Category: Exploration and Development

Sierra Madre Signs Drilling Contract for Penoles Project, Mexico

Management of Sierra Madre Developments Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company’s wholly owned Mexican subsidiary Minera Sierra Madre Exploraciones SA de CV, has signed a contract with Procesadora de Minerales de Durango SA de CV to complete a minimum of 2,500 meters of core drilling at the Company’s Penoles Project in the Durango Silver Belt, Mexico. The Project hosts a partially defined oxide gold prospect (El Capitan), two historic silver mines (Jesus Maria and San Rafael) and multiple early stage targets in a land package that covers more than half of the historic “Penoles Mining District”. Sierra Madre has an option to earn up to a 65% interest from Riverside Resources Inc. by incurring exploration expenditures and making cash and share payments to Riverside and the underlying property owners.

Goldgroup Provides Update on Environmental Permitting Status at Caballo Blanco

Goldgroup Mining Inc. has received its first set of written comments on its primary environmental permit for mining, the Environmental Impact Statement (“EIS”), at the 100%-owned Caballo Blanco gold project, from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recurso Naturales (“SEMARNAT”), also known as the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources. The EIS was submitted by Goldgroup to SERMANAT on December 16, 2011. SEMARNAT, which acts as the federal environmental regulatory agency in Mexico, provided its first written response to Goldgroup in line with the typical response time of 60 working days.

Rome Grants Riverside Option to Acquire Up to 75% of the Inguaran Property, Mexico

Rome Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that it, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Roma Recursos de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. has entered into an agreement with Riverside Resources Mexico, S.A. de C.V., the subsidiary of Riverside Resources Inc., whereby Riverside Mexico can earn up to a 75% interest in six mineral concessions comprising 6,539 hectares located in the Inguaran Project, Michoacan, Mexico. In order to exercise its initial option to acquire a 51% interest in the Property, Riverside Mexico must complete at least $3,000,000 worth of exploration expenditures on the Property by March 2, 2015. If this first option is exercised, Riverside Mexico will then have a second option to increase its interest to 75% by incurring an extra $2,000,000 in exploration expenditures by the second anniversary of the date the Initial Option was exercised.

Torex Signs Final Long-Term Ejido Land Lease Agreement at Morelos

Torex Gold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Minera Media Luna S.A. de C.V., has signed a long-term, common land lease agreement with the Real del Limon Ejido for all of the remaining common use land that is required (222 hectares) for the future construction, mining, and processing of gold at its Morelos Gold Project in Guerrero State, Mexico.

California Gold Corp.: AuroTellurio Project – Second Update

California Gold Corp. recently announced that it is planning to start a drilling program at its AuroTellurio Project located near the town of Moctezuma in Sonora, Mexico. Diamond drilling operations, involving a total of 3,000 meters of core drilling aimed to test three specific targets, are scheduled to commence in April 2012.

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