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A hearing regarding Tahoe Resources' (TSX:THO,NYSE:TAHO) Escobal mining license is scheduled for Monday(August 28), with a court ruling expected to follow in a few months. The company announced the news on Friday (August 24), also stating that the Guatemalan Constitutional Court has upheld alower court decision to provisionally suspend its mining license for Escobal. Escobal is one of the world's largest silver mines, and Tahoe'sshare price fell 20 percent on Friday on the news. The situation has been developing since May, when CALAS, a non-governmental organization, filed a claim against Guatemala's Ministry of Energy and Mines. CALAS alleged that the [...]

In August, Silvercorp Metals(TSX:SVM,NYSEMKT:SVM) reported a 134-percent increase in net income compared to the year-agoquarter, and announced adividend of $1.7 million for equity shareholders. Silvercorp Metals Vice President for Corporate Development Gordon Neal attributes the company's success to the Ying District, the GC mine'shigh grades and more importantly to the company's implementation of a productivity tool called the Enterprise Blog. As heputs it in the interview below, we are a profitable company in a sea where our competitors and our peers are losing money. The company was evenable to maintain its profitabilityduring Q2 of this year, when silver prices fell. [...]

Liberty Silver (CSE:LSL) ( Liberty or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement (the Agreement) for the lease and option to purchase of the Bunker Hill Mine (the Mine) in Idaho. The Bunker Hill Lease with Option to Purchase is between Liberty and Placer Mining Corporation (Placer Mining), the current owner of the Mine. President and CEO Bruce Reid stated: We are extremely pleased to have achieved this milestone. This will provide the Company time to both produce a mine plan and raise the money needed to move forward. This is a strong signal [...]

Sierra Metals (TSX: SMT) (BVL: SMT) (NYSE AMERICAN: SMTS) (Sierra Metals or the Company) today announced results from the expanded drilling program completed at theSanta Rosa de Limazone located adjacent to current operations within the Cusihuiriachic (Cusi) property, Chihuahua state,Mexico. The completion of this drilling program will now provide the necessary data to update the past mineral resource report and provide the Company with potential future mineable resources. Alonso Lujan, Vice President Exploration at Sierra Metals, said: The updated drilling program results not only confirm the existence of high-grade silver mineralization but also allows Sierra Metals the opportunity of upgrading [...]

Dolly Varden Silver (TSX.V: DV | U.S.: DOLLF)(the Company or Dolly Varden) is pleased to announce results from drilling on the Dolly Varden Silver Project in the Golden Triangle of northwesternBritish Columbia. Hole DV17-063 was drilled in the Central Sector and hit two zones of high-grade silver. Furthermore, the Board of Directors has approved an expansion to the 2017 exploration program budget from$3.5 million to $6.5 million. Hole DV17-063 was drilled to test the position of the Moose-Lamb Fault and to continue down to the area of the high-grade silver hit in the Dolly Varden-Torbrit Horizon (DVTH), previously announced in [...]

AbraPlata Resource (TSX.V:ABRA) (OTCQB:ABBRF) (Frankfurt:1AH) (AbraPlata or the Company) is pleased to report results of the second batch of samples received from SGS laboratories for holes DDH-17-132, DDH-17-133, and DDH-17-134 recently completed at the Fantasma Mineralized Zone on its Diablillos property (Figure 1). Drill hole DDH-17-134 (Figure 2), which was collared 70m SE of hole DDH-17-128 (subject of news release dated August 1, 2017), intersected 193.7g/t Ag over 11m(from 92m 103m down the hole), including348.8g/t Ag over 5m(from 93m 98m) in which a single sample returned795g/t Ag over 1m. Additional mineralization was intersected further down the hole grading102.7g/t Ag over [...]

Sphinx Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SFX) announces assay results from its spring drilling campaign on its 100% owned Green Palladium project (GPd), located in the Pontiac MRC in southwestern Quebec. Results from nine (9) of ten (10) drill holes support palladium-platinum mineralization (collectively PGE) with associated gold and copper mineralization. This mineralization is hosted within, or proximal to, a distinct meta-pyroxenite layer (marker horizon) within the Obwondiag layered igneous complex that intrudes sulphide-bearing dolomitic marbles and meta-volcanic rocks. Table 1 summarizes results and attachedTable 2lists all drill hole information and assayed intervals. Table 1: Drill hole information and results summary. Hole Name [...]

In August, Silvercorp Metals(TSX:SVM,NYSEMKT:SVM) reported a 134-percent increase in net income compared to the year-agoquarter, and announced adividend of $1.7 million for equity shareholders. Silvercorp Metals Vice President for Corporate Development Gordon Neal attributes the company's success to the Ying District, the GC mine'shigh grades and more importantly to the company's implementation of a productivity tool called the Enterprise Blog. As heputs it in the interview below, we are a profitable company in a sea where our competitors and our peers are losing money. The company was evenable to maintain its profitabilityduring Q2 of this year, when silver prices fell. [...]

Liberty Silver (CSE:LSL) ( Liberty or the Company) is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive agreement (the Agreement) for the lease and option to purchase of the Bunker Hill Mine (the Mine) in Idaho. The Bunker Hill Lease with Option to Purchase is between Liberty and Placer Mining Corporation (Placer Mining), the current owner of the Mine. President and CEO Bruce Reid stated: We are extremely pleased to have achieved this milestone. This will provide the Company time to both produce a mine plan and raise the money needed to move forward. This is a strong signal [...]

Arizona Silver Exploration Inc.(TSXV: AZS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dong H. Shim as CFO and Secretary of the Company, effective immediately. To facilitate this change, Richard Barnett has stepped down as CFO and Secretary of the Company. The Company wishes to thank Mr.Barnett for his service as an officer of the Company. Dong H. Shim is a member of the Chartered Professional Accountants of British Columbia and a Certified Public Accountant registered in the State of Illinois, United States. Mr. Shim has served as an audit partner on numerous audit engagements with a mid-size firm located in [...]