Big News Roundup: Osprey Commences Exploration Program at Caribou Gold Project; ML Gold Completes First 689 Metre Hole at Stars Property; Azincourt Energy Adds Lithman East Extension to Its Lithium Project Portfolio with New Age Metals

This week, the S&P/TSX Composite index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) remained relatively flat for most of the week, sitting in the red on Thursday as the energy sector saw the biggest losses in the TSX. The index saw some recovery on Friday morning, despite lower than expected April job data coming out of the US. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX), meanwhile, trended slowly downwards, leveling out after notable drops in the second half of April.

In case you missed any of our newsletters last week, here is a roundup of big news in the last 5 days:

Precious:

• Gold Resource Corporation Reports First Quarter Net Income of $0.10 Per Share, Maintains 2018 Production Outlook
• Chalice Gold Mines Makes Investment in Renforth and Options Denain-Pershing Property
• Osprey Commences Exploration Program at Caribou Gold Project, Nova Scotia
• Ely Gold Royalties Sells Kraut Claims to VR Resources
• Great Panther Silver Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results
• Cache Exploration Finalizes Its 100% Acquisition of Deep Lake Cobalt Property, NB
• Gold Mineralized Zones at Signature’s Lingman Lake Property Respond to Geophysical Survey
• Alexco Completes Bermingham Decline, Commences 20,000 Meter Surface and Underground Exploration and In-Fill Drilling Campaigns

Base

• Drilling at Avrupa Minerals Alvito IOCG Project Commences
• Telson Issues Tahuehueto Q1 2018 Preproduction Results for Mining, Concentrate Production & Metallurgical Balances
• Camino Options Villa Hermosa Gold Project in La Libertad, Peru
• Pistol Bay Provides Assays for Confederation Lake
• ML Gold Completes First 689 Metre Hole at Stars Property, Increases Footprint of Porphyry System

Critical

• M2 Cobalt Commences Trenching at Bujagali and Identifies Airborne Anomalies at Its Kilembe Area Properties
• Cobalt Power Group Extends Mineralized Veins Systems to Over 400 m from Successful Drill Program at Smith Cobalt Project, Ontario
• Global Energy Metals Appoints Accomplished Mining Executive Bassam Moubarak As Strategic Advisor
• Berkwood Reports its 3rd Drill Program Produced Continued High Grade Graphite Assays with 17.37% Cgr Over 130.55m

Energy

• Energy Fuels Closes Sale of Non-Core Uranium Properties in Wyoming; Adds $5.39 Million to Balance Sheet
• New Tech Lithium Metals Signs LOI to Acquire US Bureau of Land Management Cobalt Prospecting Permit Applications in the Old Lead Belt of Madison County, Southeast Missouri, USA
• Azincourt Energy Adds Lithman East Extension to Its Lithium Project Portfolio with New Age Metals
• MGX Minerals Expands Utah Petrolithium Project; Acquires Additional Oil and Gas Leases at Paradox Basin
• New Age Metals/Azincourt Energy Acquire Lithman East Extension, Expands Lithium Project Portfolio in Southeast Manitoba

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Apr 27 Big News Roundup: Filo Mining Drills 50 Metres Of 236.4 g/t Silver, 0.56% Copper, 0.50 g/t Gold; Berkwood Resources Announces Over 130.55 Meter Visual Graphite Intersection; Zinc One Drilling Discovers New High-Grade Zinc Deposit

This week the S&P/TSX Composite index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) further overall gains, after a dip early in the week. The market’s growth was boosted by the financial sectors, which responded positively to peace talks between the Koreas. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX), meanwhile, saw a different story as it dipped significantly in the first half of the week and remained flat in the latter half.

In case you missed any of our newsletters last week, here is a roundup of big news in the last 5 days:

Precious:

• Blackrock Provides Update on Silver Cloud Project
• Drilling Increases Renforth’s Parbec Gold Deposit by 100 Meters Along Strike
• Macarthur Minerals Accelerates Development and Exploration of Its Iron Ore, Gold, Nickel and Lithium Projects
• Hannan Seismic Survey Identifies Multiple New Drill Targets in Ireland
• Gold Resource Corporation Declares April Monthly Dividend

Base:

• Spearmint Significantly Expands its British Columbia Properties
• Camino Continues to Expand Adriana Zone with Northwest Step Out Drilling
• Zinc One Drilling Discovers New High-Grade Zinc Deposit at Mina Chica Zone, Bongara Zinc Mine Project, Peru
• Filo Mining Drills 50 Metres Of 236.4 g/t Silver, 0.56% Copper, 0.50 g/t Gold And 36 Metres Of 1.45% Copper At Filo Del Sol
• Solitario Receives $500,000 for Its Non-Producing Yanacocha Royalty

Critical:

• Support from Saskatchewan Government for Canyon Copper’s Exploration in Creighton Saskatchewan Area
• Global Energy Metals Announces DTC Eligibility for its Shares Traded on the OTCQB as GBLEF
• Lomiko Receives LOI for $5 Million Loan from European Firm
• Berkwood Resources Announces Over 130.55 Meter Visual Graphite Intersection from Phase 3 Drilling

Energy:

• Nemaska Lithium and Northvolt Announce Signature of Agreement in Principle for Supply of Lithium Hydroxide

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