Urastar Hires Layne Drilling For El Antimonio Drill Program And La Juliana Update

Urastar Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a drilling contract with Layne Drilling de Mexico for Reverse Circulation drilling at the El Antimonio exploration property located in Sonora State, Mexico. A total of approximately 10,000 meters in 40 holes is planned with an anticipated start date of March 12, 2012.

Gold Resource Corp appoints new COO

Gold Resource Corp. (AMEX:GORO) said Monday that it has hired mining engineer Rick Irvine as the company’s new chief operating officer as it seeks to advance its Mexican operations.

BCSC declines to intervene in Baja Mining proxy battle

Baja Mining Corp. (BAJ-T0.99-0.05-4.81%) lost a bid to have securities regulators intervene in what has become one of the nastier proxy battles in Canada, casting doubt on one of the company’s claims about the dissident.

Chesapeake Updates Status of the Pre-Feasibility at Metates Regional Exploration Underway On Three New Mexican Prospects

Chesapeake Gold Corp. wishes to report on the current status of the pre-feasibility study on its 100% owned Metates project located in Durango State, Mexico. In support of the PFS, Chesapeake recently announced a new NI43-101 compliant resource for Metates (see NR2-2012) which estimates the project contains a total of 19.0 million ounces gold and 519 million ounces silver (Measured + Indicated), making it one of the largest undeveloped precious metal resources in the Americas.

Defiance Silver Makes Initial Payment for Processing Plant in Zacatecas

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — (Marketwire) — 03/06/12 — Defiance Silver Corp (“Defiance”) (TSX VENTURE:DEF) is pleased to announce that it has made the first payment in its option agreement with IMPACT Silver Corp (“IMPACT”) to acquire the Santa Gabriela 200tpd processing plant. Defiance has the option to purchase the Santa Gabriela processing plant in the historic Zacatecas Silver District from IMPACT in return for the payment of 2,680,500 Defiance common shares and a the payment of $1,955,200 payable within two years of the signing of the option agreement or upon commercial production.

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