Columbus Gold Announces In-Pit Gold Resource of 3.8 M oz. Indicated + 1.08 M oz. Inferred and a Very Significant Increase in Grade at Paul Isnard Project, French Guiana

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Apr 21, 2015) - Columbus Gold Corporation (TSX VENTURE:CGT) ("Columbus Gold") is pleased to announce that the most recently completed drilling program at its Montagne d'Or deposit (Paul Isnard Project) consisting of 26,600 meters in 126 core holes, has resulted in the following in-pit gold resource estimates, carried-out by independent consultants SRK.

At the breakeven gold cut-off grade of 0.40g/t:

Category Tonnes (M) Average Grade
(g/t Gold)
Contained Gold
(M oz)
Indicated 83.240 1.455 3.8
Inferred 22.370 1.550 1.1
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First Majestic Silver Corp. Announces Closing of C$30 Million Bought Deal Financing

VANCOUVER, April 22, 2015 - First Majestic Silver Corp. ("First Majestic" or the "Company") has announced today that it has closed the bought deal private placement announced on April 6, 2015, which was led by BMO Capital Markets (the "Underwriter").

The Company issued an aggregate of 4,620,000 common shares (the "Common Shares") at a price of C$6.50 per Common Share for gross proceeds of C$30,030,000 (the "Offering").

The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering for general working capital and ramp development at the La Guitarra Silver Mine from the Coloso mine to the Nazareno area with the aim of bringing Nazareno online by year end and to advance the permitting and planning process to develop Mina de Agua and El Rincon areas at La Guitarra. In addition, the Company intends to begin the planning process at the Plomosas Silver Project in Sinaloa for the preparation for a future Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).

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RETRANSMISSION - Balmoral Intersects 19.55 G/t Gold Over 44.45 Metres, Bug Lake Gold Trend, Martiniere Property, Quebec

Drilling Continues to Confirm Continuity of High Grade Core to Bug Lake Trend; New Cu-Zn-Ag-Au Intercept From Martiniere East System

VANCOUVER, BC--(April 20, 2015) - Balmoral Resources Ltd. ("Balmoral" or the "Company") (BAR.TO) (BALMF) today reported results for the first 9 holes from recently completed winter 2015 drill program on the Company's wholly owned Martiniere Property. The Martiniere Property forms part of the Company's 700+ square kilometre Detour Trend Project and is located approximately 40 km west of Balmoral's Grasset Ni-Cu-PGE discovery.

Results were highlighted by intercepts of 19.55 g/t gold over 44.45 metres, including 34.84 g/t gold over 24.14 metres in hole MDE-15-166, one of the strongest intercepts to date from the Footwall Zone, and 4.28 g/t gold over 53.78 metres from the combined Lower Bug Lake and Footwall Zones in hole MDE-15-73, including 7.01 g/t gold over 22.48 metres through the Footwall Zone.

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Roxgold announces first results from development infill drilling on the 55 Zone including 58.1 gpt gold over 4.1 metres

Initial Infill development drilling confirms model and continuity of high grade

TORONTO, April 14, 2015 - Roxgold Inc. (ROG:TSX.V) ("Roxgold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that is has commenced development drilling on the 55 Zone with six holes completed to date.

HIGHLIGHTS:

  • 58.1 grams per tonne ("gpt") gold over 4.8 metres (4.1 metres true width) including 117.6 gpt gold over 2.3 metres (2.0 metres true width) in diamond drill hole YRM-15-DD-302;
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Alamos Gold and AuRico Gold to Combine

Creating Leading Intermediate Gold Producer

TORONTO, April 13, 2015 - Alamos Gold Inc. ("Alamos") (TSX/NYSE:AGI) and AuRico Gold Inc. ("AuRico") (TSX/NYSE: AUQ) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their respective companies (the "Merger") by way of a plan of arrangement, creating a new, leading intermediate gold producer ("MergeCo"). The Merger combines two top-quality, highly-complementary asset portfolios, including two long-life, cash flow-generating gold mines: AuRico's Young-Davidson mine in Ontario, Canada and Alamos' Mulatos mine in Sonora, Mexico. The transaction is structured as a merger of equals with a transaction equity value of approximately US$1.5 billion.

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