Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent with Tarsis Resources Ltd. to sell Tarsis a 100% interest, subject to a 2% net smelter returns royalty payable to Almaden, in four gold/silver properties located in Nayarit and Jalisco States, western Mexico and two gold properties in eastern Nevada, USA. A formal agreement is being prepared. This transaction is consistent with Almaden’s goal of creating assets through prospecting and maximizing shareholder exposure to discovery with minimum risk. The sale also allows management to focus time and resources on advancing the Company’s Ixtaca gold-silver discovery and its El Cobre copper-gold project.

Mercator Minerals Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on activities at its El Pilar copper project in northern Sonora, Mexico. Ongoing activities include continuing to de-risk the Project through additional metallurgical testing, which has already commenced, and completion of the final environmental permits for constructing the power line to the Project. All other permits for construction are already in place.

Vista Gold Corp. today announced the positive results of a Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Guadalupe de los Reyes gold/silver project in Sinaloa, Mexico.

Livermore’s discovery of microscopic gold in northern Nevada in the early 1960s sparked a modern-day gold rush and established the region as one of the world’s premier gold districts.

Exeter Resource Corporation is pleased to announce that it has entered into two option and joint venture agreements with Canadian company, San Marco Resources Inc., for the exploration of the Angeles and La Buena gold-silver properties located in Mexico.

San Marco Resources Inc. has granted two options to Exeter Resource Corporation to acquire interests in each of the Company’s La Buena and Angeles properties in Mexico. Should Exeter earn fully into each option, total exploration funding by Exeter would be $15M for La Buena and $20M for Angeles, including $2.4M of committed expenditures and $250,000 cash payments primarily during 2013. All expenditures and cash payments can be accelerated at any time at Exeter’s election. Details of the business arrangements are as follows:

Avino Silver and Gold Mines Ltd. reports that upgrading and expansion of its San Gonzalo mine on the Avino property near Durango, Mexico continues to progress rapidly. At San Gonzalo, activities in February were centered on underground development and mining as well as delivering new underground mining equipment. At the main Avino Mine, efforts have been focused on water treatment and de-watering to allow access to lower levels for exploration and development.