Solvista Gold Corporation ("Solvista" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SVV)(OTCQX:SVVZF) is pleased to announce the completion of its 8,000 metre, Phase 1 drill program on three separate targets within the Caramanta Porphyry Cluster at its Caramanta Project. The Company is also pleased to release the results of seven additional drill holes on its El Retén gold-copper discovery (the first of the three targets drilled within the Caramanta Porphyry Cluster) completed as part of the Phase 1 drill program. These results further support the Company's model that the Caramanta Porphyry Cluster represents a cluster of related mineralized bodies and as such, has the potential to host significant new gold-copper porphyry discoveries in the Middle Cauca Belt of Colombia.

PREMIER GOLD MINES LIMITED (TSX:PG) is pleased to announce additional high-grade results from ongoing drilling at the Company's Trans-Canada Property in Northwestern Ontario. Drilling has discovered a parallel gold-bearing horizon within 250 metres of surface and continues to confirm extensions to several horizons.  New highlight intercepts include:

Alpha Minerals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:AMW)(FRANKFURT:E2GA) ("Alpha" or "the Company") and its Joint Venture partner Fission Uranium Corp. (formerly Fission Energy Corp.) are pleased to report assay results from another nine holes from the R00E zone at its Patterson Lake South ("PLS") Property. The assays show a continuous area of broad uranium mineralization at shallow depth. Of particular note is hole PLS13-043 which returned an interval of 22.0m at 4.8% U3O8. With a Grade x Thickness (GT) product value of 105.6, representing the best GT interval to date from the R00E Zone.

Orefinders Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ORX) reports additional high grade gold results from six more drill holes (1,866 m) from its phase II diamond drilling program at the Mirado Gold Project in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Highlights include hole MD13-19 which intersected32.54* g/t Au (uncut) over 5.90 meters of consistent bonanza grade mineralization (see Table 1) within an interval of 14.50 meters at an average cut grade of 8.10 g/t Au. These latest results demonstrate good continuity of near surface high grade gold mineralization over broad widths in the South Zone, where recent drill results included 9.50m @ 59.2* g/t Au (Hole MD13-07) and 4.30 m @ 17.2* g/t Au (uncut) in hole MD13-06.

- Kimberlite discovered at Tsabong North Project has a +20 hectare aeromagnetic anomaly associated with it - Two additional diamond drill core holes will be completed to intersect a minimum of 100 meters of kimberlite - Additional undrilled kimberlite targets in the project area have the same magnetic signature

Pangolin Diamonds Corp. (TSX VENTURE:PAN) (the "Company" or "Pangolin") is pleased to announce it has discovered its first kimberlite at its 100% owned Tsabong North Project in Botswana. Core logging identified crater facies sediments and underlying reworked volcaniclastic kimberlite ("RVK") breccias in drill hole "Magi-01/1".

Asanko Gold Inc. ('Asanko' or the 'Company') (TSX:AKG)(NYSE MKT:AKG) is pleased to announce that the Pre-Feasibility Study ('PFS') for its flagship Esaase Gold Project in Ghana, West Africa ('Esaase' or the 'Project'), has confirmed the technical and economic viability of the Project. All currency in this news release is quoted in United States Dollars unless otherwise stated.

Highlights of the PFS (based on $1,400 per ounce gold price) are, as follows:

Labrador Iron Mines Holdings Limited ("LIM" or the "Company") (TSX:LIM.TO - News) is pleased to report that it has entered into a new iron ore sales agreement with the Iron Ore Company of Canada ("IOC") for the sale of all of LIM's iron ore production for the next two calendar years 2013 and 2014.

At the same time, LIM is also pleased to announce that it has entered into an off-take financing agreement with RB Metalloyd Limited ("RBM"), a leading international commodity trading house, under which LIM will receive an advance payment of US$35 million to be credited against future sales of a minimum of 3.5 million tonnes of iron ore during 2013 and 2014.

 Soltoro Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:SOL) participates in discoveries and advancements at Coyote through its ~15% equity holding in Argentum Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ASL) and its retained 3% N.S.R. royalty interest in the Coyote property.

Argentum Silver has received an independent study and evaluation on a 600 metre portion of the El Tajo vein at the Coyote Silver Project in Jalisco, Mexico. The report states a minimum target potential of between 482,000 and 876,000 tonnes at a cut-off grade between 50 and 20 grams per tonne, for a potential of between 4,000,000 and 5,000,000 ounces silver.

GTA Resources and Mining Inc. (TSX VENTURE:GTA) reports results for the initial five holes (WB-13-36 to WB-13-40) completed in its Phase 4 drill program on the Northshore Property, located 80 km west of Hemlo in northwest Ontario. The current program commenced in mid-March and is scheduled to include a minimum of 2500 meters of drilling focused on testing a number of extensions to the Afric Gold Zone. To date, a total of 1698 meters has been completed in nine holes and the program has been temporarily suspended due to winter break-up conditions. Drilling is scheduled to resume by the end of May, pending weather conditions.

Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. (NYSE: TC) (TSX: TCM) (the "Company" or "Thompson Creek"), a growing, diversified North American mining company, today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013, prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles ("US GAAP"). All dollar amounts are in United States ("US") dollars unless otherwise indicated. References to C$ refer to Canadian dollars.

Timmins Gold Corp. (TMM.TO)(NYSE MKT:TGD) (the "Company") is pleased to report its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013. The comparative period is the three months ended March 31, 2012. All results are presented in United States dollars ("US Dollars") unless otherwise stated. Readers should refer to the 2013 management discussion and analysis and consolidated financial statements for complete information.

Cayden Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:CYD) ("Cayden" or the "Company") is pleased to provide a corporate update to its shareholders.

Cash position and sustainability

The Company currently has a strong cash position with over two years of operating capital. The current treasury including near-term receivables is approximately $15 million and Cayden is budgeting to have in excess of $9 million in the treasury in December, after the 2013 drill programs and property payments are completed.

Cayden has the unique opportunity to obtain additional non-dilutive funding with the potential future sale of its Las Calles concession. The concession represents a strip of land, located in between the operating Los Filos and El Bermejal pits that make up Goldcorp's (TSX-G) Los Filos mine.

FIRST MAJESTIC SILVER CORP. (TSX:FR)(NYSE:AG)(FRANKFURT:FMV) (the "Company" or "First Majestic") is pleased to announce that the expansion that commenced at the La Guitarra Silver Mine in November 2012 is now complete. The processing plant's capacity increased by 40% to 500 tpd from 350 tpd and commercial production is expected to reach 500 tpd during the month of May.

The construction of the new circuit was completed on budget and has been operating since April 24, 2013, without disrupting operations in the old 350 tpd circuit. This new circuit, resulting from the installation of a new ball mill and new flotation cells, is anticipated to produce approximately 1.2 million ounces of silver equivalent annually, representing over one million ounces of pure silver plus a modest amount of gold.

(Under 70% Option Agreement From Redstar Gold), Red Lake District, Ontario

Confederation Minerals Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:CFM) is pleased to report results from the latest drill holes from the Newman Todd gold project, located in the Red Lake mining district. The interpretation of the geological controls affecting mineralized zones is now beginning to demonstrate continuity along strike and down dip, resulting in a high success rate in recent targeted drilling. The wide, 7 metre intersection grading 32.57 g/t gold, just approximately 150 metres below the surface, is an example of results based on our current geological model.

Orefinders Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:ORX) reports additional high grade gold results from an additional six drill holes (1,589 m) from its Phase II diamond drilling program. These latest results targeted the South Zone at the Mirado Gold project near Kirkland Lake, Ontario. All six holes being reported intersected significant high-grade and broad lower-grade gold zones.

Highlights of High-grade gold zones intersected near surface and at depth, include:

Allied Nevada Gold Corp. ("Allied Nevada", "we", "us", "our" or the "Company") (TSX:ANV)(NYSE Amex:ANV)(NYSE MKT:ANV) announces that the Company has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters, led by Dundee Securities Ltd. and including Cormark Securities Inc. (collectively, the "Underwriters"), which have agreed to purchase, on a bought deal equity financing basis, 14,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company (the "Shares") at a price of US$10.75 per Share, for aggregate gross proceeds to the Company of US$150,500,000. The Underwriters will also have the option, exercisable in whole or in part at any time up to 30 days after the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 2,100,000 Shares at a price of US$10.75 per share to cover over-allotments. In the event that the over-allotment option is exercised in its entirety, the aggregate gross proceeds of the offering to the Company will be US$173,075,000.

Cline Mining Corporation ("Cline" or the "Company") (TSX:CMK) announced today that it has entered into the definitive recapitalization agreement (the "Recapitalization Agreement") with Marret Asset Management Inc., as agent for the bondholders and standby purchasers party thereto. The transactions contemplated by the Recapitalization Agreement were disclosed by the Company on December 27, 2012. Pursuant to the Recapitalization Agreement, the Company has filed a preliminary short form prospectus dated April 25, 2013 (the "Preliminary Prospectus") with respect to the rights offering and issuance of warrants to its shareholders, as described in greater detail in the Preliminary Prospectus.

DS-13-032 reports intercepts up to 42.5 g/T gold and 186 g/T silver within a 22.5 meter wide mineralized zone Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. (NYSE MKT:PZG)(PZG.TO)(P6G.F)(WKN:A0HGKQ) ("Paramount") today reported that a new drill program designed to test the depth potential of the high grade Don Ese Vein has intersected outstanding gold and silver grades over greater-than-expected widths, indicating that substantial additional resources could be developed below the current resource model.

FISSION ENERGY CORP. (TSX VENTURE:FIS)(OTCQX:FSSIF) ("Fission" or "the Company), and its 50% Joint Venture partner Alpha Minerals Inc., are pleased to report assay results from drill hole PLS13-053, part of the highly successful winter drill program on its PLS property. PLS13-053, within zone R390E, is located 30m grid west of PLS13-051 (see news release dated April 22, 2013) in which assays included 6.57% over 54m. Today's assays include two broad mineralized zones separated by just 4.5m of unmineralized pelitic rocks.

UPPER URANIUM ZONE = 66m - 115.5m

Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. (NYSE: FSM) | (TSX: FVI) | (BVL: FVI) | (Frankfurt: F4S.F) is pleased to report that exploration drilling has successfully extended the Trinidad ore shoot to the north and to depth with mineralization remaining open in both directions. Results are also reported for the initial infill drilling being carried out in the central portion of the Trinidad deposit for purposes of conversion of Inferred Mineral Resources to an Indicated Mineral Resource classification.

Jorge A. Ganoza, President and CEO, commented, "We are excited by the consistency of the discovery holes drilled north of Trinidad, where we are starting to configure a new wide and high grade silver and gold mineralized shoot that remains open on two directions.