Award of Stock Options TORONTO, ONTARIO - December 20, 2023 - Amaroq Minerals Ltd. , an independent mine development corporation with a substantial land package of gold and strategic mineral assets across in Southern Greenland, announces that it has granted incentive stock option awards to employees and a consultant of Amaroq Minerals to acquire an aggregate of 61,490 common shares under the Company's Stock Option Plan. The Options have an exercise price of C$1.09 per share, vested immediately on the date of grant, and will expire if they remain unexercised five years from the date of the award. Enquiries: Amaroq Minerals Ltd. Eldur Olafsson, Executive Director and CEO eo@amaroqminerals.com Eddie Wyvill, Corporate Development +44 7713 126727 ew@amaroqminerals.c...

FireFox Gold Corp. today announced that it closed a non-brokered private placement of 22,507,840 units of the Company at a purchase price of $0.075 per Unit, for total gross proceeds of $1,688,088 . Concurrent with the Private Placement, FireFox, together with its wholly-owned subsidiary FireFox Gold Oy, entered into an earn-in agreement , pursuant to which FireFox Gold Oy granted a subsidiary of Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. the right to earn an interest in the Kolho properties located in northern Finland . Patrick Highsmith, Chairman of FireFox commented on the transactions, "We are excited to form this alliance with Agnico Eagle. Not only does the strategic investment recognize the potential of our more advanced projects, such as Mustajärvi, but the option agreement a...

Magna Terra Minerals Inc. announces that the Company has filed the Technical Report entitled "NI 43-101 Technical Report and Mineral Resource Estimate on the Thor Gold Deposit, Viking Project, White Bay Area, Newfoundland, Canada" dated December 20, 2023 and with an effective date of October 24, 2023 . The Company engaged the services of Independent Qualified Persons Matthew Harrington, P.Geo., and Rochelle Collins, P.Geo. of Mercator Geological Services Limited and Lawrence Elgert, P.Eng. of AGP Mining Consultants Inc. , contributing original co-authors of the Technical Report and associated site visit. Mineral Resource Update The Company contracted Mercator to complete an Updated Mineral Resource Estimate. The Updated Mineral Resource Estimate was completed in order to incl...

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - Trading resumes in: Company: Defense Metals Corp. TSX-Venture Symbol: DEFN All Issues: Yes Resumption : 11:00 AM CIRO can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. CIRO is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. SOURCE Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization - Halts/Resumptions Contact For further information about CIRO's trading halt policy, please see Trading Halts & Timely Disclosure at www.iiroc.ca under the Markets tab. Please note that CIRO staff cannot provide any information about a specific halt be...

Prospect Ridge Resources Corp. is pleased to present its year-end recap, outlining a series of significant achievements and discoveries that have marked 2023 as a year of exceptional progress in its exploration endeavours. Key Highlights of 2023: Impressive Prospecting Results on the Copper Ridge Showing at Knauss Creek: Following up on high-grade samples announced on January 26, 2023, the summer saw many prospecting days on the Copper Ridge, which extended the mineralized zones over an east-west strike length of 1250 m, a north-south strike of 500 m and a height difference of 250 m. Many new high-grade results up to 78.9 g/t Au, 2050 g/t Ag, and 17.75% Cu sampled on outcrop made this target drill-ready for 2024. Acquisition of the Holy Grail Property: On February 8, the Comp...

Neotech Metals Corp. , at the request of Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization, wishes to confirm that the Company's management is unaware of any material change in the Company's operations that would account for the recent increase in market activity. About Neotech Metals Corp. The company is a mineral exploration company based in Vancouver, B.C., and holds options over the EBB nickel-cobalt property and owns 38 rare earth mineral claims, all of which are located in British Columbia, Canada. For further information please contact: Reagan Glazier, Chief Executive Officer E-mail: reagan@neotechmetals.com Telephone: 815-6663 The CSE has not reviewed, approved, or disapproved the contents of this press release. To view the source version of this press release, please visit...

Voltage Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has extended the expiry date of an aggregate of 4,149,793 previously issued warrants . The Warrants were originally issued by the Company on March 11, 2022 at exercise prices ranging between $0.15 and $0.25 per common share. The Warrants have been extended for an additional six months, with the amended expiry being June 29, 2024. The exercise price of the Warrants will remain unchanged. About Voltage Voltage is a critical metals exploration and development company focused on Canadian projects near existing or past-producing mines. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws. The use of any ...

VANCOUVER, BC, Dec. 20, 2023 /CNW/ - The following issues have been halted by CIRO Company: Defense Metals Corp. TSX-Venture Symbol: DEFN All Issues: Yes Reason: Pending Company Contact Halt Time : 9:54 AM CIRO can make a decision to impose a temporary suspension of trading in a security of a publicly-listed company. Trading halts are implemented to ensure a fair and orderly market. CIRO is the national self-regulatory organization which oversees all investment dealers and trading activity on debt and equity marketplaces in Canada. SOURCE Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization - Halts/Resumptions Contact For further information about CIRO's trading halt policy, please see Trading Halts & Timely Disclosure at www.iiroc.ca under the Markets tab. Please note that CIRO staff...

Atacama Copper Corp. is pleased to announce that further to its press releases dated October 26, 2023 and December 15, 2023, the Company intends to increase the size of its previously announced brokered private placement to up to 66,666,667 subscription receipts of the Company at a price of $0.18 per Subscription Receipt for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $12,000,000. The Company also announces the closing of the first tranche of the Concurrent Financing and the closing of the Common Share Offering for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $7.0 million. The Company anticipates that it will close a second tranche of the Concurrent Financing in January 2024. Unless otherwise stated, all amounts referred to herein are in Canadian dollars. Summary of the Concurrent Financi...

The Mosaic Company today announced that Jody Kuzenko, President and Chief Executive Officer of Torex Gold, has been elected to the company's board of directors, effective January 1, 2024. "Mosaic's board will benefit from Jody's extensive knowledge of mining as well as her deep understanding of the Canadian business and legal environments," said Gregory L. Ebel, Chairman of the Board of The Mosaic Company. "We are pleased to welcome her diverse experiences and counsel as a valuable addition to the Mosaic Board." Ms. Kuzenko joined Torex in 2018 as Chief Operating Officer and was named President and CEO in 2020. She has over 20 years of operational and business experience in mining industries, mainly at Vale . She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Universi...

HIGHLIGHTS Subject to Toronto Stock Exchange approval, Liatam Mining Pty Ltd has agreed to further invest A$1.8 million to obtain 9,000,000 shares at A$0.20 per share in Novo to increase their shareholding from ~3% to ~6%. Liatam has exceeded the required spend of A$1.75 million to form the 80%/20% Quartz Hill Joint Venture with Novo in the East Pilbara, Western Australia. Liatam has acquired legal title to the tenements included in the Quartz Hill Joint Venture and becomes the manager of the joint venture, with Novo retaining 20% ownership of battery mineral rights along with 100% of the gold and silver rights on the tenements. The Quartz Hill Joint Venture tenements are considered prospective for lithium-caesium-tantalum style pegmatite mineralisation. Following the A$10 million transact...

Teck Resources Ltd. today announced the Carbon Capture Pilot Plant at its Trail Operations in southern British Columbia is now operating and successfully capturing carbon dioxide . "This is an important milestone as we advance our understanding of the potential of carbon capture technology to reduce emissions at our operations," said Jonathan Price, President & CEO. "This project is part of Teck's ongoing work to take action on climate change and achieve our long-term goal of net-zero operations by 2050." The Carbon Capture Pilot Plant separates CO2 from the Acid Plant flue gas at Trail Operations at a rate of one tonne per day and will operate through 2024 for testing and data collection purposes. Teck's Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage pilot project is also evaluating o...

E2Gold Inc. is pleased to announce that it closed its previously announced private placement pursuant to which it has issued an aggregate of 12,716,666 units at a price of $0.03 per Unit, to raise aggregate gross proceeds of $381,500. Each Unit is comprised of one common share of the Company and one Common Share purchase warrant ; with each whole Warrant exercisable to acquire one additional Common Share at a price of $0.05 for a period of 24 months from the date of issuance thereof. All securities issued and issuable pursuant to the Offering are subject to a statutory hold period expiring April 21, 2024. The Offering remains subject to the final approval of the TSX Venture Exchange. The Company intends to apply the gross proceeds from the Offering towards the exploration of ...