Resource Big News Roundup: Foran Intersects 8.3 Metres of 12.5% Zinc Equivalent at McIlvenna Bay; Critical Elements Successfully Produces Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide in Pilot Plant Testing; Ely Gold Royalties Sells Gold Rock Claims to Fiore Gold, Retains Royalty

This week, the S&P/TSX Composite index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) steadily rose. On Friday, the index rose as the US and China take steps to resolve their trade dispute. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX), meanwhile, continued its trend from last week and dropped, but rose slightly at the end of the week.

In case you missed it, here is this week’s resource big news roundup:

Base: 

• Foran Intersects 8.3 Metres of 12.5% Zinc Equivalent at McIlvenna Bay
• Fireweed Drills 8.11% Zinc, 6.31% Lead and 82 g/t Silver over 10.16 m at Tom East
• ThunderStruck: Field Work Extends Liwa Creek Gold Prospect; Samples 55 g/t Gold and 379 g/t Silver in Outcrop And Discovers Significant New Gold Zone

Critical:

• Go Cobalt: Cobalt and Copper Mineralization Borders Magnetic Anomalies at Monster Bloom Target
• Surge Exploration Enters into MOU for an Option to Acquire Incahuasi Lithium Project in the Antofagasta Region of Chile
• Global Energy Metals: Drilling Confirms Mineralization at Depth at the Werner Lake Cobalt Project in Ontario, Canada

Energy:

• Belmont Reports Drilling to Re-Commence in November on Kibby Property; Assays Define 139 ft. Intersection Averaging 393 ppm from Drill Hole (KB-3) Completed in August at Kibby Basin, Nevada Lithium Project
• PLAN Signs Option Agreement with Berkwood Resources on Graphite Property Adjacent to Mason Graphite
• Azincourt Energy Samples High-Grade Li2O up to 3.83% at the Eagle Pegmatite, Lithium Two Project, Manitoba
• Critical Elements Successfully Produces Battery Grade Lithium Hydroxide in Pilot Plant Testing

Precious:

• Ely Gold Royalties Sells Gold Rock Claims to Fiore Gold, Retains Royalty
• Goldplay Reports High-Grade Silver-Lead-Zinc-Gold Mineralization from Sampling of a Re-opened Historical Tunnel at San Marcial; Including 13 Meters @ 1,048 gpt AgEq
• CORRECTING and REPLACING: Telson Signs a Renewable Power Purchase Agreement
• Northern Lights Resources Begins to Trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange “CSE”
• Fremont Identifies Possible Extension to the Gold Bar Mine Nevada
• Fortune Reports Federal, Northwest Territories and Tłįchǫ Government Approvals for the Tłįchǫ All-Season Road
• Red Pine Drills 3.53 g/t Gold over 24.4 Metres, Including 5.13 g/t Gold over 13.4 Metres at its Wawa Gold Project
• Metallis Expands Gold-Rich Mineralization at the Cliff Porphyry Target
• Enforcer Gold Announces Red Lake Property Acquisition, $1.5 Million Private Placement Financing and Concurrent 3:1 Share Consolidation

To see our previous Resource Investing Big News Roundups, please click here.