Tag: Rio

First Quantum and Rio Tinto Announce Completion of the La Granja Agreement

2023-08-27 15:34:05 TORONTO, Aug. 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (“First Quantum” or “the Company”) (TSX: FM) and Rio Tinto have completed the previously announced transaction to progress the next phase of the La Granja project in Peru, one of the largest undeveloped copper deposits in the world. “La Granja has the […]

NOA Lithium Brine’s Second Hole at Rio Grande Intercepts 307 m of High-Grade Lithium Brine Over Two Aquifers, With Grades Up To 556 mg/l Li

2023-07-31 05:33:12 TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / July 31, 2023 / NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSX-V:NOAL)( FSE:N7N) (“NOA” or the “Company”) is pleased to report positive lithium results from brine samples from RG23-002, the second hole of the Phase 1 diamond drill program at its Rio Grande project (“Rio Grande” or “the Project”) located in […]

Rio Silver Inc. Announces Close of Second and Final Tranche of Private Placement and Grant of Incentive Stock Options

2023-07-18 16:56:31 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rio Silver Inc. (“Rio Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: RYO) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”) subject to regulatory approval. In connection with the completion of the second […]

Altan Rio Minerals Upsizes Private Placement

2023-07-07 06:52:00 Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 7, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce it has upsized its previously announced non-brokered private placement of common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Shares“) to up to 16,250,000 Shares at a price of C$0.08 […]

Altan Rio Minerals Closes Acquisition with Surveyor Resources

2023-07-04 10:38:07 Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – July 4, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio Minerals” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce the Company has satisfied all conditions, including the issue of shares for its previously announced acquisition of 100% of 14 key tenements in the Southern Cross region of Western […]

Altan Rio Minerals Provides Bi-Monthly Shareholder Update

2023-06-29 08:58:40 Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 29, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) is pleased to provide its third bi-monthly shareholder letter from Chairman and Interim CEO, Graeme Sloan. Dear Shareholders, Welcome to the third edition of our shareholder’s letter. It has certainly been a hectic and exciting time over the past […]

Altan Rio Minerals to More than Double Size of Southern Cross Footprint

2023-06-26 10:03:43 Altan Rio has signed a conditional Sale Agreement (“Sale Agreement”) with Torque Metals to acquire 100% of their Bullfinch Gold Project. The Sale Agreement will provide the Company an additional 572km2 tenure. The area has numerous historical small gold mines throughout the Sale Agreement area. Recorded production grades up to 35.7g/t gold (Withers […]

Altan Rio Minerals First Gold Pour Demonstrates Ability to Monetise Assets

2023-06-19 09:28:26 Highlights: First gold poured from stockpile at historical Pilot Gold Mine. Total gold produced weighed ~1,500 oz, processed at Marvel Loch Mill. Demonstrates Altan Rio Mineral’s ability to rapidly monetise assets. Strengthens the Company’s balance sheet. Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 19, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio Minerals” […]

Midland Exploration Options to Rio Tinto an Interest in Several Highly Prospective Lithium Properties in James Bay, Quebec for Up to $65.5 Million in Expenditures and Other Payments

2023-06-14 07:00:40 MONTREAL, June 14, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the execution of a new option agreement on June 13, 2023 (the “Option Agreement”) with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (“RTEC”) for several projects in the James Bay region showing strong lithium potential. The Option Agreement encompasses […]

Altan Rio Expands Southern Cross Footprint with Hakes Find Option Agreement

2023-06-12 09:59:46 Highlights: Altan Rio enters option agreement to acquire Hakes Find project, 10km from Southern Cross township in the central portion of the Southern Cross Greenstone Belt. An advanced gold prospect in the northwest has seen: Small historical mining operations. Significant previous exploration with multiple high-grade drill intersections that have previously been reported as […]

Altan Rio Minerals Provides Southern Cross Exploration Update

2023-05-24 09:52:32 Highlights: Over 30 new gold targets generated from revision of a magnetic survey. Field survey to be performed over the targets to prioritise for drill testing. Nickel anomaly detected to the west of Pilot open pit gold mine from a resampled historical drill hole. Follow up fieldwork, exploring and logging other historical drill […]

Altan Rio Minerals Closes Private Placement

2023-05-02 09:43:50 Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – May 2, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering“) of common shares of the Company (the “Common Shares“), consisting of the issuance […]

Altan Rio Issues Bi-Monthly Shareholder Letter

2023-04-27 09:40:21 Perth, Western Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – April 27, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio” or the “Company”) is pleased to issue the second bi-monthly shareholder letter from Chairman and Interim CEO, Graeme Sloan. Dear Shareholders, I hope you all had a wonderful Easter break and a belated ANZAC Day filled […]

Midland Exploration in Partnership with Rio Tinto Announce New Nickel-Copper Zone on Tête Nord Project

2023-04-27 04:34:01 MONTRÉAL, April 27, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the intersection of a new nickel-copper (“Ni-Cu”) occurrence during the first drilling program completed by Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (“RTEC”) on the Tête Nord property. Located near the town of La Tuque, Quebec, this property is […]

Western Copper And Gold Announces Exercise Of Participation Right In Full By Rio Tinto

2023-04-11 03:32:41 VANCOUVER, BC, April 11, 2023 /CNW/ – Western Copper and Gold Corporation (“Western” or the “Company”) (TSX: WRN) (NYSE American: WRN) announces that, in connection with the strategic investment by Mitsubishi Materials Corporation (“Mitsubishi Materials”) announced on March 24, 2023, Rio Tinto Canada Inc. (“Rio Tinto”) has notified the Company that it will […]

NOA Lithium Brines Acquires New Claims at Flagship Rio Grande Project

2023-03-29 05:02:24 TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 29, 2023 / NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSX-V:NOAL) (“NOA” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired two mining claims covering 896 hectares (“ha”) at the Rio Grande salar, located in Salta province, Argentina. One of the claims, the Purita claim (“Purita”), is […]

Altan Rio Minerals Provides Exploration and Corporate Update

2023-03-28 15:32:10 Perth, Australia–(Newsfile Corp. – March 28, 2023) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited, (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio Minerals” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce an Exploration and Corporate update. We are pleased to announce that Altan Rio Minerals has commenced a surface mapping and sampling program for our Southern Cross tenements. This program […]

Bluejay Mining PLC Announces Drilling results from Enonkoski JV with Rio Tinto

2023-03-27 00:04:35 Bluejay Mining plc (‘Bluejay’ or the ‘Company’) Encouraging drilling results from the Enonkoski Ni-Cu-Co Joint Venture Project with Rio Tinto LONDON, UK / ACCESSWIRE / March 27, 2023 / Bluejay Mining plc, the AIM, FSE listed and OTCQB traded exploration and resource development company with projects in Greenland and Finland, is pleased to […]

Green Shift Commodities Closes Acquisition of the Rio Negro Hard Rock Lithium Project and Appoints New Executive Chairman

2023-03-20 04:05:46 TORONTO, March 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Green Shift Commodities Ltd. (TSXV: GCOM), (“Green Shift”, “GCOM” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that is has closed the previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of LFP Resources Corp. (“LFP”), a privately owned Canadian exploration company, which holds an aggregate of approximately 300,000 hectares (“Ha”) […]

NOA Lithium Brines Commences Drilling at Flagship Rio Grande Project

2023-03-13 05:04:56 TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / March 13, 2023 / NOA Lithium Brines Inc. (TSX-V:NOAL) (“NOA” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that the Company has started its Phase 1 core drilling program at its flagship Rio Grande Project (“Rio Grande” or the “Project”) in Salta Province, Argentina. The Phase 1 program is […]

Regulus Resources Announces Closing of Strategic Investment by Nuton, a Rio Tinto Venture

2023-01-30 05:04:15 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 30, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Regulus Resources Inc. (“Regulus” or the “Company”, TSX-V: REG, OTCQX: RGLSF) is pleased to announce it has completed its previously announced non-brokered private placement of 22,658,974 common shares (“Common Shares“) at a price of $1.02 per Common Share for total gross proceeds of C$23,112,153 […]

Regulus Resources Announces US$15 Million (C$20.5 Million) Strategic Investment by Nuton, a Rio Tinto Venture

2022-12-22 06:02:19 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Dec. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Regulus Resources Inc. (“Regulus” or the “Company”, TSX-V: REG, OTCQX: RGLSF) is pleased to announce a US$15,000,000 (approx. C$20,460,153*) non-brokered private placement (the “Private Placement”), by Nuton, a Rio Tinto Venture (“Nuton”). Highlights Regulus is completing a Private Placement of US$15,000,000 (approx. C$20,460,153*) […]

Rio Silver Announces Convertible Note Financing

[*]2022-11-01 14:34:18 [*] VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rio Silver Inc. (“Rio Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: RYO) announces that the Company intends to issue up to $200,000 in convertible notes (the “Notes”) on a non-brokered private placement basis (the “Private Placement”). Each Note will be convertible at the option of […]

Turquoise Hill Resources Announces Postponement of the Special Meeting regarding Proposed Arrangement with Rio Tinto to November 8, 2022

2022-11-01 07:29:46 MONTREAL / Nov 01, 2022 / Business Wire / Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX: TRQ) (NYSE: TRQ) (“Turquoise Hill” or the “Company”) announced today that pursuant to a request from Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited (“Rio Tinto”) the Company has postponed to 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) on November 8, 2022 the special meeting […]

Institutional Shareholder Services Recommends Turquoise Hill Shareholders Vote “AGAINST” Rio Tinto’s C$43/share Privatization Transaction

2022-10-24 14:08:33 NAPLES, Fla. / Oct 24, 2022 / Business Wire / Pentwater Capital Management LP (“Pentwater“), the largest minority shareholder of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (“Turquoise Hill” or the “Company“) (TSX:TRQ) (NYSE:TRQ) welcomes that leading proxy advisor Institutional Shareholder Services has recommended that shareholders of Turquoise Hill vote AGAINST Rio Tinto’s proposed C$43/share privatization […]

Scania, Rio Tinto Developing Autonomous Haul Trucks for Mining

Scania and Rio Tinto are developing autonomous haul trucks at a mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region to pursue potential environmental and productivity benefits. The two companies have established a long-term research and development collaboration agreement for the continuous advancement of this autonomous technology, under which Rio Tinto’s Channar mine has become the first active […]

Uranium Energy Completes Acquisition of the World-Class Development-Stage Roughrider Uranium Project From Rio Tinto

2022-10-17 03:35:26 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, Oct. 17, 2022 /CNW/ – Uranium Energy Corp (NYSE American: UEC) (the “Company” or “UEC”) is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of the Roughrider uranium development project (“Roughrider” or the “Project”) located in the Athabasca Basin in Saskatchewan, Canada (the “Transaction”) from a subsidiary […]

Rio Tinto funds initial underground development at Kennecott copper ops

2022-09-27 Rio Tinto has approved a $55 million investment in development capital to start underground mining and expand production at its Kennecott copper operations in Utah, USA. Underground mining will initially focus on an area known as the Lower Commercial Skarn (LCS), which will deliver a total of around 30,000 t of additional high-quality mined […]

McEwen Copper Options Elder Creek Project to Rio Tinto

2022-09-06 03:13:48 TORONTO, Sept. 06, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — McEwen Copper Inc., a subsidiary of McEwen Mining Inc. (NYSE: MUX) (TSX: MUX), is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding term sheet with Kennecott Exploration Company (“KEX”), a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, for an option to earn a 60% interest in and […]

Turquoise Hill Enters into Definitive Agreements with Rio Tinto

2022-09-05 19:26:26 MONTREAL / Sep 05, 2022 / Business Wire / Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (“Turquoise Hill” or the “Company”) (TSX: TRQ) (NYSE: TRQ) announced today that, based on the unanimous recommendation of an independent special committee of its board of directors (the “Special Committee”), it has entered into an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) […]

Rio Silver Announces Results of AGM

2022-08-31 07:45:00 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rio Silver Inc. (“Rio Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: RYO) is pleased to announce the voting results from its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”), held in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 29th, 2022. The total number of shares represented by shareholders present […]

Turquoise Hill Special Committee Finds Rio Tinto’s Privatization Proposal Does Not Reflect Full & Fair Value of the Company

2022-08-14 21:27:51 MONTREAL / Aug 14, 2022 / Business Wire / The Special Committee of independent directors of Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX: TRQ) (NYSE: TRQ) (“Turquoise Hill” or the “Company”) reports that it has advised Rio Tinto International Holdings Limited (“Rio Tinto”) that the Special Committee is terminating its review and consideration of Rio […]

Rio Tinto in Partnership With Midland Exploration Completes VTEM Survey and Identifies Several New Conductors on the Tête Nord Ni-Cu Project

2022-08-03 04:32:58 MONTREAL, Aug. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to report that the heliborne VTEM-type (“VTEM”) electromagnetic survey launched last March has been completed on the Tête Nord nickel-copper (“Ni-Cu”) property. This property is currently wholly owned by Midland but has been under option since December 2021 by […]

Rio Silver Files Independent Technical Report

2022-06-23 06:21:46 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rio Silver Inc. (“Rio Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: RYO) (OTC: RYOOF), announced that it has filed, on SEDAR, an independent Technical Report (the “Technical Report”) prepared in accordance with National Instrument 43101 for the Niñobamba Au-Ag Project in South Central Peru. The 100% […]

Altan Rio Announces Suspension of Trading

2022-05-11 10:41:43 Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – May 11, 2022) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (the “Company” or “Altan Rio”) announced that the TSX Venture Exchange (the “Exchange“) suspended trading in the Company’s securities effective May 6, 2022 as a result of a Cease Trade Order (“CTO“) issued by the British Columbia Securities Commission (“BCSC“) for […]

Rio Silver Proposes to Extend Warrant Expiry Date

2022-04-14 06:09:40 VANCOUVER, British Columbia, April 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rio Silver Inc. (“Rio Silver” or the “Company”) (TSX.V: RYO) (OTC: RYOOF) announces that it will apply to the TSX Venture Exchange to amend the terms of a total of 6,400,000 outstanding share purchase warrants issued pursuant to a private placement that closed on […]

Altan Rio Minerals Closes First Tranche of Private Placement

2022-04-01 16:18:28 Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – April 1, 2022) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce it has closed a first tranche (the “First Tranche“) of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (the “Private Placement“). The First Tranche raised gross proceeds of approximately […]

Altan Rio Minerals Announces C$1.5 Million Private Placement

2022-02-17 15:57:55 Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – February 17, 2022) – Altan Rio Minerals Limited (TSXV: AMO) (“Altan Rio” or the “Company“) announced today a non-brokered private placement of up to 12,500,000 units (the “Units“) at a price of C$0.12 per Unit for gross aggregate proceeds of up to C$1.5 million (the “Offering“). Each Unit […]

Ecuador Constitutional Court Reaffirms Revocation of the Environmental Permit for Early Stage Exploration at the Rio  Magdalena Project within the ENAMI EP Strategic Exploration Alliance in NW Ecuador

2022-01-03 16:21:27 OTTAWA, Jan. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Cornerstone Capital Resources Inc. (“Cornerstone” or “the Company”) (TSXV:CGP) (OTC:CTNXF) (FWB:GWN1) announces that, further to its news release dated December 2, 2021: https://cornerstoneresources.com/news-releases/21-23-ecuador-constitutional-court-rules-on-exploration-activities-in-the-los-cedros-protected-forest-in-the-rio-magdalena/ it was notified today of a final decision by Ecuador’s Constitutional Court dated December 21, 2021 in response to ENAMI’s December 6th petition […]

Midland Exploration Inc. Options Its Tete Nord Ni-Cu Property to Rio Tinto

2021-12-02 05:35:47 MONTREAL, Dec. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the signing of a new option agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration Canada Inc. (“RTEC”) for its Tete Nord nickel-copper property, currently wholly owned by Midland and located near the town of La Tuque, Quebec. Under this […]

Rio Tinto Reports Final Results at Rafuse Target; Exploration Update at Forum’s Janice Lake Copper/Silver Project, Saskatchewan

2021-11-26 07:05:26 Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – November 26, 2021) – Forum Energy Metals Corp. (TSXV: FMC) (OTCQB: FDCFF) (“Forum” or “Company”) announces the final set of assay results from Rio Tinto Exploration Canada’s (“Rio Tinto” or “RTEC”) summer drill program at the Rafuse target on Forum’s 100% owned Janice Lake copper/silver project in Saskatchewan […]

SolGold PLC Announces Regional Exploration Update – Rio Amarillo

2021-11-24 00:02:31 Rio Amarillo Hole 1 Partial Assays to 1,052m Depth Return 72m @ 2.16 g/t Au, Including 24m @ 5.77 g/t Au Visible Gold Identified at 1,216m BISHOPSGATE, UK / ACCESSWIRE / November 24, 2021 / The Board of Directors of SolGold (LSE:SOLG) (TSX:SOLG) (OTC PINK:SLGGF) is pleased to provide […]

Blue Sky Uranium developing uranium play in Rio Negro

2021-11-12 01:12:22 Following a decade long bear market, the price of uranium has soared in recent months, reigniting the search for large-sale, competitively priced yellow cake projects around the world. In Argentina, Blue Sky Uranium Corp  (TSX-V BSK) has spent the last 15 years prospecting and developing a brand new uranium play in the southern […]

Rio Tinto Intersects 14 Metres of 0.59% Copper and 4 g/t Silver Including 6 Metres of 1.21% Copper and 7.6 g/t Silver at Forum’s Janice Lake Copper/Silver Project, Saskatchewan

2021-10-28 05:32:08 Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – October 28, 2021) – Forum Energy Metals Corp. (TSXV: FMC) (OTCQB: FDCFF) (“Forum” or “Company”) is pleased to announce the first set of drill results from Rio Tinto Exploration Canada’s (RTEC) summer drill program at the Rafuse target on Forum’s 100% owned Janice Lake copper/silver project in Saskatchewan. […]

Rio Tinto says 60 Jadar mines needed to fill lithium gap

2021-10-21 06:44:18 In a presentation to investors, Rio Tinto head of economics Vivek Tulpule said EVs sales are on track to hit up to 55% of the world’s total light vehicles sales as early as 2030, reaching about 65 million units.  This means manufacturers would need about three-million tonnes of lithium, compared with the roughly 350,000 tonnes they consume today, Tulpule noted.  Existing operations and projects combined, however, are slated […]