Gold Resource Corporation reported its preliminary production results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 of approximately 20,500 ounces precious metal gold equivalent (“AuEq”, calculated at actual sales price ratio of 60:1). Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold producer with operations in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Company has returned over $85 million to shareholders in monthly dividends since declaring commercial production July 1, 2010, and offers shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver and take delivery.

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David P. Farrell to the Board of Directors of Fortuna.

Mundoro Capital Inc. is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement consisting of 1,550,000 common shares sold at a price of $0.28 per Common Share to Sheridan Platinum Group Ltd.

Ernesto Echavarria wishes to announce that on July 17, 2013, he acquired, by way of a private placement, 2,800,000 units of Almaden Minerals Ltd. at a price of $1.25 per Unit.

Timmins Gold Corp. is pleased to report preliminary production results for the Company’s second quarter ended June 30, 2013. The Company achieved gold production of 28,024 ounces for the quarter for an increase of 19.3% over the same period last year.

Scorpio Mining Corporation reports that production from the Nuestra Señora Operations in the second quarter ended June 30, 2013 totalled 439,567 silver equivalent ounces.

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has closed a non-brokered private placement by the issuance of 4,376,000 units at $1.25 per Unit to a small group of Mexican and Mexican focussed strategic investors. Each Unit consists of one common share and one non-transferable common share purchase warrant. Each Warrant allows the holder to purchase one common share at a price of $1.50 per common share until January 17, 2015 and, thereafter, at a price of $1.80 per common share until July 17, 2016. A finder’s fee of $232,500 in cash and finder’s warrants to purchase up to 186,000 common shares at a price of $1.50 per common share until July 17, 2016 was paid on a portion of the placement.