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GOWEST GOLD Private Placement – Amendment of Terms

TORONTO, Dec. 10, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Gowest Gold Ltd. (“Gowest” or the “Company”) (TSX VENTURE: GWA) announced today that it has revised the terms of its previously announced private placement of units of the Company (the “Units”), at a price of $0.05 per Unit, for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $5,000,000 (the “Private Placement”) (see news release dated November 27, 2018).  Under the Unit offering terms, each Unit will comprise one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each whole common share purchase warrant, a “Warrant”), with each Warrant being exercisable to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.07 for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the Private Placement.

The Company has amended the terms of the Private Placement such that up to $1,500,000 of the Private Placement will now be available on a flow-through basis.  Specifically, pursuant to the Private Placement, the Company will issue up to 25,000,000 flow-through units of the Company (the “FT Units”) at a price of $0.06 per FT Unit.  Each FT Unit will comprise one “flow-through” common share (a “FT Share”) and one-half of one Warrant.  As under the Unit offering terms, each Warrant will be exercisable to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of $0.07 for a period of 24 months following the closing date of the Private Placement.

The proceeds of the Private Placement will be used by the Company for the continued development of its 100% owned Bradshaw Gold Deposit (“Bradshaw”) and for working capital purposes.  At the same time, now that the Company has secured a toll-milling agreement (see news release dated October 30, 2018) and expects to be in a position to start processing material from Bradshaw, Gowest is also pursuing a more significant, long-term strategic investment (see news release dated November 15, 2018).

Certain insiders of the Company may participate in the Private Placement, and the Company may pay a finder’s fee to registrants who assist the Company in connection with the Private Placement.  Completion of the Private Placement is subject to receipt of TSX Venture Exchange approval.

All of the securities issuable in connection with the Private Placement will be subject to a hold period expiring four months and one day after date of issuance.  The Private Placement may be closed in one or more tranches.

The securities offered have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.  This release does not constitute an offer for sale of securities in the United States.

It is anticipated that the closing of the Private Placement will occur on or before December 31, 2018.

About Gowest

Gowest is a Canadian gold exploration and development company focused on the delineation and development of its 100% owned Bradshaw Gold Deposit (Bradshaw), on the Frankfield Property, part of the Company’s North Timmins Gold Project (NTGP).  Gowest is exploring additional gold targets on its +100‐square‐kilometre NTGP land package and continues to evaluate the area, which is part of the prolific Timmins, Ontario gold camp.  Currently, Bradshaw contains a National Instrument 43‐101 Indicated Resource estimated at 2.1 million tonnes (“t”) grading 6.19 grams per tonne gold (g/t Au) containing 422 thousand ounces (oz) Au and an Inferred Resource of 3.6 million t grading 6.47 g/t Au containing 755 thousand oz Au. Further, based on the Pre‐Feasibility Study produced by Stantec Mining and announced on June 9, 2015, Bradshaw contains Mineral Reserves (Mineral Resources are inclusive of Mineral Reserves) in the probable category, using a 3 g/t Au cut‐off and utilizing a gold price of US$1,200 / oz, totaling 1.8 million t grading 4.82 g/t Au for 277 thousand oz Au.

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This news release may contain certain “forward looking statements.” Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.  Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of this news release and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise.

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For further information please contact:

Greg Romain
President & CEO
Tel: (416) 363-1210
Email: info@gowestgold.com

Greg Taylor
Investor Relations
Tel: 416 605-5120
Email: gregt@gowestgold.com

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PROJECT GENERATOR | EMX Royalty Executes Regional Strategic Alliance Agreement with South32 Covering Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – December 6, 2018) – EMX Royalty Corporation (TSXV: EMX) (NYSE American: EMX) (the “Company” or “EMX”) is pleased to announce the execution of a Regional Strategic Alliance agreement (the “Agreement”) between its wholly-owned subsidiary Bronco Creek Exploration, Inc. (“BCE”), and South32 USA Exploration Inc. (“South32”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of South32 Limited. The Agreement provides annual funding for generative work and acquisitions over a two year period, as well as a framework to advance projects of interest. Generative work will focus on copper and other base metal projects within the Laramide and Tertiary magmatic arcs of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Projects advanced to the drill program stage may be selected as Designated Projects. Designated Projects will advance under separate option agreements providing for work commitments and cash payments to EMX during South32’s earn-in period, and upon earn-in, a 2% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty interest and pre-production and milestone payments to EMX’s benefit. South32 has initially selected five EMX copper projects in Arizona to begin advancing toward the drill program stage. Please see the attached map and www.EMXroyalty.com for more information.

Alliance and Commercial Terms Overview (all dollar amounts in USD). Under the terms of the Agreement, which has an initial term of two years, South32 will provide annual funding for generative work performed by EMX personnel to identify properties for exploration work (“Alliance Exploration Properties” or “AEPs”) within the Regional Strategic Alliance Area of Interest (“AOI”) that consists of the states of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, but excludes South32’s Hermosa project in southern Arizona. EMX personnel will conduct exploration activities on AEPs with additional funding from South32 in order to identify projects suitable for designation as Designated Projects. Each Designated Project will be covered by a separate option agreement pursuant to which South32 can acquire 100% of the project on the terms described below. All generative and AEP exploration activities will be guided by a Technical Committee consisting of two members from each company.

South32 will provide $800,000 per year to cover the generative work and the salaries of EMX personnel involved in AEP exploration work. South32 will also provide a separate annual acquisition fund of $200,000 to pay for the acquisition of new properties as approved by the Technical Committee. AEP exploration work will be funded separately through cash calls to South32 in amounts directed by the Technical Committee.

Designated Project Option Agreement Terms (all dollar amounts in USD). Each option agreement covering a Designated Project will provide that South32 can earn 100% interest in the project by reimbursing EMX’s holding costs upon execution of the option agreement, and making option payments totaling $525,000 and completing $5,000,000 in exploration expenditures during the five-year term of the option agreement.

Upon exercise of the option by South32, EMX will retain an uncapped 2% NSR royalty on the project (not subject to purchase or buy down) and receive annual advance royalty (“AAR”) payments equivalent to 50,000 pounds (“lbs”) of copper commencing on the first anniversary. All AAR payments are set off against 80% of future royalty payments. In addition, South32 will make milestone payments as follows (project milestones are to NI 43-101 reporting requirements):

  • 166,000 lbs of copper (or the cash equivalent) upon the completion of an initial resource estimate,
  • 333,000 lbs of copper (or the cash equivalent) upon completion of a prefeasibility study, and
  • 666,000 lbs of copper (or the cash equivalent) upon completion of a feasibility study.

Initial Alliance Exploration Projects. Five Arizona porphyry-copper projects have been selected as AEPs by South32, including Midnight Juniper, Jasper Canyon, Sleeping Beauty, Dragons Tail, and Lomitas Negras. EMX and South32 are commencing work programs on the initial AEPs, as well as initiating a generative program to identify new projects for acquisition. Note, in the following project descriptions, although the referenced nearby mines and deposits provide geologic context for EMX’s properties, this is not indicative that the EMX properties host similar endowments of mineralization.

Midnight Juniper. The Midnight Juniper project lies at the north end of the Clifton-Morenci mining district, approximately one kilometer northwest of the Morenci open pit copper mine. The project geology consists of a dissected plateau of Tertiary age volcanic cover rocks overlying a series of Paleozoic sedimentary and Proterozoic metamorphic rocks that are exposed in an arcuate pattern at lower elevations along stream courses. Paleozoic carbonate rocks contain a number of manganese oxide-rich base metal occurrences in northeast oriented vein, replacement, and breccia bodies typical of the distal expression of porphyry copper systems. EMX’s reconnaissance mapping shows that these occurrences appear to vector towards a suspected porphyry source lying under Tertiary cover rocks in the center of the Midnight Juniper land position.

Jasper Canyon and Sleeping Beauty. The Jasper Canyon and Sleeping Beauty projects are located in the Globe-Miami mining district. Both properties lie on the flanks of the Schultz Granite intrusive complex, which is associated with numerous past and current producing copper mines and deposits in the Globe-Miami and Superior mining districts. Porphyry copper deposits in this region have been dismembered by numerous post-mineral faults that displace upper levels of the mineralized systems northeastward. The Jasper Canyon and Sleeping Beauty projects lie at the east end of a northern trend of fault bounded deposits that include Pinto Valley, Diamond H and Copper Cities. The Jasper Canyon project lies along the easternmost portion of this trend and represents a fault-bounded and largely covered portion of the suspected upper levels of a porphyry copper system in a previously unexplored portion of the district. The Sleeping Beauty project lies to the west of Jasper Canyon, and directly north of the Copper Cities open pit copper mine, and is interpreted to contain down-dropped blocks of mineralization north of the Sleeping Beauty fault. Other fault-bounded copper deposits in the district at similar structural levels include Copper Cities, Miami East, Van Dyke, and Old Dominion.

Dragons Tail. The Dragons Tail project is located in the Superior mining district, approximately eight kilometers north of the Resolution copper deposit and five kilometers southwest of Pinto Valley. EMX identified a 1.6 kilometer long zone of quartz-sulfide alteration within Proterozoic sedimentary rocks during reconnaissance work. The outcrops of quartz-sulfide veining lie beneath tilted Tertiary age volcanic and conglomeratic cover rocks. Historic drilling on the east side of the property intercepted transported copper-oxide mineralized clasts within Tertiary conglomerates, which suggests the source of the copper lies to the west of the drilling and likely down dip of the mineralized exposures.

Lomitas Negras. The Lomitas Negras project is located approximately ten kilometers southeast of the town of San Manuel, in a broad area of post-mineral cover rocks. The property is ringed by Laramide-age intrusive rocks and porphyry copper/skarn deposits that include San Manuel-Kalamazoo (~20 kilometers north), Copper Creek (~25 kilometers northeast), and Oracle Ridge (~10 kilometers southwest). Nearby outcrops exhibit alteration and anomalous base metal mineralization that characteristically occurs on the margins of porphyry copper systems. EMX’s recognition of the altered outcrops, combined with a new interpretation of the extensional structural setting of the area, led to the identification of concealed porphyry copper targets beneath the post-mineralization pediment cover.

About EMX. EMX leverages asset ownership and exploration insight into partnerships that advance our mineral properties, with EMX receiving pre-production payments and retaining royalty interests. EMX complements its royalty generation initiatives with royalty acquisitions and strategic investments.

The Regional Strategic Alliance Agreement with South32 is an excellent example of the execution of EMX’s royalty generation business model. The Company’s organically generated porphyry copper projects were acquired on open ground in productive mining districts, with value established through low cost, early-stage exploration work. The Agreement’s provisions for generative funding are coupled with the future upside potential for project work commitments, pre-production payments and retained royalty interests based upon exploration success to EMX’s and South32’s mututal benefit.

Mr. Dean D. Turner, CPG, a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101 and consultant to the Company, has reviewed, verified and approved the disclosure of the technical information contained in this news release.

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For further information contact:

David M. Cole
President and Chief Executive Officer
Phone: (303) 979-6666
Email: Dave@EMXroyalty.com

Scott Close
Director of Investor Relations
Phone: (303) 973-8585
Email:SClose@EMXroyalty.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release may contain “forward looking statements“ that reflect the Company’s current expectations and projections about its future results. These forward-looking statements may include statements regarding perceived merit of properties, exploration results and budgets, mineral reserves and resource estimates, work programs, capital expenditures, timelines, strategic plans, market prices for precious and base metal, or other statements that are not statements of fact. When used in this news release, words such as “estimate,“ “intend,“ “expect,“ “anticipate,“ “will“, “believe”, “potential” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which, by their very nature, are not guarantees of the Company’s future operational or financial performance, and are subject to risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause the Company‘s actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and factors may include, but are not limited to: unavailability of financing, failure to identify commercially viable mineral reserves, fluctuations in the market valuation for commodities, difficulties in obtaining required approvals for the development of a mineral project, increased regulatory compliance costs, expectations of project funding by joint venture partners and other factors.

Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release or as of the date otherwise specifically indicated herein. Due to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties identified in this news release, and other risk factors and forward-looking statements listed in the Company’s MD&A for the quarter ended September 30, 2018 (the“MD&A”), and the most recently filed Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017, actual events may differ materially from current expectations. More information about the Company, including the MD&A, the 20-F and financial statements of the Company, is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the SEC’s EDGAR website at www.sec.gov.

Figure 1: AEP projects and RSA AOI (Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico) with South32.

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MINING | Mcewen Mining Announces 2019 Timmins Exploration Strategy and Funding

TORONTO, Dec 5, 2018 – McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX) (“McEwen”) is pleased to announce a strategic financing to continue our successful ongoing exploration program at our properties in the Timmins region of Ontario.
“We are issuing 2% of our currently outstanding shares to raise $15,000,000 at $2.26 per share (Cdn$3.02) to fund our 2019 exploration program on our Timmins properties. We want to build on the exploration success of this year’s effort, where we increased our resources and generated a number of exciting exploration targets. These properties are located along a prolific geological trend in one of the world’s great gold districts,” said Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Owner.
The financing consists of a US$15,000,000 (Cdn$20,034,680) bought deal private placement offering (the “Offering”) of 6,634,000 flow-through common shares (within the meaning of subsection 66(15) of the Income Tax Act (Canada)) priced at US$2.26 (Cdn$3.02) per flow-through common share (the “Offering Price”) led by Cantor Fitzgerald Canada Corporation as sole bookrunner. The Offering Price represents a premium of 26% over the closing price of McEwen common shares on the TSX as of December 5, 2018. The Offering is expected to close on or before December 21, 2018 (the “Closing”) and is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval from the TSX and NYSE.
The proceeds of this Offering will be used exclusively for generative exploration activities on McEwen’s properties in the Timmins region.
About McEwen Mining
McEwen has the goal to qualify for inclusion in the S&P 500 Index by creating a profitable gold and silver producer focused in the Americas. McEwen’s principal assets consist of: the San José mine in Santa Cruz, Argentina (49% interest); the Black Fox mine in Timmins, Canada; the Fenix Project in Mexico; the Gold Bar mine in Nevada, currently under construction; and the large Los Azules copper project in Argentina, advancing towards development.
McEwen has a total of 337 million shares outstanding. Rob McEwen, Chairman and Chief Owner, owns 24% of the shares. Subsequent to the closing of the Offering the shares outstanding will increase to 344 million.
CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release contains certain forward-looking statements and information, including “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements and information expressed, as at the date of this news release, McEwen Mining Inc.’s (the “Company”) estimates, forecasts, projections, expectations or beliefs as to future events and results. Forward-looking statements and information are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, risks and contingencies, and there can be no assurance that such statements and information will prove to be accurate. Therefore, actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements and information. Risks and uncertainties that could cause results or future events to differ materially from current expectations expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to, factors associated with fluctuations in the market price of precious metals, mining industry risks, political, economic, social and security risks associated with foreign operations, the ability of the corporation to receive or receive in a timely manner permits or other approvals required in connection with operations, risks associated with the construction of mining operations and commencement of production and the projected costs thereof, risks related to litigation, the state of the capital markets, environmental risks and hazards, uncertainty as to calculation of mineral resources and reserves, and other risks. The Company’s dividend policy will be reviewed periodically by the Board of Directors and is subject to change based on certain factors such as the capital needs of the Company and its future operating results. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information included herein, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company undertakes no obligation to reissue or update forward-looking statements or information as a result of new information or events after the date hereof except as may be required by law. See McEwen Mining’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, under the caption “Risk Factors”, for additional information on risks, uncertainties and other factors relating to the forward-looking statements and information regarding the Company. All forward-looking statements and information made in this news release are qualified by this cautionary statement.
The NYSE and TSX have not reviewed and do not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of the contents of this news release, which has been prepared by management of McEwen Mining Inc.

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JUNIOR MINING | Pacton Gold Corporate Update and Appointment of “Pilbara Gold Rush” identity Johnathon Campbell as Field Logistics Manager

VANCOUVER, Dec. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ – Pacton Gold Inc. (TSXV: PAC, OTC: PACXF, FSE: 2NKN) (the “Company” or “Pacton“) is pleased to provide a brief corporate update on the Company’s Pilbara Gold strategy and plans going forward into 2019.  Throughout 2018, Pacton strived to build a premium land package of the most promising gold prospects throughout the Pilbara basin of NW Australia.  The Pacton team believes the Company’s strategy has been highly successful to date on securing the most economical and accessible gold deposits in the region. This was a primary objective of our team in our effort to meet the expectations of major stakeholders and for all of Pacton’s investors.  This objective continues to be a key part of the Pacton strategy going forward into 2019.

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Pacton Gold Inc. (CNW Group/Pacton Gold Inc.)

As a result of the Company’s success in implementing its strategy over the past year, Pacton is now ready to commence the next phase of its corporate growth plan. Pacton is determined to become a premier player in the exploration, discovery and production of Pilbara gold from all prospective and licensed tenements. This requires Pacton to grow its team and attain further expertise in the areas of jurisdictional regulations, native issues and existing infrastructural opportunities.

Pacton is pleased to announce that Johnathon Campbell has been appointed Field Logistics Manager of the Company. Mr. Campbell has worked in the mining industry for over 18 years for some of Australia’s leading miners. He has held roles with companies such as BHP, Newmont and Anglo Ashanti and is most well-known for his discovery and pegging of leases that started what is now known as the Pilbara gold rush. Pacton is confident that Mr. Campbell will bring his local expertise to the team, further enhancing the Company’s effectiveness in meeting its commitments to shareholders and its strategic goals throughout the Pilbara.

“Securing the services of Johnathan will enhance Pacton’s ability to execute its future exploration programs in the Pilbara. Johnathan’s considerable experience in the mining industry and his understanding of native title issues in the Pilbara will benefit Pacton significantly. The Board of Pacton welcomes Johnathon to Pacton’s management team and looks forward to further developments with his participation as a leader in an official capacity. He has been integral in putting the Pilbara gold story on the map and his knowledge of the Pilbara region will resonate positively with the members of the Pacton team,” stated Alec Pismiris, Interim President and CEO.

About Pacton Gold

Pacton Gold is a well-financed Canadian explorer with key strategic partners focused on the exploration and development of high grade conglomerate and orogenic gold properties located in the district-scale Pilbara gold rush in Western Australia.

On Behalf of the Board of Pacton Gold Inc.

Alec Pismiris
Interim President & CEO

Neither TSX Venture Exchange, the Toronto Stock Exchange nor their Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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JUNIOR MINING | Calibre Mining Intersects 8.71 metres grading 6.86 g/t AuEq and 4.45 metres grading 7.29 g/t AuEq at the La Luna Gold-Silver Deposit on the Eastern Borosi Project, Northeastern Nicaragua

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Calibre Mining Corp. (CXB.V) (the “Company” or “Calibre”) is pleased to report additional results for the on-going 2018 diamond drilling program on the Eastern Borosi Gold-Silver Project, Nicaragua (the “Project”).  Exploration and drilling on the Project is being funded by Calibre’s JV partner IAMGOLD Corporation (“IAMGOLD”).

Highlights

  • Drill holes on the La Luna gold-silver vein-structure include additional high-grade intercepts with drill hole LL18-020 returning;
    • 8.71 metres grading 6.78 g/t Au and 5.3 g/t Ag (6.86 AuEq) including 4.38 metres grading 13.22 g/t Au and 9.5 g/t Ag (13.37 AuEq) from the Main structure (124.24 – 132.95m) and,
    • 26.8 metres grading 1.23 g/t Au and 30.1 g/t Ag (1.69 AuEq) including 4.45 metres grading 4.96 g/t Au and 151.5 g/t Ag (7.29 AuEq) from a newly discovered Sulphide-Rich Zone (142.5 – 169.27m).
  • The 2018 diamond drilling program has to date completed 44 holes totaling 9,276.5 metres with results for six holes reported in this news release.  Drilling with two diamond drill rigs is on-going with additional drill results pending.
  • Work on the northern extension to the La Luna South structure has also included a detailed surface rock sampling program.  A total of 19 rock samples have been collected with individual samples including 110.3 g/t Au, 18.3 g/t Au, 17.0 g/t Au, 12.8 g/t Au, and 12.4 g/t Au.  Drill hole LL18-020 is the northernmost drill hole on the high-grade zone with the anomalous rock samples extending a further 400 metres to the north.

President and CEO Greg Smith stated: “These additional drilling results at the La Luna gold-silver deposit have extended the high-grade portion of the vein-structure intersected early this year 100 metres to the north and the discovery remains open.  Additionally, the latest drilling includes a sulphide-rich zone intersected below the main structure which is a new discovery providing further potential at La Luna.  Recent surface rock sampling has returned high grade results up to 110.3 g/t Au from similar sulphide rich material extending several hundred metres to the north of discovery drill hole LL18-020 providing immediate step-out drill targets.”

Highlights of the recent H2 2018 Diamond Drilling

Hole
ID		 Target From
m		 To
m		 Length
(m)		 AuEq
(g/t)		 Au
(g/t)		 Ag
(g/t)		 Pb
(ppm)		 Zn
(ppm)
LL18-020 Main Structure 124.24 132.95 8.71 6.86 6.78 5.34 40 142
incl. 127.16 131.54 4.38 13.37 13.22 9.48 70 158
Sulphide Zone 142.50 169.27 26.77 1.69 1.23 30.05 8896 9688
incl. 155.36 159.81 4.45 7.29 4.96 151.5 52210 54630
 Notes: – H2 2018 Drilling Highlights. See final table for complete recent results.
– Intervals are core lengths / true width are estimated to be 80-90% of lengths
– Length weighted averages from uncut assays.
– g/t AuEq calculated using $1300/oz gold and $20.0/oz silver

H2 2018 Diamond Drilling Program
Drilling to date in 2018 has consisted of step out holes following up on previous high grade intercepts on a series of structures.  Total holes completed to date: 44 – (3 Veta Loca “B”, 3 Guapinol, 12 Cadillac-Jaguar, 6 East Dome, 4 Main Blag, 12 La Luna, and 4 San Cristobal).  Total meterage to date 2018 (completed holes): 9,276.5 metres – (468.17m Veta Loca “B”, 590.17m Guapinol, 2,414m Cadillac-Jaguar, 2,052.72 East Dome, 1,238.29m Main Blag, 1,994.88m La Luna, and 518.49m San Cristobal).  The complete assay results for the recently received six drill holes are provided in the Table 2 below.  Drill hole details and maps can be found on Calibre’s website www.calibremining.com.

Recent results have expanded on the high-grade discovery at the La Luna Zone.  Drill hole LL18-020 on the La Luna South Structure intersected 8.71 metres grading 6.78 g/t Au and 5.3 g/t Ag (6.86 AuEq) including 4.38 metres grading 13.22 g/t Au and 9.5 g/t Ag (13.37 AuEq) from the Main structure (124.24 – 132.95m) and, 26.8 metres grading 1.23 g/t Au and 30.1 g/t Ag (1.69 AuEq) including 4.45 metres grading 4.96 g/t Au and 151.5 g/t Ag (7.29 AuEq) from a second Sulphide-Rich Zone (142.5 – 169.27m).  The new intersects are approximately 100 metres north of LL18-012 which intersected 15.9 metres grading 6.28 g/t AuEq (5.75 g/t Au and 34.3 g/t Ag between 53.0 and 68.9 metres) including 4.65 metres grading 17.78 g/t Au and 32.5 g/t Ag (18.28 AuEq).  Previous drilling on the structure also includes LL10-002 which intersected 11.0 metres grading 3.96 g/t Au and 33.6 g/t Ag (4.48 g/t AuEq).  The high grade portion of the La Luna South structure is now defined by a series of drill holes over a strike length of 250 metres and down to a vertical depth of 150 metres.  Mineralization remains open along strike and down dip.  The g/t AuEq calculated using $1300/oz gold and $20.0/oz silver.

H2 2018 drilling also tested the La Luna North Zone located 800 metres to the north on what is interpreted to be a sub-parallel structure with intercepts including LL18-021 with 1.10 metres at 1.59g/t AuEq (1.01 g/t Au and 37.4 g/t Ag) and LL18-022 with 5.85 metres at 0.60 g/t AuEq (0.56 g/t Au and 2.7 g/t Ag).  Results are pending for a third hole LL18-023.

Work on the northern extension to the La Luna South structure has also included a detailed surface rock sampling program.  A total of 19 rock samples have been collected and analyzed with 16 samples returning greater than one gram per tonne gold and nine samples returning greater than five grams per tonne gold including individual samples grading 110.3 g/t Au, 18.3 g/t Au, 17.0 g/t Au, 12.8 g/t Au, and 12.4 g/t Au.  The samples define two linear trends interpreted to be the extension of the two mineralized structures intersected in drill hole LL18-020.  LL18-020 is the northernmost drill hole on the high-grade zone and the anomalous rock samples extend a further 400 metres north providing immediate drill targets along the Main Structure.  The second trend of anomalous samples include several samples with high base metal concentrations and this NE trending, 200 metre long zone is interpreted as the extension of the deeper Sulphide-Rich structure intersected in LL18-020.

Additional drilling has been completed on the Main Blag Deposit and first pass drilling has tested the San Cristobal Structure with results pending.  The 2018 Diamond Drilling program is on-going with additional drilling to be completed on the high-grade Cadillac Discovery.

IAMGOLD / Calibre – Eastern Borosi Project 
Exploration to date on the Eastern Borosi Project has outlined several tens of kilometres of highly prospective mineralized structures located in an historic gold-silver mining district.  Low sulphidation epithermal gold-silver mineralization intersected on the Eastern Borosi Project is hosted within porphyritic andesite and consists of structurally controlled, high energy quartz-carbonate vein breccias, vein-stockworks and discrete smokey quartz veins containing fine grained sulphide minerals.  Targets have been defined by surface soil and rock sampling, trenching and previous drilling.

IAMGOLD has completed the First Option having made US$450,000 in payments to Calibre and completed US$5 million in expenditures and has vested a 51% interest in the Eastern Borosi Project.  IAMGOLD has entered the Second Option with the right to earn a further 19% in the Project (by completing additional cash payments totalling $450,000 and further exploration expenditures totaling $5 million) having paid the first and second installments of $150,000 each and funding the on-going 2018 work program.  The total potential investment by IAMGOLD to earn a 70% interest in the Project is US$10.9 million.

2018 Exploration and Drilling Program 
The 2018 exploration and drilling program continues.  Additional drilling has been completed in 2018 on existing zones and new targets with holes completed on the Main Blag Deposit, first pass drilling on the San Cristobal Structure, and current drilling consisting of step out holes on the Cadillac Discovery.  In addition to the drilling, target generative exploration is on-going consisting on wide-spaced soil sampling and surface rock sampling over selected areas.

Calibre Mining Best Practice
Calibre is committed to best practice standards for all exploration, sampling and drilling.  Drilling was completed by independent firm Continental Drilling.  Analytical quality assurance and quality control includes the systematic insertion of blanks, standards and duplicates.  Samples are placed in sealed bags and shipped directly to Bureau Veritas Lab in Managua, Nicaragua for sample preparation and then to Vancouver, Canada for 50 gram gold fire assay and ICP-MS multi element analyses.  The technical content in this news release was read and approved by Gregory Smith, P.Geo, President and CEO of the Company who is the Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.

About Calibre Mining Corp.
Calibre owns a 100% interest in over 413 km2 of mineral concessions in the Mining Triangle of Northeast Nicaragua including the Primavera Gold-Copper Project and Santa Maria Gold Project.  Additionally the Company has optioned to IAMGOLD (176 km2) and Centerra Gold (253 km2) concessions covering an aggregate area of 429 km2 and is party to a joint venture on the 33.6 km2 Rosita D gold-copper-silver project with Rosita Mining Corporation and Century Mining.  Major shareholders of Calibre include gold producer B2Gold Corp, Lukas Lundin and management.

Calibre Mining Corp.

“Greg Smith”

Greg Smith, P.Geo.
President and CEO

For further information contact:
Ryan King
604 628-1012
www.calibremining.com

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

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This news release contains certain forward-looking statements. Any statements that express or involve discussions with respect to predictions, expectations, beliefs, plans, projections, objectives, assumptions or future events or performance (often, but not always, using words or phrases such as “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate” “plans”, “estimates” or “intends” or stating that certain actions, events or results “ may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved) are not statements of historical fact and may be “forward-looking statements”.  Forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or results to materially differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.

Safe Harbor Statement under the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:  Except for the statements of historical fact contained herein, the information presented constitutes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking statements including but not limited to those with respect to the price of gold, potential mineralization, reserve and resource determination, exploration results, and future plans and objectives of the Company involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievement of Calibre to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.  Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

Table 2 Eastern Borosi Project – H2-2018 Drilling Results

Hole
ID		 Target From
m		 To
m		 Length
(m)		 Au
(g/t)		 Ag
(g/t)		 Pb
(ppm)		 Zn
(ppm)
LL18-017 La Luna S. Ext. No significant Values
LL18-018 La Luna South 103.70 104.60 0.90 0.24 1.8 20 26
LL18-019 La Luna South 187.41 212.03 24.62 0.46 2.4 43 161
including 202.41 212.03 9.62 0.74 3.1 72 126
with 202.41 205.15 2.74 1.25 5.2 132 184
253.15 254.67 1.52 0.41 5.3 28 110
LL18-020 La Luna South 23.68 29.16 5.48 0.37 1.7 32 206
124.24 132.95 8.71 6.78 5.3 40 142
including 127.16 131.54 4.38 13.22 9.5 70 158
with 127.16 130.10 2.94 18.31 11.6 72 96
142.50 169.27 26.77 1.23 30.1 8896 9688
including 143.66 150.60 6.94 0.87 11.6 332 587
and 152.13 159.81 7.68 3.09 89.7 30270 31710
with 155.36 159.81 4.45 4.96 151.5 52210 54630
LL18-021 La Luna North 162.00 163.17 1.17 0.33 2.6 1142 1984
167.75 169.27 1.52 0.56 1.4 868 526
202.00 203.10 1.10 1.01 37.4 1897 6034
208.00 210.25 2.25 0.23 0.9 12 69
213.75 219.75 6.00 0.25 2.9 36 153
LL18-022 La Luna North 123.15 123.52 0.37 0.35 1.4 27 59
136.00 137.00 1.00 1.54 2.3 26 124
174.68 175.08 0.40 1.59 5.7 981 1457
205.40 211.25 5.85 0.56 2.7 489 968
217.00 222.75 5.75 0.12 3.7 2333 5921
226.20 227.22 1.02 1.94 6.6 1049 2280
LL18-023 La Luna North results pending
Notes: – H2 2018 recent results.
– Intervals are core lengths / true width are estimated to be 80-90% of lengths
– Length weighted averages from uncut assays.
M

Maurice

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NxGOLD Explorer’s Focus Is on ‘High-Grade Gold in World-Class Districts’


Christopher McFadden the President, Director, and CEO of NxGold sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss peak gold and the value proposition that it presents for current and prospective shareholders. In addition, we will discuss 3 press releases very important press releases covering soil, grab, stream sediment samples, trenching, mapping, and assay results.
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Explorer’s Focus Is on ‘High-Grade Gold in World-Class Districts’ 
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Source: Maurice Jackson for Streetwise Reports  (12/4/18)

Maurice JacksonChris McFadden, CEO of NxGold, sits down with Maurice Jackson of Proven and Probable to discuss his company’s exploration efforts on two continents.

Proven and Probable: Joining us today is Chris McFadden, the president, CEO, and director of NxGold Ltd. (NXN:TSX.V), where the focus is on high-grade gold in world-class districts.
Mr. McFadden, in our previous interview, we conducted a thorough, comprehensive interview regarding the value proposition of NxGold. For current and prospective shareholders, please read our in-depth exclusive interview published in September. Mr. McFadden, for someone new to the story, who is NxGold and what is the thesis you’re attempting to prove?

Chris McFadden: NxGold is a Vancouver-based gold explorer. Our main objective is to discover high grade large volumes of gold in first-class jurisdictions. So currently we have projects in Canada, projects in Nunavut and also in Western Australia in the Pilbara region.
Proven and Probable: I want to begin our discussion at the 10,000-foot level and get your perspective on a topic that has a number of speculators’ attention and that is the discussion of peak gold and how this may serve as a catalyst for junior mining companies and, in particular, NxGold.
Chris McFadden: I think that’s a great question because I think what we’re seeing in the industry at the moment and it’s something that’s been coming over the horizon for a few years now is that the majors have really cut back their exploration. They’re not spending the volumes of money that they used to spend on exploration for new gold deposits. So, over the last 5-10 years, actually there’s been a dearth of high-class, large-scale gold deposits and the majors are huge drop off in their production, in my view. You look at some of the production profiles for the big companies and gold production is going to potentially drop significantly in the years ahead because there hasn’t been that money spent on exploration.
So for companies like us that are exploring, that are spending money in the ground pursuing the next great discovery, I think there’s great potential there because if majors want to grow and stay in existence they need to look to juniors like us who are actually doing the work and opening up new teraines.
Proven and Probable: In our last interview you shared the next unanswered question for NxGold will be the implementation of a systematic approach to exploration and the anticipation of drill results. Since then NxGold issued three important press releases. Beginning with the 10th of September (Press Release) the company received and compiled assay results, preliminary mapping, trenching and lab analysis from the stream sediment samples. Share the details with us.

Chris McFadden: The company adopts a very systematic approach to its exploration. So we’re starting with very basic style exploration with stream sediment sampling, some trenching and grab samples. So that release from September was the output from the first phase of work at the Pilbara Project in Western Australia. One of the key highlights was in some of the trenches we opened up we had a visible gold in a specimen; after assay there’s 102 grams of gold in that specimen, also some silver, which was interesting as well.So that first pass work was a fairly random sediment sampling process. But those results were in that release. There were a number of other interesting results and in some of the sediment samples we took there was visible gold as well. So, obviously there’s some gold on the property and this highlights that for us.



Also it was very interesting because on the ridge we have on the southeastern side of the property there was consistent and numerous samples of an extended length of approximately 1.2 kilometers where there was visible gold in the stream sediment sampling. So that encouraged us. As I think I said in our original interview, each exploration dollar needs to be justified by success in the results that we obtain. So that encouraged us to proceed to continue our exploration work in the Pilbara Project.
Proven and Probable: On the 15th of October (Press Release) NxGold discovered a new vein exposure on the east side of the property called the Sun Target Area. What can you share with us?

Chris McFadden: Well, the Sun area is right over on the eastern side and is on the other side of the ridge if you’d like. So, from that first release and subsequent release will say that a lot of the attention is on the western or northwestern side of the ridge of the property. Sun is over the other side in the area where we haven’t previously done much work. Where there also wasn’t much connectivity from prospectors. So it was a bit of a punt on our part to go to the other side of the ridge, but we’re looking to see what happened on the other side. We were very encouraged to find some bits of good results from that side. Also, to find that vein on that side because what we’ve seen on the northern, or nort western side of the ridge with our trenching, also with mapping, is that there are considerable numbers of veins. It’s really exciting that they’re continuing on the other side of the ridge.
Also on that side of the property we’re much closer to the Artemis Resources grab and we know that it has been finding some good veins and good nuggets on its property as well. So it seems that with that result that there is some extent potentially to the system in this area.
Proven and Probable: This week NxGold issued a third and equally important press release regarding follow up work on stream soil and rock grab samples. What has the company excited here about the latest findings?
>p?Chris McFadden: What’s interesting from this latest release is the consistency of the results we are obtaining and that’s it’s confirming our earlier work that there is a primary source of gold somewhere here on this property. So it’s highlighting the key prospects on the property that we’ve been working on in the Sun, in the areas we call Eagle in particular and Hawk. So the particular areas of the property, Eagle and Swan and Hawk, where prospectors have been finding nuggets for a considerable period of time. So the results tell us that there is a primary source of gold here and we’re narrowing our focus down onto those areas as a result of this work.
Proven and Probable: Switching gears, multilayered question, what is the next unanswered question for NxGold? When should we expect results? What determines success?
Chris McFadden: As we reported in our last press release, we have undertaken some very systematic grid soil sampling at the Pilbara Project in the Eagle, Swan, and Hawk areas. So it’ll be really interesting to see what comes out of that systematic soil sampling process. We have something like 140 samples in total on those areas that we’re expecting results from very soon, hopefully in the next week or two at the latest. That will give us a really strong indications of where the primary source of gold is we hope on this area of the property. So it’ll be really exciting for us and really interesting because we can then use that very systematic grid soil sampling and combine it with our stream sediment sampling and our trenching rock chip sampling and the magnetics that we’ve done over the area.
We’ll have multiple layers of geological information that we can then interrogate to ensure that we have a really strong picture of what’s going on under the ground here at the Pilbara Project in Western Australia. Another interesting or exciting element that’s coming over the horizon is we’re very hopeful that the remaining licenses in this area, which have been under application for the last 12 months since we acquired the property, we’re hoping that they will be granted to us again in a very short term. That will also allow us to extend our exploration efforts in the Pilbara Project area, particularly we’ve been working right up to the edge of the boundaries there at Hawk. We’ve done the systematic soil sampling pretty much right up to the edge of the granted area. This will allow us to move then into the application areas and effectively almost double the area that we can work at the Pilbara Project.
So in terms of what amounts to success from this project and the work that we’re doing and hopefully soon to announce, it’ll be the identification using the systematic multilayer approach to exploration that’ll allow us to narrow our focus on target it on areas for the next stages of work.
Proven and Probable: Last question here for you, what did I forget to ask?
Chris McFadden: Well, as usual Maurice, your questioning is very in depth, but one thing we haven’t spoken about is the Kuulu Project in Nunavut. That’s still a project of great interest to us, but we continue to be unable to obtain the surface license that we need. But we continue to work with the communities there and are working very hard to try and find a solution to that challenge that we have. But we’ve been very patient there because that has the potential to be a truly world-class exploration project.
Proven and Probable: Mr. McFadden, for someone listening that wants to get more information about NxGold please share the website address.
Chris McFadden: Certainly, it’s very simple. It’s NxGold.ca.
Proven and Probable: As a reminder, NxGold trades on the TSX.V symbol NXN. For direct inquires please contact Travis McFearson at 604.816.2686. He may also be reached at TMcFearson@NxGold.ca. NxGold is a sponsor of Proven and Probable and we’re proud shareholders for the virtues conveyed in today’s interview. Last but not least, please visit our website www.provenandprobable.com where we interview the most respected names in the natural resource space. You may reach us at contact@provenandprobable.com.
Chris McFadden of NxGold, thank you for joining us today on Proven and Probable.
Investor RelationsTravis McPherson
Tel: 604-816-2686
tmcpherson@nxgold.ca
Maurice Jackson is the founder of Proven and Probable, a site that aims to enrich its subscribers through education in precious metals and junior mining companies that will enrich the world.

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MILES FRANKLIN | Eccles Prison Blues—The Big Squeeze

Gary Christenson, Contributing Writer For Miles Franklin
Eccles Prison Blues—The Big Squeeze
Miles Franklin sponsored this article by Gary Christenson, the deviant investor.
Johnny Cash sang “Folsom Prison Blues” in 1957. The first verse is:
I hear the train a comin’
It’s rollin’ round the bend,
And I ain’t seen the sunshine
Since I don’t know when.
I’m stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps draggin’ on
But that train keeps a rollin’
On down to San Antone.
The Federal Reserve operates from The Eccles Building in D.C. Regarding the Fed I suggest changing “Folsom Prison Blues” to “Eccles Prison Blues.”
I see the crash a coming
It’s approaching like the wind,
And I ain’t seen real money
Since I don’t know when.
We’re stuck in Eccles prison
Their printing scam is moving on,
But the crash is a coming
And a financial reset will dawn.
What prison?
One hundred years ago certificates backed by gold and silver as well as gold and silver coins circulated as real money. Sadly, today’s currencies are debts issued by central banks, not real money. The Fed (U.S. central bank) issues Federal Reserve Notes—debts of the Federal Reserve. These notes – we call them dollar bills—circulate along with digital dollars as currency (funny money). Nothing but faith, confidence, and the ability of the US government to tax its citizens backs these notes.
Their game, their rules. You can’t buy milk at Wal-Mart with Silver Eagles. They want you to use a credit card and increase your indebtedness to a bank. That bank takes a slice out of your transaction, plus they charge interest on the Federal Reserve Notes you must repay to the bank.
Their game, their rules. We are stuck in their debt-based fiat currency system. Fiat money apologists spout the nonsense that not enough gold exists to back these digital currencies because governments, commercial banks and central banks have created excessive debt. They pumped too many digital Federal Reserve Notes into economic circulation and pushed prices higher. The Federal Reserve makes the rules, and they want the price of gold to remain low and not parallel the rise in the number of currency units.
But there is trouble inside Eccles Prison. Those extra dollars were created from nothing and are backed by nothing. Funny money isn’t real like gold and silver, and it devalues. For over 100 years the government and banking cartel have devalued the dollar. Our mini-dollar today buys what a penny or two purchased before congress accepted payoffs to pass the Federal Reserve legislation.
Why devaluation? The political and financial elite prefer fiat currencies they control and print. They increase their wealth while the rest of us… you know the drill. (They get the gold, you pay the debts.)
Rules in the Eccles Prison: We must use their “funny money” as currency. We are stuck with continual devaluation of the currency. We pretend funny money is a store of value, which history contradicts.
Our dollars shrink in buying power. Can you imagine the chaos if measuring units shrunk like dollars? A man stood six feet tall in 1971, but today he stands 27 feet tall. A baseball home run traveled 450 feet, but today’s slugger can blast a home run over 3,000 feet. Chaos!
Yet inside the Eccles Prison we accept this nonsense. As in Chicago politics, “The fix is in.” The banking cartel owns or rents most members of congress. After receiving the necessary political “contributions” legislators guarantee banking profits.
However, a major crisis might threaten banker profits. Expect a bail-out or bail-in from the Fed, the government, and citizens. Yes, citizens protect banker profits. Really? The interest paid on your savings nearly dropped to zero, but did the banking cartel lower the interest rate on your credit card balances? Whose tax dollars pay interest on the national debt? Depositor funds are legal liabilities of the bank, not your assets.
Stuck in Eccles Prison… The Fed controls interest rates, which have been close to zero since the crisis ten years ago. So what?
When interest rates are low mal-investments expand, corporations borrow $trillions and buy back their stocks. It boosts share prices and CEO compensation.
General Motors bought back $13.9 billion of their stock instead of improving their business operations, and now they are closing plants. General Electric bought back $40 billion and is in financial trouble. The banking cartel created $trillions from thin air, but they demand debts be repaid with Federal Reserve Notes extracted from corporate profits and individual income.
When interest rates rise, the debt service expands and profits fall. The big squeeze begins.
Will GE and GM survive without government bailouts? I don’t know, but they would have been more viable without the massive debts they accumulated to buy back their stocks.The Fed enabled these and many other bad decisions by creating inexpensive interest rates. Debtors are stuck in Eccles Prison.
The U.S. government owes national debt of $21.7 trillion. The Fed enabled the Treasury to sell bonds that increased government debt to unsustainable levels. The Treasury is also stuck in Eccles Prison.
SO WHAT?
Criminals may be stuck in Folsom Prison, as we are locked in Eccles Prison, but we can prosper despite the restrictions imposed by the Federal Reserve “funny money” system.
HOW DO WE PROSPER DESPITE THE RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE ECCLES PRISON GUARDS?
1)  Recognize their scam for what it is—a means of extracting wealth from the populace and transferring that wealth to the financial and political elite.
2)  Recognize that unbacked fiat funny money systems end in disaster. The powers-that-be can’t resist over-printing… and the value of the currency eventually drops to zero. History shows hundreds of examples. A future list of failed currencies will include dollars and pounds.
3)  Global debt of $250 trillion will be extinguished with defaults and hyper-inflation. Central bankers will sacrifice the dollar rather than the bond market. Expect hyper-inflation someday.
4)  Gold and silver have held their value for several millennia. They were valuable long before bankers conjured central banks into our world.
5)  Central banks have created dollars, euros, yen, and pounds by the trillions. When currencies fail, gold and silver will remain.
6)  Silver prices have been pounded lower since 2011, while stocks have been levitated with easy money created from nothing by the banking cartel. Stocks are now correcting lower and silver will – someday – correct much higher. Slowly, then rapidly…
From Alasdair Macleod:
“Any attempt to rescue the finances of the U.S. government, banks and businesses by printing money [fiat dollars] will simply provide more fuel for the inflationary fire, but it is hard to see that there can be any other material response by the Fed.”
CONCLUSIONS:
1)  Expect defaults and hyper-inflation.
2)  Expect ongoing devaluation of fiat currencies… slowly for now, then rapidly.
3)  Buy silver and gold. They are insurance and protection.
Miles Franklin sells silver. Call them at 1-800-822-8080 and tell them you agree with the Deviant Investor about silver. Your price will not change, but I might receive a benefit if you give my name as your reference.
If you have questions or comments, email me: deviantinvestor “at” gmail.com.
Hunter Riley III, Contributing Writer For Miles Franklin
A Platinum Blonde On The Gold Coast
I’m a gold and silver dude.
Mostly.
But for the first time ever, I went behind their backs and bought a different kind of precious metal.
I’ll get into what kind of metal in a moment.
As you know, I’m from the Second City.
Chicago.
Chicago is broken up into all these tiny little neighborhoods.
One of my favorite neighborhoods in Chicago is called “The Gold Coast”.
Chicago’s Gold Coast has been home to big mansions and the well heeled since the great Chicago fire of 1871. The Gold Coast really earned its reputation in the 1950’s and 60’s when guys like Sinatra and Hugh Hefner ran wild across the town.
Sinatra loved to stay at either the Ambassador East or the Drake Hotel. He’d hit dinner spots like the Pump Room, Twin Anchors, Rosebud or Mister Kelleys (now known as Gibsons). I personally love the Drake Hotel. On top of their bar, you can see where Joe Dimaggio and Marilyn Monroe carved their initials into the woodwork one drunken night.
Just down the street from the Ambassador East Hotel, Hugh Hefner started the original Playboy Mansion at 1340 N. State Street.
These dudes are gone now but their ghosts can still be felt on the Gold Coast.
People still flock to fill the legendary spots like Gibsons, Rosebud and Tavern On Rush.
Each of these restaurants have spectacular outdoor patios that line the Lambo filled streets of the Gold Coast in the Chicago summertime. It is definitely a place to see and be seen.
This last summer, I was dating a girl named Danika.
We hung out in the Gold Coast.
As we would walk past the outdoor patios on our way to dinner, I always felt this strange sensation.
Like everything I was doing was being watched intently. It was the weirdest sensation.
And then one day I figured it out.
I wasn’t being watched, I was getting hit by friendly watching fire because of who I was walking with.
You see, Danika is tall and has platinum blonde hair. (No pic sorry hahaha).
Wherever she goes, people watch and pay attention.
It is incredible.
She is on a magic bus ride in life that very few of us mere mortals can comprehend.
But whatever.
That’s not the point.
What this made me think of was it may be a sign that even though I’ve been a gold and silver guy all my life, it was now time to pay a little attention to platinum.
Not the blonde.
I’m talking about the precious metal platinum.
There is a lot of talk in the precious metals niche right now about the gold silver ratio and how inexpensive silver is when compared to gold historically speaking.
This is legit talk. Read my previous article called The Great Gold Silver Swap of 2018 if you want to dig in to the current gold silver ratio.
What there isn’t a lot of talk about is the current platinum gold ratio and how we are seeing somewhat historically cheap platinum prices.
Today’s gold spot price came in around $1220.
Today’s platinum spot price checked in around $840.
So gold is about $400 more expensive than platinum.
The neat thing is that since 1971, on average, platinum is about 25% more expensive than gold.
So with that number in mind, you would see platinum priced around $1580 an ounce to get back to the historical average.
I know many of you are swapping some of your gold for silver right now and maybe it is time to start swapping some gold for platinum too.
Can Platinum Go Any Lower?
The platinum experts I’ve spoken to say the metal is just about trading at the cost of production right now. If it uncharacteristically goes to the lows of the 2008 or 2004 crashes which would be around $750, then many mines will close and the price will rise again due to scarcity.
Never say never but to me it doesn’t seem like there is much downside to platinum right now. I guess gold could crash which would bring the platinum gold ratio back to the average but that also seems unlikely.
What Is Platinum Used For?
Platinum is used in both industry and investing.
Around 35% of all platinum mined each year is used for jewelry or investment.
The other 65% is used up by industry to make medical, electrical, chemical and automotive components like catalytic converters. The automotive industry actually uses about 40% of all platinum mined.
Sounds Good, But What Happens To Platinum During A Financial Market Crash?
Yes, the apex predator and biggest safe haven in financial panics is gold, but if gold is a wolf, platinum is a coyote. In past times of financial distress, platinum has followed gold’s lead as a safe haven asset that tends to be hoarded. The technicals of platinum and gold also are similar but since platinum is a smaller market, it is usually more volatile and makes bigger moves.
So Am I Swapping Some Of My Gold For Platinum?
Not a ton, but a little bit.
With the platinum gold ratio being so much in platinum’s favor right now it just makes sense to me. When the platinum I buy right now reverts back and becomes more expensive in relation to gold, I’ll probably sell it to increase the size of my gold stack.
Where can you get platinum?
Call them at 1-800-822-8080 and tell them world famous Hunter Riley III told you it’s time to go platinum for a little while. They can get you the precious metal, not the blonde.
If you’re looking for a platinum blonde instead, I suggest getting a table outside at Tavern On Rush on the Gold Coast in Chicago on a Sunday afternoon in June.
It is getting cold in Chicago.
Snow is falling as I write this.
Almost time to head south for the winter.
That Sunday in June sure seems a long way off.
Maybe I’ll see you there.
Hunter Riley III
Chicago, IL
Winter 2018
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JUNIOR MINING | Metallic Minerals Identifies Multiple Kilometer-Long Soil Anomalies at McKay Hill Project in Yukon Territory

December 4th, 2018, Vancouver, B.C., Metallic Minerals Corp. (TSX-V: MMG; US OTC: MMNGF) (“Metallic” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce initial results from the 2018 exploration program conducted at its 100% owned McKay Hill Project, located 50 km north of the historic Keno Hill Silver District, and adjacent to ATAC’s Rackla Property, in the Yukon Territory. Highlights include the outline of six areas of highly elevated silver, lead, zinc, copper and gold in soils of 1 to 1.5 km in length that remain open to further expansion.

Soil sampling was conducted as part of the McKay Hill Project exploration program in 2018 in order to expand the previously limited sampling. The soils program covered an area approximately 3 km long by 1.5 km wide with samples collected at approximately 50 m spacing.

Figure 1 – Soil Assay Contours (Silver Equivalent)

Within this 3 km long area are six discrete zones of elevated soil values, consistently registering between 2 g/t to 200 g/t Ag Eq. (yellow to magenta colours) that correspond with the target areas previously identified through mapping and rock sampling, expanding these areas with more continuous coverage where outcrop exposure is limited on the property (see Figure 1). These large areas of highly elevated metals in soils support the potential for significant scale mineralized systems in the bedrock below. The soil anomalies defined both by their strong tenor and large areal extent coincide spatially with both the historic and the new vein exposures that together outline the Central Zone and five additional newly defined target areas.

McKay Hill Central Zone

The Central Zone was the focus of historic exploration and high-grade production in the 1940s from a small area of the No. 6 Vein Corridor. The 2018 soil sampling grid was designed to expand on previous sampling that showed elevated metals in soils along the main Central Zone ridge, where most of the previously known mineralized exposures had been identified. When viewed in the context of the area’s geology, the new results from the 2018 sampling highlight that the Central Zone is one of a series of roughly 1 to 1.5 km long, east-west to northeast trending zones of mineralization on the property. The mapped mineralized structures in the Central Zone consist of: 1) thick, sub-vertical, sulfide-bearing quartz veins in three predominant orientations striking north-south, east-west and north-east; and 2) numerous parallel massive sulfide veins up to 2 m wide typically striking north-easterly with a sub-vertical dip. Together these vein sets generate the large, property-scale soil anomaly that is open in multiple directions and will be the subject of additional sampling work in future programs.

Other Target Areas at the McKay Hill Project

In addition to the significant expansion of the main Central Zone, systematic exploration on the McKay Hill Project over the last two years has also identified and refined six additional surrounding target zones: West McKay, Falls, Bella, Red, Snowdrift and Independence (Figure 1).

The West McKay anomaly appears to be a significant parallel zone to the Central Zone and contains some of the highest soil grades from the survey, coinciding with several newly-defined sulfide-bearing quartz veins that were located in 2018 and that have similar orientations as the vein structures seen in the Central Zone. The Red, Falls, Bella and Independence zone grids are also open to expansion in several directions and additional follow up sampling will be planned in future programs to determine the extent of the open soil anomalies and to provide expanded coverage. To date, Metallic has identified 37 vein structures at the McKay Hill Project, 18 of which were identified during the 2018 field program.

Metallic’s CEO and Chairman, Greg Johnson states, ”We are very pleased with the these initial results from the 2018 McKay Hill Project work that are outlining a number of significant mineralized systems of scale. These metal in soil anomalies, coupled with the historic and newly discovered high-grade vein occurrences only cover a portion of the McKay Hill Project but support the potential for a district scale system that is significantly larger than previously recognized. The tenor and scale of the surface anomalies indicate potential for broad zones of high-grade mineralization that warrant further investigation through additional surface sampling work and drill testing. With the successful exploration program at the McKay Hill Project, new claims have been staked to cover additional prospective ground and planning for the 2019 work program is underway. Additional results from rock sampling and initial trenching at the McKay Hill Project are pending and are expected in the coming weeks. We also anticipate providing a project update and results from our advanced Keno Silver Project in the Keno Hill Silver District.”

About the McKay Hill Project

The 100% owned McKay Hill Project covers 44 km2 within a belt of silver-lead-zinc related deposits that stretch from the Alaska border to the southern part of the Yukon and includes the famous Keno Hill Silver District, approximately 50 km to the south. McKay Hill is a historic high-grade producer that shows potential to host a significant district scale vein system similar to Keno Hill but that have seen very limited modern exploration. McKay Hill was discovered and initially explored in the 1920s with selective mining in the 1940s producing 143 tonnes of high-grade material from the No. 6 Vein Corridor area, grading 390.8 g/t Ag and 74.1% Pb.1

1Geological and Geochemical Evaluation Report on the McKay Hill Project, Jean Pautler, P.Geo. JP Exploration Services Inc., 2009

About Metallic Minerals Corp.

Metallic Minerals Corp. is a growth-stage exploration company focused on the acquisition and development of high-grade silver and gold in the Yukon within under-explored districts with potential to produce top-tier assets. Our objective is to create value through a disciplined, systematic approach to exploration, reducing investment risk and maximizing probability of long-term success. Our core Keno Silver Project is located in the historic Keno Hill Silver District of Canada’s Yukon Territory, a region with over 300 million ounces of past production and current high-grade silver resources. The Company’s McKay Hill Project, northeast of Keno Hill, is a high-grade historic silver-gold producer. Metallic Minerals is also building a portfolio of gold royalties in the Klondike Gold District. Metallic Minerals is led by a team with a track record of discovery and exploration success, including large scale development, permitting and project financing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

Website: www.metallic-minerals.com

Email: chris.ackerman@metallic-minerals.com
Phone: 604-629-7800

Toll Free: 1-888-570-4420

Quality Assurance / Quality Control

All samples were assayed by 36 Element Aqua Regia Digestion ICP-MS methods at Bureau Veritas labs in Vancouver. Analytical work in 2017 was done by Bureau Veritas Commodities Canada Ltd. with sample preparation in Whitehorse, Yukon and geochemical analysis in Vancouver, British Columbia. Each rock (grab) sample was analyzed for 36 elements using an Aqua Regia digestion with inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES) and inductively coupled Plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) (AQ202). Samples with over limit silver and gold were re-analyzed using a 30-gram fire assay fusion with a gravimetric finish (FA530-Ag, Au). Over-limit lead and zinc samples were analyzed by multi-acid digestion and atomic absorption spectrometry (MA404) or titration (GC516, GC8917). All results have passed the QAQC screening by the lab.

Qualified Person

Scott Petsel, P.Geo, Vice President, Exploration and an employee of Metallic Minerals Corp., is a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Mr. Petsel has reviewed the scientific and technical information in this news release and approves the disclosure contained herein. Mr. Petsel has reviewed the results of the sampling program and confirmed that all procedures, protocols and methodologies used in the drill program conform to industry standards.

Forward-Looking Statements

Forward Looking Statements: This news release includes certain statements that may be deemed “forward-looking statements”. All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts including, without limitation, statements regarding potential mineralization, historic production, estimation of mineral resources, the realization of mineral resource estimates, interpretation of prior exploration and potential exploration results, the timing and success of exploration activities generally, the timing and results of future resource estimates, permitting time lines, metal prices and currency exchange rates, availability of capital, government regulation of exploration operations, environmental risks, reclamation, title, and future plans and objectives of the company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. Although Metallic Minerals believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on a number of material factors and assumptions. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include failure to obtain necessary approvals, unsuccessful exploration results, changes in project parameters as plans continue to be refined, results of future resource estimates, future metal prices, availability of capital and financing on acceptable terms, general economic, market or business conditions, risks associated with regulatory changes, defects in title, availability of personnel, materials and equipment on a timely basis, accidents or equipment breakdowns, uninsured risks, delays in receiving government approvals, unanticipated environmental impacts on operations and costs to remedy same, and other exploration or other risks detailed herein and from time to time in the filings made by the companies with securities regulators. Readers are cautioned that mineral resources that are not mineral reserves do not have demonstrated economic viability. Mineral exploration and development of mines is an inherently risky business. Accordingly, the actual events may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. For more information on Metallic Minerals and the risks and challenges of their businesses, investors should review their annual filings that are available at www.sedar.com.

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