Today's Exploration News and a $1B Lawsuit
Welcome to Mining Stock Daily. This is your host, Trevor Hall
Today is Monday, April 20th.
Despite a big drop in the US dollar, which saw the currency plunge over 70 basis points on Monday, gold was sucker-punched for over $20. The cliff-drop in paper gold occurred about an hour after the London a.m. gold fix, after gold ran from $1778 to $1790 while the eastern hemisphere physical gold buying markets were open. The Mining Stock Journal pointed out that it's counter-intuitive for the gold price to get hammered like it did on Monday when the US dollar is getting shellacked. Thus, the only conclusion that can be drawn is there was the presence of aggressive official intervention in the market. The silver price shadowed the gold price, with silver getting monkey-hammered from an overnight high of $26.26, May contract basis, to as low as $25.67 before settling at $25.87. The mining stocks held up remarkably well given the action in gold and silver, with GDX falling just 24 cents on the day. The Mining Stock Journal said that it is an encouraging sign when the mining stocks are not affected nearly as much as one would expect during a drive-by price ambush in gold and silver.
We’ll get to the news out of the miners and explorers here in just a quick moment, but first a quick mention of today’s sponsor.
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Integra Resources is advancing the past-producing DeLamar Project in southwestern Idaho. The Company has continued to demonstrate resource growth and conversion through greenfield and brownfield exploration and plans on delivering a pre-feasibility study in Q4 2021 to further de-risk and advance the project towards permitting. Integra Resources trades on the TSX-V under ITR and the NYSE American under ITRG.
And here’s what you need to know this morning.
Rupert Resources reported new drill results from its Ikkari prospect, the focus of its ongoing 60,000m exploration programme at the 100% owned Pahtavaara Project in the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt, Finland. New drill results were highlighted by 3.3 g/t gold over 37 meters, 3.8 g/t over 141 meters and 4.4 g/t over 188 meters. CEO James Withall says kkari is emerging as one of the best new discoveries of this gold cycle with a near surface, high grade component allied with non-refractory metallurgy in a top tier jurisdiction in close proximity to infrastructure. The seven holes released today are from the central part of Ikkari from the ongoing infill and extension drill program. Rupert trades on theTSX Venture with RUP. News Release
Silver Tiger says they have intersected a half meter trading 4, 668.5 g/t silver equivalent within a broader 11.8 meter interval grading 325 g/t silver equivalent in the Sooy Vein. Other results reported today included .5 meters of 2,693 g/t silver equivalent and 1.1 meters of 1,110 g/t silver equivalent. Silver Tiger is exploring the El Tigre Mining District located in Sonora, Mexico. It trades on the TSX Venture with SLVR and on the OTCQX with SLVTF. News Release
Osisko Mining provided new results from the ongoing drill program at its 100% owned Windfall gold project located in the Abitibi greenstone belt. The company reported 41 intercepts in 17 drill holes and 6 wedges. Highlights did include 106 g/t gold over 2.4 meters, 90.4 g/t gold over 2.1 meters and 63.5 g/t over 2 meters. The company is on track to complete the infill drill program this fall. Osisko Mining trades on the TSX with OSK. News Release
Bunker Hill Mining has released their Preliminary Economic assessment for the Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho. The PEA contemplates a $42 million initial capital cost (including 20% contingency) to rapidly restart the mine, generating approximately $20 million of annual average free cash flow over a 10-year mine life, and producing over 550 million pounds of zinc, 290 million pounds of lead, and 7 million ounces of silver at all-in sustaining costs of $0.65 per payable pound of zinc. The mine’s development and operations will generate between 150-200 new jobs in Shoshone County that will pay twice the county’s median household income, on average. This has the potential to reduce unemployment in the county by more than ten percent. Procurement by the mine is projected to inject an additional $15 million into the local economy annually. Bunker Hill trades on the CSE with BNKR. News Release
Summa Silver announced it has commenced an over 10,000 meter drill program at the Hughes Property near Tonopah, Nevada. The program will consist of both reverse circulation (RC) and core drilling. An RC rig is currently in full operation on the project and two additional core rigs are scheduled to arrive within the next few weeks. Drilling has started around the Rescue veins where modelling has identified the presence of multiple parallel-striking veins that require immediate drill testing. Numerous additional veins in the Belmont Mine and Murray target areas also remain un-tested. Summa Silver trades on the TSX Venture with SSVR and on the OTCQB with SSVRF. News Release
Northern Vertex Mining have completed an airborne geophysical survey at its Hercules Gold Project in Nevada and have identified at least 45 new target for follow-up exploration work. The survey Indicated the presence of an extensive and open-ended thirteen kilometers long by six kilometers wide alteration zone trending northwest-southeast across the property that is coincident with known mineralization. Northern Vertex trades on the TSX Venture with NEE and on the OTC with NHVCF. News Release
Calibre Mining says they have commenced advancing the 100% owned Eastern Borosi Project located in northeastern Nicaragua. During March Calibre initiated a diamond drilling program to convert resources in three high-grade gold deposits from inferred to indicated classification and drill new, high priority gold-silver targets that have been outlined based on geochemical, geophysical and structural data. This work is being done with the aim of advancing Eastern Borosi to be the next high-grade ‘Mining Spoke’ as part of the Company’s “Hub-and-Spoke” operating strategy. Calibre Mining trades on the TSX with CXB and on the OTCQX with CXBMF. News Release
Alamos Gold says they regret to announce that its Netherlands wholly-owned subsidiaries Alamos Gold Holdings will file an investment treaty claim against the Republic of Turkey for expropriation and unfair and inequitable treatment, among other things, with respect to their Turkish gold mining project. The claim will be filed under the Netherlands-Turkey Bilateral Investment Treaty, and is expected to exceed $1 billion, representing the value of the Company’s Turkish assets.
Vizsla Silver announced its Board of Directors has unanimously approved the spinout of its copper assets in British Columbia into Vizsla Copper Corp. Common shares of Vizsla Copper will be distributed to shareholders of Vizsla Silver on the basis of one Vizsla Copper share for every three common shares of Vizsla Silver. Once the Arrangement becomes effective, Shareholders will own shares in both public companies.
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