Day: March 26, 2012

Almaden Hits 17.00 Meters of 3.74 g/t Gold and 67.4 g/t Silver (5.1 g/t AuEq) on Northeast Extension Zone

Almaden Minerals Ltd.(“Almaden” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce further results from the on-going 4 drill exploration program on the Company’s 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico with holes TU-11-95, TU-12-97 and TU-12-99 to 105. Holes TU-12-100 and 103 were drilled on the Northeast Extension Zone, along strike and north of the Main Ixtaca Zone. Both these holes intersected significant gold grades with TU-12-103 returning the highest grades encountered to date from the Northeast Extension Zone. Holes TU-11-95, TU-12-97, 101 to 104 were drilled into the Main Ixtaca Zone. Hole TU-12-99 was drilled to the south of the Main Ixtaca Zone and hole TU-12-105 was drilled on the Southeast Extension Zone. Final assays are pending for holes TU-12-96 (Main Ixtaca Zone) and 98 (Northeast Extension Zone).

Grupo Carso’s copper refinery shuts in Mexico-sources

One of Mexico’s three copper refineries owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso shut earlier this month, causing a rash of enquiries from domestic consumers looking for material, according to U.S. and Mexico-based market participants.

Surface Drilling Continues to Intersect High-Grade Mineralization at Silvermex’s La Guitarra Project

Silvermex Resources Inc. announces surface drill results from its producing La Guitarra property, located in the Temascaltepec Mining District, in the State of Mexico. To the end of January 2012, 59 holes had been completed totaling 7,633 m in 2011 and 2,290 m in January 2012 for a total of 9,923 m of the originally programmed 7,500 m surface diamond drilling program announced in September 2011. Assay results have been received for 40 of those completed holes, eight of which were announced in November 2011. Thirty-two additional holes are presented below in Table B.

Lake Shore Gold Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2011 Financial Results, Company on Track for Rapid Production Growth by Late 2012

Lake Shore Gold Corp. today announced details of the Company’s financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2011. Key accomplishments for 2011 include significant growth in resources, including releasing initial resources for both Thunder Creek and Fenn-Gib, doubling production from a year earlier and continuing to achieve significant exploration success with a number of new discoveries and extensions announced during the year.

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