VANCOUVER, April 26, 2017 - Sandstorm Gold Ltd. ("Sandstorm") (NYSE MKT: SAND, TSX: SSL) and Mariana Resources Ltd. ("Mariana") (TSX.V: MARL, AIM: MARL) are pleased to announce that the board of directors of Sandstorm and the independent directors of Mariana have reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended share and cash acquisition by which the entire issued ordinary share capital of Mariana (that Sandstorm does not already own) will be acquired by Sandstorm by means of a Court-sanctioned scheme of arrangement under Part VIII of the Companies (Guernsey) Law (the "Combination").  

 

Highlights of the Combination

The Combination is expected to create a leading mid-tier stream and royalty company (the "Combined Group"), delivering significant benefits to shareholders of Mariana and Sandstorm. The Combined Group will have:

A diversified portfolio of 155 streams and royalties including 20 producing, 23 development-stage, 26 advanced exploration-stage and 86 exploration-stage assets (the "Stream and Royalty Portfolio"). Of the projects that make up the Stream and Royalty Portfolio, 63% are located in North America, 19% in South America, 12% in Asia, 3% in Africa and 3% in Australia.

12 of 12 drill holes intersect significant gold mineralization

 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(April 25, 2017) - First Mining Finance Corp. ("First Mining" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: FF)(OTCQX:FFMGF)(FRANKFURT:FMG) is pleased to announce the first assay results from the first 12 holes of a 106 hole, 28,500 metre diamond drill in-fill program on its 100% owned Goldlund Gold Project ("Goldlund"), located near the town of Sioux Lookout in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

 

Highlights:

Hole GL-17-044 intersected 26.0 metres of 2.14 grams per tonne gold

Including 2.0 metres of 18.43 grams per tonne gold

Hole GL-17-021 intersected 52.0 metres of 2.21 grams per tonne gold

Including 2.0 metres of 43.09 grams per tonne gold

New High Grade Intercepts in Lynx Discovery

 

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(April 25, 2017) - Osisko Mining Inc. (TSX:OSK) ("Osisko" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce new results from the ongoing drill program at its 100% owned Windfall Lake gold project located in Urban Township, Québec. The current 400,000 metres drill program combines definition drilling above the Red Dog intrusion ("Red Dog"), expansion drilling above and below Red Dog, expansion drilling to the NE of the main deposit, and exploration drilling on the greater deposit and Urban-Barry Project area. Significant new analytical results from eight drill holes focused on infill and expansion drilling in the Lynx discovery as well as the Caribou, Underdog and the 27 zones are reported in the table below.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(April 20, 2017) -Auryn Resources Inc. (TSX:AUG)(OTCQX:GGTCF) ("Auryn" or the "Company") is pleased to announce it has initiated its spring mobilization at the Committee Bay gold project ("Committee Bay") located in Nunavut, Canada. The large-scale mobilization currently underway is transporting fuel and supplies to the region for the belt-wide summer exploration program, this will include 25,000 meters of drilling expected to start June 3, 2017. The focus of the program will be on making discoveries across the 12 newly identified high priority targets (Figure 1). Drilling will be focused within the Anuri, Four Hills, Three Bluffs, and Inuk corridors. In addition, regional till sampling will be completed on the 15% of the belt yet to be explored to delineate additional targets for 2018.