Day: May 28, 2012

MacMillan Has Commenced Drilling On The La Raizura Target at The Las Cucharas Gold And Silver Project

Mr. Thomas Skimming, CEO of MacMillan Minerals Inc., is pleased to announce that the Company has commenced a diamond drilling program on the La Raizura Target at the Las Cucharas Gold and Silver Project. Mr. William Hamilton, P. Geo., Manager of Exploration, is a Qualified Person under the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 and is responsible for all technical information contained in this news release.

Catanava Plant in Startup Test Mode

Excalibur Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an update on the progress towards production in its 49% subsidiary, Minera Catanava S.A. de C.V. The land use environmental permit received in November 2011 allowed the construction and installation of the plant. The ball mill, jaw and cone crushers and ore bins were installed in December. The conveyors, belts and motors were delivered, installed and tested in January-March and all are operational. In April, 100 tons of dump material was loaded into the raw ore storage bin and 50 tons was crushed to 1/4 inch material into the fine ore hopper that is being batch tested on the three recently installed Action Mining Micron Wave tables. The material is being tested by increasing the size of the batches in order to optimize the flow, the grind and the gold recoveries. Various adjustments have been made including installing feeders for the wave tables and a holding tank.

Aura Silver Announces Appointment of Vice President of Exploration and New Board Member

Aura Silver Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that Mr. Alain Vachon has accepted the position of Vice President Exploration of Aura Silver. In addition, Mr. Nick Tintor has accepted an appointment to the Board as an independent Director. Alain replaces Mr. Eric Craigie who has retired from his management position but who will remain with the Board as a Director.

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