Resource Big News Roundup: First Cobalt Begins Testing Material for Refinery Restart; Standard Lithium Receives Nasdaq International Designation; Japan Gold Granted Prospecting Rights for its Ikutahara Project, Japan

This week, the S&P/TSX Composite index (INDEXTSI:OSPTX) followed its trend from last week and steadily rose. On Friday, the index fell due to a plunge in oil prices. The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index (INDEXTSI:JX), meanwhile, steadily rose over the week and dropped on Friday.

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

Base:

• Fireweed Acquires Large Zinc Property on Extension of Macmillan Pass Zinc Project
• Final Assays Include 2 Metres Grading 3.79% Copper & 28 G/T Silver and New Lead/Zinc Zone at Forum’s Janice Lake Project, Saskatchewan

Critical:

• First Cobalt Begins Testing Material for Refinery Restart
• MGX Minerals Announces Manufacturing of Third Rapid Lithium Extraction Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment System
• Go Cobalt Samples 9% Cobalt on Bloom Target
• Global Energy Metals Announces Exceptional Cobalt and Copper Recoveries from Metallurgical Test Work at Millennium Cobalt Project in Australia; Cobalt Recoveries Exceeded 95%
• Surge Exploration and CAP Mineria Boards Approve the Option Agreement on the Chilean Atacama Cobalto Project
• Magnis Resources: Change of Name to Magnis Energy Technologies Ltd

Energy:

• Dajin and Cypress Development Sign Definitive Agreement on Alkali Spring Valley Lithium Property
• International Battery Metals, Ltd. Joins Sorcia Minerals LLC, Announces License Agreement for Lithium Extraction Technology and Appointment as Exclusive Equipment and Services Supplier
• Standard Lithium Receives Nasdaq International Designation
• International Battery Metals Announces Completion of Phase 2 Engineering On its Mobile Extraction System
• Enertopia Receives Permit from BLM for Phase one Drilling

Precious:

• Nexus Gold Acquires Dakouli 2 Project on the Boromo-Goren Greenstone Belt, Burkina Faso, West Africa
• Signature Resources Intersects High Grade Gold From Its First Drill Program in North Zone at Lingman Lake Gold Project
• Evolving Gold Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Bocana Resources Ltd.
• Japan Gold Granted Prospecting Rights Over High Priority Targets at its Ikutahara Project, Japan
• Pacton Signs Golden Palms Definitive Agreement
• Trafigura Commits 2nd Loan Tranche US$5 Million to Telson’s Tahuehueto Mine Construction
• Velocity Exercises Option to Acquire 70% Interest at the Rozino Gold Project, Tintyava Property, Bulgaria
• Wallbridge Intersects 87.63 g/t Gold Over 2.16 Metres In The Fresno Zone And 54.79 g/t Gold Over 2.36 Metres In The Naga Viper Zone

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