Esperanza Resources Corp.

Esperanza today reported that the Company has entered into a surface rights agreement for its wholly-owned Cerro Jumil gold project in Morelos State, Mexico. The Agreement is structured as a surface lease with the communal landowners and has an initial term of 15 years. The Agreement applies to substantially all of the land required for Cerro Jumil and provides for continued exploration and development as well as for [...]

Esperanza today reported that the Company's common shares have commenced trading on the OTCQX, the premium tier of the U.S. Over-the-Counter (OTC) marketplace, under the symbol ESPZF. The Company has joined OTCQX in order to provide increased access to securities of the Company to US based investors. The OTCQX is fully electronic and gives investors access to the Company's securities through all major online and [...]

Esperanza today reported an updated and increased gold and silver resource at its wholly-owned Cerro Jumil gold project in Morelos State, Mexico. Resource Highlights: Measured and indicated ("M&I") gold resources of 1.47 million ounces, an increase of 61% from the September 2010 resource. M&I gold grade of 0.91 grams per tonne ("gpt"), an increase of 10% from the September 2010 resource. M&I tonnes of 50.34 million [...]

Esperanza is pleased to announce the appointments of Ms. Kylie Dickson as Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Warren Beil as Corporate Secretary. The Company also announces it has filed on SEDAR its interim financial statements for the second quarter period ended June 30, 2012 and the related Management's Discussion and Analysis. Copies of these documents are available at www.sedar.com.

S&P Dow Jones Indices Canadian Index Operations announces the following index changes as a result of the quarterly S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index and S&P/TSX Venture Select Index Reviews. These changes will be effective at the open on Monday, July 23, 2012S&P/TSX Preferred Share Index ADDITIONSSymbolIssue NameCUSIPCU.PR.DCanadian Utilities Limited 2nd Preferred Series 'AA'136717 67 5CIU.PR.BCU Inc. Cumulative [...]

Esperanza Resources is pleased to report recent drill results from its Cerro Jumil gold project in Morelos, Mexico. The reported results are primarily from in-fill drill holes designed to upgrade previously reported inferred and indicated resources. Highlights of the drill results are as follows:


-- Drill Hole DHE-12-96 intersected two separate intervals, one with 67.5
meters containing 1.0 grams of gold per [...]

Esperanza is pleased to announce that it has obtained a receipt for its final short form prospectus filed in each of the provinces of Canada, except Quebec. The Prospectus qualifies the distribution of 27,214,700 units of the Company issuable upon the automatic exercise of 27,214,700 previously issued special warrants. Each Unit consists of one common share and one-half of one common share purchase warrant (each [...]

Esperanza is pleased to announce that all matters of business were approved at the Company's 2012 Annual General Meeting held on June 12, 2012. Shareholders approved the election of the Board of Directors consisting of Greg Smith, William Pincus, Brian Bayley, Andrew Swarthout and Marcel de Groot; the appointment of De Visser Gray as the Company's auditor for the ensuing year; the proposed amendments to the Company's [...]

Esperanza is pleased to announce that it has closed the previously announced private placement of 24,000,000 special warrants at a price of C$1.25 per Special Warrant for aggregate gross proceeds of C$30 million. The Offering was conducted through a syndicate of agents co-led by Cormark Securities Inc. and National Bank Financial Inc. and including Canaccord Genuity Corp. and Stonecap Securities Inc. (collectively [...]

Esperanza is pleased to announce the addition to the Company's management team of Mr. Daniel O'Flaherty as Executive Vice President, Corporate Development, Mr. Johannes J. Miller as Vice President, Operations and Ms. Kylie Dickson as Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his role with Esperanza, Mr. O'Flaherty was a Director in the Investment Banking team of Scotia Capital focused exclusively on the metals and mining [...]