Transition metals

Giga Metals to Pursue MHP Production at Turnagain Nickel Project

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Giga Metals Corporation is focused on metals critical to modern batteries, especially those used in Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage.

Key Points: 
  • Giga Metals Corporation is focused on metals critical to modern batteries, especially those used in Electric Vehicles and Energy Storage.
  • The Company's core asset is the Turnagain Project, located in northern British Columbia, which contains one of the few significant undeveloped sulphide nickel and cobalt resources in the world.
  • Turnagain is the only undeveloped Canadian nickel project of this scale that is focussed on the battery market rather than the steel market.
  • Certain statements in this news release are forward-looking statements, which reflect the expectations of management regarding the Turnagain Project.

White House Elevates Battery-Grade Nickel to ‘Critical’ Status in 100-day Supply Chain Review, Notes Huge Potential of Seafloor Resources

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Wednesday, June 16, 2021

The Biden Administration has rightly recognized that a stable and secure battery supply chain is paramount to maintaining American economic prosperity and national security.

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  • The Biden Administration has rightly recognized that a stable and secure battery supply chain is paramount to maintaining American economic prosperity and national security.
  • We have an abundant, viable and low-cost solution which can fulfill U.S. needs for critical battery metals like nickel, without which true mineral independence cannot be achieved.
  • Polymetallic nodules contain rich concentrations of nickel and cobalt, as well as copper and manganese, and are effectively a battery in a rock.
  • However, China has yet to corner the market in seafloor resources like polymetallic nodules.

Marimaca Intersects Significant Near Surface Copper Oxides at Cindy

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Tuesday, June 15, 2021

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marimaca Copper Corp. (Marimaca Copper or the Company) (TSX: MARI) is pleased to announce that two holes of an initial nine-hole, wide spaced, reverse circulation drilling campaign completed at the Cindy Target (Cindy) have intersected significant near surface copper oxide mineralization.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Marimaca Copper Corp. (Marimaca Copper or the Company) (TSX: MARI) is pleased to announce that two holes of an initial nine-hole, wide spaced, reverse circulation drilling campaign completed at the Cindy Target (Cindy) have intersected significant near surface copper oxide mineralization.
  • Marimaca is one of only a handful of new copper discoveries made globally in the last five years.
  • Figure 2: Map with Cindy Target and Geochemical Anomaly Relative to Marimaca Oxide Deposit:
    True widths cannot be determined with the information available at this time.
  • All samples were assayed for %CuT (total copper) and %CuS (acid soluble copper) by AAS.

Solaris Commences Maiden Drilling at Warintza East; Major Porphyry Target Defined at Yawi

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Monday, June 14, 2021

VANCOUVER, BC, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) ("Solaris" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of maiden drilling at Warintza East.

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  • VANCOUVER, BC, June 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - Solaris Resources Inc. (TSX: SLS) (OTCQB: SLSSF) ("Solaris" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the commencement of maiden drilling at Warintza East.
  • In addition, the Company has defined a major copper porphyry target at Yawi from the further processing of geophysical and geochemical data at its Warintza Project ("Warintza" or "the Project"), extending the strike length of the Warintza cluster of porphyry targets to 7km.
  • In addition, further data processing has revealed a much more extensive porphyry target at Yawi than previously understood with additional sampling now underway."
  • The target is defined by overlapping copper and molybdenum soil anomalies associated with an underlying high-conductivity anomaly.

St-Georges Eco-Mining Corp. Updates The Stock Day Podcast on Its Battery Recycling and Julie Nickel Projects

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

Jolly then asked about the Company's subsidiary, EVSX and their progress with entering the battery recycling industry.

Key Points: 
  • Jolly then asked about the Company's subsidiary, EVSX and their progress with entering the battery recycling industry.
  • It also explores for nickel & PGEs on the Julie Nickel Project and the Manicougan Palladium Project on the Quebec's North Shore.
  • Stock Day provides companies with customized solutions to their news distribution in both national and international media outlets.
  • The Stock Day Podcast is the number one radio show of its kind in America.

Max Resource Assays 4.3% Copper Over Widths 10-Metres at the Newly Discovered URU Zone, CESAR North, Colombia

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Thursday, June 10, 2021

CESAR, is located along the 200-kilometre-long Cesar Basin in North Eastern Colombia, has now been demonstrated to contain widespread highly prospective copper-silver mineralization.

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  • CESAR, is located along the 200-kilometre-long Cesar Basin in North Eastern Colombia, has now been demonstrated to contain widespread highly prospective copper-silver mineralization.
  • Highlight assays above 9% copper and 50 g/t silver:
    Early April 2021, the URU discovery extends over 4-kilometres, and open in all directions, located 30-km south of CONEJO.
  • Max Resource Corp. is an Energy Metals and Precious Metals exploration company, engaged in advancing both its district-scale CESAR copper-silver project (100% owned) in Colombia and the newly acquired RT Gold project (100% earn-in) in Peru.
  • Both projects have potential for the discovery of large-scale mineral deposits; both sediment-hosted-type copper-silver in Colombia and high-grade gold porphyry and massive sulfide in Peru.

Imperial Mining Develops High-Recovery Extraction Process for Scandium and Rare Earth Elements for Crater Lake Mineralization

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

MONTREAL, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Mining Group Ltd. ("Imperial") (TSX VENTURE: IPG) (OTCQB: IMPNF) is pleased to announce that it has developed an innovative process for extraction of scandium (Sc) and rare earth elements (REE) from its Crater Lake scandium mineralization as part of its current Phase 3 Hydrometallurgical Development Program.

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  • MONTREAL, June 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Imperial Mining Group Ltd. ("Imperial") (TSX VENTURE: IPG) (OTCQB: IMPNF) is pleased to announce that it has developed an innovative process for extraction of scandium (Sc) and rare earth elements (REE) from its Crater Lake scandium mineralization as part of its current Phase 3 Hydrometallurgical Development Program.
  • Results from this work show very high recovery of both scandium and rare earths for all mineralization types defined in diamond drilling on the property.
  • The new method showed remarkable recovery of scandium and the rare earth elements from Imperials Crater Lake Sc-REE mineralization (see Imperial Mining press release dated March 2, 2020, for details of the MET samples herein mentioned):
    The method showed scandium recovery to primary leach solution (PLS) of 87% for MET01, and 84% for MET02 samples.
  • The recovery of total rare earth element, including yttrium (TREE+Y) of 84%, from both MET01 and MET02 samples.

Talon Metals Announces Multiple Thick Intersections of Massive Nickel-Copper Mineralization Including 9.81 Meters Outside of Tamarack Nickel Project's Resource Area

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Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Highlights are:

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  • Highlights are:
    Drill hole 21TK316 intersected two separate intervals of nickel-copper mineralization as follows:
    6.41 meters (21.0 feet) of nickel-copper mineralization starting at 224.14 meters, and
    7.31 meters (23.6 feet) of mixed massive nickel-copper mineralization starting at 241.55 meters.
  • Drill hole 21TK0317 intersected two separate intervals of nickel-copper mineralization as follows:
    10.67 meters (35.0 feet) of nickel-copper mineralization starting at 213.6 meters, and
    5.44 meters (17.8 feet) of mixed massive nickel-copper mineralization starting at 247.78 meters.
  • Drill hole 21TK0320 intersected two separate intervals of nickel-copper mineralization as follows:
    21.57 meters (70.7 feet) of nickel-copper mineralization starting at 230.43 meters, and
    9.81 meters (32.2 feet) of mixed massive nickel-copper mineralization starting at 266.06 meter.
  • Drill hole 21TK0319 intersected three separate intervals of nickel-copper mineralization as follows:
    3.35 meters (11.0 feet) of nickel-copper mineralization starting at 191.1 meters;
    10.68 meters (35.0 feet) nickel-copper mineralization starting at 197.8 meters, and
    2.35 meters (7.7 feet) of nickel-copper mineralization starting at 221.28 meters, including 1.06 meters (3.5 feet) of semi-massive nickel-copper mineralization starting at 222.57 meters.

Group 11 Technologies To Present at LD Micro Invitational XI

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Tuesday, June 8, 2021

DALLAS, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Group 11 Technologies Inc. (Group 11) is pleased to announce the company will be hosting a corporate presentation at the LD Micro Invitational XI Event.

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  • DALLAS, June 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Group 11 Technologies Inc. (Group 11) is pleased to announce the company will be hosting a corporate presentation at the LD Micro Invitational XI Event.
  • The 2021 LD Micro Invitational will be held on the Sequire Virtual Events platform from June 8th to June 10th, 2021.
  • For more information: http://www.ldmicro.com
    About Group 11 Technologies Inc.
    Group 11 is a private US-based company committed to the development and application of environmentally and socially responsible precious metals mineral extraction.
  • Group 11 is a group of elements in the periodic table, also known as the coinage metals, consisting of gold (Au), silver (Ag) and copper (Cu).

Russian Investment Major Interros Joins Consortium of the Atomyze Blockchain Platform Backers

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Friday, June 4, 2021

The first issuer on the platform was Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, via its own Global Palladium Fund (GPF).

Key Points: 
  • The first issuer on the platform was Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, via its own Global Palladium Fund (GPF).
  • In December of last year, Norilsk Nickel has issued the first tokens involving metal contracts to its major industrial partners Traxys SA and Umicore SA.
  • The Atomyze platform, whose independent branches exist in the US and Swiss jurisdictions, is currently awaiting a license from the Bank of Russia.
  • The Interros Group is one of the largest private investment companies in Russia, founded by Vladimir Potanin in 1990.