Category: Exploration and Development

In return for more than doubling its share float, a Halifax junior exploration company has gained access to the equivalent of $1-billion worth of Mexican precious metals, according to an independent report.

Lone Star Gold, Inc. is pleased to announce it has made arrangements with a local processing plant to receive up to 200 tons per day of washed concentrate from the Company’s Tailings Project. The Tailings Project represents 1.2 million tons of mine tailings near the city of Hidalgo Del Parral in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico.

Riverside Resources Inc. and its partner, Sierra Madre Developments are pleased to announce drill results including 20.9 meters of 1.01 g/t gold from the first two drill holes completed as part of the 2012 drill program at the El Capitan Target (a bulk tonnage oxide gold target), which forms part of the Company’s Peñoles Project in Durango, Mexico. Drilling in 2011 tested approximately 60% of the strike extent of the zone and the objective of the current drill program (funded by Sierra Madre) is to test the down-dip extent, further test the westward strike extension, and provide sufficient drill hole density for an initial resource calculation on the El Capitan gold zone.

• New soil anomalies indicate gold potential over 650 meters of strike length at Santa Catarina gold project
• The Company is securing drill permits for the commencement of the first phase of drilling at Santa Catarina gold project
• A ground geophysical survey prior to initial drill testing is planned to assist in target definition

Cayden Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received new trench assays from the La Magnetita prospect at its Morelos Sur Gold Project. Highlights include 24m of 1.65 g/t Au, 25m of 0.72 g/t Au, and 25m of 0.52 g/t Au. The intercepts are in the western part of the five km long soil anomaly (see NR dated May 16, 2012). To date, approximately one km of the anomaly has had extensive road and trench construction with the mineralized trenches occurring over a 700m strike length (please see www.caydenresources.com for a trench location map). An additional 363 trench samples are pending assay and will be released shortly. In addition, Cayden has also been constructing a detailed geologic map of the La Magnetita area and has begun drill pad construction. The Company expects to begin drilling at La Magnetita within a week’s time.

Golden Minerals Company is pleased to announce the sale of the Company’s 1% net smelter royalty interest in the Platosa property to Excellon Resources Inc. for US$2.4 million. The Platosa property, which is located north of Torreon, Mexico, is a silver, lead and zinc mine owned by Excellon. At current metal prices, the Company was realizing approximately $400,000 per year in royalty payments. Closing of the transaction is anticipated within thirty days with an effective date of June 1, 2012.

Minaurum Gold Inc. is pleased to report that Ocean Park Ventures Corp has released significant additional copper- silver intercepts from the third and fourth holes of their Phase 1 drilling program on Minaurum’s Adelita Project. (see Ocean Park news release dated May 31, 2012) Drill hole (CGDD12-012) cut 201.4 metres of 0.52% Copper from 27 to 228.4 metres downhole, including 69.3 m of 1.28% Copper; 0.36 g/t Gold and 32.6 g/t Silver.

Baja Mining Corp., which raised going concern doubts earlier this month, will cut 40 percent jobs at its headquarters in Vancouver as it does not expect additional funding for its copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico by mid-June.

Hole LP1008 drilled at Rincon del Caido near previously disclosed hole LP986 and testing the same stratigraphy has encountered two mineralized zones separated by 100 metres within the same marble unit. The upper zone assayed 332 g/t (9.7 oz/T) Ag, 11.40% Pb, 9.74% Zn over 1.91 m. A narrow felsic dyke, another indication of a Source environment was found between the two intersections;

Tara Minerals Corp. is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, Adit Resources Corp., has entered into an agreement for the sale of American Copper Mining S.A. de C.V., the holder of Adit’s Picacho group of concessions, to Yamana Mexico Holdings B.V., a subsidiary of Yamana Gold Inc.