Rio Tinto increased its spend with suppliers and local businesses in Australia to more than A$16.1 billion in 2023, as part of the company's ongoing commitment to support communities where it operates. This was an increase of 5 per cent on the previous year and was spent with more than 5,800 businesses, including Australian owned and operated businesses and locally owned and managed branches of global companies. The spend helped support tens of thousands of Australian jobs and delivered a significant economic contribution to communities across the country. As part of this spend, more than A$727 million was spent with 168 Indigenous businesses across Australia - an increase of 29 per cent on the year before. There was also a 25.5 per cent increase in spending with local businesses across Au...

Rio Tinto continues to increase its contribution in Western Australia to support local jobs and economies, with the company boosting spending with local businesses near its operations by almost 40 per cent from a year earlier. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240411794818/en/ Wesfarmers Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Rob Scott , Rio Tinto Iron Ore Chief Executive Simon Trott, Monadelphous Managing Director Zoran Bebic and Western Australian Premier Roger Cook. In 2023, Rio Tinto worked with more than 2,400 suppliers in Western Australia and spent A$8.8 billion across the State. Of this, A$875 million was spent supporting local businesses located near its operations. The company also increased its spe...

250KM AWAY Sigma Lithium today announced an expansion in the Tropical Forest Conservation program, aimed to create a "Conservation Belt Against Deforestation" around the Medio Vale do Jequitinhonha by acquiring areas potentially at risk to be deforested to become cattle pastures. The Company's affiliates plan to acquire land in a region located 250km away from the Company, 100% within the tropical forest/ Atlantic Forest bioma. If the Conservation Belt were to be deforested, it would significantly increase adverse climate change impacts in the Medio Vale Jequitinhonha, which is already experiencing some of the higher temperatures in Brazil. The Conservation Belt represents an "environmental protection of tropical forests" encircling the Medio Vale do Jequitinhonha that currently alleviates...

Aftermath Silver Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement , whereby the Company has completed the issuance of 5,367,573 units at a price of $0.22 per Unit for gross proceeds of $1,180,866.14. The Company has raised aggregate gross proceeds of $3,850,000 through the sale of 17,500,000 Units in the Private Placement. Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of the Company and one-half of one non-transferable Common Share purchase warrant . Each Warrant is exercisable by the holder to acquire one additional Common Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance at a price of C$0.32 per Common Share. The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the Private Placem...

Vortex Metals Inc. is pleased to announce that it intends to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 16,111,111 units to be sold at a price of $0.09 per Unit for total gross proceeds of up to $1,450,000. Each Unit will be comprised of one common share in the capital of the Company and one-half of one non-transferable Common Share purchase warrant . Each Warrant is exercisable by the holder thereof to acquire one additional Common Share for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance at a price of $0.135 per Warrant Share. The Company intends to use the net proceeds for general working capital and exploration expenses. Finder's fees may be paid to certain finders in connection with the Offering, such fees being: a cash fee of 8% of the gross proceeds raised from...

Kuya Silver Corp. is pleased to announce it has closed the second and final tranche of a USD$1,200,000 non-brokered private placement pursuant to an agreement with Trafigura Pte Ltd , through two of its subsidiaries, whereby Trafigura has invested USD$970,000 to acquire 5,266,324 units of Kuya Silver at a price of CDN$0.25 per Unit to support the restart of production from the Bethania mine located in central Peru, to produce silver-lead and zinc concentrates . Each Unit consists of one common share in the capital of Kuya Silver and one Common Share purchase warrant . Each Warrant entitles the holder to acquire one Common Share for $0.37 until April 11, 2026. Trafigura has agreed to hold the Common Shares acquired in the Offering for a minimum of one year and will immediately...

Steppe Gold Ltd. is pleased to announce that, further to its press releases dated January 22, 2024 and March 19, 2024, it has entered into a share exchange agreement pursuant to which Steppe Gold will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Boroo Gold LLC from an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Boroo Pte Ltd. in an all-share transaction . Additionally, pursuant to separate definitive share purchase agreements , each between one of Steppe Gold's wholly-owned subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Boroo Singapore or one of its affiliates, on the other hand, each dated April 11, 2024, Steppe Gold will sell the Tres Cruces Oxide Project to Boroo Singapore for approximately CAD$12 million in cash payable over the next 18 months beginning as of the Closing Date ...

Generation Uranium is pleased to announce that it has increased the size of its non-brokered private placement of 4,000,000 Units, made public on SEDAR on March 15, to 5,000,000 Units for anticipated aggregate proceeds of CAD$1,250,000. The first of two tranches of the Private Placement closed with the issuance of 4,000,000 Units, each consisting of one Common Share of the Company and one Common Share Purchase Warrant at a price of $0.25 per Unit, for aggregate proceeds of CAD $1,000,000. Each Purchase Warrant is exercisable into one Common Share at an exercise price of $0.45 per share at any time up to 24 months following the closing date. A large natural resource fund out of New York and Toronto is one of several subscribers participating in the Offering.

Angus Gold Inc. announces that it has granted options to acquire a total of 550,000 common shares of the Company to officers, directors, employees, and consultants, pursuant to the Company's Stock Option Plan, at the exercise price of $0.60 per share for a period of five years, subject to vesting requirements. Additionally, the Company has granted 670,000 restricted stock units to officers, directors, employees, and consultants of the Company under the terms of the Company's restricted share unit plan and which have a three-year vesting period. About Angus Gold: Angus Gold Inc. is a Canadian mineral exploration company focused on the acquisition, exploration, and development of highly prospective gold properties. The Company's flagship project is the Golden Sky ...

Goldgroup Mining is pleased to provide an update to mining operations at its 100%-owned Cerro Prieto open-pit, heap leach gold mine. The Cerro Prieto Mine is an open pit heap leach gold mine. Goldgroup commenced mining operations at Cerro Prieto in 2013 based upon a measured and indicated resource of 8,220,000 metric tonnes of 0.81 g/t Au, 17.22 g/t Ag, 0.21% Pb and 0.54% Zn, published in a 2013 technical report. These resources have been fully exploited as of mid-2023 whereafter, the Company mined additional mineralization identified during subsequent exploration but not yet included in a published resource calculation (under NI 43-101). From the start of mining operations in 2013 to-date, Cerro Prieto has produced 117,033 ounces of gold. Ongoing mining operations continue to produce approximately 1,000 – 1,200 ounces of gold monthly.

Ero Copper Corp. will publish its first quarter 2024 operating and financial results on Tuesday, May 7, 2024 after market close. The Company will host a conference call to discuss the results on Wednesday, May 8, 2024 at 11:30am Eastern time . CONFERENCE CALL DETAILS Date: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 Time: 11:30am Eastern Time Dial In: Canada/USA Toll Free: 1-844-763-8274, International: +1-647-484-8814 Please dial in 5-10 minutes prior and ask to join the call Pre-Register: Registration link Register using the link above to bypass the live operator queue Replay: Canada/USA Toll Free: 1-855-669-9658, International: +1-604-674-8052 Replay Passcode: 0848 ABOUT ERO COPPER CORP Ero is a high-margin, high-growth, low carbon-intensity copper producer with operations in Brazil and corpor...

Viva Gold is pleased to announce that shareholders approved all items for voting at its Annual General Meeting held on April 11, 2024. The number of directors was fixed at six. Christopher Herald, James Hesketh, Edward Mahoney, David Whittle, Andrew Bolland and Adrian Goldstone were all retained on the Board of Directors. The appointment of Saturna Group of Chartered Professional Accountants LLP was approved. About Viva Gold Corp The Tonopah Gold Project sits in the middle of gold mining country and controls a major land position on the prolific Walker Lane Trend in Western Nevada. Viva has consistently grown its resources since 2017 and has recently completed a new drill program to further define and grow the current resource base. Assays are pending. The Company pl...

Premier American Uranium Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Red Cloud Securities Inc. to act as lead agent and sole bookrunner with PI Financial Corp. acting as co-agent in connection with a fully marketed private placement of up to 2,040,817 subscription receipts of PUR at a price of C$2.45 per Subscription Receipt for gross proceeds of up to C$5,000,002. The Agents will have an option, exercisable in full or in part up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the Offering, to sell up to an additional 408,164 Subscription Receipts at the Offering Price for additional gross proceeds of up to C$1,000,002. The Offering is expected to include lead orders of at least C$1.5 million in the aggregate from Sachem Cove Partners, and Mega Uranium Ltd. Col...