Category: Exploration and Development

Pacific Cascade Minerals Inc. is pleased to report the first 3 drill holes of the 12 hole Phase 1 drill program on the La Esperanza silver zone, El Centenario Property, Durango, Mexico. The Phase 1 program has tested 625 meters of strike length and the La Esperanza zone remains open to the north, south, and to depth. The 3 drill holes ESP 12-1,2,3 are summarized as to location, azimuth, and dip on the table below.

Dia Bras Exploration Inc. is pleased to report that continued drilling from the surface at its Promontorio mine (“figure 1:Cusi Project Map View”) has discovered more wide zones of disseminated silver mineralization. Additionally, the Company has provided an update on its pilot mining operations at the Cusi property for December 2011 and January 2012.

Mexico’s mining production rose 5.4% in December from the year-ago month, led by output of copper and coal, with smaller gains in silver, the National Statistics Institute, or Inegi, said Wednesday.

Soltoro Ltd. and Argentum Silver Corp. are pleased to announce assay results from the first four diamond drill holes completed on the El Tajo vein at the Coyote property located in Jalisco, Mexico.

Golden Goliath is pleased to announce that exploration work on the Company’s wholly-owned Nopalera property is progressing very well. Surface work, including geology, geophysics and geochemistry is delineating targets for the first ever diamond drilling program on the property, to be undertaken as soon as drill target definition is complete.

Zinco Mining Corporation has completed an in-house technical review of its Cuale VMS Camp and proposes a drilling program that will allow it to calculate an initial resource estimate on at least one of the prospects. This proposal is a follow-up to the drilling program in 2011 when the Company completed 1534.8 metres of HQ diamond drilling in 14 holes. The drilling was split between San Juan (955.3 m in 9 holes) and Jesus Maria (579.5 m in 5 holes) in the Cuale VMS camp, one of several VMS camps in the Company’s Jalisco VMS Project concessions.

Geologix Explorations Inc. is pleased to announce the acquisition of an option to earn a 100% interest in the La Carreta gold-copper-silver property in Michoacán State Mexico. La Carreta property is located approximately 20 km north-east of the Company’s Tepal project. The concession covers 207 hectares (2.07 square km) and is proximal to water and power, and accessible via paved highway and agricultural roads.

San Marco Resources Inc. is pleased to report it has granted an option to Skanderbeg Capital Partners Inc. of Vancouver, BC to acquire a 50% interest in San Marco’s La Buena property, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Caballo Blanco es punta de lanza, otras vienen a Perote y Los Tuxtlas. Servicio Geológico Mexicano promueve el territorio ante transnacionales.

Goldgroup Mining Inc. is responding to recent unconfirmed Mexican newspaper articles quoting certain statements by the Governor of the State of Veracruz on the environmental permitting regarding Goldgroup’s Caballo Blanco project. Goldgroup has not been directly contacted by, or been in communication with, any State officials in relation to the statements recently reported.