Goldgroup Receives Explosives Permit and Environmental Approval at Almaden's Caballo Blanco Project, Mexico (AAU)

Almaden Minerals AAU is pleased to report to its shareholders the results contained in a news release by Goldgroup Mining in which Goldgroup announced that it has received its explosives permit and environmental approval for tunnelling at the La Paila zone of the Company's Caballo Blanco gold project located in Veracruz, Mexico. Goldgroup reports that two tunnels will be driven into the La Paila zone for better interpretation of the high-grade structures within the mineralized zone and also to extract large scale bulk samples for pilot metallurgical sampling to confirm the suitability of an open-cut, run-of-mine, heap-leach gold operation.