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Americas Silver (TSX: USA) (NYSE MKT: USAS) (Americas Silver or the Company) is pleased to announce initial results from recent exploration drilling on its 100% owned Zone 120 deposit, adjacent to the San Rafael development project, part of the Cosal Operations property in Sinaloa, Mexico. Darren Blasutti, President & CEO of Americas Silver Corporation, said: We are very encouraged by the initial success of this drilling. Not only did the infill drilling increase the confidence of the existing resource at Zone 120, but the step out drilling to the southern extension confirms our geologists view of a larger, more robust [...]

Silvercorp Metals Inc.(TSX:SVM, NYSEMKT:SVM) is pleased to report results of the first half of its 2017 exploration programs at the TLP and LME mines, Ying Mining District,Henan Province,China. In the first half of 2017, the Company completed 17,230 meters (m) of underground diamond drilling and 6,196m of exploration tunneling at the TLP and LME mines. Underground drilling continuously extended the major mineralized vein structures along strike and downdip, and drift tunneling exposed high-grade mineralized zones at both mines. Highlights of selected intersections of drill holes: LME Mine: Hole ZKL51A21 intersected a 6.85m interval from 21.32m to 28.17m, 6.74m true width, [...]

Arizona Mining Inc.(TSX:AZ)(Arizona Mining or the Company) is pleased to report results from water well WW-1 drilled on its patented ground as part of the water supply testing program (the Program) on the Hermosa Project (the Project) in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The 14-inch diameter well was completed on June 29, 2017 to a final depth of 1,326 feet. After hole conditioning, a pumping test was completed at a rate of 1,100 gallons of water per minute (gpm) to determine the potential capacity of the well and supporting aquifer. After 72 hours of pumping at the 1,100 gpm rate, it [...]

Kagin's Auctions will be offering the Harry Bass 1860 $5 proof Half Eagle as a part of their September 15th West Coast Auction in conjunction with the Santa Clara Expo coin show. The $5 gold piece, graded PR65+CAM by Professional Coin Grading Service is one of the keys to the proof Half Eagle series. Despite a reported mintage of 62 pieces, the 1860 $5 is the second rarest proof Half Eagle produced at the Philadelphia Mint after regular production of gold proofs began in 1858. A census of the issue, to be published in the catalogue, traces six examples in [...]

Zinc One Resources Inc. (Zinc One or the Company)announces that Zinc One's request to suspend the mine closure at the former Bongar Zinc-Oxide mine has been approved by the Peru Ministry of Energy and Mines. This is a critical step in order for Zinc One to commence exploration activity on the Bongar Zinc-Oxide Mine Project. The decision allows Zinc One to utilize the current Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) attached to the project for current and future permitting. The sampling programme to update the environmental baseline study for this EIA is near completion and an application for the initial drilling platforms [...]

Tahoe Resources(TSX: THO, NYSE:TAHO) (Tahoe or the Company) today reported that it has learned through unconfirmed sources that the Guatemalan Constitutional Court issued a decision upholding the lower court's preliminary decision to provisionally suspend the mining license of Tahoe's Guatemalan subsidiary,Minera San Rafael(MSR). This decision responds to an appeal filed byMinera San Rafaelin an action brought by the anti-mining organization, CALAS, againstGuatemala'sMinistry of Energy and Mines (MEM) in May. CALAS alleged that MEM violated the Xinca Indigenous people's right to consultation in advance of granting the Escobal mining license to MSR. The Constitutional Court decision upholds the lower court's preliminary [...]

Gold up over 100% in major currencies since financial crisis Gold up 100% in USD, 124% in EUR and surged 200% in GBP Gold has outperformed equity, bonds and most assets Gold remains an important safe-havenin long term Gold prices from August 9th 2007 to August 9th 2017 It has been ten years since the global financial crisis began to take hold. At the time, few would have known that BNP Paribas' decision to freeze three hedge funds was the signal for the deepest recession in living memory and a near-collapse of the financial system. As the French bank blamed [...]

US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin visits Fort Knox Gold Later tweeted 'Glad gold is safe!' Only the third Treasury Secretary to visit the fortified vault, last visit was 1948 Last Congressional visit was 1974 Speculation over existence of gold in Fort Knox is rife Concerns over Federal Reserves lack of interest in carrying to an audit on gold Gold was last counted in 1953, nine yearsbefore Mnuchin was born Mnuchin may be looking to prevent countries and states from worrying about and repatriatingtheir gold US Treasury Secretary 'assumes' the gold is still in Fort Knox, 64 years after it was [...]

Glen Eagle Resources (TSX VENTURE:GER) (Glen Eagle or the Company) is pleased to report that Cobra Oro, a wholly owned Honduran subsidiary of Glen Eagle, has produced 223 ounces of gold and 1,305 ounces of silver, representing approximately $CDN 380,000 in dore bars between July 1 and August 15, 2017. The cash flow after consideration of All-In Sustaining Cost (AISC) was approximately $CDN 150,000 for the period. Sales in dore bars between July 1 and August 15, 2017 reached $CDN $440,000. These results represents an important turnaround from Q2 2017 where the Company sold $285,000 in dore bars due to [...]

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 [...]