Category: Exploration and Development

First Majestic Silver Corp. and Orko Silver Corp. are pleased to announce that the companies have entered into a definitive agreement pursuant to which First Majestic has agreed to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Orko for consideration of 0.1202 of a common share of First Majestic plus $0.0001 in cash per Orko common share. The offer implies a value of C$2.72 per Orko share based on the closing prices of both First Majestic and Orko’s common shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange, respectively, on December 14, 2012. The offer represents a premium of approximately 69% to Orko’s 30-day volume-weighted average price for the period ending December 14, 2012. The transaction will be implemented by way of a plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia).

Almaden Minerals Ltd. is pleased to announce the discovery of a new area of mineralisation on Almaden’s 100% owned Tuligtic property, Mexico called the Tano zone. Five holes were drilled to test an area of where anomalous gold was detected in soil samples taken previously by the Company. One of the holes intersected significant mineralisation including 2.00 meters of 1.76 g/t gold. The Tano zone is one of several gold in soil anomalies on the greater than 14,000 hectare Tuligtic project that are located outside of the Ixtaca Zone.

Southridge Enterprises Inc. is please to announce that it has signed a Confidentiality Agreement with a major NYSE listed gold mining company regarding both the Cinco Minas and Gran Cabrera properties. Due to terms contained within the CA, the Company is unable to announce either details of the CA or the parties involved.

Sierra Metals Inc. is pleased to report that drilling at the Promontorio Mine of its Cusi property has encountered high grade silver mineralization over wide widths in what the Company believes is a previously-unknown vein within a deeper portion of the mine¡¯s disseminated zone.

Golden Tag Resources Ltd. is pleased to provide an overview of the 2012, Phase 6 drill program.

Primero Mining Corp. today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Cerro Resources NL whereby Primero will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Cerro by way of a scheme of arrangement under the Australian Corporations Act 2001. Cerro is an exploration and development company whose principal asset is 69%1 of the feasibility stage Cerro Del Gallo project, a gold-silver deposit with approximately 1.0 million ounces of gold equivalent proven and probable reserves and 2.3 million ounces of gold equivalent measured and indicated resources (inclusive of reserves)2, located in the province of Guanajuato, Mexico.

American International Ventures, Inc. has formed its Mexican subsidiary company “Oro De AIVN S.A. de C.V.” to begin its project named the “Motherlode”, a 300 Hectare parcel in the El Alamo mining district, Baja California, Mexico. Oro De AIVN is currently completing the road project to enable the delivery of its mining equipment sitting at the Mexican border awaiting export from San Diego.

Kimber Resources Inc. is pleased to announce the filing on SEDAR of its NI 43-101 compliant Technical Report, including the Updated Mineral Resource Estimate for the Carmen Deposit Monterde Project as detailed in the press release issued on October 24, 2012. The Technical Report was prepared by Micon International Limited, with assistance by Kirkham Geosystems Ltd. and Knight Piésold Consulting Ltd. The Monterde project is 100% owned and is located in Mexico’s Sierra Madre gold-silver belt.

El sector minero en el estado de Chihuahua reportó una inversión de 741 millones de dólares y generación de 839 empleos directos, según datos de la Dirección de Minería de la Secretaría Estatal de Economía.

Citation Resources Inc. is pleased to announce preliminary results of its airborne versatile time-domain electromagnetic survey completed in October 2012 over a substantial portion of the Biricu Gold Project located within Mexico’s Guerrero gold belt.