Day: May 7, 2015

Primero Mining Corp. announces that yesterday, at its annual general and special meeting of shareholders, all directors nominated as listed in the management information circular dated March 24, 2015 were re-elected.

UC Resources Ltd. announces that, subject to regulatory approval, Sunvault Energy Inc. has agreed to accept shares in the Company as full repayment of past loans in the amount of $80,000 provided by Sunvault to the Company, by the issuance of an aggregate of 1,600,000 common shares of the Company having a deemed value of $0.05 per share…

The chief executive officer of Glencore Plc is pinning the blame for a slump in the value of the mining and trading company that listed four years ago at least in part on the failure of competing commodity producers to comprehend demand and supply.

“Greens Creek continues to have outstanding performance and Lucky Friday was solid,” saidPhillips S. Baker, Jr., Hecla’s President and CEO. “Casa Berardi produced less gold than last year’s first quarter but we expect production to increase over the remainder of the year and to achieve our guidance. During the first quarter the mines’ performance allowed us to operate within adjusted EBITDA.”

“Production of 38,000 ounces of gold in the first quarter of 2015 was consistent with our expectations while total cash costs of $805 per ounce were below our full year guidance. Our open pit, heap leach operations at Mulatos performed very well and we remain on track to realize significant production growth from our high-grade mill in the second half of 2015. Further, we continue to make progress with our development pipeline with the EIA recently reinstated for our Agi Dagi project,” saidJohn A. McCluskey , President and Chief Executive Officer.

Keith Neumeyer, CEO and President of First Majestic, stated: “Our operations delivered solid operational and cost results for the first quarter of 2015. The Del Toro Silver Mine has grown to become the Company’s new workhorse. Total production at Del Toro exceeded 1.3M silver equivalent ounces during the quarter, representing an increase of 66% compared to 0.8M in the first quarter of 2014. This significant growth, along with the lower energy cost due to the new power line, has begun to generate healthy profits…