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The Mining and Exploration News in Mexico: Highlights on the Second Week of February, 2026

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Near-surface oxidized copper mineralization

By Miguel A Heredia

During the 7th week of the year (February 9th to February 15th 2026), at least 29 press releases were announced by companies working in Mexico, and 1 news publish by the media, with eight announcing financial rounds, six disclosing deals and corporate issues, five commenting on Mexican issues, four informing on exploration results, and three communicating production results.  ON MEXICO ISSUES, Vizsla provided an update on the unfortunate situation in Concordia, Sinaloa. Marcelo Ebrard, Secretariat of Economy, announced that the Mexican government has recovered over 1,100 mining concessions that were not in compliance with the law or were being used for speculation. Pacifica Silver, Capitan Silver, Mithril, Southern Silver, and Minaurum reported the best drilling intercepts in Mexico on the second week of February, 2026. ON EXPLORATION, In Sinaloa, Mercado Minerals received drill permit for its Copalito project. In Durango, Capitan Silver reported the arrival of a second drill rig at its Cruz de Plata project, and Pacifica Silver released assay results from eleven additional drill holes completed at its Claudia project. ON MINING, Teck announced that it will release its Q4, 2025 results on February 19, 2026 (San Nicolas project, Zacatecas). GoGold reported Q4, 2025 production and financial results (Parral tailings project, Chihuahua). Agnico Eagle reported Q4 and full-year 2025 production results for its Pinos Altos operation in Chihuahua; provided production guidance for the years 2026, 2027, and 2028; and informed on the status of its San Nicolas project in Zacatecas. ON FINANCING, Kingsmen closed a bought deal private placement for gross proceeds of CAD $13M (Las Coloradas and Almoloya projects, Chihuahua). Algo Grande announced a non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of CAD $5M (Adelita project, Sonora). Colibri closed its debenture offering units for gross proceeds of USD $115K (EP project, Sonora). Questcorp announced an upsize of its previously announced non-brokered private placement to up to CAD $3M (La Union project, Sonora). Kootenay closed its previously announced bough deal private placement for gross proceeds of CAD $18M (Columba and La Cigarra projects, Chihuahua). Avino filed a final base shelf prospectus, enabling the company to raise capital by issuing various securities such as shares, warrants, receipts, units, or debt over the next 37 months (Avino mine, Durango). Axo Copper announced that it filed a final short form prospectus in connection with its bought deal public offering of units for aggregate gross proceeds of CAD $35M (San Antonio Gold project, Son). Silver Tiger filed a final short form prospectus to raise over CAD $50M through a bought deal public offering of common shares (El Tigre project, Sonora). ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, Southern Silver reported additional assay results from the ongoing drilling program at Puro Corazon claim in its Cerro Las Minitas project in Durango. Minaurum announced results from the first holes of its Phase II, 50,000m resource-expansion drill program at its Alamo project, Sonora. Mithril reported significant progress at its Copalquin project in Durango. Agnico Eagle provided an update on year-end 2025 mineral reserves and mineral resources at their Mexican mine sites and advanced projects. ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES, Canasil informed that it met the requirements to be listed as a TSX Venture Tier 2 company (Nora project, Durango).  Discovery Silver announced that it will hold an investor day on March 02, 2026 (Cordero project, Chihuahua). Vortex announced that it has engaged the services of Global One Media Limited to provide services for investor marketing (Zaachila and Riqueza Marina projects, Oaxaca).  Defiance Silver signed a five-year surface access agreement at its Green Earth project in Sonora, and granted incentive stock options. Apollo announced that Tom Peregoodoff has been nominated for election to the company´s Board of Directors (Cinco de Mayo project, Chihuahua). Canuc informed that it intends to consolidate its common shares (San Javier Silver-Gold project, Sonora). ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, No relevant news.

ON MEXICO ISSUES

  • Vizsla Silver Corp., provided an update on the unfortunate situation in Concordia, Sinaloa, focusing on security, operations, and support for affected families and colleagues. The company informed that five of the colleagues who were taken from the company´s project site in Concordia, have been found deceased, and five remain unaccounted for, acknowledging the ongoing uncertainty and difficulty this causes for their families, employees, and the broader community. Vizsla informed that it is actively supporting affected families with practical and financial assistance, including access to appropriate support services. Company representatives are working closely with families to address their evolving needs. The company is also providing grief counseling and flexible work arrangements for its Mexico and Canada-based teams. Vizsla also declared that work on its Panuco project is ongoing, although site operations remain suspended. Much of the near-term advancement is engineering-based and can be conducted remotely, allowing the project to progress towards key milestones. The company remains committed to responsibly developing the Panuco district over the long term and maintaining its investment in the Concordia community. Note of editor.- There have been widespread expressions of outrage and dismay from people across the country over the tragic events in Concordia, reflecting deep frustration with the escalating wave of insecurity affecting the nation. Peaceful marches are being organized in several Mexican cities to protest the growing crime, insecurity, and impunity.
  • Marcelo Ebrard, Secretariat of Economy, announced that the Mexican government has recovered over 1,100 mining concessions that were not in compliance with the law due to non-payment or were being used for speculation. This action is part of the policy implemented by President Claudia Sheinbaum to review and regulate the use of these national assets. During a joint presentation with José Fernando Aboitiz, head of the Coordination Unit for Extractive Activities at the Ministry of Economy, Marcelo Ebrard explained that the concessions, representing approximately 800,000 hectares, have been canceled. For his part, Aboitiz specified that the updated number of recovered concessions amounts to 1,126, which together cover 809,150 hectares, an area comparable to the territorial extension of the state of Querétaro. He also highlighted that within this process, nearly 20,000 hectares located in Protected Natural Areas have been recovered. Regarding the geographic distribution, the canceled concessions are concentrated mainly in states with a long mining tradition, such as Coahuila, Chihuahua, Sonora, Zacatecas, Durango, and Jalisco. On the other hand, the official specified that approximately 90% of the cancellations were made by individuals, not large companies.
  • Pacifica Silver Corp., Capitan Silver Corp., Mithril Silver & Gold Limited, Sothern Silver Exploration Corp., and Minaurum Silver Inc., reported the best drilling intercepts in Mexico on the second week of February, 2026. Details are shown in the table below:

ON EXPLORATION

  • Mercado Minerals Ltd., received exploration drill permit for its Copalito project in Sinaloa. The company is focused on preparing its inaugural 3,000m diamond drill program, which is expected to commence in Q1, 2026.
  • Capitan Silver Corp., reported the arrival of a second drill rig at its Cruz de Plata project in Durango. “The second rig is one of three core rigs that are planned to arrive at the property and will be used to test high-priority targets with the goal of extending advanced high-grade mineralized zones along the Jesus Maria Silver Trend, which also includes the Gully Fault and Peñoles Fault targets”.
  • Pacifica Silver Corp., released assay results from eleven additional drill holes completed at its Claudia project in Durango and also reported that it received new permits authorizing exploration drilling. Drilling highlights include hole 25CLAU059D on Justina vein and hanging wall stockwork with 3.53 g/t Au and 460 g/t Ag (764 g/t AgEq) over 2.1m, including 9.01 g/t Au and 1,175 g/t Ag (1,950 g/t AgEq) over 0.80m; hole 25CLAU064D on Aguilareña vein and foot wall stockwork with 1.51 g/t Au and 68 g/t Ag (198 g/t AgEq) over 6m, including 3.34 g/t Au and 211 g/t Ag (498 g/t AgEq) over 1.65m; and hole 25CLAU047D on Aguilareña vein with 1.09 g/t Au and 25 g/t Ag (118 g/t AgEq) over 4.85m, including 3.64 g/t Au and 74 g/t Ag (387 g/t AgEq) over 0.85m. “The Phase I drill program was completed at the end of December 2025 with a total of 30 holes drilled, and assay results from the first 10 holes were announced on December 15, 2025. Assays from the final nine holes are expected to be reported in the coming weeks”. The company also informed that it has received new permits authorizing exploration drilling at up to 153 additional drill sites. It will allow Pacifica to drill test several high-priority targets identified at Claudia property.

ON MINING

  • Teck Resources Limited announced that it will release its Q4, 2025 results on February 19, 2026 (San Nicolas project, Zacatecas).
  • GoGold Resources Inc., reported Q4, 2025 production and financial results (currency expressed in US dollars). The company produced 456,179 Oz AgEq consisting of 205,104 Oz Ag, 2,914 Oz Au, 215K Lb Cu, and 336K Lb Zn at cash and AISC of $21.45 and $ 28.45 per Oz Ag Eq respectively. GoGold reported revenue of $31.1M on the sale of 486,928 Oz AgEq sold at an average realized price per Oz of $63.88; cost of sale of $11.7M; operating income of $16.16M; net income of $13.3M; cash flow provided by operations of $9.7M, including free cash flow of $18.1M; and cash of $245.6M.
  • Agnico Eagle Mines Limited reported Q4 and full-year 2025 production results for its Pinos Altos operation in Chihuahua; provided production guidance for the years 2026, 2027, and 2028; and informed on the status of its San Nicolas project in Zacatecas (all currency expressed in US dollars).  At Pinos Altos, Chihuahua, the company milled during the period Q4, 2025, a total of 467K tonnes of 1.55 g/t Au to produce 22,195 Oz Au at cash cost and  production cost of $1,927 and $2,572 respectively, and sold 20,604 Oz Au. During 2025, it milled 1.72M tonnes of 1.55 g/t Au to produce 81,734 Oz Au at cash cost and production cost of $2,006 and $2,518 respectively, and sold 80,177 Oz Au. Agnico also provide production guidance for the years 2026 to 2028. It informed that in 2026, 2027, and 2028, the company expects to produce between 70K-80K Oz Au, 70K-80K Oz Au, and 85K-95K Oz Au respectively. At San Nicolas project, Zacatecas (50/50 joint venture with Teck Resources), Agnico continued progressing through its feasibility study and engineering phases.  The project is awaiting permit resolutions, with actions for permits (Environmental Impact Assessment, and Land Use Change) completed and a regulatory decision expected in the first half of 2026. Engineering work is over 30% complete, aiming for about 50% by mid-2026. The company continues to advance drilling and geological evaluation activities near the projected mine area, supporting the development plan. Overall, the project is moving forward with a focus on securing permits and completing engineering to enable potential development soon.

ON FINANCING

  • Kingsmen Resources Ltd., closed a bought deal private placement of 5,777,778 units at a price of CAD $2.25 per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $13M. Gross proceeds will be used for te exploration and advancement of the Las Coloradas and Almoloya projects in Chihuahua, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
  • Algo Grande Copper Corp., announced a non-brokered private placement of up to 7,692,308 common shares at a price of CAD $0.65 per share for gross proceeds of CAD $5M. The company plans to use the gross proceeds to fund exploration activities at the Adelita project in Sonora, including a Phase II drill program and for general working capital purposes.
  • Colibri Resource Corporation closed its debenture offering units for gross proceeds of USD $115K. Each debenture unit consists of USD $1,000 principal amount 10% unsecured convertible debenture, and 5,200 common shares purchase warrants, at a rate of CAD $0.25 per common share (EP project, Sonora).
  • Questcorp Mining Inc., announced an upsize of its previously announced non-brokered private placement to up to 15,000,000 units at a price of CAD $0.20 per unit for gross proceeds of up to CAD $3M. Part of the gross proceeds will be used for exploration work at La Union project in Sonora, as well as general working capital purposes.
  • Kootenay Silver Inc., closed its previously announced bough deal private placement of 8,000,001 units at a price of CAD $2.25 per unit for gross proceeds of CAD $18M. Net proceeds will be used for the advancement of its Columba and La Cigarra projects in Chihuahua, as well as for working capital and general corporate purposes.
  • Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd., filed a final base shelf prospectus, dated February 12, 2026, enabling the company to raise capital by issuing various securities such as shares, warrants, receipts, units, or debt over the next 37 months, and is expected to become effective on or about February 19, 2026. This filing aligns with Canadian and US regulations, providing flexibility for future offerings, including public sales or strategic investments. The move aims to support Avino’s ongoing growth and development projects while maintaining compliance with securities laws (Avino mine, Durango).
  • Axo Copper Corp., announced that, dated January 28, 2026, it filed a final short form prospectus in connection with its bought deal public offering of units at a price of CAD $0.70 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of CAD $35M. If this option is exercised in full, an additional CAD $5.25M in gross proceeds will be raised pursuant to the Offering and the aggregate gross proceeds of the Offering will be CAD $40.25M (San Antonio Gold project, Son).
  • Silver Tiger Metals Inc., filed a final short form prospectus to raise over CAD $50M through a bought deal public offering of common shares at CAD $1.17 each one. If the over-allotment option is exercised in full, additional gross proceeds of CAD $7.5 M will be raised pursuant to the offering and the aggregate gross proceeds of the offering will be CAD $57.5M (El Tigre project, Sonora).

ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Southern Silver Exploration Corp., reported additional assay results from the ongoing drilling program at Puro Corazon claim in its Cerro Las Minitas project in Durango. Drilling highlights are shown in the table below:
  • Minaurum Silver Inc., announced results from the first holes of its Phase II, 50,000m resource-expansion drill program at its Alamo project, Sonora. Drilling highlights include hole AL25-163 on Europa Sur vein with 318 g/t Ag, 0.09 g/t Au, 0.35% Cu, 1.6% Pb, and 0.9% Zn (408 g/t AgEq) over 12.35m, including 523 g/t Ag, 0.14 g/t Au, 0.44% Cu, 2.8% Pb, and 1.4% Zn (659 g/t AgEq) over 7m, including 1.032 g/t Ag, 0.27 g/t Au, 0.69% Cu, 5.5% Pb, and 2.4% Zn (1,277 g/t AgEq) over 3.20m; and hole AL25-153 on Europa vein with 240 g/t Ag, 0.06 g/t Au, 0.7% Cu, 1.8% Pb, and 1.5% Zn (374 g/t AgEq) over 2.35m, including 487 g/t Ag, 0.16 g/t Au,  0.95% Cu, 4.2% Pb, and 2.1% Zn (714 g/t AgEq) over 0.55m.
  • Mithril Silver and Gold Limited reported significant progress at its Copalquin project in Durango, confirming a large, high-grade silver-gold mineralized zone at Target 5, which extends over approximately 1.5 km and remains open in multiple directions. The company has also begun maiden drilling at Target 3 and continues resource expansion at Target 1. Hole AP25-017 encountered the most significant drill intercept with 0.07 g/t Au and 165 g/t Ag (170 g/t AgEq) over 3.05m, including 0.11 g/t Au and 229 g/t Ag (237 g/t AgEq) over 0.85m, including 0.09 g/t Au and 265 g/t Ag (271 g/t AgEq) over 0.65m. An aerial magnetic survey is underway to aid target identification and drill planning across the district. Overall, these efforts demonstrate the potential for substantial mineral resources and rapid district-scale growth.
  • Agnico Eagle Mines Limited provided an update on year-end 2025 mineral reserves and mineral resources at their Mexican mine sites and advanced projects. Mineral Reserves and Mineral Resources as at December 31, 2025 are set out in the table below:

ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES

  • Canasil Resources Inc., informed that it met the requirements to be listed as a TSX Venture Tier 2 company, effective February 9, 2026. The Company’s listing will transfer from NEX to TSX Venture, the Company’s Tier classification will change from NEX to Tier 2, and the Filing and Service Office will change from NEX to Vancouver. The trading symbol for the Company will change from CLZ.H to CLZ. The Company is classified as a ‘Mining’ company (Nora project, Durango).
  • Discovery Silver Corp., announced that it will hold an investor day on March 02, 2026 (Cordero project, Chihuahua).
  • Vortex Metals Inc., announced that it has engaged the services of Global One Media Limited to provide services for investor marketing (Zaachila and Riqueza Marina projects, Oaxaca). 
  • Defiance Silver Corp., signed a five-year surface access agreement to conduct surface exploration, drilling, and engineering studies at its Green Earth project in Sonora. The company also granted 2,720,000 incentive stock options to certain employees, directors, and consultants, to purchase common shares of Defiance at an exercise price of CAD $0.35. It also granted 289,000 deferred share units to certain directors, 458,000 performance share units to certain employees, and 314,000 restricted share units to certain employees.
  • Apollo Silver Corp., announced that Tom Peregoodoff has been nominated for election to the company´s Board of Directors, and if elected, the Board intends to appoint Mr. Peregoodoff as Executive Chair (Cinco de Mayo project, Chihuahua).
  • Canuc Resources Corporation informed that it intends to consolidate its common shares on the basis of ten pre-consolidation common shares for one post-consolidation common share. The Company currently has 284,531,484 common shares issued and outstanding. Upon completion of the Consolidation, the Company will have approximately 28,453,148 common shares issued and outstanding (San Javier Silver-Gold project, Sonora).

ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • No relevant news.

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On the picture below, near-surface oxidized copper mineralization (malachite) in an IOCG system in Sonora, Mexico. Photo taken by Miguel A Heredia.

The Mining and Exploration News in Mexico: Highlights on the Second Week of April, 2025

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Cu mineraliztion in a sericitic-altered intrusive rock

By Miguel A Heredia

During the 15th week of the year (April 7th to April 13th 2025), at least 30 press releases were announced by companies working in Mexico, with eleven communicating production results, seven disclosing deals and corporate issues, six reporting resources and developments of their properties, three announcing financial rounds, one commenting on Mexican issues, and one informing on exploration results.  ON MEXICO ISSUES, Mithril and Angel Wing reported the best drilling intercepts in Mexico on the second week of April, 2025. ON EXPLORATION, In Nayarit, Angel Wing releases results from the initial 13-hole (1,400m) diamond drill program at its La Reyna project. ON MINING, Capstone announced that it will release its Q1, 2025 results on May 1, 2025 (Cozamine mine, Zacatecas).  Gold Resource declared that it will host a year end 2024 conference call on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. Pan American announced that it will report Q1, 2025 unaudited results on Wednesday May 7, 2025 (La Colorada mine, Zacatecas-Durango). Teck announced that it will release Q1, 2025 Q1, 2025 results on April 24, 2025 (San Nicolas mine, Zacatecas). Aura Minerals reported Q1, 2025 production at its Aranzazu mine, Zacatecas. Endeavour Silver announced Q1, 2025 production results from its Mexican mine operations. First Majestic released Q1, 2025 production results. DynaResource reported Q4 and year-end 2024 production and financial results from its San Jose de Gracia mine in Sinaloa. GoGold announced production results for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 from its Parral tailings property in Chihuahua. Torex reported Q1, 2025 production results from its Mexican operation mines in Guerrero. Gold Resource announced full year 2024 production and financial results for its Don David Gold Mine in Oaxaca.  ON FINANCING, Endeavour closed its bought deal financing for aggregate gross proceeds of USD $45M (San Sebastian mine, Jalisco). Pantera Silver closed a non-brokered private placement for aggregate gross proceeds of CAD $1.65M (Nuevo Taxco project, Guerrero). US Antimony secured a $5M line of credit with Truist bank (Los Juarez project, Queretaro).  ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, Altius announced that Orogen recently reported an initial resource estimate for the newly discovered Navidad Vein at the Ermitaño mine, Sonora. DynaResource released metallurgical test work results from its san Jose de Gracia mine, Sinaloa. Tocvan announced the commencement of its next phase of 1,500m RC drilling at Pilar project, Sonora. Mithril reported high-grade channel results and drill results from its Copalquin project in Durango. Orogen announced mineral resource and reserve update on its producing Ermitaño royalty in Sonora, including inferred resource for the Navidad Vein. Heliostar reported drill results for its La Colorada mine, Sonora. ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES, Xali announced the appointment of its new exploration manager (El Oro project, State of Mexico). Defiance Silver entered into a non-binding letter of intent with Green Earth Metals Inc., a private held company holding a portfolio of assets in Mexico. Bear Creek announced closing of debt amendments (Mercedes mine, Sonora).  Sierra Metals reiterated recommendations to take no action as Alpayana amends hostile bid (Bolivar mine, Chihuahua). Plata Latina completed the sale of the 3% NSR on the Naranjillo project, Guanajuato for a total of USD $6M.  ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, First Majestic released its 2024 sustainability report

ON MEXICO ISSUES

  • Heliostar Metals Ltd., and Angel Wing Metals reported the best drilling intercepts in Mexico on the second week of April 2025, 2025. Details are shown in the table below:

ON EXPLORATION

  • Angel Wing Metal Inc., releases results from the initial 13-hole (1,400m) diamond drill program at its La Reyna project, Nayarit. Five widely spaced targets were drill-tested: El Polo, Dolorosa North, Dolorosa South, Celeste, and Zorrillo. Drilling highlights at El Polo target area include holes LR-25-005 with 1.6 g/t Au, 30 g/t Ag, 216 ppm Cu, 657 ppm Pb, and 463 ppm Zn over 8.20m, including 2.07 g/t Au, 39 g/t Ag, 246 ppm Cu, 718 ppm Pb, and 472 ppm Zn over 7.1m, including 3.75 g/t Au, 70 g/t Ag, 475 ppm Cu, 1,065 ppm Pb, and 560 ppm Zn over 3.75m; and hole LR-25-013 with 1.01 g/t Au, 60 g/t Ag, 429 ppm Cu, 1,384 ppm Pb, 1,965 ppm Zn over 6.80m, including 1.82 g/t Au, 11 g/t Ag, 86 ppm Cu, 982 ppm Pb, and 492 ppm Zn over 1.45m, including 2.09 g/t Au, 234 g/t Ag, 1,045 ppm Cu, 2,630 ppm Pb, and 4,990 ppm Zn over 1.40m. Drilling highlights at  Dolorosa South includes holes LR-25-001 with 1.52 g/t Au, 12 g/t Ag, 802 ppm Cu, 818 ppm Pb, and 133 ppm Zn over 7.75m, including 1.2 g/t Au, 13 g/t Ag, 325 ppm Cu, 890 ppm Pb, and 156 ppm Zn over 3m, including 2.1 g/t Au, 12 g/t Ag, 1,136 ppm Cu, 487 ppm Pb, and 96 ppm Zn over 3m, including 2.14 g/t Au, 21 g/t Ag, 416 ppm Cu, 1,155 ppm Pb, and 185 ppm Zn over 1.50m, including 3.89 g/t Au, 16 g/t Ag, 1,020 ppm Cu, 20 ppm Pb, and 88 ppm Zn over 1m; hole LR-25-011 with 1.46 g/t Au, 1 g/t Ag, 447 ppm Cu, 38 ppm Pb, and 86 ppm Zn over 1.5m; and hole LR-21-012 with 3.59 g/t Au, 10 g/t Ag, 1,071 ppm Cu,

ON MINING

  • Capstone Copper Corp., announced that it will release its Q1, 2025 results on May 1, 2025 (Cozamine mine, Zacatecas). 
  • Teck Resources Limited announced that it will release Q1, 2025 Q1, 2025 results on April 24, 2025 (San Nicolas mine, Zacatecas).
  • Aura Minerals Inc., reported Q1, 2025 production at its Aranzazu mine, Zacatecas. The company produced 20,456 Oz AuEq.
  • Endeavour Silver Corp., announced Q1, 2025 production results from its Mexican mine operations. Table below shows figures by mine:

First Majestic Silver Corp., released Q1, 2025 production results from its four producing underground Mexican mines. Mine by mine production details are shown in the next table:

  • DynaResource Inc., reported Q4 and year-end 2024 production and financial results from its San Jose de Gracia mine in Sinaloa (all currency amounts are expressed in US dollars). During Q4, 2024, Dyna mined 59,940 tonnes and milled 67,670 tonnes of 4.12 g/t Au with a metallurgical recovery of 75.58% to produce 6,775 Oz Au. The company sold 6,897 Oz Au. During 2024 full year, the company mined 233,782 tonnes and milled 256,676 tonnes of 4.07 g/t Au with a metallurgical recovery of 76.24% to produce 25,677 Oz Au. The company sold 22,003 Oz Au. Dyna also reported for Q4, 2024 revenue of $14.8M and a net income of $0.1M, while for the full year 2024 it reported revenue of $46.5M and a net income of $8M.
  • GoGold Resources Inc., announced production results for the quarter ending March 31, 2025 from its Parral tailings property in Chihuahua. The company produced 210.3K Oz Ag, 3.3K Oz Au, 351.7K Lb Zn, and 262.1K Lb Cu (555.5K Oz AgEq).
  • Torex Gold Resources Inc., reported Q1, 2025 production results from its Mexican operation mines in Guerrero. Figures of the production results are shown in the table below:

The company is on track to achieve annual payable guidance of 400K-450K Oz AuEq.

  • Gold Resource Corporation announced full year 2024 production and financial results for its Don David Gold Mine in Oaxaca. The company produced and sold a total of 18.6K Oz AuEq comprising of 8,598 Oz Au and 817.3K Oz Ag sold at an average price of USD $2,354 and USD $28.75 respectively. Gold Resource reported USD 41.6M cash and cash equivalent as at December 31, 2025; working capital of USD $2.1M; and cash and AISC of USD 42,330 and USD $2,939 per Oz AuEq sold.

ON FINANCING

  • Endeavour Silver Corp., closed its bought deal financing for the issuance of 11,600,000 common shares at a price of USD $3.88 per common share for aggregate gross proceeds of USD $45M (San Sebastian mine, Jalisco).
  • Pantera Silver Corp., closed a non-brokered private placement financing by issuing a total of 6,600,000 units at a price of CAD$0.25 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of CAD $1.65M (Nuevo Taxco project, Guerrero).
  • US Antimony Corporation secured a $5M line of credit with Truist bank. There are no immediate plans to utilize any borrowing under this new line of credit. The company only intends to utilize this credit facility as needed to support strategic growth initiatives, primarily associated with antimony inventory building (Los Juarez project, Queretaro).

ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Altius Minerals Corporation announced that Orogen Royalties Inc., recently reported an initial resource estimate for the newly discovered Navidad Vein at the Ermitaño mine, Sonora.
  • DynaResource Inc., released metallurgical test work results from its San Jose de Gracia mine, Sinaloa, as part of the preparation of an SK 1300 technical report. “The metallurgical test work results from three fresh rock composite samples from the active exploration areas of San Pablo, San Pablo Sur, and La Mochomera show excellent recovery > 95% in all samples using gravity followed by flotation (using standard industry reagents). Additionally, gravity gold recoveries reached up to 33.8%, confirming that the gold mineralization is amenable to conventional gravity gold processing methods such as Falcon concentrators”. 
  • Tocvan Ventures Corps., announced the commencement of its next phase of 1,500m RC drilling at Pilar project, Sonora. Drilling will focus on the 100% controlled expansion area where recent scout drilling returned significant mineralization.
  • Mithril Silver and Gold Limited reported high-grade channel results and drill results from its Copalquin project in Durango. Channel sampling highlights at Las Brujas working area includes 21.5 g/t gold and 337 g/t silver over 1m; 7.71 g/t Au and 170 g/t Ag over 1m; 3.7 g/t Au and 67 g/t Ag over 3m; 8.8 g/t Au and 74 g/t Ag over 2m; 7.85 g/t Au and 128 g/t Ag over 2m; 28.7 g/t Au and 356 g/t Ag over 1m; 15.3 g/t Au and 127 g/t Ag over 1m; 21.8 g/t Au and 156 g/t Ag over 1m; and 4.77 g/t Au and 94 g/t Ag over 1m. Channel sampling highlights at El Peru working area includes 5.66 g/t Au and 155 g/t Ag over 9.5m; 26.8 g/t Au and 1,004 g/t Ag over 2m; and 31.8 g/t Au and 233 g/t Ag over 1m. Mithril also reported the results of the drill hole MTH-LS25-20 at the Target 1, which intersected 9.06 g/t Au and 11 g/t Ag over 2.90m, including 44.7 g/t Au and 43 g/t Ag over 0.5m.
  • Orogen Royalties Inc., announced mineral resource and reserve update on its producing Ermitaño royalty in Sonora, including inferred resource for the Navidad Vein. Ermitaño reserves and resources as of Dec 31, 2024 are shown in the next table:

The company also reported Initial inferred resources for the Navidad vein system of 2.3M tonnes consisting of 5.9M Oz Ag and 249K Oz Au at grades of 81 g/t and 3.42 g/t respectively.

  • Heliostar Metals Ltd., reported drill results for its La Colorada mine, Sonora. Drilling highlights can be seen in the next table:

ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES

  • Xali Gold Corporation announced the appointment of its new exploration manager (El Oro project, State of Mexico).
  • Defiance Silver Corp., entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) with Green Earth Metals Inc. (GEMS), a private held company holding a portfolio of assets in Mexico. Defiance proposes to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of GEMS in a strategic transaction. GEMS holds rights to three-drill permitted copper-gold-silver molybdenum projects in Mexico´s Sonora desert porphyry copper belt, covering a total of 6,795.22 hectares. The GEMS assets comprise the Victoria, Espiritu, and Los Ocotes project areas  “Under the terms of the LOI, Defiance proposes to issue common shares to GEMS shareholders in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding common shares of GEMS, based on an exchange ratio of 1 Defiance Share for every 4.52 GEMS Shares. In total, Defiance proposes to issue 4,954,613 Defiance Shares of Defiance at a price of CAD $0.255 per share, for a total purchase price of CAD $1,250,000 (excluding the Convertible Debenture Financing)”. Upon the closing of the transaction, GEMS will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Defiance. In connection with the transaction, Defiance has also agreed to invest in GEMS through an unsecured convertible debenture for a total amount of CAD $150K. The convertible debenture will bear simple interest at 8.0% per annum and will mature two years from the closing of the convertible debenture financing.
  • Bear Creek Mining Corporation announced that it closed the amending agreements with each of Equinox Gold Corporation and Sandstorm Gold Ltd. Bear Creek will temporarily defer monthly interest payments on their existing debt obligations from February 2025 to November 2025, with all deferred interest due by December 31, 2025. The company anticipates issuing a new secured promissory note to Sandstorm in 2025 for up to USD $6.5M to support working capital, pending approval from the TSX Venture Exchange.
  • Sierra Metals Inc., reiterated recommendations to take no action as Alpayana amends hostile bid. The Board asserted that the bid, recently amended to offer CAD $1.1 per share, still undervalues the company. None of the directors or officers intend to tender their shares. The board emphasizes its successful operational improvements and advises shareholders not to act on the hostile bid, which it deems opportunistic and a poor reflection of the company’s true value (Bolivar mine, Chihuahua).
  • Plata Latina Minerals Corporation completed the sale of the 3% NSR on the Naranjillo project, Guanajuato for a total of USD $6M to a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fresnillo plc. The company retains a 2% NSR with Fortuna Mining Corp. on the La Joya project, which is located in the state of Hidalgo.
  • Vizsla Royalties Corp., adopted a new omnibus equity incentive compensation plan to replace the existing stock option plan, effective April 1, 2025. As part of this plan, the company has granted 2,800,000 performance share units (PSUs) to its officers, directors, employees, and consultants, which will vest after one year based on specific performance targets. If these targets are met, each vested PSU can be exchanged for one common share or settled in cash at the discretion of the Board. Approval from the TSX Venture Exchange and disinterested shareholders will be sought at the company’s upcoming annual general meeting in Q3 2025 (Panuco project, Sinaloa).

ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

  • First Majestic Silver Corp., released its 2024 sustainability report. The report highlights significant achievements, including record safety performance with a 48% reduction in Total Recordable Incident Frequency Rate (TRIFR) and a 70% reduction in Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR). The company also reported a 33% reduction in carbon footprint per tonne of ore processed and invested over USD $1.2M in community projects, resulting in a notable decrease in community complaints.

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On the picture above, Cu mineralization in a sericitic-altered intrusive rock in an IOCG project in Sonora, Mexico. Miguel A Heredia in the photo.