Month: January 2024

Ranchero Announces Execution of a Definitive Agreement Related to the Disposition of its Santa Daniela Property

Ranchero Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that further to its press release of December 27, 2023, its wholly-owned subsidiary Minera y Metalurgia Paika, S.A. de C.V. has entered into a definitive agreement dated January 17, 2024 with Minas de Oro Nacional, S.A. de C.V., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Alamos Gold Inc., for the sale of Paika’s interest in four mineral licenses comprising an area of 5,390 hectares of the Company’s Santa Daniela mineral property located in Sonora, Mexico.

Aztec Drills Broad, Shallow Gold Mineralization Expanding the California Zone at the Cervantes Project, Sonora, Mexico; Including 1.03 gpT Au over 30.4m including High Grade Intersection of 13.8 gpT Au over 1.52m

Aztec Minerals Corp. announces the initial gold results from the recently completed Reverse Circulation exploration drilling program conducted in Q4 2023 at the California gold zone of the Cervantes project in Sonora, Mexico. The results of the first three of the total thirteen RC drill holes, CAL23-032 to 034, continued to intersect gold mineralization in the altered California intrusive porphyry complex extending the California gold zone to the West, North and to depth.

Argonaut Gold Announces 2023 Production Results

“Our Florida Canyon mine in Nevada and our Mexican mines had a solid year, surpassing the top end of production guidance on a combined basis by 9%. Our newest mine, Magino, met target start date of commissioning the mill in mid-May, however, ramp up of the mine and mill took longer than anticipated, resulting in the Company missing consolidated production guidance by a small margin.”

IMPACT Silver Drills and Discovers 6.9 Meters With 10.22% Zinc, 5.43% Lead and 27.7 g/t Silver in First Results at the Plomosas Mine

Chairman and CEO Fred Davidson commented, “We are pleased that our initial drilling and underground sampling program has returned high grades over mining widths in line with expectations at Plomosas. Our field crews have also begun exploration activity beyond the immediate mine area and have already identified some high priority drill targets.”

Vizsla Silver to Spin Out Net Smelter Royalty to Shareholders

Vizsla Silver Corp. is pleased to announce its intention to spin out the shares of Vizsla Royalties Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vizsla Silver, to the Company’s shareholders. Vizsla Royalties currently holds, indirectly, a net smelter royalty on any potential future mineral production at Vizsla Silver’s flagship, 100% owned Panuco silver-gold project located in Sinaloa, Mexico.

Guanajuato Silver Commences Processing 3rd Party Gold and Silver at El Cubo

Guanajuato Silver’s Chairman & CEO, James Anderson said, “We are excited to have reached this agreement which will utilize a considerable amount of the excess capacity that exists at our El Cubo mill. We believe both parties will mutually benefit from this agreement, as we collectively look to expand silver production in the Guanajuato area through the processing of low-cost and readily available material.”

Vortex Metal’s Recap of 2023 Milestones and Outline of 2024 Catalysts

CEO Vikas Ranjan commented: “We believe that 2024 will be a key year for Vortex, as the company will be advancing towards permitting both VMS projects in Mexico while advancing the highly prospective brownfield Illapel project in Chile. The Illapel project is adjacent to the Rio 27 mine, which has processed approximately 400,000 tonnes of ore at an average grade of 1.39% copper. Our senior geologist John Larson has identified highly prospective drill targets adjacent to and along the strike from the Rio 27 mine.”

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