Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. today reported new assay results from ongoing core drilling at its 100%-owned San Miguel Project in Mexico. The reported drill holes come from the high-grade gold and silver deposits of Don Ese North and La Union.
Argentum Silver Corp. reports that it has commenced the first phase of its drilling program at the 1053-hectare Coyote Property, located in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Argentum has planned a 2000-metre diamond drill program consisting of nineteen holes ranging in depth from 80 to 130 metres. These holes are targeted to test six of the identified mineralized veins from surface. Argentum can extend this drill program to 3000 metres or more without re-mobilizing the drill crew. This decision will be made based on initial results of the drilling.
Golden Tag Resources Ltd. is pleased to report the results from hole SD-11-46, the final hole of a 10,400 meter, Phase 5 surface exploration program on the San Diego Property, Durango State, Mexico. The property is a 50/50 joint venture between Golden Tag and Golden Minerals Company headquartered in Golden, Colorado.
A dispute over a water pipeline in San José del Progreso, a municipality in the Ocotlán district of the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, turned deadly on Jan. 18 when supporters of Mayor Alberto Mauro Sánchez Muñoz reportedly opened fire on demonstrators. Protesters Bernardo Méndez Vásquez and Abigail Vásquez Sánchez were wounded; Méndez Vásquez died the next day in a hospital in Oaxaca city, the state capital. Both were members of the United Peoples of the Ocotlán Valley Coordinating Committee (COPUVO), which has been engaged in a three-year struggle against the Trinidad silver mine owned by Compañia Minera Cuzcatlan S.A. de C.V., a subsidiary of Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.
Riverside Resources Inc. is pleased to report that an initial five hole drill program has commenced at the Pedernal Project in Durango, Mexico. The main focus of the program will be the Tablones Norte Vein, where the recent trenching and soil sampling returned encouraging results (News release January 24, 2012). The program also proposes to test the Milpas Vein structure with at least a single drill hole. Drill holes will vary from 200 to 400 metres in depth with angles of -50 degrees to -60 degrees.
Endeavour Silver Corp. announced today that it is forecasting its eighth consecutive year of production growth for 2012. The Company owns and operates two high grade, underground, silver-gold mines in Mexico, the Guanacevi Mine in Durango State and the Guanajuato Mine in Guanajuato State.
Goldgroup Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that additional diamond drill holes at the Company’s 100% wholly owned Caballo Blanco gold project in Veracruz, Mexico have yielded significant gold intercepts. All diamond drill holes are contained in completely oxidized, vuggy and siliceous rock occurring within and peripheral to the La Paila Zone, which lies within the Northern Zone. All 11 drill holes reported below (see Tables 1 and 2 and the drill hole location map) are above the established cut-off grade and are part of the ongoing drilling program intended to increase mineralized resources at Caballo Blanco. Of the 11 drill holes reported below, six of these drill holes further define the La Paila mineral resource, and the remaining five drill holes expanded the southwestern flank of the La Paila Zone. The zone currently remains open to the south and southwest.
Scorpio Mining Corporation is pleased to announce that the proposal to expand its 100% owned Nuestra Señora processing plant, located in Sinaloa, Mexico has been approved by its Board of Directors.
Base Case Study Shows an Internal Rate of Return of 19.5 % Before Tax and 14.8 % After Tax;
Estimates Recovery of 131 Million Ounces of Silver and 190 Thousand Ounces of Gold, 1.4 Billion Pounds of Zinc and 1.0 Billion Pounds of Lead in the Near Surface 30 Percent of the Cordero Resource
Azure Minerals has recommenced diamond drilling at its wholly owned El Tecolote Project in Mexico with an increased exploration budget from its joint venture partner, Japanese Government organisation Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC).
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