Astral Mining Corporation announces that the annual general and special meeting of the shareholders of Astral will be held on Thursday, January 31, 2013 at Suite 700, 595 Burrard Street, Vancouver, British Columbia at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time).

Several major accomplishments have bolstered a Vancouver junior mining company with operations in Mexico recently, in spite of persistent and tumultuous market conditions.

GoGold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received final approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange for the listing of 153,437,164 common shares of the Company, of which 128,288,331 Common Shares are issued and outstanding and 25,148,833 Common Shares are reserved for issuance on the exercise of outstanding warrants and options.

AuRico Gold Inc. today announces fourth quarter and annual operational results and also provides operational and capital investment guidance for 2013. All amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated. The Company will host a conference call and webcast on Friday, January 18, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time .

Scorpio Mining Corporation today announced its operating results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2012 and total 2012 production results for the Nuestra Señora Operation in Mexico.

Plata Latina Minerals Corporation has today entered into an agreement with Canaccord Genuity Corp., under which the Underwriter has agreed to buy, on a bought deal private placement basis, 7,500,000 Units of the Company at an issue price of C$0.40 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of C$3,000,000.

Gold Resource Corporation today announced preliminary 2012 fourth quarter and record year-end mill production of approximately 90,432 precious metal gold equivalent ounces and sets its 2013 Outlook. Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold and silver producer with operations in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The Company has returned over $69 million to shareholders in monthly dividends since declaring commercial production July 1, 2010, and offers shareholders the option to convert their cash dividends into physical gold and silver.