U.S. Antimony Reports Natural Gas and Increasing Output from Mexican Smelter

September 4, 2014

United States Antimony Corporation reported that natural gas had been turned on at its Mexican Madero Smelter. Natural gas will be approximately seventy percent lower than the cost of propane, and it is expected to significantly increase the gross margin. The Company is also adding four more furnaces that will increase smelter output by 50% and start reducing the inventory of smelter feed. Presently, the smelter is shipping antimony metal of a very high grade similar to Chinese Grade 1. All production is in a sold out status.

Santacruz Silver Amends San Felipe Agreement

September 4, 2014

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Impulsora Minera Santacruz S.A. de C.V., has successfully renegotiated terms of its agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the San Felipe project and adjacent El Gachi property located near Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico with Minera Hochschild Mexico S.A. de C.V.

Almaden Announces Ixtaca Gold-Silver Deposit PEA Update Showing Significant Capital Savings And a Ramp-Up Alternative Case

September 3, 2014

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to report positive results from an updated National Instrument 43-101 compliant Preliminary Economic Assessment on its 100% owned Ixtaca Gold-Silver deposit, Mexico. The maiden PEA (reported in a Company news release on April 14th, 2014) and the PEA update have been prepared by Moose Mountain Technical Services and Knight Piésold Ltd. The conclusions and recommendations of the maiden PEA were that the Ixtaca deposit may be economically viable and the Company should proceed to a Pre-Feasibility study. Since that time work has commenced towards a PFS. The PEA Update (30,000 tonnes per day base case scenario) significantly reduces initial capital. Initial capital is further reduced with an alternative “ramp-up” case that starts with a smaller 7,000 tonnes per day mill and ramps up to 30,000 tonnes per day by Year 6. The PEA Update uses:

Mercator Minerals Announces Resignation Of Director

September 3, 2014

Mercator Minerals Ltd announces the resignation of Roman Friedrich III from the board of directors of the Company effective immediately.

Levon Announces 848.5 Million Tonnes Grading 41.03 g/t Silver Equivalent Indicated Resource at Cordero, Calculated at $20 Per Ounce Silver, Including 488,494,796 Ounces Silver, 1,366,129 Ounces Gold, 9.0 Billion Pounds Zinc and 4.7 Billion Pounds Lead

September 3, 2014

Levon Resources Ltd. announces an updated resource estimate for the Company’s 100% owned Cordero project located 35 kilometers northeast of Hildalgo Del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. The updated resource estimate reported in this news release is effective September 03, 2014, and takes into account all of the results of the Company’s Phase 4 core drilling program completed to date.

Camioneros exigen a ArcelorMittal pago digno por traslado de mineral

September 2, 2014

Cerca de unos 250 transportistas que ofrecen sus servicios a la empresa acerera ArcelorMittal, amagaron con realizar un bloqueo a la entrada de la misma el próximo miércoles, toda vez que exigen el incremento del 25 por ciento a la tarifa por traslado de tonelada de mineral; la compañía solamente les ofrece un ocho por ciento, lo que ellos consideran un abuso.

Goldcorp reports pit wall instability at El Sauzal mine

September 2, 2014

GOLDCORP INC. today announced that its El Sauzal mine in Chihuahua, Mexico is experiencing movement in the highwall slope of the Trini pit. As a safety precaution, mining operations have been suspended until a geotechnical survey team can assess the potential impact of the instability on the mine’s operation. The current year represents the final year of El Sauzal’s active mine life, with 100,000 to 105,000 ounces of gold production expected in 2014. As of August 28, 2014 approximately 37,000 ounces of gold have been produced.