The Board of International Lithium Corp. is pleased to announce that it has signed a variation agreement in respect of its non-core Avalonia project in Ireland, which is a Joint Venture with GFL International, Co. Ltd. whereby: The option period under which Ganfeng has to spend CAD$10m to increase its share in the Avalonia project from 55% to 79% is further extended to 31 December 2025; and In consideration of a payment schedule from Ganfeng totalling CAD$2.2m between the period of September 2024 and 31 October 2025, and in further consideration of a 2% Net Smelter Royalty to ILC, the JV agreement will be varied such that ILC will reduce its stake in the Avalonia project to nil. Background The Avalonia project in Blackstairs, Ireland, has been a JV between ILC and Ganfeng sin...

Avalon Advanced Materials Inc. is pleased to share the release of a new video rendering showcasing the design and layout of the proposed processing facility at the Lake Superior Lithium Project in Thunder Bay, Ontario . Cannot view this video? Visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nO4ak5shWVo The video rendering highlights the facility's innovative battery-grade lithium hydroxide conversion process, starting with spodumene transported via rail to storage. The material is then heated in a calciner to transform it into beta spodumene. After cooling and grinding, it undergoes pressure leaching to produce lithium carbonate, which is converted and purified into lithium hydroxide. The final product is crystallized, dried, and packaged for market. The video also illustrates the mana...

Study Demonstrates 13 Year Mine Life, Modest Pre-Production Capital and Short Payback Period Magna Mining Inc. is pleased to announce the successful completion of its Updated Preliminary Economic Assessment by SGS Geological Services on its 100% owned Crean Hill Project located in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. The PEA envisions an underground only mining operation, with Life of Mine potentially mineable resource being sold to a third-party existing mill in Sudbury. Underground mining would be initiated with a 15-month Advanced Exploration program followed by a 12-month pre-production ramp-up period and 13 years of commercial production. Initial mining will be done with ramp access via a new surface portal with the eventual rehabilitation and re-establishment of the historic #2 sh...

VerAI Drill Program to Commence on High Priority AI Targets Conquest Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce that following the exercise of a Royalty Option Agreement by VDI Resources LLC, a subsidiary of VerAI Discoveries Inc. , a 3,000 m diamond drill program is scheduled to commence this month on the Belfast TeckMag Project located northeast of Sudbury, Ontario. In April 2024, Conquest entered into a Royalty Purchase and Sale Agreement with VerAI, to which Conquest agreed to grant VerAI a 1.5% net smelter return royalty on certain target areas with recommended drilling locations generated by VerAI, utilizing its proprietary artificial intelligence technology. Conquest also agreed to grant VerAI an additional 1.5% NSR in return for funding a drill program for testing four tar...

Denarius Metals Corp. announced today that it has signed a binding letter of intent with Europa Metals Ltd. whereby the Company will acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of Europa Metals Iberia S.L. , a wholly owned Spanish subsidiary of Europa which holds the Toral Zn-Pb-Ag Project in the Leon Province, Northern Spain. The closing of the Transaction is expected to occur no later than October 31, 2024. Serafino Iacono, Executive Chairman and CEO, commented, "The Transaction is in keeping with our vision of producing low-carbon metals within the European Union to support climate transition and the EU's bid to secure the resources needed for technologies such as renewable energy and battery power. Our work to date provides us with confidence in the po...

Canada Nickel Company Inc. has announced the appointment of an Advisory Board for NetZero Metals Inc. to support the advancement of its nickel, stainless-steel and alloy processing facilities that are planned for the Timmins District. The Company also announced the appointment of Scott Lauschke as Vice-President Business Development with NetZero Metals. The Advisory Board will include Dr. Ulrich Albrecht Frueh, Boyd Davis, Christian Hempel, and Tony Warner. These industry experts bring a wealth of experience in the nickel, stainless and alloy steel sectors. Canada Nickel Company's Chief Executive Officer, Mark Selby, said, "Today's announcement is a significant endorsement of our downstream processing initiatives. NetZero Metals has assembled an impressive advisory board with...

Westwater Resources Inc. , an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company , today announced the execution of a binding off-take agreement for the supply of its Fines material with Hiller Carbon, a leading supplier of pelletized materials to the steel and foundry industries. Pursuant to the terms of the Off-Take Agreement, Westwater will supply natural graphite Fines material from its Kellyton Graphite Plant located near Kellyton, Alabama to Hiller Carbon's plants located within the US. Graphite Fines are produced during the CSPG spherodizing process, one of the processing steps related to producing Westwater's battery anode natural graphite, which remains the company's main focus. Under the terms of the Off-Take Agreement, Hiller Carbon will purchase, on an an...

Mawson Finland Ltd. is pleased to announce new drill results from 8 drillholes at the Palokas zone of mineralization which were drilled as part of the Company's 38-hole 2024 winter drilling campaign on the Company's wholly-owned Rajapalot gold-cobalt project in Finland . Highlights: PAL0346 intercepted 7 m @ 9.1 g/t gold and 706 ppm cobalt from 88.75 m demonstrating that thicker and higher-grade mineralization exists in the southern margin of the Palokas gold-cobalt system PAL0354 intercepted 12 m @ 1.7 g/t gold from 416 m demonstrating the Palokas system remains open at depth; opens new vector for further exploration PAL0351 and PAL0362 intercepted mineralized extensions to the south of the previous known extents of the Palokas system including: PAL0351: 6 m @ 0.43 g/t gold ...

Heliostar Metals Ltd. is pleased to announce that it commenced a 5,000 metre diamond drill program at its Ana Paula Project in Mexico . The two stage drill program will test the east, west and down dip extensions of the High Grade Panel and the Parallel Panel targets. Phase one will consist of seven drill holes totalling 2,600 metres and phase two consists of eight drill holes totalling 2,400 metres. Heliostar CEO, Charles Funk, commented, "We are confident that Ana Paula can continue to grow beyond our 2023 resource update. The Company aims to expand the resource this year and next, ahead of a Feasibility Study that the Company is planning to complete in late 2025. Drilling will include some large step outs. They follow a newly identified geochemical corridor that may point ...

Vortex Metals Inc. is pleased to announce results from the recent surface sampling program conducted at the Illapel Copper Project in Chile. The program, executed during the month of July, 2024, focused on evaluating mineralization across several key areas within the project concessions. Program Highlights Dr. John Larson, Director of Vortex Metals and former Manager of Latin America Exploration for BHP and BHP Billiton, led the fieldwork at Illapel. Dr. Larson and his team collected 13 surface samples, which were subsequently sent to ALS Laboratories in Santiago for multi-element analysis. Preliminary results indicate significant copper mineralization, with 8 out of the 13 samples revealing significant copper mineralization above 1.0% copper. Notable findings include: Sample...

SODANKYLÄ, FINLAND / ACCESSWIRE / September 17, 2024 / FireFox Gold Corp. is pleased to announce results from its summer exploration program and plans for additional work before winter. The Company focused its summer work on two of its 100%-controlled projects in northern Finland: Mustajärvi and Jeesiö . The effort at Mustajärvi is aimed at expanding the footprint of gold mineralization beyond the three zones already identified in drilling and trenching over the last several years. The project has yielded numerous strongly mineralized intervals from drilling, including 13.85m at 28.74 g/t gold from 24m down hole and 15.5m at 13.09 g/t gold from 11m down hole . The first trench from Mustajärvi East in the summer of 2023 also included outstanding results of 6.87m of 59.12 g/t g...

Core Nickel Corp. is pleased to confirm that its previously announced non-brokered private placement of up to 8,000,000 flow-through units of the Company at a price of $0.05 per FT Unit for gross proceeds of up to $400,000 is fully subscribed. Details of the Offering are contained in the Company's September 13, 2024, news release. Pursuant to CSE policies, the Company must wait 5 business days from initial announcement to close a private placement and consequently, the Company expects to close this Offering on September 20, 2024. Closing of this Offering is subject to certain customary conditions. The gross proceeds received from the sale of the FT Units will be used for helicopter-borne Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetics and horizontal magnetic gradiometer geophysical su...

Soma Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Hector Manuel Melendez Gomez as the Company's new Country Manager. Mr. Melendez joined Soma's management team on September 1, 2024, and will be responsible for the Company's operations in Colombia. Mr. Melendez, a Mining Metallurgist graduate from the National Autonomous University of Mexico, also holds a master's degree in project management from Valle Mexico University. In his recent role as General Manager of Luca Mining Corp. , he oversaw two mining operations in Mexico, successfully achieving all corporate targets for production, operational efficiency and safety. Prior to that, he served as Technical Services Manager at First Majestic Corporation, responsible for the LOM plan, OPEX and CAPEX budgets,...