New Black Pearl Graphite Trend Returns 14 Metres Grading 15.1% Cg from Channel Sampling Graphano Energy Ltd. is pleased to report a significant new graphite discovery, termed the Black Pearl, located on Graphano's recently staked Standard East claim group. The discovery of important grades and thicknesses of graphite mineralization within geological units similar to the major graphite deposits of the Lac des Iles region, confirm the excellent potential of this previously unexplored area. The claims are located between Graphano's advanced stage Standard Mine project and the Mousseau Project with a Measured & Indicated Resource of 2.8 million tonnes grading 7.9% graphitic carbon. Graphano is the major land holder in this broader strategic area with 4,265 hectares of mining clai...

Bedford Metals Corp. is pleased to announce the results of its VNIR and SWIR satellite investigation at the Close Lake Uranium Project in the Athabasca Basin, Saskatchewan. An analysis conducted by Dr. Neil Pendock, PhD, has successfully identified several positive indicators for uranium, including anomalous helium emissions and various subsurface features such as illite clays and magnetite. These findings are comparable to those observed at Cameco's Cigar Lake Mine, the world's highest-grade uranium mine. Key Findings: Helium Blooms: Two significant helium blooms were identified. He1 is located at the northwestern extent of the project, at the southern terminus of a previously identified target zone. He2 is situated on the northern shore of Close Lake. The presence of anomal...

TRU Precious Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that its copper-focused exploration program at its Golden Rose Project in Western-Central Newfoundland is underway. As previously announced on April 18, 2024, exploration will be focused on the critical minerals associated with the deposit-bearing Cape Ray - Valentine Lake Shear Zone, with the view to developing a deeper understanding of the overall critical minerals potential at Golden Rose, and ideally to identifying drill targets for such minerals. While special emphasis is on copper exploration , the program will also investigate other critical minerals occurrences hosting nickel and zinc , which have been identified in previous exploration activities carried out by the Company. Exploration work will include prospecting, gr...

Lode Gold Resources Inc. is pleased to announce it has filed on SEDAR+, an NI 43-101 technical report on its Golden Culvert and Win properties in the Yukon Tombstone Gold Belt, similar geological setting as the Valley's RIRGS gold discovery by Snowline Gold1. The report was authored by Marty Huber, P. Geo. and Mark Fekete, P. Geo. This report is a key milestone for our spin-out plans . Lode Gold has set up a wholly owned subsidiary to vend in the Canadian assets in preparation for a Spin Co, to be called Gold Orogen, later this year. HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 43-101 Our Yukon assets consist of 99.47 km2 in 509 claims in two groupings, one group called Golden Culvert, the other called WIN, accessed by all-weather road in the southern extent of the Tombstone Gold Belt. Two drill camp...

Usha Resources Ltd. , a North American lithium exploration company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a marketing and distribution service agreement with an arm's-length marketing firm, Hillside Consulting and Media Inc. of Penticton BC, to provide digital marketing services, including SEO, PPC, email, YouTube and social media channels to increase corporate awareness for a term of 3 months. The media disseminated will be generated using publicly available information. The Company will pay Hillside a cash fee of $50,000 CAD plus applicable taxes. Hillside does not currently own any shares of the company. The engagement of Hillside is a piece of Usha's strategy to bring global visibility to the Company as it strives to establish itself as a leader in the critical ...

Eagle Plains Resources Ltd. is inviting visitors to explore our updated website at https://www.eagleplains.com. The new website offers a user-friendly, visually-rich experience with improved navigation and functionality on both desktop and mobile devices. The site includes many new features to help users to quickly and easily navigate the site and locate valuable information about our company and our exploration projects. New features include: improved performance allowing the site to be compatible with all browsers and mobile devices updated project filters to help prospective partners identify relevant projects high resolution graphics to help users visualise various aspects of the mineral exploration industry modern investor overview page that includes introductory videos ...

Lahontan Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that it has commenced metallurgical testing in support of its planned Preliminary Economic Assessment of its Santa Fe Mine project located in Nevada's prolific Walker Lane gold and silver mineral belt. Previous test work and mining at Santa Fe established excellent heap leach recoveries for gold and silver . This test work, being conducted by Kappes, Cassiday and Associates of Reno, Nevada, is focused on developing precise economic parameters for processing gold and silver mineralized rock at Santa Fe: Comminution test work - for assessing crushing and abrasion characteristics of mineralization at the Santa Fe, Slab and Calvada deposits in order to determine crushing costs, electrical consumption, etc., Compacted permeability - for d...

Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd. a long-standing silver producer in Mexico, reports second quarter production of 616,571 silver equivalent ounces. Production Highlights - Q2 2024 Silver equivalent production increased 5% to 616,571 oz Silver production increased 26% to 292,946 oz Copper production decreased 10% to 1.3 million lbs Gold production was flat at 1,514 oz Mill throughput decreased by 10% to 140,934 tonnes Consolidated Production - Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 Q2 2024 Q2 2023 Change YTD 2024 YTD 2023 Change 140,934 157,371 -10% Total Mill Feed 310,529 317,128 -2% 75 53 42% Feed Grade Silver 63 52 21% 0.48 0.44 9% Feed Grade Gold 0.47 0.51 8% 0.51 0.49 4% Feed Grade Copper 0.46 0.48 -4% 87% 87% 0% Recovery Silver 87% 88% -1% 70% 68% 3% Recovery Gold 70% 73% -...

Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for release publication, distribution, or dissemination directly, or indirectly, in whole or in part, in or into the United States. VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 15, 2024 -- Alaska Energy Metals Corp. today announced that it has filed a prospectus supplement dated July 15, 2024 to its short form base shelf prospectus dated April 19, 2024 to qualify the distribution of securities underlying 22,255,429 special warrants issued by the Company on July 5, 2024 . The Prospectus Supplement qualifies the distribution of 22,255,429 common shares and 22,255,429 common share purchase warrants comprising the units of the Company issuable on the exercise or deemed exercise of the Special Warrants in the Provinces of British Col...

Rio Tinto released its operations review for the second quarter ending June 30, 2024, which included Iron Ore Company of Canada production and sales information. Specifically, Rio Tinto announced that in the second quarter of 2024, IOC had total saleable iron ore production of 3.72 million tonnes, comprised of 2.14 million tonnes of pellets and 1.58 million tonnes of concentrate for sale . Rio Tinto also announced that IOC had total iron ore sales in the second quarter of 2024 of 4.13 million tonnes, comprised of 2.45 million tonnes of pellets and 1.68 million tonnes of CFS. Comparisons to prior quarters and Rio Tinto's commentary on the changes can be found in Rio Tinto's quarterly operational report which is posted on their website. Please note that the IOC sales tonnages are calculated ...

Teck Resources Ltd. today announced the results of its previously announced six separate offers to purchase for cash the outstanding notes of the series listed in the table below and that it has amended the Offers by increasing the Maximum Purchase Amount from US$1.25 billion to approximately US$1.384 billion, an amount sufficient to accept all Notes in full. The Offers were made upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated July 4, 2024 relating to the Notes and the notice of guaranteed delivery attached as Appendix A thereto . Capitalized terms used but not defined in this announcement have the meanings given to them in the Offer to Purchase. The Offers expired at 5:00 p.m. on July 15, 2024 . The Initial Settlement Date will be the seco...

MONTRÉAL, July 15, 2024 /CNW/ - - Champion Iron Ltd. announces a gradual return of its workforce to its Bloom Lake mine following a preventive evacuation and temporary shut down of operations on July 12, 2024 , in response to nearby forest fires. With the forest fires subsiding and following the evacuation pre-alert being lifted for the town of Fermont, located near the Company's Bloom Lake mine, Champion initiated a progressive return of its workforce. While the forest fires remain active north of Bloom Lake, recent events did not affect the Company's and third parties' infrastructure, which should enable a gradual ramp-up of production and rail shipments from Bloom Lake to Sept-Îles. The timing and resumption of full operational activities remain subject to the availability...

Rio Tinto Chief Executive Jakob Stausholm said: "Our operational performance continues to progress. While there are still significant improvements ahead, we are beginning to see a step-change in production, including from our Queensland bauxite business following the roll-out of the Safe Production System. "We are growing with discipline in the materials the world needs for the energy transition. Construction of the Simandou high grade iron ore project in Guinea is advancing at pace, the ramp up of the Oyu Tolgoi underground is on track and we are set to achieve first production from the Rincon starter plant by the end of the year. "We continue to prioritise the decarbonisation of our business, announcing the installation of carbon free aluminium smelting cells using ELYSIS te...