“It has been a landmark start to the year for MAG” commented George Paspalas, President and CEO. “The joint formal approval of the Juanicipio project is the culmination of what we as partners with Fresnillo have been working for some time now, and provides surety for our shareholders about our pathway to becoming a producer. I continue to emphasize however, that the exploration potential of the joint venture property remains very prospective, and the discovery of the NE oriented Venadas vein is the start of what we believe to be the next exciting opportunity to be unlocked at this remarkable property.”

Sable Resources is pleased to announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pertaining an agreement dated May 30th 2017, between Sable Resources Ltd. and Minas Guilloyna/Cia Minera la Perla, whereby the company can earn 100% right, title and interest in the Margarita Project located in Chihuahua State, Mexico.

Defiance Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that Chris Wright has joined Defiance as a Director and Executive Chairman of the Board.

Paul Benson, President and CEO said, “Pleasingly, we had a strong first quarter with near-record consolidated production of over 112,000 gold equivalent ounces at lower cash costs, driven by solid performance at all three operations. Seabee achieved record production at near-record low cash costs, while Puna production and costs benefited from a full quarter of processing higher grade Chinchillas ore and increasing by-product credits. As a result, we delivered another quarter of solid financial performance and are well positioned to achieve record production for 2019.”

“We had a strong start to the year with the mine and mill performing well, both hitting records in March of 256 tonnes per day mined and over 10,000 tonnes processed, respectively,” stated Brendan Cahill, President and CEO. “As noted previously, we ended Q1 with a stockpile of more than 2,800 tonnes of high-grade ore and delivered an additional 1,000 tonnes of concentrate early in Q2, which impacted financial results as approximately $3.4 million in revenue was deferred to Q2 that would normally be reflected in Q1. During the second quarter, we expect daily tonnage to continue at a steady rate and our cost profile to improve considerably.”

Around $383 million was invested in exploration in Mexico last year, down 37.4% from the $612 million registered in 2017.

Mr. Carlos Silva, Chief Operating Officer, stated ‘The first quarter production results continue to reflect operational improvements that were undertaken in 2018 including increased mine development at both mines and a metallurgical review of the mill processing flowsheet at Veta Grande. In particular, we are very pleased with the significant improvement in zinc recovery at Veta Grande.’