Month: April 2023

Defense Metals Corp. Announces Private Placements for Aggregate Proceeds of $12.5 Million With Lead Order from RCF Opportunities Fund II L.P. of $6.6 Million

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Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company“) (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement financing (the “LIFE Offering“) of up to 22,367,977 Common Shares of the Company (“Common Shares“) at a price of $0.26 per Common Share, and a Concurrent Placement (as defined below) of up to 25,708,946 Common Shares at a price of $0.26 per Common Share, for aggregate gross proceeds of C$12.5 million (collectively, the “Offering“). As part of the Concurrent Placement, the Company has received a lead order from RCF Opportunities Fund II L.P. (“RCF“) for approximately C$6.6 million. John Robins, Strategic Advisor to the Company will also participate in the Offering. read more

NexGen Releases 2022 Sustainability Report

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NexGen Energy Ltd. (“NexGen” or the “Company”) (TSX: NXE) (NYSE: NXE) (ASX: NXG) is pleased to announce the release of its 2022 Sustainability Report (“the Report”) that covers the period January 1 to December 31, 2022. The Report marks the third year that NexGen has reported on the Company’s robust Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) profile and is the first report that fully incorporates all aspects of Global Reporting Initiatives (GRI) compliance. The Report is available online on the Company’s website: https://nexgenenergy2021corp.q4web.com/sustainability/default.aspx#esg read more

Defense Metals Announces Commencement of Phase II Hydrometallurgical Pilot Plant Testing

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Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company“) (TSXV: DEFN) (OTCQB: DFMTF) (FSE: 35D) is pleased to announce that further to the news release dated April 12, 2023, all assays for the hydrometallurgical pilot plant have been received and interpretation of the data is largely complete.  Data from Phase I have been used to optimize the design conditions for Phase II of the pilot plant. read more

Graduation Day: Cartier Resources completes its PEA

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ECR.V, Cartier Resources, gold, Quebec, Chimo Mine

A Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) is a significant milestone for junior exploration companies, essentially it promotes them into a select group of “valued asset” owners in the mining industry. It is a third-party assessment of the economic viability of the project’s resource estimates which a company has completed to date and it is an outline of the steps to be taken to reach commercial production. read more

Cartier Delivers Positive PEA for Chimo Mine Project Post-Tax NPV5% of CAD$388M and 20.8% IRR

Long term gold price of US$1,750/oz, Exchange rate of CAD$1.00 = US$0.77 Post-tax NPV5% of CAD$388M and IRR of 20.8% Post-tax payback period of 2.9 years and mine life of 9.7 years Capex of CAD$341M Average all-in sustaining cost of US$755/oz Average annual production of 116,900 oz 4,500 tpd underground operation Average sorted grade of 4.55 g/t Au for mill feed Processing plant with capacity of 3,000 tpd and rate of recovery of 93.1% Sorting of mineralization increases the grade of material prior to milling operations and recovery rate and also reduces costs of mill construction, material handling, milling and restoration leading to a reduced environmental footprint of mine tailings and thus increasing the social acceptability of the project
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Cartier Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ECR) (“Cartier”) is pleased to announce the positive results of the Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”), prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 – Standard of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101”), on the Chimo Mine Project located 45 km east of the Val-d’Or mining camp. read more

Eloro Resources’ drill hole DSB-47 intersects 114g Ag eq/t (9.90g Ag/t, 0.12 g Au/t, 0.96% Zn, and 0.68% Pb) over 320.97m in the Santa Barbara High-Grade Zone, at the Iska Iska Silver-Tin Polymetallic Project, Potosi Department, Bolivia

Holes DSB-50, DSB-51 and DSB-52, the southernmost holes that tested the potential south-southeastern extension of the High-Grade Zone at Santa Barbara, each returned well mineralized intersections over 100m core length as follows: 86.67g Ag eq/t (13.57g Ag/t, 0.99% Zn and 0.41% Pb) over 105.42m including 193.50 g Ag eq/t (15.34g Ag/t, 3.22% Zn and 0.17% Pb) over 10.57m (DSB-50) 103.03g Ag eq/t (5.18g Ag/t, 1.72% Zn and 0.21% Pb) over 143.06m including 175.06 g Ag eq/t (9.39g Ag/t, 2.96% Zn and 0.35% Pb) over 49.87m (DSB-51) 123.28g Ag eq/t (7.46g Ag/t, 0.14 g Au/t, 1.85% Zn and 0.26% Pb) over 119.77m including 306.28 g Ag eq/t (18.03g Ag/t, 0.45g Au/t, 4.55% Zn and 0.47% Pb) over 28.79m (DSB-52) Drill holes in the south-southeastern extension of the Santa Barbara Deposit are notably Zn-rich returning some of the highest Zn values intersected thus far. These three holes expand the strike extent of the Santa Barbara High-Grade Zone to more than 1,100m significantly expanding the potential open pittable resource. The High-Grade zone is now 800m across and is open along strike to the south-southeast.
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ELO.V, Eloro, 321gold.com, Bob Moriarty, Bolivia, Iska Iska property,
Geological Plan Map showing Drilling in Santa Barbara Area with Holes referred to in this release highlighted.

 Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSX: ELO; OTCQX: ELRRF; FSE: P2QM) (“Eloro”, or the “Company”) is pleased to announce assay results from the last eight (8) diamond drill holes from the definition drill program at Santa Barbara in the Iska Iska silver-tin polymetallic project in the Potosi Department, southern Bolivia. Two (2) of these drill holes (DSB-45 and DSB-47) filled in gaps in previous drilling of the High-Grade Zone. The remaining six (6) holes (DSB-44. DSB-48, DSB-49, DSB-50, DSB-51 and DSB-52) tested the potential south-southeastern extension of the High-Grade Zone at Santa Barbara. read more

Defense Metals Joins Discovery Group and Appoints a New Director

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Defense Metals Corp. (“Defense Metals” or the “Company”; TSX-V:DEFN / OTCQB:DFMTF / FSE:35D) announces that Defense Metals has joined the Vancouver-based Discovery Group led by Mr. John Robins and Mr. Jim Paterson. In addition, Mr. Dale Wallster has been appointed to the Company’s board of directors. John Robins, Co-Founder and Principal of Discovery Group commented: “We are excited to welcome Defense Metals into Discovery Group. In my opinion, Defense represents a world-class opportunity in the rare earth / critical metals space. Viewed as being one of the highest grade deposits globally, and led by a strong management and technical team, Defense has all the attributes we look for in a Discovery Group company. The addition of Defense to our roster of companies, will round out the Discovery Group portfolio and will elevate the exposure of all our member companies, as we continue to educate and inform shareholders about market opportunities that exist with high quality junior mining explorers.” Craig Taylor, CEO of Defense Metals commented: “We are pleased to welcome Dale Wallster to the Board. He brings a wealth of mineral exploration and capital markets experience to Defense Metals and we look forward to working with him as we continue to advance the Wicheeda Rare Earth Elements project. The Company is also pleased to have joined Discovery Group, an alliance of public companies focused on the advancement of mineral exploration and mining projects with a proven track record of generating shareholder value. We look forward to a close working relationship with the team at Discovery Group.” Dale Wallster is a prospector and geologist with over 40 years’ experience in North American mineral deposit exploration. As President and founder of Roughrider Uranium Corp., which was acquired by Hathor Exploration Limited in 2006, Dale and his team are widely credited for the discovery of Hathor’s Roughrider deposit. In January of 2012 Rio Tinto plc acquired Hathor for CAD$650 million. Mr. Wallster commented: “In the recent explosion of strategic, geopolitical and investment interest in North American Critical Minerals, rare earth element companies represent the “Rodney Dangerfield” of the class; they are getting “no respect”. Given their importance in the electrification of the world I expect this to change soon and Defense Metals, with its Wicheeda Project pre-feasibility study expected in 2024, is leading the pack. read more

Grid Metals Corp. Completes Resource Drilling at Donner Lake Lithium Property

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Grid Metals Corp., Wednesday, April 5, 2023, Press release picture

 Grid Metals Corp (TSXV:GRDM)(OTCQB:MSMGF) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce drill results from the completion of the resource drill program at the Donner Lake Lithium Property located in southeast Manitoba which totalled 17,643 metres. The pending resource calculation for Donner Lake will include results from both the Main Dyke and Northwest Dyke. The current program of resource drilling started in October 2022. read more

Eloro Resources Provides Update on the Ongoing Preliminary Metallurgical Testwork Program for the Iska Iska Silver-Tin Polymetallic Project, Potosi Department, Bolivia

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ELO.V, Eloro, 321gold.com, Bob Moriarty, Bolivia, Iska Iska property,
A colored map with a key showing SN/CU ratio looking west-southwest.

Eloro Resources Ltd. (TSX: ELO; OTCQX: ELRRF; FSE: P2QM) (“Eloro”, or the “Company”) is pleased to provide an update on its ongoing preliminary metallurgical testwork program for the Iska Iska silver-tin polymetallic project (the “Project”) in the Potosi Department, southern Bolivia. The ongoing work, including flowsheet development testwork and mineralogical characterization, is being carried out by Blue Coast Research Ltd. (“Blue Coast” or “BCR”) based in Parksville, British Columbia, and Mineral Concentration Laboratory of the National Faculty of Engineering from the Technical University of Oruro (“UTO”), Bolivia. The objective of the coordinated work programs is to develop a geo-metallurgical understanding of the mineralized domains and to obtain preliminary metallurgical recovery estimates for the main valuable constituents of the mineralized material currently identified at the Project. read more