Highlights: 4,000 metre drill program on Awalé's Odienné now underway Awalé secured an additional USD 750,000 in joint venture funding from Newmont Corp. Final Drill results from Odienné's Summer Drill Program expected in early January Awalé Resources , is pleased to announce the commencement of a 4000-meter diamond drilling program at the Odienné joint venture project with Newmont. This is a continuation of the Awalé's strategy of exploring and developing high-grade gold and copper-gold deposits in the fertile Odienné region of Côte d'Ivoire. Additional Funding from Newmont Awalé Resources has secured an additional USD 750,000 in joint venture funding from Newmont Corp., elevating the 2023 exploration budget to USD 3.75 million. This increase in budget reflects New...

Elemental Altus Royalties Corp. announces that after more than sixteen years of combined service Steven Poulton, the Company's Executive Chairman has advised the Company of his intention to retire from the board effective January 01, 2024. Mr. Poulton was the former Chief Executive and co-founder in 2007 of Altus Strategies plc, which merged with Elemental Royalties in 2022 to form the Company. The board would like to thank Mr Poulton for his invaluable contributions during his tenure and commends him for his unwavering service and dedication, as well as his longstanding support as a shareholder. Following his retirement from the board Mr Poulton will continue to be available as an independent consultant to the Company. Steven Poulton, Executive Chairman commented: "With the ...

Standard Uranium Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed a definitive option agreement , dated December 20, 2023, with Mamba Exploration Limited , an arms-length company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Pursuant to the Option Agreement, the Optionee has been granted an option to earn a 75% interest over three years in the 7,302-hectare Canary Project located in the eastern Athabasca Basin. The Option Agreement gives effect to the term sheet previously signed with Allora Resources Pty. Ltd., dated October 30, 2023, which was assigned to the Optionee. The Option is exercisable by the Optionee in three stages, summarized in Table 1. During the first stage, the Optionee can earn a fifty percent interest in the Canary Project by completing cash payments totalli...

Surge Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive purchase agreement with Thompson Creek Metals Company Inc. , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centerra Gold Inc., to acquire a 100% interest in the Berg Property for total consideration of 21,221,165 common shares of Surge, resulting in TCM owning approximately 15% of Surge's outstanding common shares . The Purchase Agreement replaces an earlier December 2020 Option Agreement between Surge and TCM which allowed Surge to earn a 70% interest in the Berg Property by spending C$8 million over five years and issuing to TCM C$5 million in common shares of the Company. Leif Nilsson, Chief Executive Officer, commented: "We are very pleased to be consolidating a 100% interest in the Berg Property,...

Gowest Adds New Member to Board of Directors Gowest Gold Ltd. is pleased to report that it has completed its previously announced 5,000-metre Phase 1 surface diamond drill program, and has entered into a loan agreement for an aggregate principal amount of up to $10,000,000 to fund additional exploration at its North Timmins Gold Project . The additional exploration will be focused on the Corporation's 100% owned Bradshaw Gold Mine . This newly funded program is part of a larger planned program aimed at expanding the mineable resource at Bradshaw, as well as to further test other parts of the Corporation's NTGP area where notable gold has also previously been intercepted . Loan Agreement On December 22, 2023, the Corporation entered into a loan agreement with Greenwater Invest...

Appia Rare Earths & Uranium Corp. is pleased to announce the closing of its previously announced non-brokered private placement for gross proceeds of $1,462,100 . In connection with the Offering, the Company issued 4,873,667 flow-through shares at $0.30 per FT Share. The FT Shares issued under the Offering have a hold period expiring on April 28, 2024. The gross proceeds from the sale of FT Shares will be used for Canadian Exploration Expenses ) which qualify as a "flow-through critical mineral mining expenditure" for purposes of the Tax Act related to the exploration program of the Company to be conducted on the Company's properties located in Saskatchewan. The Company will renounce such Canadian Exploration Expenses with an effective date of no later than December 31, 2023....

Xplore Resources Corp. is pleased to announce the entering into of option agreements with arms' length parties to acquire a 100% interest in five additional prospective lithium properties in the Root project area in northwest Ontario . The new properties expand the Company's land position in Ontario by 11,000 ha, for a total of 18,800 ha. Acquisition Highlights The Root North and Root Falls Properties are comprised of 14 unpatented mineral claims and expand the land position at the Surge Project by 2,600 ha. The Cathy Creek Property is comprised of six unpatented mineral claims totaling 2,600 ha. The property is underlain by metasediments and is located 1.5 km from the boundary of the Rooth South Pluton, a peraluminous S-type fertile granite. The Raggy Creek and Aerial Lake P...

Prospector Metals Corp. , a member of Discovery Group, is focused on district scale, early-stage exploration of gold and base metal prospects, is pleased announce that it has now completed the final property payments for 100% ownership of the Virgin Arm and Deep Cove claim blocks of the Toogood Gold Project in Newfoundland. Additionally, the Company announces that it has amended the terms of Toogood Option Agreement with Storm Exploration Inc. as previously announced on September 25, 2023 . Under the terms of the amended Toogood Agreement, STRM may exercise the Second Option by paying Prospector $12,000,000, in any combination of cash and STRM Shares, as determined by STRM in its sole discretion, subject to the following conditions: on the exercise of the Second Option, Prosp...

The sale of 1% Net Smelter Production Royalty leaves Graphite One debt-free heading into 2024 Graphite One Inc. announces that Taiga Mining Company, Inc. has exercised its option to purchase a 1% Net Smelter Production Royalty from the Company. The NSR is attached to 133 Alaska state claims owned or leased by Graphite One which the Company purchased on June 21, 2023 for approximately US$450,000 by issuing to the vendor 456,500 common shares of the Company at a price of CA$1.48 per share. The consideration paid for the sale of the NSR is approximately US$5,220,000, which represents the outstanding Taiga loan balance and accrued interest. "With the sale of the NSR to Taiga and their continued support, Graphite One is debt free heading into 2024" said Anthony Huston, President a...

98% of People from the Direct Areas of Influence of the Project Voted in Support of the Issuance of the Environmental Licence Adventus Mining Corp. and Salazar Resources Ltd. are pleased to announce that the Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition of Ecuador has completed the final consultation phase of the environmental consultation process for the El Domo - Curipamba project in central Ecuador , on December 15, 2023. The final consultation phase was carried out by MAATE in accordance with instructions and guidelines given by the Constitutional Court in ruling 51-23-IN/23 published on November 17, 2023. Six consultation assemblies, open to the public, were held in the canton of Las Naves in both the direct and indirect areas of influence of the...

The first drill holes into the grassroot generated ME target at the Guayabales project, which is located approximately 800 metres southeast of the Apollo system, have resulted in a new precious metal rich discovery with highlights including: 111.25 metres @ 1.00 g/t gold equivalent from 130 metres downhole . 55.40 metres @ 1.20 g/t gold equivalent from 239.95 metres downhole . The ME discovery is open to the north, south, west and at depth. Final Phase I reconnaissance drill holes into the northwestern portion of the Plutus target intercepted precious metal rich mineralization beginning at surface including: 304.60 metres @ 0.76 g/t gold equivalent . Visual logging of recently completed reconnaissance greenfield drill holes at the Trap and Olympus Deeps targets suggests significant broad z...

M+I mineral resources of 6.1 Mt grading 98 g/t silver, containing 19.0 million silver ounces, including 2P mineral reserves of 5.1 Mt at 93 g/t silver, with 11.95 million recoverable silver ounces Andean Precious Metals Corp. is pleased to announce an updated mineral reserve and resource estimate for the Company's San Bartolomé mine and mill operations, the largest commercial oxide processing facility in Bolivia. The 2023 mineral resource and reserve estimates herein were prepared by SRK Consulting Inc. and will be supported by a technical report prepared in compliance with National Instrument 43-101 - Standards for Disclosure for Mineral Projects that is expected to be filed by Andean within 45 days of this press release. "The results reported today reflect the work undertak...

Palladium One Mining is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Cameron Bell, M.Sc., P.Geo to its board of directors effective immediately. Mr. Bell spent most of his career with Inco and Vale, engaged in both greenfield and brownfield exploration and was a Regional Manager of North America and Australasia/Oceania. Additionally, he held senior technical and management roles at Voisey's Bay and the Sudbury Basin. Cameron brings a deep nickel - copper - PGE exploration background including extensive experience in the Kluane district in the Yukon where the Company's Canalask Ni-Cu project is located. Mr. Bell completed his MSc at the University of British Columbia and has been working as an exploration consultant focusing on nickel, copper and lithium projects globally. ...