GOLDEN, CO, Mar 28, 2012 (Marketwire via COMTEX) –Golden Tag Resources Ltd. (TSX VENTURE: GOG) and Golden Minerals Company (NYSE Amex: AUMN) (TSX: AUM) jointly announce the signing of an amendment to a 2005 Joint Venture Agreement (“JVA”) governing their San Diego silver exploration project. Golden Minerals holds its interest in the JV through ECU Silver, now a wholly owned subsidiary. Under the JVA amendment, Golden Tag has acquired the right to increase its interest in the JV to 60% by solely funding US $3 million of additional exploration expenses within the next 24 months. In order to increase to 60%, Golden Tag must incur and solely fund at least US $1 million of exploration costs in the first 12 month period and at least US $500,000 of costs in each of the final two six month periods. Golden Tag will become the designated operator of the JV for the additional programs and beyond as long as it completes the required funding in a timely manner. Under the 2-year amendment, exploration costs by Golden Tag are optional, except for mandatory costs related to keeping the property in good standing. As part of the JV amendment Golden Tag and ECU Silver have enhanced the mutual piggyback rights contained in the JVA so that each party has the right to require the other to include it in a transaction involving a direct or indirect sale of 100% of the San Diego project if the transaction meets certain minimum requirements and in addition Golden Tag can require that ECU participate in such a sale.

Grupo Peñoles buscará incrementar su inversión para este año entre 20 y 30%, a fin de continuar con su crecimiento, luego de que en 2011 logró concretar ventas por 7.7 mil millones de dólares.

AuRico Gold Inc. is pleased to report financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2011. All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.

Silvermex Resources (TSE:SLX) saw its shares rise more than 16 percent Tuesday after it announced further underground drill results from five holes at its producing La Guitarra property, located in the Temascaltepec Mining District of Mexico.

VANCOUVER – Scorpio Mining Corp. (TSX: SPM) says it booked a net loss of $1 million in the fourth quarter of 2011 with no corresponding loss in share price.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE Amex: GORO) declares its instituted monthly dividend of $0.05 per common share for March 2012 payable on April 23, 2012 to shareholders of record as of April 10, 2012. Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold producer with operations in southern Mexico.