Gold Resource Corporation has announced the acquisition of additional exploration mining claims, which consolidate the mineralized trend of its Isabella Pearl gold development project in Mineral County, Nevada. The claims were acquired from Nevada Select Royalty Inc. (Nevada Select), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ely Gold and Minerals Inc. Gold Resource Corporation is a gold and silver producer, developer and explorer with operations in Oaxaca, Mexico and Nevada, USA. The company acquired 100% of 153 mining claims from Nevada Select for USD 460,000, which included shares of restricted common stock valued at USD 300,000, and cash of USD 100,000, plus a one-time advanced royalty cash payment of USD 60,000. Nevada Select retained a net smelter return royalty (NSR) of 2.5% on the claims. The company has the right to buy down 0.5% of the NSR on the claims for USD 500,000. The newly acquired mining claims brings the total number of mining claims at the project to 494, covering approximately 9,000 acres and which consolidate and eliminates many mine claim gaps along Isabella Pearl's mineralized trend. The claims extend exploration potential to the northwest along a geologic trend with mineralized outcrops and historic mine workings.