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ZINC-LEAD: Wolfden reports drill results at Orvan Brook
NEW BRUNSWICK – Wolfden Resources, headquartered in Thunder Bay, Ont., has the results of diamond drilling at its 100% owned Orvan Brook property near Bathurst. The property is only 15 km from the active Caribou zinc-lead mine. The company drilled…
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GOLD: More high grades from Indin Lake for Nighthawk
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Toronto-based Nighthawk Gold Corp. continues to explore its Indin Lake gold property. Work done in 2018 included 2,153 grab and channel samples that led to the discovery of new high grade gold showings. The company also drilled…
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EXPLORATION: New survey system from HPX goes to China
VANCOUVER – Robert Friedland, Chairman and CEO of High Power Exploration Inc. (HPX), and Eric Finlayson, president, announced on Feb. 18 that the company has entered into lease and technical assistance agreements with Shandong Yantai Xintai Gold Mining Co., a…
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Pure Gold plans ‘new mine in Red Lake’
Over the last four years, Pure Gold Mining (TSXV: PGM) has doubled the indicated resource for its Madsen gold project in Red Lake, one of the highest grade undeveloped gold deposits in the world. The company released an updated resource estimate today…
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LITHIUM: LiCo Energy Metals withdraws from Chilean project due to community opposition
CHILE – Following its 2017 notice of force majeure that was ratified in January 2018, LiCo Energy Metals announced this week that it has decided to completely drop the Purickuta project in northern Chile. In a press release, the miner said…
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URANIUM: NexGen advances Arrow feasibility at Rook I
SASKATCHEWAN – NexGen Energy of Vancouver has compiled a report on the pilot holes for shaft development and additional exploration drilling of the Arrow uranium deposit at its Rook I project near Patterson Lake in the Athabasca Basin. Three shaft…
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Casa options Keaper polymetallic project in BC
Casa Minerals (TSXV: CASA) has optioned its Keaper polymetallic project 15 km northeast of Terrace, B.C., less than 5 km from the company’s flagship Pitman polymetallic project, to a private company that has the right to earn a 60% interest in…
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VANADIUM: Regency Gold enters the vanadium exploration space
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES – Vancouver-based Regency Gold announced it has entered into a definitive agreement with Vanadium North Resources to acquire all of its issued and outstanding common shares, the main interest behind the buyout being the Valley of Vanadium project…
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SILVER-GOLD: Silvercrest finds another vein at Las Chispas
MEXICO – Silvercrest Metals has discovered the Babi Sur silver-gold vein on its Las Chispas property in Sonora through recent drilling. The company intersected high grade silver and gold mineralization along a 1.5 km strike length at Babi Sur. The vein…
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AME Roundup: Regional Mining Alliance cements new partnership in BC’s Golden Triangle
VANCOUVER — A new partnership between First Nations, exploration companies and the B.C. government named the British Columbia Regional Mining Alliance (BCRMA) is working well to advance mineral exploration and mining in northwestern British Columbia. That was the message behind…
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COBALT: First Cobalt extends mineralization at Iron Creek
IDAHO – First Cobalt has extended copper-cobalt mineralization along strike at both its Waite zone and No Name zone, part of its Iron Creek cobalt project in Idaho. The Toronto-based company is reporting four holes it drilled west of the project’s…
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PALLADIUM: North American ramps up exploration program
ONTARIO – Toronto-based North American Palladium (NAP) is ramping up its exploration efforts at the Lac des Iles palladium mine 90 km north of Thunder Bay. A minimum budget of $16 million is set, $10 million of which was raised…
