 180 days from the Issue Date, subject to adjustments as further set out in the Note. The conversion price shall be at a variable conversion rate of 50% multiplied by the market price, being the average of the lowest three trading prices for the Company’s common stock during the 10 trading day period ended on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date, subject to adjustments as further set out in the Note.

Gold Resource Corporation declares its monthly dividend for December 2013 payable on January 23, 2014 to shareholders of record as of January 13, 2014.

Big North Graphite Corp. announces the appointment of Mr. Cesar J. Guajardo to the Board of Directors.

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. today announced that it has filed a prospectus supplement under which it may sell up to US $5,750,000 of its common shares from time to time through Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., as sale agent.