Weststar Announces Financing Of Up To $350,000

Weststar Resources Corp. announces that the Company is seeking to raise up to $350,000 through the issue of a non-brokered private placement of units at a price of $0.035 per Unit.

Guerrero Announces Acquisition of Pinette Copper Corp.

Guerrero Exploration Inc. announces that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Pinette Copper Corp, a private Vancouver-based mineral exploration company with 2 exploration properties located in Botswana. Guerrero will issue approximately 33,809,885 to the shareholders of Pinette.

First Majestic Appoints VP of Operations

First Majestic Silver Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Salvador García Ledezma as Vice President of Operations responsible for all operations and new project activities at the Company’s growing silver mining portfolio in Mexico.

Southridge Issues Clarification of Kinross Agreements

Southridge Enterprises Inc. is would like to clarify that the Company does have signed agreements with KGEM (Kinross Gold Exploration Mexico) regarding Cinco Minas & Gran Cabrera, and that any and all quotes attributed in our December 26, 2012, news release to Mr. Martin Moscosa, Exploration Manager for Kinross Gold, are indeed accurate and documented.

Santacruz Silver Announces Filing of Technical Reports

Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. announces that it has filed on SEDAR an updated technical report in respect of its San Felipe Project, titled “Update of NI 43-101 Technical Report on Resources, San Felipe Project, Sonora, Mexico”. The updated report provides additional information on data verification and sampling. It is updated as of December 19, 2012, and has an effective date of April 5, 2012. The resources remain unchanged from the original report which was announced on July 16, 2012.

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