Almaden Minerals Ltd.(“Almaden” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce further results from the on-going 4 drill exploration program on the Company’s 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico with holes TU-11-95, TU-12-97 and TU-12-99 to 105. Holes TU-12-100 and 103 were drilled on the Northeast Extension Zone, along strike and north of the Main Ixtaca Zone. Both these holes intersected significant gold grades with TU-12-103 returning the highest grades encountered to date from the Northeast Extension Zone. Holes TU-11-95, TU-12-97, 101 to 104 were drilled into the Main Ixtaca Zone. Hole TU-12-99 was drilled to the south of the Main Ixtaca Zone and hole TU-12-105 was drilled on the Southeast Extension Zone. Final assays are pending for holes TU-12-96 (Main Ixtaca Zone) and 98 (Northeast Extension Zone).

One of Mexico’s three copper refineries owned by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso shut earlier this month, causing a rash of enquiries from domestic consumers looking for material, according to U.S. and Mexico-based market participants.

Silvermex Resources Inc. announces surface drill results from its producing La Guitarra property, located in the Temascaltepec Mining District, in the State of Mexico. To the end of January 2012, 59 holes had been completed totaling 7,633 m in 2011 and 2,290 m in January 2012 for a total of 9,923 m of the originally programmed 7,500 m surface diamond drilling program announced in September 2011. Assay results have been received for 40 of those completed holes, eight of which were announced in November 2011. Thirty-two additional holes are presented below in Table B.

Mexus Gold US is a company engaged in the evaluation, acquisition, exploration, development and production of mining properties and conducts salvage operations for the recovery of precious metals.

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.