Xtierra Announces Completion of Land Purchase for Bilbao Project

Xtierra Inc. is pleased to announce that it has recently completed the acquisition of the necessary surface lands that will be required for the surface installations and development for its Bilbao zinc-silver-lead-copper deposit located 50km southeast of the State capital in Zacatecas, Mexico.

Why Agnico-Eagle is outperforming its peers

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd., Canada’s fifth-biggest gold producer, is outperforming global competitors including Barrick Gold Corp. after overcoming weather conditions at its Arctic mine that sent costs soaring.

Endeavour Silver Drilling Extends High Grade Silver-Gold Mineralization on the San Sebastian Property in Jalisco State, Mexico; Drilling Intersects 301 gpt Silver and 0.32 gpt Gold Over 16.2 m True Width

Endeavour Silver Corp. announces that exploration drilling on the San Sebastian property in Jalisco State, Mexico has now extended the recently discovered high grade silver-gold mineralization in the Terronera vein to more than 900 meters (m) long by 300 m deep, still open for expansion.

Silver Standard Resources Files Technical Report for Pitarilla

Silver Standard Resources Inc. announced today that it has filed a technical report titled “NI 43-101 Technical Report on the Pitarrilla Project, Durango State, Mexico” in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 requirements and in support of the Company’s December 4, 2012 news release announcing the results of the Feasibility Study for its 100% owned Pitarrilla Project. The 2012 Pitarrilla Technical Report is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.silverstandard.com.

El Tigre Mobilizes Drill for Continued Definition of the Gold Hill Disseminated Gold Zone

El Tigre Silver Corp. is pleased to report that it has signed a contract with MAJOR DRILLING DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. and has mobilized a core drilling machine and associated equipment to its 431 square kilometer El Tigre silver-gold property in northern Sonora, Mexico. Drilling will commence the first week of January 2013. The Company is fully funded to complete this next phase of drilling.

Southridge Declares Fourth Quarter Cash Dividend

Southridge Enterprises Inc. is pleased to announce today that Southridge Minerals, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, today announced a cash dividend of $0.0002 per common share, payable on December 28, 2012 to shareholders of record at the close of business December 21, 2012. The dividend represents a payout of approximately 8% of the recently reported fourth quarter net income.

Torex Drills Highest Grade Gold Mineralization to Date at Media Luna

Torex Gold Resources Inc. is pleased to report that it has recently intersected several of the highest grade gold intercepts drilled thus far at the Media Luna and Media Luna West targets at the Company’s Morelos Gold Project in Mexico. At Media Luna, borehole ML-35 intersected 30.31 g/t Au over 21.0m; borehole ML-79 intersected 15.56 g/t Au over 12.2m; borehole ML-11A intersected 28.60 g/t Au over 5.2m. At Media Luna West, borehole MLW-02 intersected 15.68 g/t Au over 5.9m. The gold and gold equivalent values for the 23 boreholes being reported today are shown in the Highlight Table and in Table 1.

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