Month: June 2016

Primero Acquires Large Strategic Mineral Concession at San Dimas

Primero Mining Corp. today announced that is has acquired a large concession area adjacent to its San Dimas mine in Durango, Mexico. The Company has added 30,192 hectares substantially covering the area between the San Dimas mine and the Ventanas exploration property located 32 kilometres to the south. The newly acquired concession is not covered by the San Dimas silver purchase agreement, and brings Primero’s total concession area in the district to 68,628 hectares.

Minera Alamos Inc.: Metallurgical Tests Demonstrating Gold Recoveries in Excess of 90% Enhance the Economic Potential at La Fortuna

“Compared to typical gold heap leach recoveries, these new results represent an approximate 50% increase in potential gold production from the La Fortuna gold resource. In addition, the ability to pre-concentrate the gold prior to leaching allows for further reductions in the scope and capital required for downstream processing equipment,” said Darren Koningen, President of Minera Alamos. “These favorable results allow us to consider alternative processing methods other than heap leaching, possibly increasing the economic potential of the project significantly”.

Hecla Announces Appointment of Lindsay Hall as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

“Lindsay has had key leadership roles in the U.S. and Canada, in mining and other industries,” said Phillips S. Baker, Jr., Hecla’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are pleased that he has chosen to join us at a time when Hecla is at its strongest – most reserves and production in our history – and as we continue to adopt new technologies to improve our productivity and extend mine life, and acquire new high-quality properties.”

Torex Announces Ten for One Share Consolidation

Torex Gold Resources Inc. announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has authorized the implementation of the consolidation of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares on the basis of one post-consolidation Common Share for every ten pre-consolidation Common Shares, effective June 30, 2016.

Americas Silver Corporation Announces Closing of the Concurrent Financing

Combined with the original private placement, the Company has raised aggregate gross proceeds of approximately C$32 million. The net proceeds of the original private placement and Offering are expected to be used by the Company for capital programs at the Galena Complex and San Rafael Property, debt repayment, working capital and general corporate purposes.

Copper Mineralisation Drilled at Loma Bonita

Azure’s Managing Director, Tony Rovira described the identification of semi-massive copper sulphide mineralisation as a very significant development for the Alacrán Project. “This discovery supports our geological model that the hydrothermal breccia at Loma Bonita is part of a feeder zone within a large mineralised system that may extend to significant depths. The gold-silver mineralisation within the near-surface oxide zone at Loma Bonita is the highest priority for our exploration program, and drilling is continuing there in order to delineate the overall size and grade of this mineralised zone…”

Almaden Provides Ixtaca Project Update

J. Duane Poliquin, chairman of Almaden commented: “We continue to advance Ixtaca towards a production decision. We are proud of our hardworking team that has allowed the Company to effect significant progress while limiting shareholder dilution despite the downturn in mining. We look forward to updating shareholders with further progress in the coming months as we focus on the preparation of a PFS study and permit submittal as well as exploration. Going forward we will begin to build a mining team to handle the final push towards production.”

Starcore Announces Pre-production Results from Altiplano Plant

“We have proven the ability to process various types of concentrate and expect to do this profitably with a consistent supply of concentrates and production,” said Robert Eadie, President of the Company. “Having tested concentrates received from 14 different suppliers, we are currently negotiating concentrate purchase agreements for the best quality concentrate that will bring a consistent supply. As stated before, we see the Altiplano Plant as a synergistic cash-flow producing arm of the Company, growing our asset base for our shareholders.”

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