Lara Exploration Ltd. is pleased to provide an update of work on various of its projects. Planalto Copper Project : The Company made the final purchase option payment to Anglo American Niquel Ltda., for the Tariana license, completing the consolidation of the now 100% owned mineral rights over the project and has engaged Belo Horizonte based GE-21 Consultoria Mineral Ltda., to prepare a mineral resource estimate and a preliminary economic assessment to both Brazilian and Canadian standards. The Company expects to publish the NI 43-101 standard mineral resource report in Q2 and complete technical studies for the PEA in Q3. Celesta Copper Project : The Company has signed off on the restructuring of Celesta Mineração S.A., with Tessarema now having the option to buy-out North's 5...

Goliath Resources Ltd. is pleased to report it has fast tracked its 49% ownership interest in the Golddigger Property , located in the "Golden Triangle", British Columbia based on positive results to date. The Company has made all payments required to the vendor under its option agreement dated April 18, 2017 . It has exceeded the minimum exploration expenditures of $14,000,000 to ultimately earn a 100% interest in the Property. Goliath will earn the remaining 51% interest in the Property by issuing a National Instrument 43-101 resource estimate showing a minimum of 2,000,000 AuEq ounces on or before June 1, 2027. Key points to the amendment provide for Goliath's immediate 49% ownership in the Property upon the issuance of 10,000,000 common shares issued prior to May 15, 2024...

Heritage Mining is pleased to announce the appointment of two key advisors, Dr. Brett Davis and Paul Warren. The Company is also pleased to announce that further to the announcement on February 26, 2024 it has received in full the Ontario Junior Exploration Program grant totaling C$200,000 from the Ontario Ministry of Mines. Appointment of Key Technical Advisors Dr. Brett Davis Brett is widely regarded in the exploration and mining industry for his application of applied structural geology to numerous commodity types and mineral deposit styles. The approach Brett has brought to understanding mineralizing environments globally is a product of the integration of modern structural geology and techniques married with several decades of applied research. Bret...

Laurion Mineral Exploration is pleased to announce that it has closed its previously-announced non-brokered private placement consisting of an aggregate of 3,725,633 flow-through shares at a subscription price of $0.45 per FT Share for aggregate gross proceeds to the Corporation of $1,676,535. Each FT Share is a common share of the Corporation issued as a "flow-through share" of the Income Tax Act ). The gross proceeds of the Private Placement will be used for "Canadian exploration expenses" , which will qualify, once renounced, as "flow-through mining expenditures", as defined in the Tax Act, which will be renounced with an effective date of no later than December 31, 2024 to the initial purchasers of FT Shares in an aggregate amount not less than the gross proceeds rai...

Forum Energy Metals Corp. has reviewed initial data processed from its Ambient Noise Tomography survey conducted over the Tatiggaq anomaly during the summer of 2023, The survey successfully established new drill targets over a one plus kilometer east-northeast extension along the Tatiggaq fault zone, which hosts the high-grade Tatiggaq uranium discovery at Forum's 100% owned Aberdeen Project in the Thelon Basin, Nunavut. The Aberdeen project comprises 95,500 hectares and is located adjacent to Orano's 133 million pound Kiggavik uranium project* . Dr. Rebecca Hunter, Forum's VP, Exploration commented, "The ANT survey may be a game-changing geophysical method for targeting unconformity systems in the northeast Thelon Basin. By measuring the velocity change interfaces throughout ...

American Pacific Mining Corp. is pleased to announce that it's 100% owned subsidiary Constantine North Inc., , the operator for the Palmer Project , has submitted for approval a Plan of Operations to the Alaska Department of Natural Resources summarizing the next five years of field activities, until 2028. The activities included in the PoO will allow further evaluation of the environmental, social, technical, and economic aspects associated with the potential development of the mineral deposits located within Palmer Deposit. Palmer is an advanced-stage, high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide project located in the Porcupine Mining District of the Haines Borough in Southeast Alaska. The Project is under a joint venture partnership with DOWA Metals & Mining Alaska Ltd. . War...

Xali Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent to enter a Purchase Agreement with Kappes, Cassiday & Associates on the Mexican Mine Tailings Reprocessing Project at El Oro in Mexico. The Letter of Intent is a legally binding agreement. "We are excited to be able to move ahead with our El Oro Tailings Project," says Joanne Freeze, President and CEO of Xali Gold. "With KCA's experience in Mexico, and their proprietary recovery process, we anticipate a fairly rapid development timeline. KCA's recovery process is expected to achieve higher gold and silver recoveries and require less permitting than the previous process proposed by Sun River Gold. As such, we estimate that this new agreement on the Tailings should allow us both ...

Talisker Resources Ltd. is pleased to announce results from its summer 2023 mapping and surface sampling campaign at the Ladner Gold Project. A total of 175 rock samples were collected between mid June and mid September 2023 by a small mapping team. The focus of the mapping was centered on the areas of known mineralization adjacent to the historic Carolin underground mine and the McMaster prospect. Mapping and sampling targeted major lithological contacts between the lower Ladner Group sediments, the Spider Peak volcanic succession, and the Coquihalla serpentine unit. Of the 175 rock samples collected, 137 samples were anomalous for gold, 88 samples yielded above 0.1 g/t Au, 40 samples yielded above 0.5 g/t Au and 24 samples yielded more than 1.50 g/t Au. The top 24 samples a...

Marimaca Copper Corp. is pleased to provide an update on development activities at the Marimaca Oxide Deposit led by Ausenco Chile , and exploration activities at the Sierra de Medina property block, located ~25km from the MOD. The Company has also commenced exploration trenches and surface sampling activities at the Mercedes satellite target , located approximately 1km north of the MOD. Highlights Permit engineering, led by Ausenco, informed by final baseline studies and updated project layout progressing to plan MOD project permitting submission remains on track for early Q3 2024 Project layout is frozen, confirmed by condemnation drilling completed and announced Jan. 16, 2024 The DFS development strategy optimization, led by Ausenco, is near completion Workstream intended ...

Hot Chili Ltd. is pleased to report that the Company has submitted a second maritime concession application to support a potential multi-user, water network for the Huasco valley area of the Southern Atacama region of Chile. Importantly, Hot Chili's second maritime concession application also includes brine discharge for potential seawater desalination operations on the Huasco coastline so that both raw seawater and desalinated water could be provided by a potential water network. In addition, the Company is also preparing to transfer its water assets into a new stand-alone water company controlled by Hot Chili. These next steps follow positive initial engagement with several potential desalinated water customers in the Huasco valley area as well a...

1911 Gold Corp. is pleased to announce the appointment of Gary O'Connor to the Board of Directors as Executive Chair with immediate effect. Mike Hoffman, the outgoing Independent Chair, will continue to serve as a Director of the Company and stand for re-election at the upcoming annual general meeting. "On behalf of myself and the other Directors, I am pleased to extend a warm welcome to Gary as the latest member of the 1911 Gold Board and management team." Shaun Heinrichs, President, and CEO stated, "Working closely with Gary these last several months has shown me the strength of his analytical and technical skills, as well as the leadership he provides as we identify and develop the key opportunities for 1911 Gold. The combination of Gary and the...

OceanaGold Corp. is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, OceanaGold Philippines, Inc. , has received preliminary regulatory approvals from the Philippine Securities and Exchange Commission and the Philippine Stock Exchange, Inc. in relation to the initial public offering of 20% of the outstanding common shares of OGPI . Completion of the Offering remains subject to fulfillment of certain conditions including receipt of the final permit to sell. OGPI holds the Company's interest in the Didipio Mine and pursuant to the terms of the renewed Financial or Technical Assistance Agreement is required to list its common shares on the PSE. The Offering is expected to be completed in May 2024. The Offering is a secondary offering of OGPI's common shares, wit...

Piedmont Lithium , a leading North American supplier of lithium products critical to the U.S. electric vehicle supply chain, today announced that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Energy, Mineral, and Land Resources has issued an approval of our mining permit for the construction, operation, and reclamation of the proposed Carolina Lithium project in Gaston County, North Carolina. DEMLR provided the permit approval following a thorough review of the application submitted by Piedmont on August 30, 2021. The mining permit is subject to conditions both customary and specific to our type of project. "This is an exciting day for all of us at Piedmont Lithium. I would like to thank the leadership and staff at NCDEQ and DEMLR for thei...