Rio Tinto has completed the transition from conventional to renewable diesel for all heavy mining equipment at its Kennecott copper mine in Utah, giving the mine one of the lowest carbon footprints of any copper producer in the United States. Kennecott's fleet of 97 haul trucks and heavy machinery equipment at the mine, concentrator, smelter, refinery and tailings are now all fueled by renewable diesel1 sourced in the United States. This is expected to reduce the mine's Scope 1 emissions by 450,000 tonnes, equal to eliminating the annual emissions of 107,000 cars. In addition, the switch to renewable diesel reduces PM2.5 emissions at the tailpipes of our haul truck fleet by 40%, a reduction equivalent to approximately 2.3 billion miles of light vehicle travel annually. Kenneco...

Nord Precious Metals Mining Inc., , has completed a preliminary in-house study for reprocessing the Miller Creek Tailings and backfilling the stopes on the first level with cemented and non-cemented tailings to support the crown pillars . Reprocessing and Backfilling Open Stopes Highlights: After gravity concentration, the tailings would be placed in the open stopes including the first level, to stabilize any crown pillars The tailings will, for the most part, be non-cemented as there is no compressive forces at the first level which is up to 25 meters from surface. Cemented tailings would only be used in select key areas on the first level to contain the non-cemented tailings. Preliminary costs from the backfill contractor for non-cemented and cemented tailings placement is ...

VANCOUVER, BC, Oct. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - The following issues have been halted by CIRO Company: Pace Metals Ltd. TSX-Venture Symbol: PACE All Issues: Yes Reason: Pending News Halt Time : 10:46 AM CIRO can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. CIRO is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. SOURCE Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization - Halts/Resumptions Contact For further information about CIRO's trading halt policy, please see Trading Halts & Timely Disclosure at www.iiroc.ca under the Markets tab. Please note that CIRO staff cannot provid...

Muzhu Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce that the Company's wholly owned Chinese subsidiary Louyang Sow International Mining Company Ltd "LSM" has completed the adit and reached the historical workings at the Wulonggou Gold Mine. Click Image To View Full Size. Further to the Muzhu's news release of October 17, 2024, LSM has completed an adit to explore past workings by local miners in order to confirm the existence of a mineralized structure known as the F12 vein. When the old workings are exposed, additional work will be conducted to confirm that the F12 vein is consistent, both in width, extension and grade, with some of the veins of WGM that are already in production. The mineral structures in this mine have been well explored and studied and some of the mineral veins are ...

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - Trading resumes in: Company: Lithium Americas Corp. TSX Symbol: LAC All Issues: No Resumption : 10:21:25 AM CIRO can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. CIRO is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. SOURCE Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization - Halts/Resumptions Contact For further information about CIRO's trading halt policy, please see Trading Halts & Timely Disclosure at www.iiroc.ca under the Markets tab. Please note that CIRO staff cannot provide any information about a specific halt beyond what i...

Azincourt Energy Corp. , is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive property option agreement with BR Corporation Pty Ltd. , an arms-length party, pursuant to which it has been granted the option to acquire up to a one-hundred percent interest in and to a mineral claim block located in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador, commonly known as the "Snegamook Project" . The Project is strategically located to the southeast of Snegamook Lake within Labrador's Central Mineral Belt and less than 1 km south of the Two Time Zone Project *, formerly held by Silver Spruce Resources Inc., and consists of a mineral claim block comprised of 17 contiguous claims covering 423 hectares. The Central Mineral Belt in Labrador also hosts [wp=307]Paladin Energy ...

TORONTO, Oct. 29, 2024 /CNW/ - The following issues have been halted by CIRO: Company: Lithium Americas Corp. TSX Symbol: LAC All Issues: No Reason: Single Stock Circuit Breaker Halt Time : 10:16:25 AM CIRO can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. CIRO is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. SOURCE Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization - Halts/Resumptions Contact For further information about CIRO's trading halt policy, please see Trading Halts & Timely Disclosure at www.iiroc.ca under the Markets tab. Please note that CIRO staff can...

Weekapaug Lithium Ltd. , is pleased to announce that it intends to change its name to Protium Clean Energy Corp. which better reflects the Company's mission of clean energy exploration. The Company's common shares are expected to continue to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the ticker symbol . The Company believes that Canada has an opportunity to become a significant global player in clean energy through effective and efficient exploration for the metals, minerals, and gases required for the new economy. Management is excited to share its vision and tactical plans for moving the Company's current portfolio forward. Hydrogen The Company is pleased to update shareholders on the previously announced regional remote sensing gas survey over a 12,000 sq. km area of ...

Great Pacific Gold Corp. has recently commenced a 5,000 meter diamond drill program at the Company's Kesar Project in Papua New Guinea, near the border with K92 Mining's Kainantu mine concessions. The Company also recently announced that preparations have begun for a 2025 field program at its Wild Dog Project in East New Britain Province, PNG. With exploration activity at the Company focused at Kesar and Wild Dog in Papua New Guinea, the Company is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Callum Spink as Vice President, Exploration. Mr. Spink brings 15 years of dedicated expertise in mining, exploration, and resource development, marked by a record of success across complex geological terrains, particularly in Papua New Guinea. Mr. Spink has excelled in high-level explorati...

Klondike Gold Corp. is pleased to announce eleven drill hole results which tested for a southeastern extension of Stander Zone gold mineralization within the Company's 100% owned 727 km2 Klondike District Property in the Dawson mining district, Yukon, Canada. . Highlights Summary High grade gold-bearing quartz vein zones within the Stander Zone southeastern extension demonstrate significant lateral and down-dip continuity. These new intersections correlate well with those mapped within the Stander Zone MRE. EC24-534 intersected a quartz vein zone averaging 21.50 g/t Au over 4.0 meters from 96.50 meters including individual quartz veins assaying 76.07 g/t Au over 1.0m and 9.54 g/t Au over 1.0m. EC24-541 intersected a quartz vein zone averaging 4.84 g/t Au over 9.0m from 118.0m ...

Rio2 Ltd. announces today that it has closed its previously announced public offering of 97,307,710 common shares of the Company at a price of ?C$0.65 per Common Share for gross proceeds of approximately C$63 million, including the full exercise ?of the agents' option . The Public Offering was conducted pursuant to ?the terms and conditions of an agency agreement entered into between the Company and ?Raymond James Ltd. and Eight Capital , along with Paradigm Capital Inc. and Pollitt & Co. Inc. . In addition to the closing of the Public Offering, the Company closed its non-brokered private placement of Common Shares to Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd. for proceeds of C$5 million at ?C$0.65 per share .? The total proceeds of the Public Offering and the Wheaton Private...

Tactical Resources Corp. , a mineral exploration and development company, announced today that it has filed a Form F-4 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission regarding Tactical Resources' recently announced proposed business combination with Plum Acquisition Corp. III , a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, to form a new publicly traded entity . The closing of the Business Combination is subject to approval by the shareholders of each of Tactical Resources and Plum, the declaration of the Registration Statement as effective by the SEC and other customary requirements. "This filing is an important step in Tactical Resources' plan to list on Nasdaq," said Ranjeet Sundher, CEO of Tactical Resources. "Tactical Resources is laser f...

Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. is pleased to inform shareholders that Emperor Metals Inc. has announced the assay results from the first three drill holes of their 19 hole drill program at the Duquesne West property located in Duparquet Township, Quebec, under option from Globex . The Duquesne West Property has a historical mineral resource estimated at 727,000 oz. Au at a grade of 5.42 g/t Au , . The current drill program was initiated to "demonstrate that additional ounces are contained within the conceptual open-pit model and that low-grade bulk tonnage is indeed unaccounted for and will be added to a new mineral resource update expected in Q1 of 2025" per John Florek, President, CEO and Director of Emperor. The currently report...