Month: February 2012

Lone Star Gold (LSTG) Receives Encouraging Results From Samples

Lone Star Gold, Inc. announced yesterday that they plan to begin initial shipments of tailings from their San Antonio del Potrero project for processing one week ahead of schedule. The company has also announced that unofficial results of samples of ore from the project show higher than reported amount of minerals (Gold, Silver, Lead and Zinc).

Huichol ‘cosmic portal’ peyote ceremonies threatened by silver mine

For the Huichol Indians, the desert mountains here are sacred, a cosmic portal with major mojo, where shamans collect the peyote that fuels the waking dreams that hold the universe together. For a Canadian mining company, these same hills look like a billion dollars worth of buried silver.

Cortez Closes Private Placement

Vancouver, British Columbia – Further to its press release of February 8, 2012, Cortez Gold Corp. (TSXV:CUT) (“Cortez” or the “Company”) announced today that it has closed its non-brokered private placement with the issuance of 4,145,351 Units (the “Units”) priced at $0.10 per Unit, for gross proceeds of $414,535.10.

Corex Amends Santana Property – Hilda 35 Fraccion 1 Option Agreement

Vancouver, BC – February 14, 2012 – Corex Gold Corp. (the “Company”) further to its news release of January 20, 2012 is pleased to advise it has received TSX Venture Exchange (“Exchange”) approval on the Amendment Agreement for the acquisition of the Hilda 35 Fraccion 1 mining concession.

The key terms of the Amending Agreement, and exercise of the Final Contract include:

US$150,000 to be paid on or before December 9, 2011 (paid); and
US$569,000 to be paid on or before January 23, 2012 (paid).

Silver Bull Intersects 19.9% Zinc Over 10.85 Meters And 144 G/T Over 31 Meters On The “Shallow Silver Zone” At The Sierra Mojada Project, Coahuila, Mexico

Results from 62 diamond core drill holes into the “Shallow Silver Zone”, equating to 11,024 meters of the 36,800 meter drill campaign completed in 2011.
80% of the drill holes intersected zones of silver oxide mineralization >30g/t Ag, including; 144g/t Ag over 31 meters, 109.3g/t over 12.55 meters and 89.4g/t Ag over 36.25 meters.
Significant zinc intercepts including; 19.9% Zn over 10.85 meters, 4.57% Zn over 15 meters and 3.14% Zn over 57.70 meters.

Westridge Initiates Core Drilling at Charay Project, Mexico

Westridge Resources Inc. announces a diamond drill program has commenced on its Charay Project in western Mexico. Westridge Resources has contracted Major Drilling Group International to undertake a 2,000 meter core drilling program.

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