USCorp updates its shareholders and the public regarding development of its Picacho Salton properties in Imperial County, California. Key management and members of the exploration team recently participated in a productive teleconference with representatives of the Imperial County office of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) responsible for granting approval to drill and to mine USCorp’s Picacho...
Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. announce that the Company’s common shares will be listed and begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) at the opening of trading on Monday, January 18, 2010 under its current symbol “FVI”. Fortuna’s common shares will be delisted from the TSX Venture Exchange upon commencement of trading on the TSX. Mr. Jorge Ganoza, President and CEO, said:...
Candente Resource Corp. and Candente Gold Corp. has announce the closing on December 30th of three tranches totalling $9,028,130 in the previously announced private placement offering of common shares of Candente Gold (the “Financing”). Exploration will commence in January on the El Oro property in Mexico. A program of underground drifting and drilling will target extensions to high-grade...
Southern Silver Exploration Corp. has now closed the second tranche of the previously announced private placement (NR-06-09, Nov. 24, 09) consisting of 3,590,000 million units for proceeds of C$359,000. The company announced on December 10, 2009 (NR-07-09) that it had closed the first tranche of the private placement respecting 14,570,000 units aggregating C$1,457,000. The private placement was oversubscribed...
Lime Rock, a private equity firm focusing on the global energy sector, today announces the closing of Lime Rock Resources II with $410 million in total capital commitments. Like the first Lime Rock Resources fund, Lime Rock Resources II will seek to acquire, directly operate, and improve lower-risk oil and gas properties in the United States. Together with the Lime Rock Partners funds, which invest...
Further to its news release dated March 03, 2009, Garibaldi Resources Corp. announce that wide spaced soil sampling on the Company’s 100% owned Tonichi Project in Sonora, Mexico has identified a significant “gold in soil” anomaly over one of its high priority hyperspectral target areas. The soil geochemical survey outlined strongly anomalous Au values (112 samples returned gold values...
Kootenay Gold Inc. announce drilling is underway at Promontorio. The program is designed to drill untested targets; expand on mineralization discovered at the Pit Discovery; and step-out across the 2km Dorotea Trend. The 5000 meter program expected to be completed by year end, will focus on targets identified by systematic exploration (3D IP Geophysical Survey; Mapping; Sampling; EM Airborne Study;...
Santa Fe Gold Corporation announced that the New Mexico Office of the State Engineer has issued a permit required to proceed with construction of the tailings dam impoundment at the Banner Mill located near Lordsburg, New Mexico. The company expects to complete construction of the tailings impoundment during the current quarter and to begin processing operations shortly thereafter. “With this important...
First Majestic Silver Corp. and Normabec Mining Resources Ltd. have entered into a definitive agreement whereby First Majestic will acquire Normabec. The transaction will be an all-share transaction by way of plan of arrangement. The Agreement, among other things provides that First Majestic will acquire Normabec in exchange for the issuance directly to Normabec’s shareholders of 0.060425 First...
Xtierra Inc. announce that it has entered into an option agreement with private Mexican interests whereby it may acquire a 100% interest in the El Dorado gold project within 2,890 hectares of mining claims located in the Pinos district of southeastern Zacatecas State, Mexico. The property is located within the Central Mexican Mineral Belt and has an existing small-scale underground gold mining operation...