Patriot drills high-grade lithium hits as resource upgrade nears
Shares in Patriot Battery Metals (TSX: PMET; US-OTC: PMETF; ASX: PMT) rose 4.5% to $6.93 apiece Wednesday on news about lithium assays as high as 1.66% lithium oxide (Li2O) at…
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Sitka Gold’s first hole of 2024 ‘most consistent’ yet at RC project in Yukon
Sitka Gold (TSX-V:SIG; US-OTC:SITKF) reported grades Wednesday of up to 1.16 grams gold per tonne over 191 metres in its first drill hole of the year at its RC Gold…
Thesis Gold gains on new resource hiking Lawyers-Ranch tonnage in B.C.’s Toodoggone area
Thesis Gold (TSXV: TAU; US-OTC: THSGF) says an updated resource at the combined Lawyers-Ranch gold silver project in British Columbia increases the tonnage by nearly a third compared with a 2022…
Grid drills 4.7% lithium at Falcon West project in Manitoba as part of critical minerals hub
Grid Metals (TSXV: GRDM; US-OTC: MSMGF) says its first drilling at the Falcon West project bodes well for building a critical minerals resource in southeast Manitoba where it also has…
Abitibi Metals probes new copper area at B26 in Quebec
Abitibi Metals (CSE: AMQ; US-OTC: AMQFF) says a new copper target west of its B26 polymetallic deposit in northern Quebec shows potential for expanding the project. Assays from the Satellite West…
Pan Am’s Big Mack grades approach Big Whopper in Ontario lithium plays
Pan American Energy (CSE: PNRG; US-OTC: PAANF) reported on Friday assays as high as 2.75% lithium oxide (Li2O) over 1 metre from its Big Mack project in northwestern Ontario, comparable…
Alpha drill results expand gold zones at Kerkasha project in Eritrea where Italians used to mine
Alpha Exploration (TSXV: ALEX) says drill results extend mineralization at the Kerkasha gold project in Eritrea with a double-digit grams assay. Drill hole ABRD113 cut 5 metres grading 11.03 grams gold per…
Power Nickel earns 80% of Nisk project in Quebec, adds polymetallic zone
Power Nickel (TSXV: PNPN; US-OTC: PNPNF) increased its ownership of the Nisk project to 80% from Critical Elements Lithium (CRE: TSXV) and reported new drill results from a polymetallic zone. The…
TNM Drill Down: West African Resources posts second top assay in a month from Burkina Faso
Our TNM Drill Down features highlights of the best gold assays of the April 12-19 period. Drill holes are ranked by gold grade x width as identified by data company Mining…
Ontario snapshot: Eight companies seeking out precious and critical metals
Canada’s most populous province hosts numerous historic mines and has potential for many more new developments. Here are eight companies exploring for precious metals and critical minerals such as lithium,…
Uranium snapshot: Eight companies hunting for the energy metal
Nuclear energy is gaining traction as a reliable non-carbon fuel source and as uranium prices have reached historic highs over the last few months. Here’s a list of eight uranium…
Lithium Ionic expands Brazil resources by a quarter
Lithium Ionic (TSXV: LTH; US-OTC: LTHCF) says it has grown its combined resources at the Salinas and Bandeira projects in Minas Gerais state, Brazil by 26%. The Bandeira project holds 23.7 million…