Day: May 8, 2012

Vista Gold Corp. Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results and Provides Update on Recent Activities

Vista Gold Corp. today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012; highlights for the three-month period then ended; and that a management quarterly conference call is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. MDT on Monday, May 14, 2012. The Company’s full financial results, Management’s Discussion and Analysis together with other important disclosures can be found in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on May 8, 2012.

Fortunate Sun Mining Grants Stock Options

Fortunate Sun Mining Company Ltd. announces that pursuant to its stock option plan, the Company has granted incentive stock options to its directors, officers and consultants to purchase in the total of 1,725,000 common shares in the capital stock of the company, subject to regulatory approval, exercisable for a period of five years, at a price of $0.20 per share.

El Tigre Reports Completion of Extensive Metallurgical Tests on Tailings

El Tigre Silver Corp. is pleased to report that an extensive metallurgical test program on its El Tigre tailings project has been completed with positive results. The El Tigre silver project is located on concessions that are part of the Company’s 431 square kilometer concession ownership in Sonora, Mexico.

Comstock Discovers a New Zone of Porphyry-Style Gold Mineralization-Drill Hole Ended in Strong Gold Mineralization After Drilling 34.5 m of 0.36 g/t Gold

Comstock Metals Ltd. is pleased to announce the discovery of porphyry-style gold mineralization from its core drilling programme at the Corona Project in the Uruachic-Ocampo District of western Chihuahua, Mexico. The Uruachic-Ocampo District is host to several multi million-ounce gold/silver deposits, including Fresnillo PLC’s Orisyvo Deposit with a reported resource of 9.2 Million ounces of gold. At Corona, porphyry-style gold mineralization has been identified, and remains open to the north, east and at depth. The most recent eight drill holes completed by Comstock intersected favourable geology and strong alteration east and southeast of the Northeast Zone, stepping-out up to 350 m from holes drilled in 2002-2003. A new zone of porphyry-style gold mineralization was intersected beneath the previously reported vuggy silica lithocap (see CSL news release dated April 2, 2012 for results of holes CO-12-60 to 62).

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