VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Mercator Minerals Ltd. (TSX:ML) (“Mercator” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce its production results for the three months ended June 30, 2011 from its wholly-owned Mineral Park Mine in Arizona. Production for the quarter totaled 11.18 million pounds of copper, 1.76 million pounds of molybdenum and 180,569 ounces of silver as compared to guidance of 9.5 million pounds of copper and 1.0 million pounds of molybdenum.

International Northair Mines Ltd. (TSXV: INM) (the “Company” or “Northair”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Thomas Burkhart to the Company’s Board of Directors.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA – Capstone Mining Corp. (TSX: CS) today announced its operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011 from its two operating mines, Cozamin and Minto. Combined production totalled 21.2 and 37.9 million pounds of copper in concentrates in the second quarter and first six months, respectively, with additional by-products of lead, zinc, silver and gold.

Cardero Resource Corp. (“Cardero” or the “Company”) – (TSX: CDU, NYSE-A: CDY, Frankfurt: CR5) announces the appointment of Mr. Guy Gilron as Vice President, Environment & Community Relations, effective July 11, 2011. Mr. Gilron will be responsible for developing and implementing the Company’s environmental and community relations policies and practices. The immediate focus of this effort will be overseeing environmental baseline studies, permitting activities, and community consultations associated with Cardero’s Carbon Creek Metallurgical Coal deposit located in the Peace River Coal Field of north eastern British Columbia.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Gold Resource Corporation (NYSE Amex: GORO) is pleased to confirm record mineral production for the second quarter of 2011. Gold Resource Corporation is a low-cost gold producer with operations in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jul 05, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Aura Silver Resources Inc. (“Aura Silver” or the “Company) announces that it has granted stock options for a total of 2,400,000 common shares of the Company to officers, directors and consultants of the Company. These stock options are exercisable at $0.23 per stock option and expire on July 1, 2016. These stock options vest over an eighteen month period following the grant date.

Southern Silver Exploration (TSX-V:SSV, FRA:SEG) has increased the size of its previously announced private placement and tweaked the exercise price of warrants attached to the deal.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – June 30, 2011) – Timmins Gold Corp. (TSX:TMM) is pleased to report its fourth quarter and fiscal year end March 31, 2011 financial results.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA–(Marketwire – June 29, 2011) – BACANORA MINERALS LTD. (TSX VENTURE:BCN) (the “Corporation” or “Bacanora”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. James Leahy of London, England, as a director of the Corporation. Mr. Leahy will fill the vacancy on the board created by the resignation of Mr. George Jones, a founding shareholder and director of the Corporation. The board of directors wishes to express its utmost thanks and gratitude to Mr. Jones for his years of faithful service during the formative years of the Corporation and to wish him most sincere best wishes in his future endeavours. Although he will no longer serve as a director of the Corporation, Mr. Jones will continue on with the Corporation in a consulting capacity in respect of general corporate structuring and tax matters.

AuRico Gold Inc. (AUQ.TO) has hit a new year high of $10.56 after providing an update of drilling results from the El Chanate Mine in Sonora, Mexico.