Category: Exploration and Development

Santo Mining Corporation, announced that on March 13, 2012 the Company entered into a definitive long-term license agreement with Campania Minera Los Angeles Del Desierto SA De CV (Mexico) to develop and mine its three metallic concessions located at Ocampo, Coahuila, Mexico, 45 miles south of the United States border. Pursuant to the 15 year Agreement, the Concessionaire will receive a 40% of any royalty from the Concessions and the Company will keep the remaining 60%. The Concessions total more than 7.27 square kilometers and have been assayed for Gold and Silver with impressive grades. Most entitlements are in place including the environmental permit.

Soltoro Ltd. has received the first year anniversary option payment of US $125,000 from Gold Reserve Inc. who has the right to earn an undivided 51% interest in Soltoro’s 100% owned La Tortuga property located in Jalisco State, Mexico.

Plata Latina Minerals Corporation is pleased to announce additional drill results from its most recent drill program on its Naranjillo and Vaquerias projects.

Bearing Resources Ltd. wishes to announce that further to the news releases dated November 28, 2012 and March 14th, 2013, that the Company’s agreement with Patriot Minefinders Ltd whereby Patriot could earn up to a 75% interest in the 13,400 hectare Kilometer 66 property located in Durango, Mexico has terminated. In addition the company has elected to terminate its underlying option agreement with the Mexican vendors as originally announced on March 12th 2012.

International Northair Mines Ltd. is pleased to announce that Focus Ventures Ltd. has reported to Northair that a drill program has commenced at the Company’s El Reventon silver-gold property, located in the State of Durango, Mexico.

First Majestic Silver Corp. is pleased to announce that the expansion that commenced at the La Guitarra Silver Mine in November 2012 is now complete. The processing plant’s capacity increased by 40% to 500 tpd from 350 tpd and commercial production is expected to reach 500 tpd during the month of May.

United States Antimony Corporation reported the start up of an antimony oxide mineral circuit at its Puerto Blanco antimony flotation mill located in Guanajuato, Mexico which increases its milling capacity from 150 tons per day to 225 tons per day. With the exception of USAC’s Los Juarez property, most antimony properties in Mexico contain oxide or mixed oxide-sulfide minerals. The sulfide minerals are recovered by flotation, but the oxide minerals must be recovered by gravimetric methods.

70 m at Average of 5.25g/t AuEq over 1.7m Width on Carmen Level 3

Gold Reserve Completes $125,000 Option Payment to Soltoro in Preparation for Drilling the La Tortuga Copper Gold Project

Scorpio Mining Corporation reports that the federal Mexican Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) has issued to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Platte River Gold, S. de R.L. de C.V., a resolution approving the Environmental Impact Statement pertaining to its application for the development of underground mining operations at the El Cajón and San Rafael projects, located in the Cosalá Norte District, 14 and 17 kilometers by road respectively from the Nuestra Señora processing facility.