Month: January 2024

Prime Mining Announces CEO Succession

Prime Mining Corp. announces that CEO Daniel Kunz is retiring effective February 1, 2024, and Mr. Scott Hicks, EVP, will succeed him as Chief Executive Officer at that time and has been appointed to the Board of Directors effective today.

Defiance Drills 33.76m of 217g/t AgEq and Encounters Increasing Cu Grades at San Acacio Project

Chris Wright, Chairman & CEO, commented: “We continue to be impressed by the strength of mineralization in the Veta Grande system both near-surface and at deeper levels. Our understanding of the mineralization controls continues to guide both resource development and resource expansion drilling. Follow-up drilling at San Acacio will focus on adding ounces within the resource area – including recently-identified zones likely to contain shallow, intact mineralization – and on further testing the deep extensions of the Veta Grande system.”

Orex Closes Private Placement

Orex Minerals Inc. announces that it has closed its non-brokered private placement in only one tranche as previously announced on November 28, 2023. As announced on December 20, 2023, the Company previously issued 1,225,000 units at a price of $0.15 per Unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $183,750 under the Offering.

Barksdale Resources Announces Update on “Best Efforts” Private Placement Offering Document

Barksdale Resources Corp. announces that it has filed a further amended and restated copy of the offering document related to the Company’s private placement originally announced December 20, 2023 in respect of its offering of common share units in the capital of the Company at a price of $0.40 per Unit, which was conditionally approved by the TSX Venture Exchange on January 5, 2024.

Equinox Gold Produces 564,500 Ounces of Gold in 2023, Reports 155,000 Ounces of Gold Produced in Fourth Quarter

Greg Smith, President & CEO of Equinox Gold commented: “Strong fourth quarter results capped off a good year for Equinox Gold. With 564,500 ounces of gold produced, we achieved our full-year production guidance. We also continued to advance Greenstone on budget and on schedule. Installation activities were effectively complete at December 31 and commissioning is underway to pour gold in the first half of 2024.”

Aura Announces Q4 2023 Production Results, 7% above Q3 2023

Rodrigo Barbosa, Aura’s President and CEO commented, “We have made considerable progress in the fourth quarter, with production enhancements across multiple operations and achieved our highest quarterly production in 2023, reaching 69k GEO. Production at Apoena significantly improved once we reached again the Ernesto pit and pushed some of the higher grades to early 2024. At Minosa, we stabilized the mine and achieved four consecutive quarters of production improvements. At Aranzazu, we maintained a high performance level during the quarter, with stable production.”

Alamos Gold Achieves Increased 2023 Guidance with Record Annual Production and Provides Three-Year Production and Operating Guidance

“We finished 2023 with another strong quarter, achieving the top end of our increased annual guidance with record production of 529,300 ounces of gold. This represented a 15% increase from 2022, at lower costs, driving a record financial performance and strong free cash flow, all while continuing to invest in high-return, low-cost growth,” said John A. McCluskey, President and Chief Executive Officer.

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