Dios Exploration is preparing a late spring follow-up field campaign on 5 James Bay lithium projects in Lower Eastmain greenstone belt. A mapping and sampling program was undertaken on 4 wholly-owned properties last September: LeCaron, Lithium-Nord, Nemiscau-Nord and East-Clarkie. The focus was on Lithium-bearing pegmatites on selected favourable target-areas. Due to limited time and helicopter and ground accessibility, Dios field program covered less than 12% of the claims of these 4 projects. Follow-up is planned as soon as possible to cover large areas yet to explore on the claims. Anomalous values in LCT-type elements were considered to provide regional targets for a follow-up exploration program or increase knowledge of unit geochemistry. Some samples yielded anomalous values in conte...

< - - Emergent Metals Corp. announces that it has entered into an Option Agreement for Purchase and Sale of the Company's New York Canyon Property to Ivanhoe Electric . The Property consists of 21 patented claims and 792 unpatented mining claims totaling about 16,000 acres . Located about 30 miles east of Hawthorne, the Property hosts a copper skarn deposit at Longshot Ridge, and further skarn and porphyry exploration targets at Longshot Ridge, Copper Queen, Champion, and Emma. Key terms of the transaction are as follows: Emergent will grant IE the option to acquire 100% of the Property. The term of the Option will be approximately 18 months ending on August 1, 2025. In consideration for the Option, IE will pay Emergent US$300,000 upon signing of the Agreement , of which appro...

Element79 Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that the Company's principal regulator, the British Columbia Securities Commission has lifted the Management Cease Trade Order it had previously granted the Company on January 2, 2024 under National Policy 12-203 Management Cease Trade Orders , as the Company has now successfully completed all requisite filings for its Annual and Interim Financials. Revoking the MCTO means members of management are no longer prevented from trading the Company's common shares. The Company remains committed to timely financial transparency and wishes to thank its shareholders, auditors and the BCSC, for their continued trust. The Company's Annual and Interim Financials are now publicly available on SedarPlus.com For corporat...

Fremont Gold Ltd. is pleased to announce that encouraging historic drill data from the late 1950s pertaining to the Company's Urasar property in Armenia has been identified. Additionally, results from the Company's maiden drill program at the Vardenis project in central Armenia have been received. Urasar project Urasar was last worked by Soviet government teams in the 1950s and 1960s resulting in the identification of three mineralized zones and four geochemically anomalous zones along a 14 km strike length . At the end of 2023, the Company completed a soil geochemical survey comprising 744 C-horizon soil samples which display a continuous gold-copper/base metal anomaly over a 15 km strike length, as shown in the figure presented below. Gold values ranged up to 449 ppb with a...

Barrick Gold Corp. - Africa's largest gold mine, Kibali, and the Autorite de Regulation de la Sous-Traitance dans le Secteur Prive , the body which oversees the DRC's sub-contracting sector, have agreed to collaborate on a range of local content initiatives. The partnership has been designed to increase the mine's already extensive use of Congolese contractors and suppliers in line with parent company Barrick's global policy of supporting local businesses and employing host country nationals. Since 2009, Kibali has spent more than $2.6 billion with local suppliers. Of its more than 6,500 employees, 95% are Congolese, including the general manager. "We encourage Kibali to continue this policy to enhance the considerable contribution it already makes to the local as well as the w...

C3 Metals is pleased to announce it and its subsidiaries have entered into a joint venture agreement with Geophysx Jamaica Limited to combine the past producing Pennants Gold Mine with its Main Ridge Project to create the Super Block Project. C3 Metals will act as the operator of the joint venture. Super Block Project1 JV Highlights and Benefits for C3 Metals' shareholders: JV Property: Exposure to the past producing Pennants Gold Mine and other highly prospective copper and gold exploration targets that appear to overlap C3 Metals' and Geophysx's mineral concessions. Past producing Pennants Gold Mine: Operated as an open pit between 2002 and 2004 with estimated production of approximately 16,000 gold ounces . Reported non-compliant NI 43-101 historical mineral resource...

Highrock Resources is pleased to announce that it has appointed Dr. James Pirie and Mr. Michael Power to its Board of Directors. Dr. Pirie is an exploration geologist and mining executive with decades of experience identifying, acquiring and exploring mineral projects across Canada and around the world. He has held executive positions in a number of junior and senior mining companies including: Breakwater Resources, Homestake Mining Company and Esso Minerals Canada. Dr. Pirie received his doctorate in geology from Queen's University. Mr. Power P. Eng. CFA is an esteemed executive with significant capital markets and mining experience. Mr. Power spent much of his career with the Noranda Group of companies and more recently has served as an executive/director f...

Golden Cariboo Resources announces that, further to its news release of January 22, 2024, the company will be applying to close tranche one of the non-brokered private placement in the amount of $1,316,000 After the CSE review period has elapsed a total of 13,160,000 Units at a price of $0.10 per Unit, will be issued. Each Unit will consist of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant; each full warrant is exercisable for a period of 5 years from the closing at exercise prices as follows: $0.12 in year one, $0.14 in year two, $0.16 in year three, $0.18 in year four, and $0.20 in year five. The Company is anticipating additional closing. None of the foregoing securities have been and will not be registered under...

< - Durango Resources Inc. , is pleased to announce that further to the news of November 15, 2023, the assays and data compilation of the 810m drill program on the NMX East lithium property is complete. The NMX East Property is wholly owned by Durango Resources and is located in the Eeyou-Istchee James Bay region of Québec, directly adjacent to the Whabouchi lithium deposit. During the fall of 2023, field mapping of the property and a short drill program was completed. The drill program was limited and only tested a portion of one of the dykes on the property. Four drill holes were conducted on the initial test dyke totaling 810m of drilling and pegmatite was encountered in each of the holes. Drillhole locations are marked with yellow stars in Figure 1. Click Image To View Fu...

Alpha Exploration Ltd. announces further drilling results from a 10,000m drill program underway on its Aburna Gold Prospect on the Company's 100% owned, 771 km² Kerkasha Project located in Eritrea. Drilling consists of both reverse-circulation drilling and diamond core drilling. HIGHLIGHTS: 18m @ 15.33 g/t Au from RC-DC hole ABD012 49m @ 2.75 g/t Au from RC-DC hole ABD013 Highest grade mineralization intersected to data across the Aburna project Drilling extends wide, high-grade zone to over 200 metres at Hill 52 Shallow plunging geometry of gold mineralization now confirmed at Central Area and Hill 52 Assays have been received from a further 16 holes completed over the Hill 52, Central and Northeast Area prospects on Aburna. Hole ABD012 intersected 15.33 g/t A...

CopAur Minerals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has granted a three phase option to Omega Pacific Resources Inc. to earn up to a 100% interest in the Williams Property located in the Toodoggone region of Northern British Columbia under the terms of an option agreement dated February 29, 2024 . The Option is subject to regulatory approval. The objective is to advance the Williams Property, and provide CopAur with a share position in Omega and additional cash to continue to advance its exploration efforts in Nevada. Under the first option, Omega can earn a 51% interest in the Williams Property by paying to CopAur C$1 million in cash, issuing 3 million shares to CopAur upon Canadian Securities Exchange approval of the Option Agreement and incurring C$3 million in exploration...

Omega Pacific Resources is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive option agreement, dated Feb 29, 2024, with Copaur Minerals to acquire up to 100% undivided interest in its Williams Copper-Gold Project. A total of C$3 million in exploration expenditures must be incurred in year one and the payment of C$1 million in cash and 3 million shares to CopAur upon CSE approval of the option in order for Omega to earn a 51% interest. Omega will have a second option to acquire an additional 29% by completing another $3 million in exploration expenditures in the second year and the payment of C$500,000 in cash and 2 million shares to CopAur. If Omega exercises the second option it will have a third option to acquire the remaining 20% by paying an additional amount to CopAur equal

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