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Cascadia Minerals Ltd.: Striking Copper and Gold in Yukon! Airing on BNN Bloomberg, May 25th & 26th – BTV-Business Television interviews emerging companies in the markets, in collaboration with Invest Yukon. Cascadia Minerals, a newly formed copper-gold exploration company, hits the ground running at its flagship Catch property. The Catch property lies within the Stikine terrane in the Yukon, an area ripe with untapped potential for copper-gold deposits. The company is a pioneer in systematically exploring this terrane, following in the footsteps of major finds in British Columbia’s Golden Triangle. With their first-ever diamond drill program yielding significant discoveries, including 116 meters of 0.31% copper and 0.30 g/t gold, Cascadia is making waves in a renowned exploration region. (TSX.V: CAM) Learn More: https://lnkd.in/ecRM4Xkk #CascadiaMinerals #CopperGoldExploration #MiningStocks #MiningNews #YukonGold #CopperStocks #GoldMining #MiningIndustry Graham Downs

PDAC's Director of Policy & Programs, Jeff Killeen spoke to The Northern Miner about Minister Champagne's recent Statement on Net Benefit Reviews of Canadian Critical Minerals Companies. "It has taken nearly a century for Canada to build a highly accessible and transparent capital market, attracting listings from mineral exploration and mining companies worldwide," Killeen said. "This dynamic is being put at risk when we hear that net benefit will only be found in transactions that involve large companies with critical minerals ’in the most exceptional of circumstances.’ This phrase lacks a formal definition, and no regulations have been proposed to clarify how the Investment Canada Act amendments in Bill C-34 will apply to public issuers. The uncertainty we have now will put Canadian-listed companies at a strategic disadvantage and create headwinds for valuations when compared to other marketplaces.” https://lnkd.in/ecsPbZzk

"Rio Tinto Group and Saudi Arabia’s state-backed Manara Minerals Investment Co. are among suitors considering bids for a stake in First Quantum Minerals Ltd.’s Zambian copper mines, according to people familiar with the matter. Japanese trading houses Mitsui & Co. and Sumitomo Corp. have also been studying the assets, the people said, asking not to be identified as the talks are private. First Quantum is looking to sell a minority stake in its Sentinel and Kansanshi mines in Zambia and is seeking first-round bids in the coming weeks, they said. The assets could also attract interest from Chinese companies such as Zijin Mining Group Co. and Jiangxi Copper Co., which is First Quantum’s second-biggest shareholder, the people said. The process is in the early stages and there’s no certainty the parties will proceed with bids. Zambia accounted for about half of First Quantum’s copper output and revenue last year, and delivered more than $450 million in operating profit. First Quantum is selling a stake in its Zambian assets after it was ordered to close its flagship copper mine in Panama last year following public protests. That left the company scrambling to refinance the debt it took on to build the mine. The firm sold about $1 billion in stock and raised $1.6 billion from a notes offering earlier this year and has said it may look at divesting smaller mining assets."

#ResponsibleMining in #Africa: Certifications as #Catalysts for #Change Recently, I had the privilege of exploring the intricate world of mineral certification during the "ICGLR Strategy for Artisanal and Small Scale Gold Mining" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) under the auspices of the Centre d'Expertise, d'Evaluation et de Certification (CEEC) Beyond the KPCS, the DRC is also implementing the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) certification mechanism. This Regional Certification Mechanism (RCM) mandates a regional standard for certifying minerals, particularly the 3Ts (#tin, #tantalum, #tungsten) and gold, within ICGLR Member States. (Stay tuned for more insights on this mechanism in upcoming discussions.) This brings us to a critical question in the heart of Africa's mineral-rich landscape: Can #certifications transform the mining industry? What frameworks best align with the unique needs of Africa's Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) sector? Could the #CRAFT CODE offer a beacon of hope, tailor-made for the realities of ASM in Africa? How might these certifications encourage the #formalization and #commercialization of ASM minerals, leading to more ethical and responsible mining practices? We also need to consider the lessons from schemes that haven't delivered as expected. What #success stories and challenges have you observed in your country? #ShelsAMine #HerThoughts2024 #EthicalMining #ResponsibleSourcing #AfricaMining #AfricaMining #ResponsibleSourcing #EthicalCertifications

My 12yo son asked me why Chile was so far in front of Australia, he's a bit competitive at the best of times. I told him it helps to have 2 out of the top 3 largest copper deposits globally in Escondida and Collahuasi and that Australia didn't fare too badly in other commodities, so not to worry too much. Australia sits in equal 5th for Copper production last year. With estimates that the world will need to produce more copper in the next 10yrs than it has in the last 100yrs, there's a bit of urgency to get some of our advanced exploration projects into production along with plenty of exploration on Greenfield Copper tenements. *These are estimates from the USGS in 2024 #coppermining #copperexploration #bostonresourcing

It takes an average of 29 years to bring a mine online in the United States- longer than any other country except Zambia, which takes 34 years. “We have the proven reserves to be a global leader in producing the full range of minerals needed for our manufacturing and energy future, but our permitting and legal systems have imposed an unacceptable three decades – on average – of impediments to that potential. Given the urgent global mineral demand, and China’s determination to only tighten its stranglehold on mineral supply chains, we must do better.” Read the report 👉 https://lnkd.in/eYnnxSUJ

Many Peaks Minerals (ASX:MPK) Advancing Multiple Gold Discoveries in Proven Jurisdictions in West Africa and Australia 🔗 https://bit.ly/4cx9axp Why Many Peaks Minerals? 1⃣  The World Class Birimian Gold Terrane, significant number of discoveries in recent history, and still under-explored 2⃣  Experienced Board and Exploration team with #WestAfrica discovery and project development track record 3⃣  Aggressive explorers with #drilling anticipated to commence in Q2 2024 4⃣  Multiple advanced stage gold #exploration projects in West Africa and Australia with open mineralisation ready for drilling 5⃣  Cote D’Ivoire opportunities to leverage off more than US$4M of previous exploration expenditure and an extensive high-quality database 6⃣  Operating in globally attractive and proven mining jurisdictions with stable fiscal regimes and demonstrated project development capability #gold #goldmining #investing

#CDH's Doing Business in South Africa (DBSA) annual publication highlights important aspects relating to the legal requirements affecting the mining and minerals industry. The DBSA publication focuses on various aspects such as the rights of communities, state and contractual royalties, BEE under the mining charter, and beneficiation. The chapter on Beneficiation highlights that in June 2011, the government adopted a beneficiation strategy for the minerals industry. The beneficiation strategy provides a framework that seeks to translate the country's comparative advantage inherited from mineral resources endowment to a national competitive advantage. The strategy is aligned with a national industrialisation programme, which seeks to enhance the quantity and quality of exports and promote the creation of decent employment and diversification of the economy. It is anchored on a range of legislation and policies such as the Minerals and Mining Policy for South Africa (1998). It will also advance the objectives of the MPRDA, the 2010 Charter and the 2018 Charter, the Precious Metals Act 37 of 2005, the Diamonds Amendment Act 29 of 2005, the energy growth plan as well as compliance with environmental protocols. Click here https://bit.ly/47NUPJm to read more about the Beneficiation strategy in our DBSA publication. #miningandminerals #miningindaba

Cuba's mineral investment potential has flown under the radar and investors will be better equipped to identify #investment opportunities by cultivating a deeper understanding of its #resource sector. Antilles Gold #gold #copper #investing https://bit.ly/3tw6fU3

Asara Resources is an ASX (#AS1) listed #exploration company with a portfolio of advanced minerals projects in #Guinea and Burkina Faso, West Africa and in Chile, South America. The Company’s flagship project is the advanced #Kada #Gold Project in Eastern Guinea. Guinea remains one of the most under-explored countries in West Africa. Asara has outlined an Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource of 30.3Mt at 0.95g/t gold for 923Koz, the majority of which is shallow oxide gold mineralisation. Most of the 150km2 project area remains under explored and there is considerable upside to expand the oxide gold inventory. The team has completed a considerable amount of diamond drilling (4,500m) to ascertain the structural orientations of the deposit to ensure we are moving in the down the correct path and there are no surprises as we move towards potential development. This drill out of the Massan area has resulted in a resource that is over 25% indicated (global) and 40% of the oxide resource is now indicated. In addition to the large drill out of our Massan area, the company increased the work on Bereko (9km north of Massan). Bereko has been drilled out around 300m and yielded 18,000 ounces to date. The anomaly around Bereko extends for an additional 5km so there is potentially huge upside there. In addition to Bereko the company has identified six ”grassroots” targets along the 15km long belt, including the Sounkou and Nounkoun new discoveries. Sounkou in particular exhibits some of the fresh rock seen at AGA’s Siguiri Mine, just 35km away. Elsewhere, the company is exploring options to divest our 2 million ounce deposit in Burkina Faso and the team are confident to monetize this asset in 2024. In #Chile, the company has an ongoing, exciting, JV with Teck, one of the worlds largest copper miners. Teck are working aggressively on the Loreto Copper Porphyry having completed mapping and airborne geophysics in 2023.