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Atco Mining Inc. is pleased to announce that mobilization has commenced in preparation for the Company's inaugural drill program at the 3,061-hectare Atlantic Project. The Atlantic Project is situated in the prolific Athabasca Basin in northern Saskatchewan. The Project is currently under option with Standard Uranium Ltd., an arms-length company listed on the TSX Venture Exchange . Pursuant to the option, Atco can earn a 75% interest in the Project over three years. Highlights: Approximately 2,000-3,000 metres planned across 4-6 drill holes, targeting high-grade unconformity-related uranium mineralization. One diamond drill testing high-priority target area A on the Project , investigating a significant densit...

Altamira Gold Corp. , is pleased to announce the appointment of Pieter Le Roux to the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mike Bennett, Altamira's President and CEO commented, "I am very pleased to welcome Pieter to the Board of Directors. We believe Pieter's broad expertise in finance, portfolio & capital allocation, capital management, transformational M&A, investor & stakeholder engagement and reputation management will be invaluable to the Company going forward. We believe that the fact that we have been able to attract someone as experienced and successful in our industry as Pieter to our Board speaks to the potential of our project portfolio in the Alta Floresta region of Brazil and, in particular, is a significant endorsement of the Cajueiro gold project and ...

Decade Resources Ltd. plans to focus on it its copper projects in the 2024 field season. The main focus will be on the Copper River property which is part of a large claim holding consisting of 52 contiguous minerals claims which include Nobody Knows, Dardanelle and Treasure Mountain properties totalling 23,016.7 hectares. All 52 mineral claims are 100% owned by Decade Resources Ltd. The project stretches from 10 to 40 air kilometers east of Terrace, B.C., on the northern slopes of the Copper River valley. The Company plans to explore the porphyry copper-gold potential of the Del Norte project as well. Within the Copper River property, there are several red bed copper trends and a granodiorite intrusion separating them. The Nobody Knows trend is approximately 20...

T2 Metals Corp. is pleased to announce staking of additional exploration claims at the Sherridon Project in Manitoba, following shallow high-grade copper and zinc intersected in drilling completed during Q4 2023 . Drilling results included: SHN23001: 10.0 m grading 0.92% Cu, 4.70% Zn, 0.37 g/t Au and 10.8 g/t Ag from 76.0 m; SHN23011: 9.3 m grading 0.85% Cu, 4.01% Zn, 1.08 g/t Au and 17.6 g/t Ag from 44.2 m; The additional claims secure the along strike potential of massive sulphides intersected during the Q4 2023 drilling. Utilising this new data, an extensive and ongoing target generation program at Sherridon identified a range of high merit targets, which will be followed up on during the summer 2024 field season with field mapping, geochemistry, geophysics and drilling. S...

Independence Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the complete final assay results from the Mint Vein System which was drilled as part of the fall drilling program at its 100% owned 3Ts Project. The 3Ts Project is located approximately 185 kilometres southwest of Prince George, British Columbia and situated 16 km southwest of Artemis Gold Inc.'s Blackwater Project. The Mint Vein System is situated in the center of the 3Ts Project striking north-south for approximately one kilometre. This vein system, along with the Ted and Tommy vein systems, has been tested under previous drill programs with results having contributed to the 2022 inferred resource as outlined in "Technical Report on the Mineral Resource Estimate Update for the 3Ts Gold Project, Omineca Mining Division, British ...

"We are very pleased that our vision for future low carbon critical metal mines is supported by these results. PNRL will continue with the evaluation of hydrometallurgical processing options for Selebi and Selkirk, providing a superior alternative to the legacy smelting. It will cut power usage, reduce pollution, boost metal recovery and facilitate local beneficiation." - CEO, Keith Morrison Premium Nickel Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce the phase two results of metallurgical testing of the Company's nickel, copper, cobalt, platinum-group elements Selkirk project and the nickel, copper, cobalt Selebi project, both of which are located in Botswana. The Selkirk Ni-Cu-Co-PGE deposit, located 75 kilometres north of PNRL's flagship Selebi Mine in Botswana, is a near surface deposit that h...

Osisko Metals Inc. is pleased to announce that it has sold an additional 5% ownership interest in Pine Point Mining Ltd. to a subsidiary of Appian Natural Resources Fund III LP , a fund advised by Appian Capital Advisory LLP, a London-based private equity group specializing in the acquisition and development of mining assets, for an expected payment of approximately C$8.33 million of which approximately C$6.66 million in cash was paid to Osisko Metals in connection with closing of the transaction, and the remaining amount , estimated to be approximately C$1.67 million based on certain budget assumptions and estimates of management required to advance the Pine Point Project to a positive FID , to be paid as a milestone payment to Osisko Metals upon a positive FID...

Navarre to become board chair at Arch's 2024 annual meeting in May Eaves and Chapman to retire as executive chair and lead independent director, respectively Drexler elected president and will join board of directors at that same meeting Arch Resources Inc. today announced that - as part of its long-term succession process - Richard A. Navarre will become chair of Arch's board of directors at the conclusion of the company's annual stockholders' meeting on May 7, 2024, succeeding John W. Eaves, who will retire at that time as the company's executive chair and as a member of the board. "I am honored that the Arch board has asked me to take on this expanded role and look forward to working with the board, Arch CEO Paul Lang, and the rest of the company's highly capable management...

Aris Mining Corp. will announce its full-year 2023 operations and financial results after market close on March 6, 2024. Management will host a conference call on Thursday, March 7, 2024, at 11:00 am ET/8:00 am PT to discuss the results. The call will be webcast and can be accessed at Aris Mining's website at www.aris-mining.com, or at https://services.choruscall.ca/links/arismining2023q4.html To join the conference via telephone dial: Toll-free North America: 1-866-668-0730 International: +1 604-638-5357 Participants may also choose to pre-register to join the conference call automatically, at LINK. Upon registering, participants will receive a calendar invitation with dial-in details and a unique PIN, which will allow them to bypass the operator queue and connect directly t...

Viscount Mining Corp. In a major development for the blockchain and precious metals industries, Lux Network is excited to announce the launch of Lux Mainnet and the Mainnet Mint of Lux Silver, a pivotal advancement following the highly successful technical launch on Coinbase's Base Network in 2023. This strategic initiative marks a crucial phase in Lux's commitment to revolutionizing the way physical assets are digitized and traded in the global market. The Lux Mainnet Mint introduces Lux Silver tokens on Lux Network's proprietary blockchain, designed to provide a quantum-safe, efficient, and transparent platform for the issuance and trading of asset-backed digital currencies. This move is in line with the mission to offer innovative financial solutions that meet the needs of...

Minera Alamos Inc. is pleased to provide an operations update for the Santana gold project outlining updated plans for expanding mining and processing operations over the next year. "Last year was challenging for both our operations and our shareholders. However, we are optimistic that 2024 will see significant positive advancements at the Santana gold mine," stated Darren Koningen, CEO. "A newly modelled approach to the development of Santana utilizing the existing leach pad capacity will allow mining and stacking operations to increase significantly from 2023 levels. We are currently finalizing plans for the year and concluding our discussions with our mining contractor to implement the new production plans. In parallel we will continue our active conversations regarding ap...

Highland Copper Company Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Barry O'Shea as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. O'Shea has also been appointed to Highland's Board of Directors. Mr. O'Shea joined Highland Copper in February 2022 as the Company's Chief Financial Officer and was appointed Interim CEO in October 2023. Mr. O'Shea has considerable operating, capital markets and finance experience across diverse industries and countries. Prior to Highland, he was the CFO of Fiore Gold Ltd., who successfully restarted the Pan Mine in Nevada and were subsequently acquired by Calibre Mining Corp. Prior to Fiore, Mr. O'Shea spent eight years with New Gold Inc., initially as Vice President of Finance where he oversaw operational analytics, financial planning an...