Month: October 2018

Drilling Intersects Additional Near Surface Copper Mineralization – Samalayuca Property, Chihuahua State, MX

VVC’s Chairman, Dr. Terrence Martell pointed to the results from the GEEZ drilling as further confirmation of the potential of the Company’s Samalayuca Copper Property and added: “We have two more zones to drill in this campaign, the trapezoid-like area in the Suerte and Juliana zones and around the old Concha pit. So far the results of this campaign have validated our hypothesis regarding the significant potential of the Samalayuca Copper Project.”

Minera Alamos Drills 93.5 Metres of 0.65 g/t Gold From Surface at Santana Project

“In addition to near-term production potential, a criteria for all of the projects in the Company’s development portfolio is that the concession areas contain significant exploration upside. While we have been aggressively pursuing production permits our exploration team has been working in parallel to expand geological models and target high priority areas for resource expansion potential.” stated Darren Koningen, CEO of Minera Alamos. “These very encouraging drill results at the Santana project are the start of an ongoing exploration program designed to demonstrate the significant untapped value contained in our development assets”.

Capstone Mining Places Minto Mine on Temporary Care and Maintenance

“The decision to put Minto on care and maintenance while we seek alternatives is to preserve and maximize its value,” said Darren Pylot, President and Chief Executive Officer of Capstone. “The team will ensure Minto can be restarted efficiently and safely once the copper and equity markets improve. Minto has been an important part of Capstone’s history and we thank the team at Minto for their commitment and dedication.”

Americas Silver Corporation Provides Updated Mineral Reserve and Resource Estimates

“The Company has done a good job at managing its proven and probable mineral reserves and measured and indicated resources despite modest exploration budgets,” said Darren Blasutti, President and CEO. “With reserves and measured and indicated resources of approximately 100 million ounces of silver, 1.1 billion pounds of zinc, and over 800 million pounds of lead across our royalty- and stream-free properties, we provide very attractive production optionality and per share resource leverage to higher commodity prices.”

Endeavour Silver Produces 1,428,828 oz Silver and 12,968 oz Gold (2.4 Million oz Silver Equivalents) in the Third Quarter, 2018

Endeavour CEO and Director Bradford Cooke commented, “During the third quarter, El Cubo production continued to outperform, but Guanaceví and Bolañitos fell short of plan resulting in steady quarterly production. Looking ahead to Q4, 2018, management anticipates higher silver and gold production due mainly to higher anticipated throughput and grades at Guanaceví and initial production from El Compas.”

Fortuna reports production of 2.2 million ounces of silver and 12,542 ounces of gold for the third quarter of 2018

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. is pleased to reportproduction results for the third quarter of 2018 from its two operating mines in Latin America, the San Jose Mine in Mexico and the Caylloma Mine in Peru. The Company produced 2.2 million ounces of silver and 12,542 ounces of gold, plus base metal by-products. Silver and gold production for the first nine months totaled 7.0 million ounces and 42,140 ounces respectively; being 13 percent and 16 percent above the Company´s nine month projection. Fortuna is on schedule to produce 8.3 million ounces of silver and 48.3 thousand ounces of gold or 11.4 million Ag Eq ounces in 2018 in accordance with our production guidance.

Leagold Appoints Attie Roux as Chief Operating Officer

Leagold Mining Corporation reports that Adriaan “Attie” Roux has been appointed to a newly created role of Chief Operating Officer for an initial term of six months. Mr. Roux is a Metallurgical Engineer with over 40 years of operational, technical and executive management experience in the mining industry.

Advance Hits Epithermal Veins Deeper in Phase 2 Drilling Also Hits 5 New Blind Veins

Allan Barry Laboucan, President and CEO of Advance Gold Corp. commented: “The Tabasquena project is in a region renowned for world-class mines, primarily from epithermal veins. In our first 7 holes on the project, we have drilled the known Tabasquena vein, which had historical silver production in the oxide zone, drilling below the historical mining workings is where we found our high-grade gold discovery, Drilling in phase 1 and 2 have tested deeper at the Tabasquena vein, discovered 8 other epithermal veins, 5 of the new discoveries completely blind, no surface outcropping vein nor geophysical expression. Our exploration team is excited about the prospects of finding a cluster of epithermal veins, in such an important region for mining epithermal veins containing precious metals…”

Sonoro Launches 10,000 m Drill Program at Cerro Caliche

“We are pleased to report that the data from the current sampling program conducted by Sonoro’s technical teams substantiate the data from prior sampling programs,” said Kenneth MacLeod, President and CEO of Sonoro. “The combination of new and historic data has enabled Sonoro to develop a strong understanding of the geologic structure, leading to a more precise targeting of drill holes for the current program and the expansion of surface sampling in the 14 km² project area, where additional mineralized zones are being evaluated.”

VVC Exploration – Placement Financings, Bonus Shares & Options Grant

The Company’s non-brokered equity private placement financing has been increased to CA$2.5 from the previously announced $1.2 million. The Company has raised to-date about CA$1.9 million and expects to close by November 5. The proceeds of these Financings will be used for ongoing drilling program, maintenance fees and option payments on the Company’s Samalayuca Copper Project, and for fees and work related to its Cumeral and La Tuna projects in Mexico, general administration costs in Canada and Mexico and for working capital.

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