VVC Exploration Corporation is pleased to announce that with respect to VVC’s annual and special meeting of shareholders (AGM) to be held in Dorval, Quebec, on July 30, 2013, the proxy materials, comprising of the Notice and Information Circular booklet and the Form of Proxy, are being sent by mail to shareholders shortly. As such, registered shareholders should be receiving a proxy and non-registered shareholders should be receiving a voting instruction form. The Information Circular was filed on SEDAR.

Geologix Explorations Inc. is pleased to announce that the $1,000,000 private placement announced on June 17, 2013 has been successfully completed.

Red Tiger Mining Inc. today reports that for the month of June 2013, its Luz del Cobre Copper Mine produced 505 tonnes of COMEX Grade 1 copper, a monthly record since its start-up in May 2012. The Company is also pleased to confirm that as of July 1st, commercial production levels have been reached. The Company will begin reporting revenues and cost of sales on the income statement from July 1st onwards.

Lincoln Mining Corporation announces that further to its news release dated June 18, 2013, it has received an additional C$350,000, unsecured demand loan from Prairie Enterprises Inc. to fund Lincoln’s current working capital requirements. PE is owned and controlled by Edward Yurkowski, who is a director of the Company.

Highvista Gold Inc. is pleased to report that it closed a non-brokered private placement financing for gross proceeds of $963,000 through the issuance of 4,815,000 units of the Company to AuRico Gold Inc. at a price of $0.20 per Unit. Each Unit consists of one common share of the Company and one-half of one common share purchase warrant, each whole Warrant entitling AuRico Gold to purchase one common share at an exercise price of $0.25 per share until June 28, 2015. The securities comprising the Units are subject to a statutory hold period that will expire on October 29, 2013.

Mercator Minerals Ltd announces the resignation of Joseph Keane from the board of directors effective July 1, 2013.

First Majestic Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that further to its news release on April 26, 2013, the Company has received payment in the amount of CDN$14.85 million as partial payment of the judgment of US$93.84 million granted in favour of First Majestic against Hector Davila Santos and Minerales y Minas Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. Judgment was initially awarded in the amount of US$86.9 million but was subsequently increased to US$93.84 million to correct an error in the prior assessment. The monies received on June 28th were previously held in a trust account of Hector Davila’s Vancouver lawyers.

Yamana Gold Inc. (YRI.T), said Tuesday that it has requested the U.K Listing Authority to cancel the listing of the Company’s common shares of no par value on the U.K. Official List and to cancel the admission of the Common Shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market for listed securities.