Month: March 2014

Goldcorp announces extension of date to acquire common shares of Osisko Mining Corporation

Goldcorp Inc. announced today that it has extended its offer to acquire all of the outstanding common shares of Osisko Mining Corporation until 5:00 p.m. EDT on March 21, 2014. Osisko shareholders who tender to the offer will be entitled to receive 0.146 of a Goldcorp common share plus C$2.26 in cash for each Osisko common share. All other conditions remain unchanged. A Notice of Extension will be sent to Osisko shareholders by Goldcorp in due course.

Alamos Gold Announces Appointment of Mr. David Fleck to its Board of Directors

Alamos Gold Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. David Fleck to its Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Fleck is the former President and CEO of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada, and the former Co-Head Equity Products and Executive Managing Director of BMO Financial Group. Mr. Fleck will become a Partner of Delaney Capital Management effective April 1, 2014.

Great Panther Reports Further Disruptions at Its Guanajuato Mine Complex

On March 9th, at around 2:00 pm PDT, approximately 60 people gained unauthorized entry to the Company’s main administration building and plant facility in Guanajuato and continue to illegally occupy the facilities. All employees and contractors are safe and accounted for, and are off site. There have been no reports of any violence. Mining, plant and administration services have been shut down until the situation is resolved. The authorities have been notified but have not yet taken action.

First Majestic Announces Extension of Share Repurchase Program

First Majestic Silver Corp. announced today that its board of directors has approved the extension of its share repurchase program pursuant to a normal course issuer bid in the open market through the facilities of the Toronto Stock Exchange or alternative Canadian market places over the next 12 months. Pursuant to the Share Repurchase, the Company proposes to repurchase up to 5,865,931 common shares of the Company which represents 5% of the 117,318,624 issued and outstanding shares of the Company as of March 4, 2014.

Fortuna drills 2.8 kg/t Ag and 14.5 g/t Au over a true thickness of 4.2 m at Trinidad North Discovery, San Jose mine, Mexico.

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is pleased to announce new results for step-out drilling of the Trinidad North discovery located contiguous with the San Jose mine in Oaxaca, Mexico. Assay results are included for eight drill holes completed in January and February of 2014. The results continue to confirm the extension of the Trinidad North zone with high-grade silver-gold mineralization present over wide vein widths. The results reported herein lie within a 200 meter strike extension of the Trinidad system and generally outside of the limits of the existing Inferred Resources.

Oceanus Resources Corporation Closes 1.3 Million Dollar Private Placement

Oceanus Resources Corporation announces that it has closed a previously announced non-brokered private placement financing of $1,315,000. The private placement comprises the sale of 6,003,622 common shares of the Company at a price of $0.22 per share. The common shares from this Private Placement will be subject to a 4 month hold period ending July 8, 2014. The proceeds from the Private Placement will be used for exploration of the La Lajita Gold Property located in Durango, Mexico.

Westminster Closes GRIT Financing

Further to the Company’s news release of February 11, 2014, the Company announces that it has closed its securities exchange with Global Resources Investment Trust plc.

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