Month: October 2012

Orex and Astral Announce Merger by Way of Plan of Arrangement

Orex Minerals Inc. and Astral Mining Corporation announce that they have agreed to merge and form a combined gold and silver exploration and development company, which will focus on the advanced-stage Barsele Gold Project in Sweden, the Coneto Silver-Gold project, and the Los Crestones Gold-Silver-Copper Project in Mexico.

First Majestic Corp Sets New Production Record of 2M Ounces of Silver

The silver market continues to be a white knuckle ride with volatility being the watch word of the day. The oscillations can be gut-wrenching as we have warned about many times. However, if you have the stomach for it the silver space can be profitable for you. As regular readers will know, our philosophy has been to acquire physical silver as a top priority, followed by a small section of good quality mining shares and finally for those of a more adventurous nature a well thought out strategy in the options sector can give your portfolio a boost.

Golden Tag Drills 100-Metre Step-Out Hole Intersecting 63 g/t Silver Over 241 Metres With 0.7% Lead and 1.5% Zinc (143 g/t AgEQ(i)) at San Diego Project, Mexico

Golden Tag Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide additional results from its 5,500 meters drill program on the San Diego Property, Durango State, Mexico. Hole SD-12-50A, the fourth hole of the current phase 6 program confirms continuous mineralization over very significant widths in association with mineralized diorite. Further drilling will be needed to establish the exact geometry of this new zone. Additional positive results from other holes of the program were presented in the Company’s news release of September 24, 2012.

First Mexican Reports Drill Results for Guadalupe Property in Mexico

First Mexican Gold Corp. would like to announce that it has received partial results from the recent drill program with results from its first two step out holes on the Karen zone with two holes yet to be reported. These holes were drilled some 36 meters above the fourth and fifth holes.

Southridge Minerals Signs Definitive Agreement and Acquires La Canita Gold Mine in Durango, Mexico

Southridge Enterprises Inc. is pleased to announce today that Southridge Minerals, Inc., its wholly owned subsidiary, has signed a definitive agreement with San Dimas Mineria S.A. to acquire a 100% interest in the “La Canita” Gold property, in the state of Durango, Mexico. The Purchase Price for the assets comprising the mineral concessions “La Canita” shall be USD$3,550,000. La Canita is located in the San Dimas mining municipality of Durango, in close proximity to the Sinaloa border.

MacMillan Reports 16.092 G/T Gold, 119.1 G/T Silver, 2.05% Copper, and 4.75% Zinc Across A 0.35 Metre Drill Intercept Width From The La Azurita Target At The Las Cucharas Gold And Silver Project In Mexico

Mr. George A. Brown, President of MacMillan Minerals Inc., is pleased to announce additional results from the diamond drilling, trenching, and sampling programs at the Las Cucharas Gold and Silver Project in Mexico. 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.

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