It’s been a rough few weeks for Goldcorp, suffering as it has setback after setback to operations throughout the Western hemisphere, and now investors can add two more to the list: the threat of a lawsuit over its Penasquito mine in Mexico and a multimillion dollar fine for health and safety violations at its Cerro Negro project in Santa Cruz.

San Marco Resources Inc. announces that, in accordance with its Stock Option Plan, it granted, on December 9, 2013, stock options to purchase 2,100,000 common shares of the Company to its directors and officers. The options are exercisable for a period of 5 years at a price of $0.10 per share.

Animas Resources Ltd. is responding to the announcement this morning by Marlin Gold Mining Ltd. that it intends to make an offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Animas at $0.10 per share. It should be noted that Marlin’s press release does not constitute a formal offer and until such time as a takeover bid circular is prepared and mailed to shareholders, there is no offer.

Aurcana Corporation announces that the Company has received Warrant holder approval to amend the terms of certain outstanding common share purchase warrants which were issued as part of a private placement of equity units that closed in December of 2010. The Company previously announced its intention to amend the Warrants in a news release dated November 1, 2013.

Concerned shareholders of Oremex Silver Inc., led by Concept Capital Management Ltd. and Sprott Asset Management LP, announced today that they have filed on SEDAR an updated proxy circular for Oremex’s upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders to be held on December 31, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) at Wildeboer Dellelce Place 365 Bay St., Suite 800, Toronto, Ontario.

As we’ve noted for the last several quarters, there are a number of positive developments at Layne that leave us optimistic about our future performance. Our end markets have changed dramatically from fiscal year 2013, and we expect that they will continue to evolve into next year and beyond. This demanding environment will likely see us face some of the same challenges in Q4 that we have addressed this year.

High Desert Gold Corporation is pleased to announce that its shareholders today approved the previously announced continuance of HDGC under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and the plan of arrangement pursuant to which South American Silver Corp. will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of HDGC that it does not already own in an all-share transaction. The resolutions approving the continuance and the arrangement were each approved by over 99% of the votes cast by HDGC shareholders present in person or by proxy at the meeting. The resolution approving the Arrangement was also approved by over 99% of the votes cast by HDGC shareholders present in person or by proxy at the meeting, excluding HDGC shareholders who were “interested parties”, which included shares held by SASC and its directors and officers, as required pursuant to Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions.

Goldcorp Inc. today announced that negotiations are continuing between Minera Peñasquito S.A. de C.V. and authorized representatives of the Cerro Gordo Ejido with a view to reaching a mutually beneficial settlement of a land claim.