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Figure 1

Isabella Gold Project drill target areas and completed drill holes in each area.

Figure 2

Target Area B Drillhole Locations and results of previous sampling.

Figure 3

Cross section of Target B Drillhole ISB20-18.

Figure 4

Photo of Drillhole ISB20-18 showing sulphide-rich vein in leucogranite (from 80.5-81.5 m.)

Figure 5

Photo of Drillhole ISB20-11 showing zone of narrow quartz veins from 26.35 m to 31.55 m showing fault breccia contact (lower left) with a potassic-altered leucogranite (right).

Figure 6

Photo of Drillhole ISB20-17 showing zone of narrow quartz veins from 31.6 m to 33.4 m.

TORONTO, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: MON) (“Montero” or the “Company”) has completed a total 19 diamond drill holes over 2,088 metres to test 4 vein target areas (Figure 1) at its Isabella gold-silver project in Chile. All intersected quartz veins. The assay results for all half-core samples have been received from Andes Analytical Assay (“AAA”) and ALS in Santiago. Montero previously reported assay results for 10 holes completed within Target Area A (April 4, 2021). Assay results from 9 drill holes (ISB20-11 to ISB20-19) testing vein Target Areas B, C and D follow.

Figure 1 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5da6aef4-e0a2-43da-aa18-684a6e18ecdc

Dr. Tony Harwood, President of Montero commented, “Initial shallow drilling at Isabella has been completed over 4 vein target areas. Drilling intersected quartz veins and surrounding leucogranite, however, the assay results received show significantly lower Au-Ag values than indicated in surface vein samples. The target areas drilled represent less than 30% of the granite contact where mineralized quartz veins have been identified over a 25 km length suggesting a large gold system. The Company is evaluating all drill results and previous work to determine where additional exploration at Isabella should be focused.”

Drillhole Number	From m	To m	Width m	Au g/t	Ag g/t	As ppm	Ba ppm	Cu ppm	Pb ppm	Zn ppm
ISB20-11	27.9	28.9	1	0.11	12	255	31	29	263	74
ISB20-12	20.9	21.7	0.8	0.19	<1	68	18	8	136	41
ISB20-15	78.6	79.6	1	0.04	3	342	11	31	2895	148
ISB20-15	89.2	90.2	1	<0.03	<1	<5	1325	10	73	132
ISB20-16	91.5	98.4	6.9	0.23	3	14	15	14	17	26
Incl.	96.5	97.5	1	0.53	2	7	11	11	7	12
ISB20-16	105.5	106.5	1	0.18	5	34	11	14	60	16
ISB20-17	32.3	33.3	1	0.41	6	5	10	444	864	1289
and	41.9	42.9	1	0.96	69	37	47	263	5429	7726
ISB20-18	56.5	58.8	2.3	0.46	3	21	15	14	38	18
and	63.2	65.2	2	0.19	4	38	<10	8	12	18
and	80.5	81.5	1	0.04	13	1302	16	45	5759	8152
ISB20-19	76	77	1	0.18	2	8	35	17	16	36
Table 1: Compiled intersections from Isabella drilling program at Targets B, C and D.

TARGET AREA B
Six drill holes tested a north-east trending, structurally controlled, high-grade Au-Ag bearing quartz veins exposed at surface (Figure 2). The veins were previously mapped and sampled over a distance of approximately 300 metres strike length. Previous sampling of the veins returned consistently high Au and Ag grades up to 28.2 g/t Au and 36.2 g/t Ag. A narrow 15 cm wide vein exposed in the north-eastern extents of the vein system contained coarse electrum from a narrow vein exposed immediately east of Drillhole ISB20-14. Previous workers trenched across one vein returning 6.5 g/t Au over 5 m and the property owner also opened the Antonia adit underneath the veins and intersected a 1.5 m wide vein with reported assays of 21 g/t Au and 70 g/t Ag at a vertical depth of about 25 metres.

Figure 2 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/057ea5b6-ea88-4760-9dd4-ae17ebba315a

The Drillholes were designed to intersect exposed veins at a vertical depth of 30-50 m. All holes with the exception of Drillhole ISB20-19, located about 500 m to the south-west in Figure 2, intersected quartz veins hosted within a muscovite leucogranite. Drillholes ISB20-16 and ISB20-18 intersected quartz veins of 7.8 metre and 7.7 metres in width, respectively. The assays of cut half-core samples from these veins returned low-grade Au-Ag contents (Table 1). In Drillhole ISB20-16 a 6.9 metre interval returned 0.23 g/t Au in from 91.5 m to 98.4 m with a high of 0.53 g/t Au from 96.5 m to 97.5 m. Drillhole ISB20-16 which was drilled to south-east intersected 2 separate veins of 2.3 m and 2 m width within a wider 7.7 metre zone of narrow quartz stringer veins. These intervals returned 2.3 m of 0.46 g/t Au from 95.2 m to 96.5 m and 2 m of 0.19 g/t Au from 63.2 m to 65.2 m (Table 1). There was no coincident increase in other elements analysed. However, a 1 m wide sample leucogranite with numerous narrow quartz stringer veins from 80.5 m to 81.5 m returned 13 g/t Ag, 0.13% As, 0.57% Pb and 0.81% Zn with associated a highly anomalous 18 ppm Hg. Other assays values indicating an increase of epithermal vein associated elements at depth include 1 m of 0.18 g/t Au, 5 g/t Ag from 105.5 m to 106.5 m in Drillhole ISB20-16 and 1 m of 1,325 ppm Ba from 89.2 m to 90.2 m in Drillhole ISB20-15. Such intersections suggest presence of superimposed (telescoped) mineral systems within the host structure and the potential for higher grades at depth.

Figure 3 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/91e09fc1-b00b-408f-a68c-6ad0ff5fba7d

Figure 4 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a1a0f95b-97b7-4031-aff7-314f9b73b075

TARGET AREA C
Drillholes ISB20-11 and ISB20-12 were completed to test mineralized quartz veins as defined by surface mapping and sampling. Previous work defined multiple north-east trending quartz veins on surface over a distance of 350 m and over a lateral extent of 200 m. Surface chip sampling of exposed veins returned assays of up to 48 g/t Au and 263 g/t Ag.

The Drillholes here were designed to intersect the assumed vertical extent of the veins at 30-50 m depth. The Drillholes intersected low-grade 0.11 to 0.19 g/t Au within narrow zones of quartz veining and brecciation within a fine-medium-grained equigranular leucogranite (Table 1). Drillhole ISB20-11 displays a zone of quartz veins hosted within a potassic-altered, equigranular leucogranite (Figure 5). The assays from 27.9 m to 28.9 m to contain 0.11 g/t Au, 12 g/t Ag, and anomalous 255 ppm As, and 263 ppm Pb.

Figure 5 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/d6456b31-72d5-4863-85b3-150ce24bb09c

TARGET AREA D
Drillhole ISB20-17 was drilled to test the continuity of a mineralized quartz vein between a small artisanal pit and veins exposed by trenching. Previous surface samples of exposed vein returned 6.4 g/t Au, 98 g/t Au from the pit and 2.7 g/t Au, 207 g/t Ag over 1 m from a vein exposed in the trench.

Drilling intersected a 24 m wide zone of altered leucogranite containing several narrow (<10 cm wide) quartz veins and numerous quartz-pyrite stringer veins (<1 cm) within altered leucogranite. Assay intersections include 1 m of 0.41 g/t Au, 6 g/t Ag from 31.3 m to 32.3 m (Figure 6) and 1 m of 0.96 g/t Au, 69 g/t Ag from 41.9 m to 42.9 m. These intervals also contain increased concentrations of Cu, Pb and Zn with assays of 0.5% Pb and 0.7% Zn within the latter intersection.

Figure 6 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/c75a8e0d-ea86-44e9-8eda-1fa9885494c4

SUMMARY
The Isabella district is host to an extensive system of mineralized quartz veins located at the granite sediment contact and often associated within a quartz, sericite and pyrite altered leucogranite. The drilling confirmed the veins to be structurally controlled and the common occurrence of quartz crystal-lined open cavities within the veins suggests that the host structures were either open or reopened during vein formation and were the site of repeated faulting as indicated by the presence of narrow zones of fault-breccia along vein margins.

Surface sampling of quartz veins has shown that the entire 25 km of strike at Isabella is mineralised with Au and Ag. The drilling of these quartz veins at a shallow depth has not confirmed the expected high values of Au and Ag but it has confirmed that low grade Au and Ag also occurs in the leucogranite which provides an additional target at Isabella.

The Company’s is reviewing results to determine the next phase of geological programs. The Company has yet to test the sedimentary target due to access issues. While the Company was unable to intercept the same gold and silver values from surface in shallow drilling of the vein systems, further mapping and sampling is being completed to better understand the geological system and these preliminary drill results.

Qualified Person
This press release was reviewed and approved by Sr. Marcial Vergara B.Sc. who is resident of Chile and a Qualified Person for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101 and a technical advisor to Montero. Mr. Vergara has visited the property and reviewed previous sampling techniques and analysis and supervised Montero sample collection and analyses. Sr. Vergara has extensive experience in gold exploration in Chile. The core received from drilling Target areas B, C, and D was logged by Company geologists. Selected intervals of drill core were cut in half using a rock saw. Samples were submitted in batches of 30 samples with each batch contained a 1 blank and 1 certified reference material sample for QA/QC. Sample homogeneity was confirmed by submitting additional half-core samples to AAA and also with submission of prepared AAA sample pulps to the ALS laboratory in Santiago for check assay. There were no material differences between the half-core assay results obtained from AAA or the corresponding check assays of sample pulps from ALS. All samples were transported, and hand delivered by a Montero geologist the assay laboratory under the supervision of the Qualified Person.

About Montero
Montero is a junior exploration company focused on finding, exploring, and advancing significant gold deposits in Chile. The Company is in the process of relinquishing its portfolio of battery metal projects in Africa to focus on gold opportunities in Chile. Montero’s board of directors and management have an impressive track record of successfully discovering and advancing precious metal projects. Montero trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MON and has 38,647,485 shares outstanding.

For more information, contact:
Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd.
Dr. Tony Harwood, President and Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: ir@monteromining.com
Tel: +1 416 840 9197 | Fax: +1 866 688 4671
www.monteromining.com

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Search Minerals Inc. (“Search” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SMY), is pleased to announce that Search Minerals has been selected to participate in the Government of Canada Accelerated Growth Service (“AGS”) initiative, which supports high growth companies.

AGS, as a ‘one-stop shop’ model, provides Search with coordinated access to Government of Canada resources as Search continues to move quickly to production and contribute to the establishment of a stable and secure rare earth element North American and European supply chain.

Under AGS, Search has been partnered with a designated AGS client lead, supported by one representative from each participating government department. The Search AGS team is led by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), which has invested in several Search Minerals projects over the past few years.

Greg Andrews, President/CEO, comments; “We are extremely pleased to be accepted into the AGS program. The AGS program provides Search access to a team of experts in various government departments with a coordinated effort to advance our Critical Rare Earth Element project in Newfoundland and Labrador. The development of our resources along with advancement of our patented Direct Extraction technology, has positioned Search to be a secure supplier of rare earth elements from Newfoundland/Labrador. We are looking forward to working with our Innovation Advisors to identify funding opportunities for the next steps of our demonstration scale processing of material from our District.”

Andrews added: “There has been a coordinated effort among our ally countries for collaboration to establish a secure rare earth element supply chain, and Search is poised to capitalize on these government led initiatives.”

Recent US and Canadian Government Announcements

June 8, 2021 – Canada and the U.S. have been collaborating under the Canada–U.S. Joint Action Plan on Critical Minerals Collaboration, advancing mutual interest in securing supply chains for the critical minerals needed for important manufacturing sectors, including communication technology, aerospace and defence, and clean technology. A 100 day supply chain review report commissioned by President Biden stated: “The United States and other nations are dependent on a range of critical minerals and materials that are the building blocks of the products we use every day. Rare earths metals are essential to manufacturing everything from engines to airplanes to defense equipment. Demand for many of these metals is projected to surge over the next two decades, particularly as the world moves to eliminate net carbon emissions by 2050.” https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/100-day-supply-chain-review-report.pdf
June 15, 2021 – Canada and European Commission builds on this commitment: “…a new strategic partnership on raw materials to help ensure the security of supply chains for the critical minerals and metals that are essential to the transition to a cleaner and digitized economy, including for use in electric vehicles and advanced battery storage. The new partnership will also advance collaboration on research and innovation in raw material extraction and processing and create new trade opportunities and private and public investment for our businesses.” https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2021/06/15/prime-minister-concludes-productive-canada-european-union-summit

Search Minerals is making significant progress to close the gap in the rare earth supply chain from upstream producers to downstream customers.

For further information, please contact:

Greg Andrews
President and CEO
Tel: 604-998-3432
E-mail: info@searchminerals.ca

About Search Minerals Inc.

Led by a proven management team and board of directors, Search is focused on finding and developing resources within the emerging Critical Rare Earth Element (“CREE”) District of South East Labrador. The Company controls a belt 63 km long and 2 km wide including its 100% interest in the FOXTROT and DEEP FOX Projects, which are road accessible and at tidewater. Exploration efforts have advanced FOX MEADOW, AWESOME FOX and SILVER FOX as new CREE prospects very similar to and in close proximity to FOXTROT and DEEP FOX.

Search has continued to optimize our patented Direct Extraction Process technology with the generous support from the Department of Industry, Energy and Technology, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and from ACOA. We have completed two pilot plant operations and produced highly purified mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate and mixed REO concentrate for separation and refining.

About Accelerated Growth Service

The Accelerated Growth Service initiative coordinates government support for high growth companies in areas such as financing, advisory support, export and innovation services.

Each participating company has a dedicated Accelerated Growth Service client lead supported by a team of representatives from each participating government department.

The Accelerated Growth Service team, in partnership with the company, identifies growth challenges and works collaboratively to resolve these challenges. The team can also connect the company to other departments and organizations with programs specific to their needs. Find out more here: The Accelerated Growth Service – Canada.ca

ROUYN-NORANDA, Québec, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (GMX – Toronto Stock Exchange, G1MN – Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich, Tradegate, Lang & Schwarz, L&S Exchange, TTM Zone, Stock Exchanges and GLBXF – OTCQX International in the USA) is pleased to announce that all five nominees listed in its 2021 management information circular were re-elected as directors at Globex’s annual and special meeting of shareholders held today in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec.

At the meeting, the following individuals were re-elected as directors of Globex on a vote by ballot, with the following results:

Nominee	Votes For	Votes Withheld
Jack Stoch	16,792,974	16,785
Dianne Stoch	15,038,863	1,770,896
Ian Atkinson	12,281,473	4,528,286
Chris Bryan	15,052,174	1,757,585
Johannes H. C. van Hoof	15,024,973	1,784,786

Director biographies are available in the Management section of Globex’s website at www.globexmining.com.

At the meeting, Globex’s shareholders also appointed MNP LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants as Globex’s auditor.

In addition, Globex’s shareholders adopted a resolution in the form annexed as Schedule A to the 2021 management information circular approving an extension of five years to the term of stock options held by four insiders of the Corporation on a vote by ballot, excluding for purposes of the vote shares held by the four insiders and their respective associates and affiliates, as follows:

Votes For		Votes Against
Number	%	Number	%
8,349,697	78.6	2,272,970	21.4

This press release was written by Jack Stoch, Geo., President and CEO of Globex.

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FRANKLIN, Ind., June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. (“IBC” or the “Company”) (TSX-V: IB; OTCQB: IAALF) is pleased to announce that it has closed the Company’s previously announced non-brokered private placement (the “Offering”).

Pursuant to the Offering, the Company issued 10,270,224 units of the Company (the "Units") at a price of C$0.20 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of approximately C$2,054,000. Each Unit consists of one common share of IBC (each, a "Common Share") and one common share purchase warrant (a "Warrant"). Each Warrant will entitle the holder to acquire one common share of the Company at a price of C$0.23 until June 23, 2023. All of the securities issued pursuant to the Offering are subject to a four month hold period in accordance with applicable Canadian securities laws.

Proceeds of the Offering will be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

Mark Smith, Geoff Hampson and Simon Anderson, directors of the Company, participated in the Offering by purchasing an aggregate of 2,623,324 Units. Accordingly, the Offering constitutes a related-party transaction under Multilateral Instrument 61-101 – Protection of Minority Security Holders in Special Transactions (“MI 61-101”). The transaction is exempt from the formal valuation and minority shareholder approval requirements of MI 61-101 pursuant to sections 5.5(a) and 5.7(1)(a) of MI 61-101 as neither the fair market value of any securities issued to nor the consideration paid by such persons would exceed 25% of the Company’s market capitalization.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of any of the securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful, including any of the securities in the United States of America. The securities have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "1933 Act") or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for account or benefit of, U.S. Persons (as defined in Regulation S under the 1933 Act) unless registered under the 1933 Act and applicable state securities laws, or an exemption from such registration requirements is available.

For more information on IBC and its innovative alloy products, go here.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors:

"Mark Smith”

Mark Smith P.E., Esq. , Chairman

Contact:

Mark A. Smith, Chairman
Jim Sims, Director of Investor and Public Relations
+1 (303) 503-6203
Email: jsims@policycom.com

Website: www.ibcadvancedalloys.com

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About IBC Advanced Alloys Corp.

IBC is a leading beryllium and copper advanced alloys company serving a variety of industries such as defense, aerospace, automotive, telecommunications, precision manufacturing, and others. IBC's Copper Alloys Division manufactures and distributes a variety of copper alloys as castings and forgings, including beryllium copper, chrome copper, and aluminum bronze. IBC's Engineered Materials Division makes the Beralcast^® family of alloys, which can be precision cast and are used in an increasing number of defense, aerospace, and other systems, including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. IBC's has production facilities in Indiana, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Missouri. The Company's common shares are traded on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol "IB" and the OTCQB under the symbol "IAALF".

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The TSX Venture Exchange has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy of this news release. Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

Certain information contained in this news release may be forward-looking information or forward-looking statements as defined under applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information and forward-looking statements are often, but not always identified by the use of words such as "expect", "anticipate", "believe", "foresee", "could", "estimate", "goal", "intend", "plan", "seek", "will", "may" and "should" and similar expressions or words suggesting future outcomes. This news release includes forward-looking information and statements pertaining to, among other things, the expected use of proceeds. Forward-looking statements involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond the Company's control including: the impact of general economic conditions in the areas in which the Company or its customers operate, including the semiconductor manufacturing and oil and gas industries, risks associated with manufacturing activities, changes in laws and regulations including the adoption of new environmental laws and regulations and changes in how they are interpreted and enforced, increased competition, the lack of availability of qualified personnel or management, limited availability of raw materials, fluctuations in commodity prices, foreign exchange or interest rates, stock market volatility and obtaining required approvals of regulatory authorities. As a result of these risks and uncertainties, the Company's future results, performance or achievements could differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. All statements included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. These statements are based on assumptions made by the Company based on its experience, perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in the circumstances.

Please see “Risks Factors” in our Annual Information Form available under the Company’s profile at www.sedar.com, for information on the risks and uncertainties associated with our business. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information and statements, which speak only as of the date made. The forward-looking information and statements contained in this release represent our expectations as of the date of this release. We disclaim any intention or obligation or undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking information or statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable securities laws.

TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / June 23, 2021 / Tsodilo Resources Limited ("Tsodilo" or the "Company") (TSX-V:TSD) (OTCQB:TSDRF) (FSE:TZO) is pleased to provide an update on its wholly owned Xaudum Iron Project. The Company has entered into a research collaboration endeavor with the Department of Chemical, Materials and Metallurgical Engineering at the Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST) and Morupule Coal Mine (MCM) to undertake metallurgical studies with respect to the potential of generating a Pellet Feed and Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) product from the Xaudum Iron Formation (XIF) utilizing its magnetite and MCM's coal as a reductant. Commercially, these high-grade pellets and DRI product would be used to produce steel within Botswana, the region and internationally.

There is currently a fundamental shift under way within the steel industry with steel producers under pressure to reduce their carbon footprint and produce steel with lower carbon emissions. Carbon emissions (CO₂) account for around 80% of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), where the steel making market contributes to roughly 6% of global CO₂ emission. Major corporations including steel producers are focusing on decarbonizing as they target carbon neutrality (Fan and Friedmann, 2021). Climate change issues globally and smog lowering related steel mill curbs on sintering and coal usage in China in particular have focused investors towards projects with higher-grade iron content driving the change that is occurring in the type of iron ore consumed by steel mills from lower-grade energy intensive fines that require sintering towards higher-grade ores and steel making products such as pellet feed and DRI materials.

Blast furnace – basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) dominate production but are particularly stubborn to decarbonization technology. Direct reduced iron to electric arc furnace (DRI-EAF) production is growing and has far better decarbonization potential. Emission controls and demand for less carbon intensive steel production will become the norm and steel producers demands for DR quality pellet feed will continue to increase. This shift represents significant opportunities for high-grade magnetite projects like the XIF project.

The Company's Metallurgical results show that the XIF magnetite product is expected to be a premium high-grade product containing ⁺67% iron magnetite that will be ideal pellet feed material (see, Press Release of 12/17/2013 on the Company's website). This quality grade will place the XIF in the top 4-5% of producers in the world by Fe grade. High-grade magnetite pellet feeds at 67% Fe and above have been shown to lower GHG emissions compared to standard feed of 62% iron hematite fines (Herbertson and Strezov, 2011). The collaboration study with BIUST and MCM will identify if the XIF magnetite can be further beneficiated to a pellet feed and upgraded to a DRI pellet or similar product using Botswana coal as the reductant. MCM coal has proven to be a viable substitute for reductants in metalliferous ores processing, hence the confidence that it can be viable in the DRI process. This DRI product can then be used to produce steel in electric arc furnaces in Botswana, the region and international markets.

High-grade concentrates and pellets of 67% Fe, such as the XIF products, offer a net environmental benefit over its life-cycle compared to classic lower grade, Direct Shipping Ores (DSO) ~62% Fe hematite fines, by saving carbon emissions in steel production. Where this carbon saving is derived from the inherent differences in the chemical make-up of magnetite vs. hematite, where magnetite is exothermic (adds heat to the reaction); has a higher iron content (higher grade); lower impurities; and, reduces fluxing. High-grade ores over 65% Fe currently command larger price premiums over standard ores (62% Fe) resulting in higher margins for suppliers of high-grade products. The current global drive for lower emission steel production results in steel producers dramatically increasing their demand for these high-grade ores. Converting to pellets and DRI only increases the benefits over sinter feed, as pellets are of uniform size melt at a more equal rate which significantly reduce the time, energy and as such the resultant emissions to produce steel. There will likely be a significant under supply of high purity pellet feed as demand for these high-end materials increases dramatically by steel producers looking to reduce emission output. This demand increase for these high-end materials will also include steel mills that use DRI products as contemplated by the Company. This continued shift towards low emission steel globally means that the high- grade XIF magnetite project is uniquely placed to meet these emerging markets.

The business case for generating pellet feed, DRI products, and low emission steel from the XIF magnetite is just one of the scenarios that are to be evaluated in the Company's current Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA).

Tsodilo's Chairman and CEO, James M. Bruchs, commented "We are excited by this research collaboration with BIUST and MCB to evaluate the capabilities of generating pellet feed and DRI products for low emission steel production from the XIF magnetite. This extra level of beneficiation within Botswana will create added value and benefits in the form of increased revenue and employment for Botswana. This is just one scenario option amongst several that our PEA will evaluate. The PEA will be a road map for the development of the Xaudum Iron Formation towards production".

About Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)

The Botswana International University of Science and Technology is a Government of Botswana supported institution established as a research-intensive University that specializes in Engineering, Science and Technology at both undergraduate and graduate (Master's and Doctoral) levels. It aims to increase competitiveness, economic growth and sustainable development; address the shortage of skilled scientists and technologists; increase movement of skilled people across national and boundaries international boundaries; stimulate research, innovation, and technology transfer; improve society's aspirations to improve health, wealth and well-being; address increased demand for access to tertiary education; and enable a more competitive and innovative tertiary education sector.

The University is a national strategic initiative that is intended to serve as one of the key platforms for transforming Botswana's economy and because of its research emphasis, BIUST works with the private sector to meet emerging skills needs of the industry, as well as identifies challenges that can be solved through applied research. (www.biust.ac.bw).

About Morupule Coal Mine (MCM)

Morupule Coal Mine (initially known as Morupule Colliery) was established in 1973 by Anglo American. MCM is currently 100% owned by the Minerals Development Company Botswana (MDCB), itself 100% owned by the government of the Republic of Botswana.

MCM operates a 3 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) mine within a 4 billion tonne classified semi-bituminous thermal coal resource in a fairly favorable geological setting. Current activities exploit reserves of in situ cv of 22-23MJ/kg (adb), supplying mine mouth power plants and other customers. The mine operates its own railway siding that links into the national rail line which transports products to the north and south of the country and into the SADC region. MCM coal has proven to be a viable substitute for reductants in metalliferous ores processing, hence the confidence that it can be viable in the DRI process (www.mcm.co.bw).

Overview

Preliminary work on the Xaudum Iron project has defined a CIM compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 441 million tonnes (Mt) with an average grade of 29.4% Fe, 41.0% SiO2, 6.1% Al2O3 and 0.3% P for the Block 1 magnetite XIF. Block 1 is a fraction of the potential XIF magnetite resource. An extrapolated exploration target has defined the XIF to be in the order of 5 to 7 billion tonnes at 15-40% Fe. This exploration target was generated by inversion modelling of ground magnetic geophysical data which was compared and moderated to volumes from drilling data within Block 1 and its potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. To date, there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource other than in Block 1 and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource.

About the XIF Project

the project is located in the North-West District of Botswana and is proximate to the Namibian boarder and lies thirty (30) miles from the town of Divundu in Namibia. The Trans Caprivi Railway (TCR) line linking Zambia and Namibia is planned to pass through Divundu providing access to Walvis Bay, Namibia's deep-sea port. The project is also located within forty-three (43) miles of the proposed Mucusso line to Angola's Namibe Port;
preliminary work on the Xaudum Iron project has defined a CIM compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 441 million tonnes (Mt) with an average grade of 29.4% Fe, 41.0% SiO2, 6.1% Al2O3 and 0.3% P for the Block 1 magnetite XIF;
Block 1 is a fraction of the potential XIF magnetite resource. An extrapolated exploration target has defined the XIF to be in the order of 5 to 7 billion tonnes at 15- 40% Fe. This exploration target was generated by inversion modelling of ground magnetic geophysical data which was compared and moderated to volumes from drilling data within Block 1 and its potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. To date, there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource other than in Block 1 and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. See,Press Release of 9/14/2014on the Company's website for further details;
metallurgical magnetic separation results (Davis Tube Recovery) show an average concentrate of 67.2% Fe, 4.2% SiO2, 0.5% Al2O3, 0.07% P is obtained at P80 grind size of 80 microns, although higher grades are possible at finer P80's. See,Press Release of 12/17/2013 on the Company's website;
further exploration will be focused on Block 2 where the Company expects an increase in the resource;
the XIF Project is a potential large and long-life Tier 1 mining project;
the PEA will evaluate a number of options for development of the project at a variety of scales including:
- non-traditional but potentially profitable small-scale startup mining production options such as Ferrosilicon (FeSi) production from a magnetite concentrate,
- mid-size scenarios, whereby magnetite concentrate would be processed through a concentrator and transported to railhead and onto port facilities;
- large-scale mining options where full-scale mining would produce a magnetite concentrate processed by a concentrator plant with further potential modification to a pellet which would then be transported to port facilities;
Botswana has significant coal reserves which can be a major advantage for the Xaudum Iron project, allowing for coal to be used in the beneficiation process to generate iron products such as iron pellets, sponge iron, pig iron, and also steel; and,
the project would represent the first iron deposit to be considered for development in Botswana. Gcwihaba has identified the project as having the potential to positively impact the future economy of Botswana as the country looks to diversify its economy, and help Botswana to reach its goal of moving away from a dependence on diamond revenues.

For more information, refer to the technical report prepared by SRK Consulting (UK) Ltd. for Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Ltd. titled "Mineral Resource Estimate for the Xaudum Iron Project (Block 1), Republic of Botswana" with an effective date of August 29, 2014 and filed on SEDAR under the Company's profile at www.sedar.com .

An informational presentation of the project can be found on the Company's website at www.tsodiloresources.com/i/pdf/3)-Tsodilo-Iron-Project-Overview_March-2021.pdf.

References

Z. Fan and S. J. Friedmann, 2021. Low-carbon production of iron and steel: Technology options, economic assessment, and policy. Joule, Volume 5, Issue 4. Columbia SPIA, Center on Global Energy Policy article.

J. Herbertson and L. Strezov, 2011. Implications for Australian Magnetite Industry of the Introduction of a Price/Tax on Carbon. The Crucible Group, June 2011. Submitted to the Joint Select Committee on Australia's Clean Energy Future Legislation by the Magnetite Network (MagNet).

About Tsodilo Resources Limited

Tsodilo Resources Limited is an international diamond and metals exploration company engaged in the search for economic diamond, metal deposits and industrial stone at its Bosoto (Pty) Limited ("Bosoto"), Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited ("Gcwihaba") and Newdico (Pty) Ltd. ("Newdico) projects in Botswana and its Idada 361 (Pty) Limited ("Idada") project in Barberton, South Africa. The Company has a 100% stake in Bosoto (Pty) Ltd. which holds the BK16 kimberlite project in the Orapa Kimberlite Field (OKF) in Botswana and the PL216/2017 diamond prospection license also in the OKF. The Company has a 100% stake in its Gcwihaba project area consisting of seven metal (base, precious, platinum group, and rare earth) prospecting licenses all located in the North-West district of Botswana. The Company has a 100% interest in its Newdico industrial stone project located in Botswana's Central District. Additionally, Tsodilo has a 70% stake in Idada Trading 361 (Pty) Limited which holds the gold and silver exploration license in the Barberton area of South Africa. Tsodilo manages the exploration of the Newdico, Gcwihaba, Bosoto and Idada projects. Overall supervision of the Company's exploration program is the responsibility of Dr. Alistair Jeffcoate, Project Manager and Chief Geologist of the Company and a "qualified person" as such term is defined in National Instrument 43-101.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or anticipates will or may occur in the future (including, without limitation, statements pertaining to the use of proceeds, the impact of strategic partnerships and statements that describe the Company's future plans, objectives or goals) are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward- looking statements, and even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, changes in equity markets, changes in general economic conditions, market volatility, political developments in Botswana and surrounding countries, changes to regulations affecting the Company's activities, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, exploration and development risks, the uncertainties involved in interpreting exploration results and the other risks involved in the mineral exploration business. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein.

Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and, even if such actual results are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations include, among other things, uncertainties relating to availability and cost of funds, timing and content of work programs, results of exploration activities, interpretation of drilling results and other geological data, risks relating to variations in the diamond grade and kimberlite lithologies; variations in rates of recovery and breakage; estimates of grade and quality of diamonds, variations in diamond valuations and future diamond prices; the state of world diamond markets, reliability of mineral property titles, changes to regulations affecting the Company's activities, delays in obtaining or failure to obtain required project approvals, operational and infrastructure risk and other risks involved in the diamond exploration and development business. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of future performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to their inherent uncertainty.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange ("TSXV") nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. This news release may contain assumptions, estimates, and other forward-looking statements regarding future events. Such forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are subject to factors, many of which are beyond the Company's control, which may cause actual results or performance to differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

James M. Bruchs	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	JBruchs@TsodiloResources.com
Dr. Alistair Jeffcoate	Project Manager and Chief Geologist	Alistair.Jeffcoate@tsodiloresources.com
Head Office	Telephone +1 416 572 2033	Facsimile + 1 416 987 4369
Website	http://www.TsodiloResources.com

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SLAM Exploration Participating In New Brunswick Appalachian Gold Plays

MIRAMICHI, New Brunswick, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SLAM Exploration Ltd. (“SLAM” or the “Company” on TSXV: SXL) announces it recently expanded its Jake Lee mineral claims adjacent to a new gold discovery reported by Edge Exploration Inc. (“Edge”), a private New Brunswick company. Edge reported gold grading 4.8 g/t (“grams/tonne”) and greater than 5.0 g/t gold respectively in two overburden drill holes 420m apart within a 5,000 m long anomalous trend. For more information about this discovery Edge’s news release is posted at http://edgexploration.com/edge-news/. The new discoveries are adjacent to SLAM’s 100% owned Jake Lee project and 25 kilometres southeast of the Clarence Stream gold deposit where Galway Metals Corp. recently reported a series of new gold discoveries.

SLAM President & CEO Mike Taylor states, “Congratulations to Dallas Davis and the Edge team on this significant new gold discovery in the mineral-rich province of New Brunswick. These discoveries in the vicinity of the Wheaton Bay fault are further evidence for gold in association with Appalachian structures in Atlantic Canada and suggest that New Brunswick has potential similar to recent discoveries by New Found Gold Corp. and others in Newfoundland.”

This new gold discovery is associated with the Wheaton Bay fault, a regional Appalachian structure that trends easterly through SLAM’s Jake Lee mineral claims. Previous workers discovered one boulder with visible gold and a second boulder grading 302.5 g/t gold in the vicinity of the Wheaton Bay fault to the east of SLAM’s property. The potential source area for these boulders could lie within the Jake Lee claim boundary.

The Company expanded the Jake Lee property southwestward by acquiring an additional 100 unit claim. The expanded property now covers 8937 hectares stretching over 25 kilometres in the vicinity of the Wheaton Bay fault and other favourable Appalachian structures. The Company intends to complete a soil geochemical survey on a portion of the Jake Lee property to test the potential trend of the new gold discoveries as well as the potential source of gold boulders known to occur on adjacent claims.

Menneval Project Update: Trenching is in progress on SLAM’s flagship Menneval Gold project. The Company has uncovered a trail of quartz boulders with a series of trenches over a 600 m strike length along soil trend A. The source of these boulders is likely a set of 3 veins discovered 600 m east of Zone 9 near the end of the 2020 season. The Company followed one of these veins over a 30 m strike length and it is open in both directions. The 0.2 m wide vein is mineralized with pyrite and goethite blebs and limonite in fractures. The Company will continue trenching to follow these veins along strike to the northeast and then to the southwest toward Zone 9. Once the full extent of the vein system is determined by trenching, the Company expects to follow up with a diamond drilling program. Targets include veins No 2 and No 18 both with visible gold. No. 2 returned grades up to 351 g/t gold from grab samples and No. 18 returned grades up to 3955 g/t gold over 0.1 m from chip samples.

The Menneval property is comprised of 572 mineral claim units covering 12,390 hectares located in northwestern New Brunswick. The Company holds a 100% interest in these claims with the exception of 4 claim units covering 105 hectares that are subject to a 1.5% NSR. The Company can buy down 0.5% of the NSR for $500,000 and it has the right of first refusal on the remaining 1% NSR.

Appalachian Gold Structure Model: The Menneval gold discoveries occur on the flank of a major Appalachian structure known as the Restigouche fault. Most other gold deposits in New Brunswick are associated with similar Appalachian structures such as the Millstream Break, Sawyer Brook and Wheaton Bay faults. Major Appalachian structures are associated with the Valentine, Moosehead, Queensway and many other gold deposits in Newfoundland, with the Haile gold mine in South Carolina and with the Dalradian gold project in Ireland. Other New Brunswick examples supporting this Appalachian gold structure model include gold discoveries by Puma Exploration Inc. near the Millstream Break and by Galway Metals Inc. near the Sawyer Brook fault. The same model applies to past and recent gold discoveries near SLAM’s Jake Lee property along the Wheaton Bay fault.

About SLAM Exploration Ltd:

SLAM is a project-generating resource company focused on is its flagship Menneval Gold project where the 2021 trenching program is underway. The Company intends to conduct preliminary prospecting and geochemistry on the Gold Brook, Birch Lake gold, Wilson gold and Ramsay gold projects in the vicinity of the Millstream Break in northern New Brunswick. SLAM also expects to conduct preliminary programs on the Jake Lee, Mount Victor and other gold properties on the flanks of the Sawyer Brook and Wheaton Bay faults in southern New Brunswick. SLAM owns the Reserve Creek, Opikeigen and Miminiska gold projects in Ontario and the Mount Uniacke gold project in Nova Scotia. The Company owns a portfolio of base metal properties in the Bathurst Mining Camp (“BMC”) that is subject to an option agreement. SLAM holds NSR royalties on the Superjack, Nash Creek and Coulee zinc‐lead‐copper‐silver properties in the BMC.

The Company has generated cash from the sale of securities received from mineral property option agreements with other companies and has sufficient funds for the work currently in progress. The Company has applied for funding assistance up to $100,000 under the New Brunswick Junior Mining Assistance Program in support of a proposed 2021 drilling program. Additional information about SLAM and its projects is available at www.slamexploration.com or from SEDAR filings at www.sedar.com. Follow us on twitter @SLAMGold.

QA-QC Sampling Procedures
The following description of procedures is copied from the news release published by Edge:

“Drill supervision, core box transportation, sampling, logging and storage have been undertaken personally by Adrian Davis, P. Geo., of XplorEv Geological Services. Sampling was done jointly with Dallas Davis. Samples were delivered personally by Dallas Davis to the Actlabs sample preparation facility in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Blanks and certified standards were inserted and analyzed according to the protocol of Actlabs, a company with ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation. EDGE will insert blanks and standards once the nature of bedrock mineralization is known and the most appropriate standard obtained based on this knowledge. …“Actlabs” in this news release refers to Activation Laboratories Ltd., 41 Bittern St., Ancaster, ON L9G 4V5. Analytical methods used on till samples from the Utopia Project are under “Notes” at the base of the above analytical results table.”

Qualifying Statements: Both Dallas Davis and Adrian Davis are Qualified Persons as defined by National Instrument 43-101. Dallas Davis is the principal owner of Edge and is not an “arms length” party to Edge. All of these parties are “arms length” to SLAM. Mike Taylor P.Geo, President and CEO of SLAM Exploration Ltd., a qualified person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, approves the technical information contained in this news release.

Certain information in this press release may constitute forward-looking information, including statements that address the Private Placement, the closing of the Private Placement, future production, reserve potential, exploration and development activities and events or developments that the Company expects. This information is based on current expectations that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Actual results might differ materially from results suggested in any forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward looking-statements unless and until required by securities laws applicable to the Company. There are a number of risk factors that could cause future results to differ materially from those described herein. Information identifying risks and uncertainties is contained in the Company's filings with the Canadian securities regulators, which filings are available at www.sedar.com. Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSXV) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.

CONTACT INFORMATION:
Mike Taylor, President & CEO
Contact: 506-623-8960 mike@slamexploration.com

Eugene Beukman, CFO
Contact: 604-687-2038 ebeukman@pendergroup.ca SEDAR: 00012459E

About Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST)

About Morupule Coal Mine (MCM)

Overview

About the XIF Project

the project is located in the North-West District of Botswana and is proximate to the Namibian boarder and lies thirty (30) miles from the town of Divundu in Namibia. The Trans Caprivi Railway (TCR) line linking Zambia and Namibia is planned to pass through Divundu providing access to Walvis Bay, Namibia's deep-sea port. The project is also located within forty-three (43) miles of the proposed Mucusso line to Angola's Namibe Port;
preliminary work on the Xaudum Iron project has defined a CIM compliant Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 441 million tonnes (Mt) with an average grade of 29.4% Fe, 41.0% SiO2, 6.1% Al2O3 and 0.3% P for the Block 1 magnetite XIF;
Block 1 is a fraction of the potential XIF magnetite resource. An extrapolated exploration target has defined the XIF to be in the order of 5 to 7 billion tonnes at 15- 40% Fe. This exploration target was generated by inversion modelling of ground magnetic geophysical data which was compared and moderated to volumes from drilling data within Block 1 and its potential quantity and grade is conceptual in nature. To date, there has been insufficient exploration to define a mineral resource other than in Block 1 and it is uncertain if further exploration will result in the target being delineated as a mineral resource. See,Press Release of 9/14/2014on the Company's website for further details;
metallurgical magnetic separation results (Davis Tube Recovery) show an average concentrate of 67.2% Fe, 4.2% SiO2, 0.5% Al2O3, 0.07% P is obtained at P80 grind size of 80 microns, although higher grades are possible at finer P80's. See,Press Release of 12/17/2013 on the Company's website;
further exploration will be focused on Block 2 where the Company expects an increase in the resource;
the XIF Project is a potential large and long-life Tier 1 mining project;
the PEA will evaluate a number of options for development of the project at a variety of scales including:
- non-traditional but potentially profitable small-scale startup mining production options such as Ferrosilicon (FeSi) production from a magnetite concentrate,
- mid-size scenarios, whereby magnetite concentrate would be processed through a concentrator and transported to railhead and onto port facilities;
- large-scale mining options where full-scale mining would produce a magnetite concentrate processed by a concentrator plant with further potential modification to a pellet which would then be transported to port facilities;
Botswana has significant coal reserves which can be a major advantage for the Xaudum Iron project, allowing for coal to be used in the beneficiation process to generate iron products such as iron pellets, sponge iron, pig iron, and also steel; and,
the project would represent the first iron deposit to be considered for development in Botswana. Gcwihaba has identified the project as having the potential to positively impact the future economy of Botswana as the country looks to diversify its economy, and help Botswana to reach its goal of moving away from a dependence on diamond revenues.

An informational presentation of the project can be found on the Company's website at www.tsodiloresources.com/i/pdf/3)-Tsodilo-Iron-Project-Overview_March-2021.pdf.

References

About Tsodilo Resources Limited

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

James M. Bruchs	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	JBruchs@TsodiloResources.com
Dr. Alistair Jeffcoate	Project Manager and Chief Geologist	Alistair.Jeffcoate@tsodiloresources.com
Head Office	Telephone +1 416 572 2033	Facsimile + 1 416 987 4369
Website	http://www.TsodiloResources.com

SOURCE: Tsodilo Resources Limited

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Figure 1

Gatineau Zn JV Midland-SOQUEM

MONTREAL, June 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the commencement of a major exploration program in the Grenville, on existing properties held by Midland (50%) and SOQUEM (50%) as part of the Strategic Alliance with SOQUEM executed in February 2020.

Midland and SOQUEM control several significant zinc occurrences and prospects in the metamorphosed Middle-Proterozoic marbles of the Grenville Supergroup, in the Gatineau area. The interest for this area is that those zinc occurrences share many similarities with significant zinc deposits, also hosted in Grenville metamorphosed limestones. The most prolific zinc deposits of this type are those of the Balmat-Edwards district in the United States located only 160 kilometres south of the Gatineau-Zinc project area.

2021 Exploration Program

A major compilation and targeting effort was completed by SOQUEM during the first year, in preparation for a field exploration program about to get underway.

This exploration program, mainly consisting of soil geochemistry surveys and prospecting, will provide systematic coverage of four (4) of the seven (7) existing properties under the Strategic Alliance, located in the surroundings of the town of Maniwaki.

The four (4) properties targeted during this first phase of field work are: Bouchette, Blue Sea, Chute Rouge and Bois Francs. A total of approximately 2,700 soil samples and 150 rock samples are to be collected during the months of June to August inclusively.

Geophysical surveys and drilling are currently under evaluation and may eventually be conducted later in 2021 or in early 2022.

The Existing Properties

The Bouchette property is located east and southeast of the municipality of Messines, and 12 kilometres south of the town of Maniwaki in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 31 map-designated cells totalling 1,843.48 ha. The property hosts the Bouchette prospect. Hole
BO-94-03, drilled in 1994 (GM53111) had returned 3.3 % Zn over 9.6 m between 9.5 and 19.1 m.

The Leitch property is located 7 kilometres northeast of the municipality of Gracefield in the La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 40 map-designated cells covering a surface area of 2,384.84 ha. The property encompasses the Leitch zinc prospect and the former Lafontaine zinc mine. Two channels completed on the Leitch surface showing had returned 24.1 % Zn over 3.0 metres and 32.4 % Zn over 1.8 metres (unpublished data). Another channel cut on the Lafontaine showing had returned 21.0 % Zn over 2.0 metres (unpublished data).

The Aumond property is located 3 kilometres east of the municipality of Aumond in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 37 map-designated cells totalling 2,191.61 ha. An historical channel had yielded 6.08 % Zn over 0.8 metre (GM56261).

The Chute-Rouge property is located 7 kilometres west of the town of Grand-Remous in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 50 map-designated cells covering a surface area of 2,955.45 ha.

The Blue Sea property is located 1.5 kilometres southeast of the municipality of Blue Sea in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 3 map-designated cells totalling 169.53 ha.

The Bois Francs property is located 2.5 kilometres north of the town of Maniwaki and borders, to the east, the Egan-Sud and Bois-Franc municipalities in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 71 claims covering a surface area of 4,127.67 ha.

The Zone A property is located 1.5 kilometres southeast of the municipality of Blue Sea in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau MRC. It consists of 27 map-designated cells covering a surface area of 1,610.04 ha.

Strategic alliance in the Grenville

SOQUEM and Midland are jointly implementing a targeting approach to identify and assess the mineral resource potential and to acquire mining rights covering the best targets for base metals.

Projects acquired under the target generation program will be declared “Designated Projects” once the mining rights have been acquired. Each Designated Project will be the object of a distinct joint venture agreement, the terms of which will be similar to the joint venture agreements to be signed relating to the active properties.

A management committee composed of four members, two nominated by each party, manages activities conducted under the target generation program for the duration of the agreement. The parties are not subject to budgetary obligations under the target generation program. The budget is defined by the management committee. The target generation program will last for a period of 2 years, unless it is extended by mutual written consent of both parties.

SOQUEM is the project manager under the target generation program and for all joint ventures formed on Designated Projects; Midland may assign up to 30% of personnel.

Cautionary Statement:

Note that the true thickness of reported historical drill intervals and channel samples cannot be determined with the information currently available.

About SOQUEM

SOQUEM, a subsidiary of Investissement Québec, is dedicated to promoting the exploration, discovery and development of mining properties in Quebec. SOQUEM also contributes to maintaining strong local economies. A proud partner and ambassador for the development of Quebec’s mineral wealth, SOQUEM relies on innovation, research and strategic minerals to be well-positioned for the future

About Midland

Midland targets the excellent mineral potential of Quebec to make the discovery of new world-class deposits of gold, platinum group elements and base metals. Midland is proud to count on reputable partners such as SOQUEM INC., BHP Billiton Canada Inc., Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, O3 Mining, Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund, and Abcourt Mines Inc. Midland prefers to work in partnership and intends to quickly conclude additional agreements in regard to newly acquired properties. Management is currently reviewing other opportunities and projects to build up the Company portfolio and generate shareholder value.

This press release was prepared by Mario Masson. P.Geo., VP Exploration for Midland and Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101, who also approved the technical content of this press release.

For further information, please consult Midland’s website or contact:

Gino Roger, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: 450 420-5977
Fax: 450 420-5978
Email: info@midlandexploration.com

Website: https://www.midlandexploration.com/

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from targeted results. Such risks and uncertainties include those described in Midland’s periodic reports including the annual report or in the filings made by Midland from time to time with securities regulatory authorities.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/97ae07c9-f303-4330-a62c-676ddf09628c

ROUYN-NORANDA, Quebec, June 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GLOBEX MINING ENTERPRISES INC. (GMX – Toronto Stock Exchange, G1MN – Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Munich, Tradegate, Lang & Schwarz, L&S Exchange, TTM Zone, Stock Exchanges and GLBXF – OTCQX International in the USA) is pleased to inform shareholders that it has completed its previously-announced sale to Yamana Gold Inc. (TSX:YRI; NYSE:AUY; LSE:AUY) of the Francoeur/Arntfield/Lac Fortune gold property in Abitibi, Québec as well as 30 claims in Beauchastel township and three claims in Malartic township, Québec. The Francoeur/Arntfield/Lac Fortune property adjoins Yamana’s Wasamac Gold Mine project.

At closing, Globex received an initial payment of $4,000,000 from Yamana, satisfied by Yamana issuing 706,714 shares to Globex at a deemed price of $5.66 per share. As previously announced, the Purchase Agreement provides that Yamana will make the following additional cash payments to Globex, which Globex may elect to receive in Yamana shares:

On:	– first anniversary of closing:	$3,000,000
	– second anniversary of closing:	$2,000,000
	– third anniversary of closing:	$3,000,000
	– fourth anniversary of closing:	$3,000,000

Globex retained a 2% Gross Metal Royalty on all mineral production from the properties, of which 0.5% may be purchased by Yamana for $1,500,000.

The 706,714 Yamana shares issued to Globex at closing are subject to restrictions on resale for a period of four months.

This press release was written by Jack Stoch, Geo., President and CEO of Globex in his capacity as a Qualified Person (Q.P.) under NI 43-101.

We Seek Safe Harbour.	Foreign Private Issuer 12g3 – 2(b)
	CUSIP Number 379900 50 9 LEI 529900XYUKGG3LF9PY95
For further information, contact:
Jack Stoch, P.Geo., Acc.Dir. President & CEO Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. 86, 14^th Street Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Canada J9X 2J1	Tel.: 819.797.5242 Fax: 819.797.1470 info@globexmining.com www.globexmining.com

Forward Looking Statements: Except for historical information, this news release may contain certain “forward looking statements”. These statements may involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity and performance to be materially different from the expectations and projections of Globex Mining Enterprises Inc. (“Globex”). No assurance can be given that any events anticipated by the forward-looking information will transpire or occur, including closing of the transaction with Yamana Gold Inc., or if any of them do so, what benefits Globex will derive therefrom. A more detailed discussion of the risks is available in the “Annual Information Form” filed by Globex on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

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VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 22, 2021 / Commerce Resources Corp. (TSXV:CCE)(FSE:D7H0)(OTCQX:CMRZF) (the "Company" or "Commerce") is pleased to provide an update on the progress of its metallurgical program to produce samples of mixed rare earth carbonate (mixed REC) concentrate to satisfy several requests by global processors. Due to additional third-party sample requests, the Company has expanded the size of the program and will now produce approximately 2.5 kg of mixed REC, an increase over the initial 1.1 kg targeted.

The mixed REC concentrate is being produced from the Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Deposit using the conventional recovery flowsheet developed at Hazen Research in CO, USA, which results in high grade monazite concentrate exceeding 40% rare earth oxide (REO). The flotation concentrate, generated from the 2015 pilot program, has now been processed through the HCl leach circuit, in several 50 kg batches, as well as through the subsequent magnetic circuit (Wet High Intensity). Assays are pending on the monazite concentrate (magnetic fraction); however, preliminary data indicates a grade of 40+% REO has been achieved as targeted.

The monazite concentrate will now be processed through a sulphuric acid pot digestion to convert the monazite to rare earth sulphates which are then dissolved in a water leach. The leach liquor is treated by solvent extraction (SX) to reject thorium followed by SX to purify and concentrate the rare earth elements (REEs). Mixed RECs high in NdPr are precipitated from the SX strip liquor.

In the rare earth industry, a mixed REC concentrate is typically viewed as the initial marketable product in the rare earth element value chain. A mixed REC is readily saleable as it is the most common feedstock to REE solvent extraction facilities globally, which separate each individual REE and allow for them to be individually refined into marketable products and disseminated throughout downstream value-chains. In addition to producing a mixed REC, the Company also intends to evaluate partial separations as part of the Prefeasibility Study (PFS). A partial separation will allow for a marketable NdPr oxide product to be produced, in addition to a Ce-La product and a mixed Sm-Eu-Gd + heavy REE product, thereby unlocking additional value while not adding significant technical risk and CAPEX to the flowsheet by pursuing full separation of all 15 REOs.

In addition, as part of this ongoing metallurgical program, the Company is collecting flowsheet design criteria in support of the PFS being advanced. This includes sampling of various tailings steams for environmental testing, which will determine if further treatment is required to meet regulatory requirements, while also outlining the design criteria of the tailings management facility.

NI 43-101 Disclosure

Darren L. Smith, M.Sc., P.Geo., Dahrouge Geological Consulting Ltd., a Permit holder with the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, supervised the preparation of the technical information in this news release.

About Commerce Resources Corp.

Commerce Resources Corp. is a junior mineral resource company focused on the development of the Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Deposit located in Quebec, Canada. The Company is positioning to be one of the lowest cost rare earth producers globally, with a specific focus on being a long-term supplier of mixed rare earth carbonate and/or NdPr oxide to the global market. The Ashram Deposit is characterized by simple rare earth (monazite, bastnaesite, xenotime) and gangue (carbonates) mineralogy, a large tonnage resource at favourable grade, and has demonstrated the production of high-grade (>45% REO) mineral concentrates at high recovery (>70%) in line with active global producers. In addition to being one of the largest rare earth deposits globally, Ashram is also one of the largest fluorspar deposits globally and has the potential to be a long-term supplier to the met-spar and acid-spar markets.

For more information, please visit the corporate website at www.commerceresources.com or email info@commerceresources.com.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors
COMMERCE RESOURCES CORP.

"Chris Grove"
Chris Grove
President and Director
Tel: 604.484.2700
Email: cgrove@commerceresources.com
Web: http://www.commerceresources.com

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This news release contains forward-looking information which is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements in this press release include that the Company intends to evaluate partial separations as part of the Prefeasibility Study (PFS); that a partial separation will allow for a marketable NdPr oxide product to be produced, in addition to a Ce, La, and mixed Sm-Eu-Gd + heavy REE product, thereby unlocking additional value while not adding significant technical risk and CAPEX to the flowsheet by pursuing full separation of all 15 REOs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Risks that could change or prevent these statements from coming to fruition include that the methods proposed don't work as well as expected, the leach residue may not be usable, we may experience difficulties producing concentrate or achieving an upgrade to the concentrate; changing costs for mining and processing; increased capital costs; the timing and content of upcoming work programs; geological interpretations based on drilling that may change with more detailed information; potential process methods and mineral recoveries assumption based on limited test work and by comparison to what are considered analogous deposits that with further test work may not be comparable; testing of our process may not prove successful and even it tests are successful, the economic and other outcomes may not be as expected; the availability of labour, equipment and markets for the products produced; and despite the current expected viability of the project, conditions changing such that the minerals on our property cannot be economically mined, or that the required permits to build and operate the envisaged mine can be obtained. The forward-looking information contained herein is given as of the date hereof and the Company assumes no responsibility to update or revise such information to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by law.

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TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / June 21, 2021 / Tsodilo Resources Limited ("Tsodilo" or the "Company") (TSXV:TSD) (OTCQB:TSDRF) (FSE:TZO) is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Green Technology and Energy Security ("MMGE") in Gaborone, Botswana has granted the renewal of Prospection License 369/2014 for a two-year period commencing October 1, 2021. The license area contains the Company's BK16 kimberlite project

The diamondiferous BK16 kimberlite pipe is located within the Orapa Kimberlite Field ("OKF") in Botswana and contains rare and valuable Type IIa diamonds. BK16 is located 37 kilometers (km) east-southeast of the Orapa Diamond Mine AK01, 25 km southeast of the Damtshaa Diamond Mine, and 13 km north-northeast of the Letlhakane Diamond Mine, all operated by Debswana and 28 km east-northeast from Lucara Diamond Corporation's Karowe Mine (AK6). The OKF has produced such notable diamonds as the 1,109 carat 'Lesedi La Rona' and the 813 carat 'Constellation' from Lucara Diamond Corporation's Karowe (AK6) mine.

Tsodilo's Chairman and CEO, James M. Bruchs, commented "We are pleased that the MMGE has renewed the BK16 license which will allow us to move into our Phase II evaluation program which will be a surface bulk sample of 20,000 tonnes of kimberlite which will enhance the work already undertaken and increase confidence in the value of the diamonds and grade as we move closer to developing this asset."

BK16

The diamondiferous BK16 kimberlite pipe is approximately 6 hectares in size at surface and is known to contain rare and valuable Type IIa diamonds. A mini-bulk sampling program was undertaken to obtain an initial determination of the quality and value of the BK16 diamonds. This was successfully undertaken via fourteen (14) 24-inch Large Diameter Drilling (LDD) totaling 3,121 meters. 2,077 tonnes (callipered) of kimberlite were extracted. From this extraction, 243 individual bulk samples were processed at the Company's dense media separation (DMS) plant ahead of X-Ray diamond separation and final hand sorting at the Company's secure recovery unit. The diamond recovery resulted in 509 diamonds weighing 78.403 carats which were studied for value and size frequency distribution (SFD) modelling to model the SFD of the BK16 kimberlite which showed the following:

successfully demonstrated the potential of the BK16 kimberlite to host high value diamonds between US$ 281 to US$ 792 per carat;
successfully confirmed the presence of Type IIa diamonds where 3.8% of the diamonds were identified as high-quality Type IIa diamonds consisting predominantly of D color stones; and,
SFD of the diamonds recovered from the LDD samples indicated that the size distribution of BK16 could be coarser than several producers in southern Africa. There are indications that BK16 could have a broadly similarly coarse shaped size distribution to that of the Lucara's Karowe Mine (Botswana), Petra Diamonds' Premier Mine (South Africa), and Lucapa Diamond's Mothae Mine (Lesotho).
successfully confirmed the potential of BK16 to host large special stones of +10.8 carats where size frequency distribution analysis indicates that 2% to 5% of the total carats may be greater than 10.8 carats (specials) (which compares favorably with Lucara Diamond Corp.'s Karowe Mine (AK6) production of specials).

This SFD modeling led to a scoping level range analysis Techno-economic modelling of the deposit using some defined variables and options for developing the project. This range analysis suggests that a positive NPV project is possible. The range analysis suggests that at diamond values around $350/ct the target could support a well-managed toll treatment operation. As the value increases to $500-550 it would be viable to contemplate a variety of low-capital intensity operations. At values above $600-650/ct the strategy of a developing a stand-alone full-size operation should be pursued. Still further alternatives involved the utilization of other processing plants in the OKF that are operating beneath their capacity.

These encouraging results suggest that BK16 has the potential to become a mineable asset and justifies moving on to Phase II which is to increase the number of carats significantly by processing a far larger sample which will lead to an increase in the certainty of the grade and diamond value. The Phase II program will consist of the following:

extract 20,000 metric tonnes of kimberlite to obtain 800 to 1,600 carats of diamonds;
to significantly improve the understanding of the grade of the deposit in carats per hundred tonnes (cpht);
solidify further the accuracy of the high diamond value in US$ per carat;
further confirm the presence and quality of the Type IIa diamond population;
confirm the presence of larger stones and demonstrate that BK16 will be a significant producer of special stones above 10.8 carats and >100 carat stones;
define an inferred resource; and,
further refine the accuracy of the economic fundamentals of the project to move towards detailed feasibility studies and ultimately mining.

The envisioned Phase II surface bulk sampling of this type constitutes standard industry practice for diamond exploration of kimberlites like BK16 to gain enough carats for an effective economic analysis. The Phase II bulk sample design will be a basic small and shallow box-cut style sample. Twenty-five (25) meters of over-burden will be stripped to expose the kimberlite below resulting in a depth of the box-cut design of 30 – 35 meters. Engineering studies undertaken into this surface bulk sample were comprised of a geotechnical characteristic study; a sample location optimization study to maximize number of diamonds; and, a final optimized pit design optimization which construct a box-cut design specifications optimized pit shell that takes into account geotechnical parameters and grade and tonnage considerations. This final design was signed off by the independent engineers. Further to this, a detailed rehabilitation plan was created that meets statutory requirements and will ensure the workings and facilities are safe and restore the environment to as close as possible to its natural state.

For more information about the work undertaken (Phase I) and the next stages of work please see (Phase II and beyond), please see the following presentation on our diamond projects on the website at http://www.tsodiloresources.com/i/pdf/Tsodilo_Diamond_Projects_December-2020.pdf

About Tsodilo Resources Limited

Tsodilo Resources Limited is an international diamond and metals exploration company engaged in the search for economic diamond, metal deposits and industrial stone at its Bosoto (Pty) Limited ("Bosoto"), Gcwihaba Resources (Pty) Limited ("Gcwihaba") and Newdico (Pty) Ltd. ("Newdico) projects in Botswana. The Company has a 100% stake in Bosoto (Pty) Ltd. which holds the BK16 kimberlite project in the Orapa Kimberlite Field (OKF) in Botswana and the PL216/2017 diamond prospection license also in the OKF. The Company has a 100% stake in its Gcwihaba project area consisting of seven metal (base, precious, platinum group, and rare earth) prospecting licenses all located in the North-West district of Botswana. The Company has a 100% interest in its Newdico industrial stone project located in Botswana's Central District. Tsodilo manages the exploration of the Newdico, Gcwihaba, and Bosoto projects. Overall supervision of the Company's exploration program is the responsibility of Dr. Alistair Jeffcoate, Project Manager and Chief Geologist of the Company and a "qualified person" as such term is defined in National Instrument 43-101.

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James M. Bruchs	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	JBruchs@TsodiloResources.com
Dr. Alistair Jeffcoate	Project Manager and Chief Geologist	Alistair.Jeffcoate@tsodiloresources.com
Head Office	Telephone +1 416 572 2033	Facsimile + 1 416 987 4369
Website	http://www.TsodiloResources.com

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As the U.S. and its allies chase China in procuring critical minerals essential for modern technologies, they face a major hurdle: a lack of companies and projects with an established record.

ISS Recommends Fancamp Shareholders Vote FOR Management Slate

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jun 19, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fancamp Exploration Ltd. ("Fancamp" or the "Corporation") (TSX Venture Exchange: FNC) today announced that the Special Committee of Directors (the "Special Committee") has postponed the Corporation’s annual general meeting ("AGM") and will advise shareholders of a specific new meeting date in due course. The AGM was originally scheduled for Tuesday, June 29, 2021.

The postponement was made necessary by a last-minute petition filed by Mr. Peter H. Smith’s counsel. Mr. Smith’s counsel, weeks ago, had requested a number of changes in the conduct of the meeting that Fancamp had rejected. Mr. Smith waited for a month, until less than two weeks before the AGM, to bring the petition, making a fair hearing of the petition impossible. The only way to ensure a fair court hearing after this ambush was to postpone the meeting and the Special Committee has done so.

In spite of Mr. Smith’s unfair tactics, the Corporation is committed to holding the AGM as soon as possible.

Fancamp thanks shareholders for their ongoing and overwhelming support. Further information regarding the new AGM date will be provided to the market in due course.

ISS Recommends Fancamp Shareholders Vote FOR Management Slate

Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS"), a leading independent proxy advisory firm, recommended in its June 17, 2021 report that Fancamp shareholders vote FOR all six of Fancamp’s exceptionally qualified and experienced director nominees. In the report, ISS also stated:

"The dissident has failed to make a compelling case … Moreover, the cumulative [Total Shareholder Return] of the company during the dissident's lengthy tenure as CEO and on the board does not seem to suggest that the company was following a … successful strategy…"

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About Fancamp Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: FNC)

Fancamp is a growing Canadian mineral exploration corporation dedicated to its value-added strategy of advancing mineral properties through exploration and development. The Corporation owns numerous mineral resource properties in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, including gold, rare earth metals, strategic and base metals, zinc, chromium, titanium and more. Fancamp is also building on the industrial possibilities inherent in dealing with some of these materials, notable being the development of its Titanium technology strategy. It has recently announced the acquisition of ScoZinc, a Canadian exploration and mining corporation that has full ownership of the Scotia Mine and related facilities near Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as several prospective exploration licenses in surrounding regions. The Corporation is managed by a new and focused leadership team with decades of mining, exploration and complementary technology experience.

Forward-looking Statements

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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 18, 2021) – Great Atlantic Resources (TSXV: GR) (FSE: PH02) has applied for two additional diamond drilling permits for its Golden Promise Gold Property. The 100% owned Golden Promise Property is 1 of the company's 8 properties, covering an area of 25,700 hectares, located within the central Newfoundland gold belt. The areas around these properties are now fully staked on all boarders.

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The applications are for up to 33 drill holes at the Jaclyn Zone and up to 12 drill holes at the Otter Brook showing, with the company planning to resume drilling at the Jaclyn Zone in early July under its existing drilling permit. The Jaclyn Zone, located within the northern region of the Golden Promise Property, hosts five gold bearing quartz veins systems, being the Jaclyn Main, Jaclyn North, Jaclyn South, Jaclyn East and Jaclyn West Zones.

The drilling application for the Jaclyn Zone includes 15 drill holes at the Jaclyn Main Zone and 18 drill holes at the Jaclyn North Zone, totalling approximately 5,000 metres. This includes in-fill drill holes within different part of the Jaclyn Main Zone, the objective to provide further definition of the zone and provide information for an updated resource calculation. Most of these holes are planned within the central to west region of the zone, testing above 200 metres vertical depth. Two holes are planned in the east part of the Jaclyn Main Zone to test the zone at 200 to -350 metres vertical depth.

Great Atlantic confirmed high-grade gold at the Jaclyn Main Zone during 2019 drilling, including near surface intercepts of 113.07 grams per tonne gold over 0.55 metres and 61.35 grams per tonne gold over 2.04 metres. The planned drilling at the Jaclyn North Zone will further test the area east of historic drill holes including the area of an approximate 300-metre long zone of gold-bearing quartz vein boulders.

Three drill holes completed by the company during 2020 in this area intersected gold bearing quartz veins and extended the Jaclyn North quartz vein system approximately 260 metres east of historic drilling. The company collected gold bearing quartz boulder samples in this area during 2017, including samples returning 163, 208 and 332 grams per tonne and again in 2020 including samples returning 17.4, 26.7 and 157.6 grams per tonne gold.

The company reported a NI 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimate during late 2018 for the Jaclyn Main Zone of 357,000 tonnes at 10.4 grams per tonne gold for 119,000 ounces uncapped. Because part of the vein is near surface, the resource estimate was constrained by a conceptual open pit to demonstrate reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction. All resources were classified as inferred because of the relatively wide spacing of drill holes through most of the zone.

The company confirmed gold mineralization at the Otter Brook showing during 2020. Eight of 11 rock samples, both float and outcrop, collected at this showing during 2020 exceeded 0.7 grams per tonne gold including a rock grab sample returning 5.7 grams per tonne gold. Great Atlantic is planning drill holes under this outcrop and along the projected strike of this zone.

Recent significant gold discoveries within the Exploits Subzone include those of Marathon Gold Corp. at the Valentine Gold Project, Sokoman Minerals Corp. at the Moosehead Gold Project and New Found Gold Corp. at the Queensway Project. Viewers are warned that mineralization at the Valentine Gold Project, the Moosehead Gold Project, the Queensway Project, and elsewhere within the Exploits Subzone is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the company's Golden Promise Property.

Great Atlantic, with a number of properties in the Atlantic provinces, is utilizing a Project Generation model, with a special focus on critical elements which are prominent in Atlantic Canada, such as Antimony, Tungsten and Gold.

For more information, please visit the company's website www.GreatAtlanticResources.com, contact Christopher R. Anderson, President & CEO, at 604-488-3900 or email office@GreatAtlanticResources.com.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Search Minerals Inc. (“Search” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SMY), is pleased to announce that it has signed an Option Agreement (the “Agreement”) with United Gold Inc, Aubrey Budgell, and Donna Lewis, (collectively, the “Vendors”) for an option (the “Option”) to acquire an undivided 100% interest in and to certain claims owned by the Vendors known as the Two Tom Property (the “Property”).

In order to maintain and exercise the Option, Search is required to make cash payments to the Vendors totalling $200,000 and issue 1,600,000 common shares (the “Shares”) in accordance with the following schedule:

Cash Payments

$40,000 on the date the TSX Venture Exchange accepts the Agreement for filing (the “Acceptance Date”);
$50,000 before the first anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
$50,000 before the second anniversary of the Acceptance Date; and
$60,000 on the third anniversary of the Acceptance Date.

Share Issuances

400,000 Shares on the Acceptance Date;
400,000 Shares before the first anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
400,000 Shares before the second anniversary of the Acceptance Date; and
400,000 Shares before the third anniversary of the Acceptance Date.

If Search exercises the Option and acquires an undivided 100% legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the Property, the Vendors will thereafter be entitled to a 3% Net Smelter Returns royalty with respect to the Property (the “NSR Royalty”), payable upon the commencement of commercial production, provided that Search will have the right to purchase from the Vendors two-thirds of the NSR Royalty upon payment of the sum of $2,000,000 to the Vendors at any time.

The Property consists of two licenses (027378M and 016522M) totalling 20 claims (4 square kilometres or 400 ha). These two licenses collectively encompass the Two Tom Lake Be-Nb-REE resource. This acquisition further enhances the Company’s strong position in the Red Wine REE (Rare Metal) District in west-central Labrador.

No finder’s fee was payable in connection with the Agreement, and the Agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.

For further information, please contact:

Greg Andrews
President and CEO
Tel: 604-998-3432
E-mail: info@searchminerals.ca

About Search Minerals Inc.

Search has continued to optimize our patented Direct Extraction Process technology with the generous support from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, and from the Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency. We have completed two pilot plant operations and produced highly purified mixed rare earth carbonate concentrate and mixed REO concentrate for separation and refining.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Search Minerals Inc. (“Search” or the “Company”) (TSXV: SMY), is pleased to announce that it has signed a binding letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement” ) with Roland Quinlan and Eddie Quinlan (collectively, the “Vendors”) for an option (the “Option”) to acquire an undivided 100% interest in and to certain claims owned by the Vendors known as the Mann#1, and another claim proximal to Two Tom Lake, (the “Property”).

Cash Payments

$20,000 on the date the TSX Venture Exchange accepts the Letter Agreement for filing (the “Acceptance Date”);
$30,000 before the first anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
$60,000 before the second anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
$60,000 before the third anniversary of the Acceptance Date; and
$30,000 before the fourth anniversary of the Acceptance Date.

Share Issuances

400,000 Shares on the Acceptance Date;
400,000 Shares before the first anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
400,000 Shares before the second anniversary of the Acceptance Date;
300,000 Shares before the third anniversary of the Acceptance Date; and
100,000 Shares before the fourth anniversary of the Acceptance Date.

Search will grant the Vendors a 3.0% Net Smelter Return Royalty (“NSR”) on the Property. Search will have the right to purchase 2.5% of the NSR at any time for $2,000,000

The Property consists of two licenses, 027380M (4 claims) and 027384M (20 claims), totalling 24 claims, that equal 6 square kilometres (600 ha.). License 027380M encompasses the Mann #1 Be-Nb-REE mineralized zone. License 027384M is proximal to the Two Tom Lake Be-Nb-REE resource. The acquisition of these two properties further enhances the Company’s strong position in the Red Wine REE (Rare Metal) District in west-central Labrador.

No finder’s fee was payable in connection with the Letter Agreement, and the Letter Agreement is subject to TSX Venture Exchange acceptance.

For further information, please contact:

Greg Andrews
President and CEO
Tel: 604-998-3432
E-mail: info@searchminerals.ca

About Search Minerals Inc.

VANCOUVER, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 17, 2021 / GREAT ATLANTIC RESOURCES CORP. (TSXV.GR) (the "Company" or "Great Atlantic") is pleased to announce it has applied for two additional diamond drilling permits for its Golden Promise Gold Property, located in the central Newfoundland gold belt. The applications are for up to 33 drill holes at the Jaclyn Zone and up to 12 drill holes at the Otter Brook showing. The Company is planning to resume drilling at the Jaclyn Zone in early July under its existing drilling permit.

The Company reported a National Instrument 43-101 compliant inferred resource estimate during late 2018 for the Jaclyn Main Zone of 357,500 tonnes at 10.4 g/t gold (119,900 ounces of gold – uncapped). A 2020 outcrop grab sample from the Otter Brook showing returned 5.75 g/t gold.

The drilling application for the Jaclyn Zone includes 15 drill holes at the Jaclyn Main Zone and 18 drill holes at the Jaclyn North Zone for approximately 5,000 meters. This includes in-fill drill holes within different part of the Jaclyn Main Zone, the objective to provide further definition of the zone and provide information for an updated resource calculation. Most of these holes are planned within the central to west region of the zone, testing above 200 meters vertical depth. Two holes are planned in the east part of the Jaclyn Main Zone to test the zone at 200-350 meters vertical depth. Great Atlantic confirmed high-grade gold at the Jaclyn Main Zone during 2019 drilling, including near surface intercepts (core length) of 113.07 grams / tonne (g/t) gold over 0.55 meters and 61.35 g/t gold over 2.04 meters.

The planned drilling at the Jaclyn North Zone will further test the area east of historic drill holes including the area of an approximate 300-meter long zone of gold-bearing quartz vein boulders. Three drill holes completed by the Company during 2020 in this area intersected gold bearing quartz veins and extended the Jaclyn North quartz vein system approximately 260 meters east of historic drilling. The Company collected gold bearing quartz boulder samples in this area during 2017 (including samples returning 163, 208 and 332 grams / tonne (g/t) gold) and 2020 (including samples returning 17.4, 26.7 and 157.6 g/t gold).

The Company confirmed gold mineralization at the Otter Brook showing during 2020. Eight of 11 rock samples (float and outcrop) collected at this showing during 2020 exceeded 0.7 g/t gold including a rock grab sample returning 5.7 g/t gold. Great Atlantic is planning drill holes under this outcrop and along the projected strike of this zone.

The Golden Promise Property is located within a region of recent significant gold discoveries. The property is located within the Exploits Subzone of the Newfoundland Dunnage Zone. Within the Exploits Subzone, the property lies along the north-northwestern fringe of the Victoria Lake Supergroup (VLSG), a volcano-sedimentary terrane. The northwestern margin of the Golden Promise Property occurs proximal to, and, in part, contiguous with a major (Appalachian-scale) collisional boundary, and suture zone, known as the RIL. The RIL forms the western boundary of the Exploits Subzone. Recent significant gold discoveries within the Exploits Subzone include those of Marathon Gold Corp. (TSX.MOZ) at the Valentine Gold Project, Sokoman Minerals Corp. (TSXV.SIC) at the Moosehead Gold Project and New Found Gold Corp. (TSXV.NFG) at the Queensway Project. Readers are warned that mineralization at the Valentine Gold Project, Moosehead Gold Project, and Queensway Project is not necessarily indicative of mineralization on the Golden Promise Property.

Note – The areas surrounding the 8 Great Atlantic Properties are now fully staked on all boarders

Great Atlantic reported a National Instrument 43-101 mineral resource estimate for the Jaclyn Main Zone (JMZ) in late 2018 (Company News Release of December 6, 2018; and Sedar-filed National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Golden Promise Property, Central Newfoundland (revised), dated December 4, 2018 by Mr. Greg Z. Mosher, M.Sc. App., P.Geo., and Mr. Larry Pilgrim, B.Sc., P.Geo.). The reported inferred mineral resource estimate for the JMZ is as follows:

Resource	Cutoff Au g/t	Au Cap g/t	Au Uncap g/t	Tonnes	Au Ounces Capped	Au Ounces Uncapped
Total	1.1	9.3	10.4	357,500	106,400	119,900
Pit-Constrained	0.6	11.4	14.1	157,300	57,800	71,200
Underground	1.5	7.5	7.6	200,200	48,600	48,700

Mineral Resources are not Mineral Reserves and do not have demonstrated economic viability.

There is no certainty that all or any part of the Mineral Resources estimated will be converted into Mineral Reserves.

Mineral resource tonnage and contained metal have been rounded to reflect the accuracy of the estimate, and numbers may not add due to rounding.

Mineral resource tonnage and grades are reported as undiluted.

Contained Au ounces are in-situ and do not include recovery losses

As reported in the National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Golden Promise Property, Central Newfoundland (revised), dated December 4, 2018 by Mr. Greg Z. Mosher, M.Sc. App., P.Geo., and Mr. Larry Pilgrim, B.Sc., P.Geo., the JMZ was modelled as a single quartz vein that strikes east-west and dips steeply to the south. Modelled vein thickness was based on true thickness derived from quartz vein intercepts. The estimate is based on 220 assays that were composited to 135 one-meter long composites. A bulk density of 2.7 g/cm³was used. Blocks in the model measured 15 meters east-west, 1-meter north-south and 10 meters vertically. The block model was not rotated. Grades were interpolated using inverse-distance squared (ID²) weighting and a search ellipse that measured 100 meters along strike, two meters across strike and 50 meters vertically. Grades were interpolated based on a minimum of two and a maximum of 10 composites with a maximum of one composite per hole so the grade of each block is based on at least two drill holes thereby demonstrating continuity of mineralization. For the capped mineral resource estimate, all assays that exceed 65 g/t gold were capped at 65 g/t gold. All resources were classified as Inferred because of the relatively wide spacing of drill holes through most of the zone.

Because part of the vein is near surface the resource estimate was constrained by a conceptual open pit to demonstrate reasonable prospects of eventual economic extraction. Generic mining costs of US$2.50/tonne and processing costs of US$25.00/tonne were used together with a gold price of US$1,300/ounce. A conceptual pit slope of 45° was assumed with no allowance for mining loss or dilution. Based on the combined hypothetical mining and processing costs and the assumed price of gold, a pit-constrained cutoff grade of 0.6 g/t was adopted. For the underground portion of the resource a cutoff of 1.5 g/t was assumed. The cutoff grade for the total resource is the weighted average of the pit-constrained and underground cutoff grades.

The Company also announces it has granted 500,000 options at an exercise price of $0.70 to its directors, officers, employees and consultants. The options are exercisable for five years and will be cancelled 30 days after cessation of acting as director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company. The stock options are not transferable and will be subject to a four-month hold period from the date of grant and any applicable regulatory acceptance.

David Martin, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101 and VP Exploration for Great Atlantic, is responsible for the technical information contained in this News Release.

On Behalf of the board of directors

"Christopher R Anderson"

Mr. Christopher R. Anderson "Always be positive, strive for solutions, and never give up"
President CEO Director
604-488-3900 – Dir

Investor Relations:
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About Great Atlantic Resources Corp.: Great Atlantic Resources Corp. is a Canadian exploration company focused on the discovery and development of mineral assets in the resource-rich and sovereign risk-free realm of Atlantic Canada, one of the number one mining regions of the world. Great Atlantic is currently surging forward building the company utilizing a Project Generation model, with a special focus on the most critical elements on the planet that are prominent in Atlantic Canada, Antimony, Tungsten and Gold.

This press release includes certain statements that may be deemed "forward-looking statements". All statements in this release, other than statements of historical facts, that address future exploration drilling, exploration activities and events or developments that the Company expects, are forward looking statements. Although the Company believes the expectations expressed in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include exploitation and exploration successes, continued availability of financing, and general economic, market or business conditions.

Great Atlantic Resource Corp
888 Dunsmuir Street – Suite 888, Vancouver, B.C., V6C 3K4

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Other Eagle Intersections Include 4.88 gpt Gold over 24.93 Metres & 5.57 gpt Gold over 22.86 Metres

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 17, 2021) – Endurance Gold Corporation (TSXV: EDG) (the "Company") is pleased to provide the final assay results for the remaining thirty (30) of the thirty-five (35) reverse circulation ("RC") holes drilled in 2021 at its Reliance Gold Property (the "Property") in southern British Columbia. The Property is located 4 kilometres ("km") east of the village of Gold Bridge with year-round road access, and 10 km north of the historic Bralorne-Pioneer Gold Mining Camp which has produced over 4 million ounces of gold.

Drilling has successfully identified a significant extension to the Eagle Zone gold discovery which remains open to further expansion and will be tested with the upcoming planned diamond drilling program. Twenty-seven (27) of the thirty-five (35) RC holes drilled in 2021 have reported gold intersections. The following table highlights the best gold intersections from seven (7) new holes at the Eagle Zone:

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"These encouraging results highlight the outstanding exploration potential of the Reliance Property" stated Robert Boyd, CEO of Endurance Gold "We look forward to a continuing season of drilling to grow the many targets we are confirming over almost 2 kilometres of strike within the Royal-Treasure Shear Complex."

Eagle Zone – The Eagle Zone continues to deliver encouraging drill results with seven (7) additional very encouraging drill intersections expanding the Eagle Zone downdip to the southwest and towards the southeast along the Royal Shear structural corridor. All intercepts reported from the Eagle Zone to date are exposed at surface or within 50 metres ("m") of surface with a projected footprint that is now expanded to 170 m by 80 m. The Eagle Zone is still open for expansion to the southeast and downdip to the southwest. Highlight gold assay results from the 2021 Eagle Zone RC drilling include 14.08 grams per tonne gold ("gpt Au") over 15.24 m (est. 8.4 m true width). Other excellent intersections at Eagle include 4.88 gpt Au over 24.39 m (est. 12.8 m true width), 5.57 gpt Au over 22.86 m (true width), and 2.86 gpt Au over 21.34 m (true width). RC chip logging of un-oxidized gold mineralization at Eagle has identified sulphidized ankerite-sericite altered volcanics, and pervasively silicified volcanics with associated quartz vein stockwork and/or quartz breccia. Observed common sulphides included pyrite, arsenopyrite and stibnite. A drill hole plan map and the four vertical sections for the Eagle Zone are appended below as sections 5635737N, 5635770N, 5635793N, and 5635816N and available on the Company website.

Drilling of the Eagle Zone down dip to the southwest is complicated by a northwest striking, steeply southwest dipping structure which hosts a strongly altered, silicified and anomalously mineralized feldspar porphyry intrusive with indications of associated multigenerational quartz breccia and mineralized fragments. The Eagle Zone remains open for possible expansion on the southwest side of this area of faulting and intrusive and will be tested in the next phase of drilling. Diamond drilling of this feature will be required to fully understand and define the contacts of the intrusive and the possibility that this intrusive is genetically associated with a 'feeder zone' to the Eagle Zone mineralization.

Additional Drilling Results – Summarized in the table below are additional gold results from drilling at the Eagle, Eagle South, Imperial, Diplomat. Treasure and Crown Targets all located along the prospective Royal-Treasure Shear Complex.

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Interpretation of these drill results, and those reported on May 27, 2021 at the Diplomat target, have identified a steeply dipping breccia vein stockwork zone that has been traced in drilling for an estimated 120 m on strike and 110 m along the dip plane. The best intersection to date at Diplomat returned 16.39 gpt Au over 4.57 M which was reported in late May. Based on the current interpretation of strike and dip, the true width of this breccia vein stockwork zone is estimated at 3 m. This Diplomat breccia vein stockwork could represent a northwestern strike extension of the Imperial Zone.

As reported on May 27, 2021 the Treasure Prospect has been tested by three (3) short RC holes and the first hole reported in late May returned 1.6 gpt Au over 6.1 m. New results have returned 2.13 gpt Au over 1.52 m, and 0.94 gpt Au over 1.52 m. Management is encouraged by these results as they confirm that the Treasure Shear is a gold-bearing structure and a viable exploration target.

At the Imperial Zone, two RC holes tested for a potential north-south striking mineralized structure oblique to the Imperial trend. One of these holes intersected 1.53 gpt Au over 3.05 m, and the other intersected 1.95 gpt Au over 6.1 m. A third 2021 RC hole at Imperial tested a soil anomaly between the Imperial and Diplomat Zones and intersected 8.66 gpt Au over 1.52 m, supporting the possibility of connecting mineralized structures between the Imperial and Diplomat Zones.

At the Crown Zone, the initial two holes intersected narrow zones of gold mineralization, but water ingress difficulties negatively affected RC sample quality. Further evaluation of the Crown Zone will be conducted by diamond drilling.

Property Activity – A program of follow-up soil sampling, prospecting, geological mapping and additional channel sampling is currently in progress. Further preparation of the property for diamond drilling locations will be required ahead of drilling which is currently planned to commence in July or August. The 3DIP geophysical crew completed their survey in late May and preliminary results are expected shortly.

Community Consultation and Engagement – The Company is proud of its efforts to engage and inform local communities, as well as employ local personnel and contractors as much as possible, including the First Nation communities. Engagement and dialogue are continuing with affected First Nation communities to determine opportunities for mutually beneficial participation. This outreach effort resulted in the Company contracting Tsal'alh Development Corporation (TDC) to assist in providing personnel and contracting assistance with numerous aspects of our exploration program in 2020 and continuing in 2021. Approximately 25% of our 2020 manpower efforts were provided to the Company by TDC. In addition, we continue to engage other residents and local service providers located within the Upper Bridge River Valley to assist with our exploration program.

Endurance Gold Corporation is a company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of highly prospective North American mineral properties with the potential to develop world-class deposits.

ENDURANCE GOLD CORPORATION

Robert T. Boyd

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Endurance Gold Corporation
(604) 682-2707, info@endurancegold.com
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RC samples were collected under the supervision of a geologist at the drilling rig. Drilling was completed using a 3.5 inch hammer bit and rock chip samples were collected using a cyclone. Sample size were reduced to 1/8th size with a riffle splitter at the drilling rig. A second duplicate split and coarse chips were collected for reference material and stored. All RC samples have been submitted to ALS Global in North Vancouver, BC, an ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accredited laboratory, where they are crushed to 70% <2 mm then up to 250 gram pulverized to <75 microns. Samples are then submitted for four-acid digestion and analyzed for 48 element ICP-MS (ME-MS61) and gold 30g FA ICP-AES finish (AU-ICP21). Over limit samples returning greater than 10 ppm gold are re-analyzed by Au-GRA21 methodology and over limit antimony returning greater than 10,000 ppm Sb are re-analyzed by Sb-AA08 methodology. The pXRF analysis was conducted by a Company geologist at the project site within 24 hours of drilling on the complete 1/8th duplicate split reference material. An Olympus Vanta XRF Analyzer was used for the analysis which is capable of measuring elements from concentrations as low as single parts per million (ppm). The work program was supervised by Darren O'Brien, P.Geo., an independent consultant and qualified person as defined in National Instrument 43-101. Mr. O'Brien has reviewed and approved this news release.

Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this news release. This news release may contain forward looking statements based on assumptions and judgments of management regarding future events or results that may prove to be inaccurate as a result of factors beyond its control, and actual results may differ materially from the expected results.

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We often see insiders buying up shares in companies that perform well over the long term. Unfortunately, there are also plenty of examples of share prices declining precipitously after insiders have sold shares. So shareholders might well want to know whether insiders have been buying or selling shares in Great Atlantic Resources Corp. (CVE:GR).

Do Insider Transactions Matter?

Most investors know that it is quite permissible for company leaders, such as directors of the board, to buy and sell stock in the company. However, such insiders must disclose their trading activities, and not trade on inside information.

We would never suggest that investors should base their decisions solely on what the directors of a company have been doing. But equally, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether. For example, a Harvard University study found that 'insider purchases earn abnormal returns of more than 6% per year'.

View our latest analysis for Great Atlantic Resources

The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Great Atlantic Resources

In fact, the recent purchase by Eric Sprott was the biggest purchase of Great Atlantic Resources shares made by an insider individual in the last twelve months, according to our records. We do like to see buying, but this purchase was made at well below the current price of CA$0.65. Because the shares were purchased at a lower price, this particular buy doesn't tell us much about how insiders feel about the current share price.

In the last twelve months insiders purchased 2.17m shares for CA$1.0m. On the other hand they divested 42.60k shares, for CA$27k. In the last twelve months there was more buying than selling by Great Atlantic Resources insiders. You can see the insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year depicted in the chart below. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!

Great Atlantic Resources is not the only stock that insiders are buying. For those who like to find winning investments this free list of growing companies with recent insider purchasing, could be just the ticket.

Insiders at Great Atlantic Resources Have Bought Stock Recently

It's good to see that Great Atlantic Resources insiders have made notable investments in the company's shares. In total, insiders bought CA$1.0m worth of shares in that time, and we didn't record any sales whatsoever. This is a positive in our book as it implies some confidence.

Does Great Atlantic Resources Boast High Insider Ownership?

Many investors like to check how much of a company is owned by insiders. A high insider ownership often makes company leadership more mindful of shareholder interests. It appears that Great Atlantic Resources insiders own 19% of the company, worth about CA$2.9m. While this is a strong but not outstanding level of insider ownership, it's enough to indicate some alignment between management and smaller shareholders.

So What Does This Data Suggest About Great Atlantic Resources Insiders?

The recent insider purchases are heartening. We also take confidence from the longer term picture of insider transactions. But we don't feel the same about the fact the company is making losses. Insiders likely see value in Great Atlantic Resources shares, given these transactions (along with notable insider ownership of the company). While we like knowing what's going on with the insider's ownership and transactions, we make sure to also consider what risks are facing a stock before making any investment decision. To help with this, we've discovered 4 warning signs (2 are potentially serious!) that you ought to be aware of before buying any shares in Great Atlantic Resources.

But note: Great Atlantic Resources may not be the best stock to buy. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies with high ROE and low debt.

For the purposes of this article, insiders are those individuals who report their transactions to the relevant regulatory body. We currently account for open market transactions and private dispositions, but not derivative transactions.

This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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Strongly recommends that shareholders vote only the GOLD proxy FOR all six of Fancamp’s exceptionally qualified director nominees by 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday, June 25, 2021. Shareholders with questions on voting should contact Kingsdale Advisors at 1-800-749-9890 or contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com.
Letter contrasts Fancamp’s new action-oriented, three-pronged strategy for growth to Peter H. Smith’s 34 years of wasted money, failed exploration projects, and repeated breaches of fiduciary duties.
Shareholders are encouraged to read the complete letter and the ScoZinc transaction FAQs on the Corporation’s website: fancamp.ca/thefutureisbright/lettertoshareholders.
Shareholders are also encouraged to see Fancamp’s plan in action and to learn more about our exceptionally qualified and experienced director nominees.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jun 16, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fancamp Exploration Ltd. ("Fancamp" or the "Corporation") (TSX Venture Exchange: FNC) today announced that further to its management information circular filed on June 2, 2021, it has released another important letter to shareholders as well as an accompanying FAQ on the transaction with ScoZinc Mining Ltd.

The letter outlines Fancamp’s action-oriented, three-pronged strategy for growth, and strongly recommends that shareholders vote only the GOLD proxy FOR all six of Fancamp’s exceptionally qualified and experienced director nominees: Mark Billings, Rajesh Sharma, Ashwath Mehra, Paul Ankcorn, Charles Tarnocai and Dean Journeaux.

The letter also warns shareholders not to risk giving Mr. Smith another 90 days to come up with a plan when they have already given him 34 years with nothing to show.

Highlights from Fancamp’s Latest Letter to Shareholders

For 34 years, Mr. Smith was in charge of Fancamp, holding positions including Chairman, Director, President and CEO. Over the decades, there have been many changes at the director and management levels, but until recently, the one constant was Mr. Smith.

In those 34 years, Mr. Smith operated in secret from the Board of Directors (the "Board"), made no discoveries, destroyed shareholder value, entered lopsided deals to enrich his friends and associates, and treated Fancamp’s money as his personal bank account.

When the current Board uncovered the truth, they held Mr. Smith accountable, asking him to step down in August 2020, then terminating his consulting agreement for cause in April 2021. They are now in the middle of a forensic investigation that is uncovering and confirming further issues.

Now, after escaping decades of mismanagement, Fancamp is finally on the right path to deliver shareholder value and returns under the leadership of current management and a rejuvenated, governance-focused Board.

Since being appointed CEO in September 2020, Rajesh Sharma, along with the Board, has completed a comprehensive strategic review of Fancamp’s mineral properties and other assets, and developed a three-pronged strategy for growth focused on Exploration Targets, Titanium Technology, and Strategic Alternatives, acquiring projects that have the potential for near-term cash flow, such as the ScoZinc Scotia Mine.

The ScoZinc Scotia Mine is expected to demonstrate a free cash flow of approximately $8.4 million in the first year of commercial production alone.

In contrast, Mr. Smith’s handpicked slate of self-serving activist nominees have aligned themselves with someone who had 34 years to create value but delivered none. Now they are asking for just 90 more days.

Mr. Smith has proven he is not up to the job of leading your Corporation, yet he is still asking you to vote for him because – suddenly, after 34 years – he now has a ‘plan.’

Mr. Smith states he will "re-establish valuable relationships…":This mean Mr. Smith will go back to enriching his friends and associates, such as the geologist he continually used to conduct various exploration activities without providing full disclosure to the Board. This is the same geologist who invoiced Fancamp over $227,678, some of which were payments for his wife and personal vehicle.

Mr. Smith claims he will create "much needed corporate charters and policies that will define exactly how the board will discharge its duties…": Almost all of the charters and policies exist, but Mr. Smith simply chose to ignore them, despite being at the helm of Fancamp – including as Chairman – for decades and oversaw their creation and implementation.

Mr. Smith claims he will give new management "a clear mandate and budget…": Many of the current problems facing the Corporation, including the costly and unnecessary proxy fight currently in progress, could have been avoided had Mr. Smith had this inclination when he was president and CEO. The current Board repeatedly asked Mr. Smith to provide formal budgets and to obtain Board approval prior to spending shareholders’ money. Mr. Smith repeatedly refused. Why should anyone believe things will be different this time?

Mr. Smith claims he will "initiate a marketing strategy to communicate the value of the Company to financial institutions and retail investors.":Creating open lines of communications is already well underway thanks to the current management team. The management team has:
- Engaged external investor relations expertise;
- Created a new inquiries mailbox so shareholders can submit questions or comments at their convenience;
- Established social media accounts to connect with shareholders and share the latest news;
- Launched an email distribution to keep shareholders informed; and
- Developed a new website, an important channel for shareholders to obtain materials on Fancamp – after multiple requests to Mr. Smith, who blocked management’s access to the previous website.

If elected, Mr. Smith claims his ‘plan’ will allow his handpicked nominees and management team "time to figure out exactly what we have on hand. The ultimate goal of this exercise will be to develop technically solid targets on several properties…": As stated above, this work is well underway thanks to the current management team and Board.

When reviewing Mr. Smith’s ‘plan,’ shareholders should ask themselves:

Mr. Smith was an executive at Fancamp for 34 years and led the Corporation’s exploration; why doesn’t he already know what Fancamp has on hand?
Mr. Smith had 34 years to develop technically solid targets; why is he only just creating them now?
And Mr. Smith had 34 years; why does he need MORE time to figure things out?

See Fancamp’s Plan in Action and Meet Our Qualified Director Nominees

In contrast to Mr. Smith’s history of value destruction and wasted money, Fancamp and its exceptionally qualified and experienced director nominees have an action-oriented, three-pronged growth strategy to enhance shareholder value and increase returns.

Watch here:

Video: Fancamp’s Plan for Growth and Shareholder Value
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VOTE YOUR GOLD PROXY TODAY – Deadline: Friday, June 25, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. ET

Only your vote can stop Mr. Smith from taking back control of the Corporation.

Vote FOR Fancamp’s director nominees to move forward and create value. Voting is fast and easy – please vote well in advance of the deadline. If you have any questions or need help voting, contact Kingsdale Advisors at 1-800-749-9890 or contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com.

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Forward-looking Statements

This news release includes certain statements which are not comprised of historical facts and that constitute "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe Fancamp’s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that Fancamp or its management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes," "anticipates," "expects," "estimates," "may," "could," "would," "will," "foresees" or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on multiple factors, assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to Fancamp, Fancamp provides no assurance that actual results will meet the management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially or simply fail to materialize from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, information and statements relating to the Corporation’s annual general meeting, and objectives, goals or future plans. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Fancamp’s expectations include, among others, political, economic, environmental and permitting risks, mining operational and development risks, litigation risks, regulatory restrictions, environmental and permitting restrictions and liabilities, the inability of Fancamp to raise capital or secure necessary financing in the future, as well as factors discussed in the section entitled "Risks and Uncertainties" in Fancamp’s management’s discussion and analysis of Fancamp’s financial statements for the period ended January 31, 2021. Although Fancamp has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Fancamp considers its assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, but there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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Rajesh Sharma, Chief Executive Officer
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Debra Chapman, Chief Financial Officer
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Howard Marks put it nicely when he said that, rather than worrying about share price volatility, 'The possibility of permanent loss is the risk I worry about… and every practical investor I know worries about.' So it might be obvious that you need to consider debt, when you think about how risky any given stock is, because too much debt can sink a company. As with many other companies Iluka Resources Limited (ASX:ILU) makes use of debt. But the real question is whether this debt is making the company risky.

When Is Debt A Problem?

Debt is a tool to help businesses grow, but if a business is incapable of paying off its lenders, then it exists at their mercy. In the worst case scenario, a company can go bankrupt if it cannot pay its creditors. While that is not too common, we often do see indebted companies permanently diluting shareholders because lenders force them to raise capital at a distressed price. Of course, plenty of companies use debt to fund growth, without any negative consequences. The first thing to do when considering how much debt a business uses is to look at its cash and debt together.

Check out our latest analysis for Iluka Resources

What Is Iluka Resources's Debt?

As you can see below, Iluka Resources had AU$36.9m of debt at December 2020, down from AU$54.0m a year prior. However, it does have AU$87.1m in cash offsetting this, leading to net cash of AU$50.2m.

How Strong Is Iluka Resources' Balance Sheet?

According to the last reported balance sheet, Iluka Resources had liabilities of AU$261.2m due within 12 months, and liabilities of AU$810.4m due beyond 12 months. Offsetting this, it had AU$87.1m in cash and AU$81.6m in receivables that were due within 12 months. So its liabilities total AU$902.9m more than the combination of its cash and short-term receivables.

While this might seem like a lot, it is not so bad since Iluka Resources has a market capitalization of AU$3.43b, and so it could probably strengthen its balance sheet by raising capital if it needed to. But we definitely want to keep our eyes open to indications that its debt is bringing too much risk. While it does have liabilities worth noting, Iluka Resources also has more cash than debt, so we're pretty confident it can manage its debt safely.

It is just as well that Iluka Resources's load is not too heavy, because its EBIT was down 46% over the last year. When a company sees its earnings tank, it can sometimes find its relationships with its lenders turn sour. The balance sheet is clearly the area to focus on when you are analysing debt. But it is future earnings, more than anything, that will determine Iluka Resources's ability to maintain a healthy balance sheet going forward. So if you're focused on the future you can check out this free report showing analyst profit forecasts.

Finally, a business needs free cash flow to pay off debt; accounting profits just don't cut it. Iluka Resources may have net cash on the balance sheet, but it is still interesting to look at how well the business converts its earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) to free cash flow, because that will influence both its need for, and its capacity to manage debt. Looking at the most recent three years, Iluka Resources recorded free cash flow of 45% of its EBIT, which is weaker than we'd expect. That's not great, when it comes to paying down debt.

Summing up

Although Iluka Resources's balance sheet isn't particularly strong, due to the total liabilities, it is clearly positive to see that it has net cash of AU$50.2m. So we are not troubled with Iluka Resources's debt use. Of course, we wouldn't say no to the extra confidence that we'd gain if we knew that Iluka Resources insiders have been buying shares: if you're on the same wavelength, you can find out if insiders are buying by clicking this link.

Of course, if you're the type of investor who prefers buying stocks without the burden of debt, then don't hesitate to discover our exclusive list of net cash growth stocks, today.

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Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – June 16, 2021) – David H. Brett, President and CEO, Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd. (TSXV: PBM) ("Pacific Bay" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has engaged Precision GeoSurveys Inc. ("Precision") of Langley, British Columbia to perform a detailed airborne magnetic survey over the Company's 100% owned Wheaton Creek Gold property (the "Property), located in Skeena Mining Division of Northern British Columbia.

The survey will consist of approximately 305-line kilometres flown at 100-metre spacings utilizing Precision's exclusive triple boom magnetic gradient tool. The Property partially overlies the Cache Creek Ultramafic Complex which is known to host prolific ophiolite mesothermal high grade gold quartz veins in the historic Atlin Mining Camp, located approximately 300 km north west of the Property. The survey objective is to refine drill targets by outlining the contact boundary between the magnetic ultramafic Cache Creek Complex and sedimentary rocks. Mesothermal gold mineralization is typically located along the contact boundaries in association with listwanite deposition.

Given the critical importance of the geophysical information for guiding future drilling on the Property, the decision was taken to complete the survey first and delay drilling until later in the summer. The airborne survey is expected to be completed the week of June 14, 2021.

Pacific Bay's Vice President of Exploration, Sebastien Ah Fat, explains, "The Atlin Mining Camp is a significant producer of placer gold in British Columbia where the source of placer gold was found to be located in proximity to the placer mines; near contact or at boundaries of ultramafic and sedimentary rock. The similarities in geology between Atlin and Wheaton Creek as well as the presence of significant placer gold mining operations at Wheaton Creek lead us to believe there is significant potential to discover high grade mesothermal gold mineralization at the Property."

In conjunction with the commencement of the airborne magnetic survey, the Company's VP of Exploration, Sebastien Ah Fat, and VP of Operations, Antonio Vespa, will be conducting a site visit to perform reconnaissance at the Property this week. The site visit objective is to gather information and prepare the Property for further exploration activities, including a geochemical soil survey and diamond drilling, later this summer.

Figure 1: Wheaton Creek Property map with Geology

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Wheaton Creek Highlights:

3,019 hectares of mineral tenures 100% owned by the Company
1986 drillhole 86-01 intercepted 5.38 grams per tonne of gold over 3.05 metres with visible gold
5-year multi-year area based (MYAB) permit in good standing
Notice of work (NOW) application approved

Note: all above reported intercepts are core lengths only as the true width of the structures has not yet been determined.

Sebastien Ah Fat, P.Geo., a Qualified Person as defined by National Instrument 43-101, approved the technical information in this release.

On Behalf of the Board of Directors

David Brett, CEO
dbrett@pacificbayminerals.com
(604) 682-2421

Helder Carvalho, Vice President, Corporate Development
hcarvalho@pacificbayminerals.com

This news release contains "forward‐looking statements" within the meaning of Canadian securities legislation. Forward‐looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the expected use of proceeds of the Financing. Such statements and information are based on numerous assumptions regarding present and future business strategies and the environment in which Pacific Bay will operate in the future. Certain important factors that could cause actual results, performances or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward‐looking statements include, amongst others, the global economic climate, dilution, share price volatility and competition. Although Pacific Bay has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward‐looking statements, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward‐looking statements. Pacific Bay does not undertake to update any forward‐looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

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Figure 1

Location of the Avispa Exploration Property Area and major copper mines in northern Chile.

TORONTO, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Montero Mining and Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: MON) (“Montero” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the commencement of exploration of its 170 km² Avispa copper molybdenum exploration concessions (Avispa or the “property”) located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. The Avispa project is situated within the well-defined north to south trending late Paleocene to early Eocene Cu-Mo porphyry belt of northern Chile that hosts some giant operating porphyry copper mines. The property is located approximately 40 km north of BHP’s Spence Cu-Mo mine and KGHM’s Sierra Gorda Cu-Mo mine which are situated in this belt. Avispa is also 50 km west of Codelco’s Chuquicamata supergiant porphyry copper mine that occurs within the younger late Eocene – early Oligocene porphyry belt (Figure 1). The property is surrounded by major mining companies with exploration and mining concessions including; Codelco in the north and Freeport and Glencor to the south with Antofagasta and SQM to the east and west.

The prospective geology of the Avispa project is below a sequence of cover rocks consisting of gravels and fine-grained clastic sediments intercalated with evaporite deposits of Tertiary age. These sediments are underlain by Paleocene volcanics and Cretaceous monzodiorite and diorite porphyries (Figure 1). The Avispa district was previously the target of some wide-spaced exploration drilling.

Dr. Tony Harwood, President and Chief Executive Officer of Montero commented, “Montero has secured 17,000 hectares in this highly prospective copper district in proximity and in the same geological setting as world class operating copper molybdenum mines. The Avispa exploration program will be the first step in defining drill target areas to test for buried porphyry and porphyry-related copper molybdenum mineral deposits.”

Figure 1 is available at https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/e8736c3f-158a-4086-af95-cf29fd57cb02

Planned Exploration Program
Montero has completed a thorough investigation of historical information on exploration in this highly prospective area and aims to utilize cutting edge exploration technology with the objective of developing drilling targets. The Company has planned an exploration program that includes; geological mapping, surface sampling, ground, and airborne geophysical surveys.

Reconnaissance mapping has shown extensive areas of Tertiary evaporites with intercalated sediments that overlay older volcanic and intrusive rocks hosting the porphyry deposits in the area. The area will be initially mapped and prospected on a scale of 1:10,000. A rock chip and soil sampling program will be undertaken to help define geochemical signatures of any buried mineralization. Our geologists will also sample surface RC stockpiles that have been left next to RC drill holed left by previous companies that has drilled in the area. Geophysical work planned in the future will include airborne magnetics over selected areas of the property to define possible buried porphyry targets and controlling structural features. Targets will be prioritized for reverse circulation drill testing.

Previous companies to have explored Avispa include BHP that conducted limited drilling on the property at 2 km to 3 km spacing as part of a regional exploration program. Montero believes that there is potential for buried porphyry and porphyry-related deposits with smaller footprints than those sought by major companies.

Montero’s Chief Geologist, Marcial Vergara, has reviewed publicly available data on Avispa and has conducted a field visit. Marcial previously worked for Codelco and Anglo American, both major operating copper mining companies in Chile. Montero has adopted a prospect generator model at Avispa where it will de-risk the project and carry out limited exploration while seeking a partner to advance the project through the drill phase. This will provide Montero shareholders with exposure to the copper space while it continues to focus on the gold-silver potential of southern Chile.

Qualified Person's Statement
This press release was reviewed and approved by Mr. Mike Evans, M.Sc. Pr.Sci.Nat. and Sr. Marcial Vergara B.Sc. who are qualified persons for the purpose of National Instrument 43-101. Sr Vergara is based in Santiago and has more than 30 years’ experience in copper exploration experience in Chile.

About Montero
Montero is a junior exploration company focused on finding, exploring, and advancing globally significant gold deposits in Latin America. The Company is in the process of relinquishing its portfolio of battery metal projects in Africa to focus on gold opportunities in Latin America. Montero’s board of directors and management have an impressive track record of successfully discovering and advancing precious metal and copper projects. Montero trades on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol MON and has 38,647,485 shares outstanding.

CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION: This news release includes certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements, projections and estimates with respect to the Share Consolidation. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. Such information is based on information currently available to Montero and Montero provides no assurance that actual results will meet management's expectations. Forward-looking information by its very nature involves inherent risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance, or achievements of Montero to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Actual results relating to, among other things, completion of the agreement, results of exploration, project development, reclamation and capital costs of Montero’s mineral properties, and financial condition and prospects, could differ materially from those currently anticipated in such statements for many reasons such as: an inability to complete the agreement on the terms as announced or at all; changes in general economic conditions and conditions in the financial markets; changes in demand and prices for minerals; litigation, legislative, environmental and other judicial, regulatory, political and competitive developments; technological and operational difficulties encountered in connection with Montero’s activities; and other matters discussed in this news release and in filings made with securities regulators. This list is not exhaustive of the factors that may affect any of Montero’s forward-looking statements. These and other factors should be considered carefully and accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking information. Montero does not undertake to update any forward-looking information, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.

Activist nominees have refused to provide clarity as to whether they will act in the best interest Fancamp and its shareholders, and do what is required to hold Mr. Smith accountable for the over $60 million he wasted for over 30 years.
Open letter with simple questions provides Messrs. James Hunter, Louis Doyle, Mark Fekete, Mathieu Stephens and Greg Ferron opportunity to be transparent with YOU, all Fancamp shareholders, before you vote.
Strongly recommends shareholders vote only the GOLD proxy FOR all six of Fancamp’s exceptionally qualified and governance-focused director nominees by 1:00 p.m. ET on Friday, June 25, 2021.
Shareholders with questions on voting should contact Kingsdale Advisors at 1-800-749-9890 or contactus@kingsdaleadvisors.com. Shareholders can get the latest information at fancamp.ca/thefutureisbright.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jun 15, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fancamp Exploration Ltd. ("Fancamp" or the "Corporation") (TSX Venture Exchange:FNC) today released the following open letter to Mr. Peter H. Smith’s director nominees (the "Smith Nominees").

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SMITH ACTIVIST NOMINEES

To Messrs. James Hunter, Louis Doyle, Mark Fekete, Mathieu Stephens and Greg Ferron:

Before shareholders cast their vote at the upcoming annual general meeting on Tuesday, June 25, 2021, Fancamp believes it is critical for shareholders to know where you stand. We had previously written to your lawyers asking for you to provide clarity on these and other matters, but were rebuffed.

Each of you has an obligation to let shareholders know where you stand. As you are all well aware of your fiduciary duties and accountability to Fancamp and all of its shareholders, we can only assume that the decision to avoid providing any substantive responses was at the recommendation of your lawyer or Mr. Smith. However, now is not the time to avoid accountability. It is time to tell shareholders what you will do to enhance accountability.

We assume you, like us, recognize the double-standard in saying you cannot comment on these matters until elected, while at the same time already committing to cancel the ScoZinc transaction before you are elected. There is so much you do not know and yet you are already prepared to make an uninformed decision on the transaction. This should not give Fancamp shareholders any confidence in your ability to act as fiduciaries of the Corporation.

We assume you have been as surprised as shareholders to learn about Mr. Smith’s 30 years of misconduct and financial mismanagement we have uncovered over the last few weeks, and would not have agreed to join his slate given the negative impact Mr. Smith’s actions will have on your reputations.

As you know, under corporate law, a director has a duty to act honestly and in good faith, with a view to the best interests of the Corporation. With that in mind, and on behalf of shareholders, Fancamp would like each of the Smith Nominees to answer the following six questions:

1. Do you think it is appropriate that a shareholder who invested $100 when Mr. Smith first started is now left with only $40 – less than half? With 30 years of wasted money and missed opportunities, why should shareholders believe Mr. Smith’s next 90-day agenda will be any different?
For over 30 years, Mr. Smith was at the helm of Fancamp, holding positions such as a Chairman, Director and CEO. During that time, his cumulative total shareholder return was –59.4% and no discoveries were ever made. Mr. Smith took numerous actions that were detrimental to Fancamp and hidden from the Board, resulting in significant losses that are his sole responsibility.

2. Given Mr. Smith’s poor track record, why do you believe Mr. Smith should not be removed from the Corporation?
The current Board held Mr. Smith accountable for his value-destroying actions and asked him to step down as president and CEO in August 2020; then, in April 2021, the Board terminated his consulting agreement for cause due to his numerous and ongoing misconduct. Knowing what you now know, how is it in the best interest of the Corporation to reinstate Mr. Smith?

3. Do you believe that a Director and executive personally storing and withholding company information from the Corporation is appropriate? As fiduciaries, would you issue a public statement asking Mr. Smith to hand over all materials? Have you asked Smith if he is hiding anything?
Materials such as technical and financial information on Fancamp’s mining properties, banking information, and contractual obligations and agreements are all critical for the Corporation to move forward and to provide transparency to shareholders. Instead, Mr. Smith has forced Fancamp to file a costly and time-consuming application for a court order to obtain its own documents. Fancamp strongly believes Mr. Smith is refusing to provide this information to avoid accountability. What is he hiding? Have you asked him this question?

4. Are you aware that Mr. Smith has failed to comply with applicable securities and corporate laws, including releasing confidential non-public materials? Have you asked Mr. Smith on behalf of the shareholders you seek to represent for assurance that he will not do it again? Mr. Smith does not appear to believe that he should be bound by his duty of confidentiality or contractual obligations – were you aware of this, and now that you are, are you OK with this?
On December 22, 2020, Mr. Smith blatantly and recklessly disclosed confidential information of the Corporation by issuing a public statement regarding the details of a Board meeting as well as a private placement that had been approved by the Board, but not yet announced. Mr. Smith’s unlawful disclosure may have jeopardized the integrity of the capital markets and affected the market price or trading of Fancamp’s securities. On April 7, 2021, Mr. Smith once again breached his fiduciary duty by disclosing a distorted version of confidential information regarding the Ernst & Young LLP ("Ernst & Young") fairness opinion ("Opinion") on the ScoZinc transaction. The agreement between Ernst & Young and Fancamp specifically stated that the Opinion may not be disclosed in public filings. Mr. Smith clearly did not feel bound by his duty of confidentiality or his contractual obligations. Were you aware of this when you agreed to serve on Mr. Smith’s slate, and now that you are, are you OK with this?

5. Will you support Mr. Smith when he asks shareholders to repay and reimburse him personally for his costly and time-consuming proxy fight that he launched to take back control of the Corporation he considers to be his personal property, and ask him to commit in writing not to do so, as well as confirm you will not seek to reinstate the consulting agreement Mr. Smith was terminated from with cause?
Mr. Smith has used the ScoZinc transaction as his excuse for launching a proxy fight – a very expensive way to try to get his job back for which he was terminated FOR CAUSE. The truth is Mr. Smith launched this costly and unnecessary proxy fight in October 2020 – months before the ScoZinc transaction was announced.

6. Given what you know now about Mr. Smith’s checkered past and the $60 million in wasted money and failed discoveries, would you have agreed to personally align yourself with him?
For over 30 years, Mr. Smith was at the helm of Fancamp. In that time, Mr. Smith treated the Corporation as his personal property and bank account, made no discoveries, operated in secret, defied the Board, and destroyed shareholder value. Since his departure in August 2020, Mr. Smith has breached his fiduciary duty and hid critical information to stop the Corporation from moving forward. Do you really want to link your professional reputations to this man?

The shareholders we have spoken to are shocked that each of you would risk your professional reputations to work with someone who is under a formal forensic investigation and is currently being sued for over $3 million in damages. As we have stated before, the investigation is ongoing, and we have strong reason to believe there is much more to come on Mr. Smith.

On behalf of all of Fancamp’s shareholders, we look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.

Sincerely,
Fancamp Exploration Ltd.

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Advisors
Lavery, de Billy, L.L.P. and Goodmans LLP are serving as legal advisor to Fancamp. Harris & Company LLP is serving as litigation counsel to Fancamp. Kingsdale Advisors is acting as strategic shareholder and communications advisor to Fancamp. Koffman Kalef LLP is serving as legal advisor to the Special Committee.

About Fancamp Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V:FNC)
Fancamp is a growing Canadian mineral exploration corporation dedicated to its value-added strategy of advancing mineral properties through exploration and development. The Corporation owns numerous mineral resource properties in Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick, including gold, rare earth metals, strategic and base metals, zinc, chromium, titanium and more. Fancamp is also building on the industrial possibilities inherent in dealing with some of these materials, notable being the development of its Titanium technology strategy. It has recently announced the acquisition of ScoZinc, a Canadian exploration and mining corporation that has full ownership of the Scotia Mine and related facilities near Halifax, Nova Scotia, as well as several prospective exploration licenses in surrounding regions. The Corporation is managed by a new and focused leadership team with decades of mining, exploration and complementary technology experience.

Forward-looking Statements
This news release includes certain statements which are not comprised of historical facts and that constitute "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements include estimates and statements that describe Fancamp’s future plans, objectives or goals, including words to the effect that Fancamp or its management expects a stated condition or result to occur. Forward-looking statements may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", "foresees" or "plan". Since forward-looking statements are based on multiple factors, assumptions and address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties. Although these statements are based on information currently available to Fancamp, Fancamp provides no assurance that actual results will meet the management’s expectations. Risks, uncertainties and other factors involved with forward-looking information could cause actual events, results, performance, prospects and opportunities to differ materially or simply fail to materialize from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information. Forward-looking information in this news release includes, but is not limited to, information and statements relating to the Corporation’s annual general meeting, and objectives, goals or future plans. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from Fancamp’s expectations include, among others, political, economic, environmental and permitting risks, mining operational and development risks, litigation risks, regulatory restrictions, environmental and permitting restrictions and liabilities, the inability of Fancamp to raise capital or secure necessary financing in the future, as well as factors discussed in the section entitled "Risks and Uncertainties" in Fancamp’s management’s discussion and analysis of Fancamp’s financial statements for the period ended January 31, 2021. Although Fancamp has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Fancamp considers its assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently available, but there can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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Contacts

Rajesh Sharma, Chief Executive Officer
+1 (604) 434 8829
info@fancamp.ca

Debra Chapman, Chief Financial Officer
+1 (604) 434 8829
info@fancamp.ca

Media
Hyunjoo Kim
Director, Communication, Marketing & Digital Strategy
Kingsdale Advisors
416-867-2357
Cell: 416-899-6463
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KELOWNA, BC / ACCESSWIRE / June 15, 2021 / Diamcor Mining Inc. (TSX-V:DMI)(OTCQB:DMIFF), ("Diamcor" or, the "Company") today announced its results from the ongoing tender and sales of rough diamonds to date in the Company's first quarter ending June 30, 2021. The rough diamonds recovered from the processing of quarry material underway at the Company's Krone Endora at Venetia Project (the "Project") continued to achieve strong dollar per carat averages throughout the quarter, and continued to deliver larger gem quality rough diamonds in the special category (+10.8 carats).

Despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions limiting processing capacity in the quarter, the Company sold a total of 4,468.04 carats, generating gross revenues of USD $1,208,106, resulting in a combined average price of USD $270.39 per carat. Approximately 1,500 additional carats, including several rough diamonds in the +10.8 specials category, have been delivered as of the date of this release. These, along with the rough diamonds recovered to the end of June 2021, will be recorded as stock on hand at the end of the period and offered in the Company's upcoming Q2 tender and sales.

Highlights:

2,122.76 carats of rough diamonds were tendered and sold in an initial offering, generating gross revenues of USD $591,733, for a combined average price of USD $278.78 per carat.
599.72 carats of rough diamonds were tendered and sold in a second offering, generating gross revenues of USD $183,808, for a combined average price of USD $306.49 per carat.
1,745.56 carats of rough diamonds tendered and sold in a third offering, generating gross revenues of USD $432,566, for a combined average price of USD $247.81 per carat.

"These results continue to demonstrate our ability to achieve strong dollar per carat averages and to generate significant gross revenues, while currently processing material at lower volumes due to the global Pandemic", stated Mr. Dean Taylor, Diamcor CEO. "With industry experts widely reporting on the current and potential long-term shortage of rough diamonds, we are very well positioned to take advantage of this trend through our planned increase in processing volumes."

About Diamcor Mining Inc.
Diamcor Mining Inc. is a fully reporting publicly traded junior diamond mining company which is listed on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbol V.DMI, and on the OTC QB International under the symbol DMIFF. The Company has a well-established operational and production history in South Africa and extensive prior experience supplying rough diamonds to the world market.

About the Tiffany & Co. Alliance
The Company has established a long-term strategic alliance and first right of refusal with Tiffany & Co. Canada, a subsidiary of world famous New York based Tiffany & Co., to purchase up to 100% of the future production of rough diamonds from the Krone-Endora at Venetia Project at then current prices to be determined by the parties on an ongoing basis. In conjunction with this first right of refusal, Tiffany & Co. Canada also provided the Company with financing to advance the Project. Tiffany & Co. is a publicly traded company which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TIF. For additional information on Tiffany & Co., please visit their website at www.tiffany.com.

About Krone-Endora at Venetia
In February 2011, Diamcor acquired the Krone-Endora at Venetia Project from De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited, consisting of the prospecting rights over the farms Krone 104 and Endora 66, which represent a combined surface area of approximately 5,888 hectares directly adjacent to De Beers' flagship Venetia Diamond Mine in South Africa. On September 11, 2014, the Company announced that the South African Department of Mineral Resources had granted a Mining Right for the Krone-Endora at Venetia Project encompassing 657.71 hectares of the Project's total area of 5,888 hectares. The Company has also submitted an application for a mining right over the remaining areas of the Project. The deposits which occur on the properties of Krone and Endora have been identified as a higher-grade "Alluvial" basal deposit which is covered by a lower-grade upper "Eluvial" deposit. The deposits are proposed to be the result of the direct-shift (in respect to the "Eluvial" deposit) and erosion (in respect to the "Alluvial" deposit) of material from the higher grounds of the adjacent Venetia Kimberlite areas. The deposits on Krone-Endora occur in two layers with a maximum total depth of approximately 15.0 metres from surface to bedrock, allowing for a very low-cost mining operation to be employed with the potential for near-term diamond production from a known high-quality source. Krone-Endora also benefits from the significant development of infrastructure and services already in place due to its location directly adjacent to the Venetia Mine.

Qualified Person Statement:
Mr. James P. Hawkins (B.Sc., P.Geo.), is Manager of Exploration & Special Projects for Diamcor Mining Inc., and the Qualified Person in accordance with National Instrument 43-101 responsible for overseeing the execution of Diamcor's exploration programmes and a Member of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta ("APEGA"). Mr. Hawkins has reviewed this press release and approved of its contents.

On behalf of the Board of Directors
Mr. Dean H. Taylor
President & CEO

Diamcor Mining Inc.
www.diamcormining.com

For further information contact:

Mr. Dean H. Taylor
Diamcor Mining Inc
DeanT@Diamcor.com
+1 250 862-3212

Mr. Rich Matthews
Integrous Communications
rmatthews@integcom.us
+1 (604) 757-7179

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. While these forward-looking statements represent our best current judgement, they are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that are beyond the Company's ability to control or predict and which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. Further, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward looking statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.

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SOURCE: Diamcor Mining Inc.

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Figure 1

Elrond project location

Figure 2

Elrond geology

Figure 3

Regional Mag

Figure 4

Elrond Au-bearing pegmatites and granites

Figure 5

Elrond showing

MONTREAL, June 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Midland Exploration Inc. (“Midland”) (TSX-V: MD) is pleased to announce the start of a new exploration campaign on its Elrond project (100% Midland), located in Eeyou Istchee James Bay, Quebec. This project is located near the new gold discoveries made by Harfang Exploration Inc. (“Harfang”) on the Serpent project. The summer 2021 exploration program on Elrond consists of a till geochemistry survey that was completed at the end of May, and a prospecting and mapping campaign that will take place in August-September.

The Elrond project was initiated in 2017 and targeted a previously unexplored segment of the contact between the La Grande and Opinaca geological subprovinces. This contact is a major metallotect in the James Bay region and hosts numerous gold deposits and occurrences, including the Eleonore mine and the La Grande Sud, Cheechoo, Corvet-Est and Orfée deposits. The La Pointe gold deposit, located approximately 15 kilometres northeast of the Elrond project, also sits directly on this prolific contact. The Elrond project is also located immediately southeast of new high-grade gold discoveries made by Harfang Exploration on its Serpent project.

Several gold occurrences were discovered by Midland in only 6 days of prospecting in 2017 and 2019 on Elrond. In the southwest part of the project, grab samples from an amphibolite with strong arsenopyrite and pyrite mineralization graded 4.53 g/t Au and 3.23 g/t Au (these results were disclosed in a press release dated October 12, 2017; note that grades obtained in grab samples are not necessarily indicative of the mineralized zone as a whole). Approximately 100 metres further north, grab samples from a sheared and silicified amphibolite with pyrite mineralization graded 2.17 g/t Au, 1.81 g/t Au and 1.69 g/t Au (two of these three results were previously unpublished). Approximately one (1) kilometre northeast of these two occurrences, another grab sample, collected in a late felsic dyke injected in an amphibolite, graded 2.49 g/t Au and 0.2% Bi (previously unpublished results). In the northeast part of the project, a disseminated sulphide zone several metres wide, centered on a fault transecting a late pegmatitic granitoid yielded several anomalous values in Au, Bi and Mo. Seven (7) grab samples collected over an area of 3 metres by 2 metres in this mineralized zone yielded gold grades ranging from 0.38 g/t Au to 1.63 g/t Au, (previously unpublished results) as well as high Mo (0.005% Mo to 0.06% Mo) and Bi (0.01% Bi to 0.05% Bi) values. The mineralized zone remains open to the north and east.

Au-Mo-Bi mineralization occurring in two of the four showings discovered to date on Elrond is hosted in late granodiorites or granites of the Vieux-Comptoir Suite. In addition, the Au-Mo-Bi metal association suggests these occurrences belong to a “reduced intrusion-related gold” deposit model. This type of mineralization typically forms low-grade but very high-tonnage gold deposits. The Cheechoo gold deposit, also located along the La Grande-Opinaca contact further east, is also considered of this type (Fontaine et al., 2018) and is also associated with a late felsic intrusive (granodiorite) host rock. Showings on Elrond therefore suggest potential for “reduced intrusion-related gold” on the project. The other two Au±As showings are more likely typical orogenic occurrences and also indicate potential for this type of mineralization.

A glacial sediment (till) survey totalling eighty (80) samples was carried out in late May on Elrond, to identify areas with significant gold concentrations. Till samples will be processed throughout the summer using the following methods: gold grain counts and characterization, heavy mineral concentrate analysis, and analysis of the fine fraction for gold and other metals. A follow-up prospecting campaign of gold-in-till anomalies and existing gold occurrences on the project is planned near the end of the field season.

Cautionary statement:

Mineralization occurring on the Serpent project and at the Eleonore, La Pointe, La Grande Sud, Cheechoo, Corvet-Est and Orfée deposits is not necessarily indicative of mineralization that may be found on the Elrond property held by Midland.

Quality control

Exploration program design and interpretation of results are performed by qualified persons employing a Quality Assurance/Quality Control program consistent with industry best practices, including the use of standards and blanks at a rate of 1 per 20 samples. Rock samples on the project are assayed for gold by standard 30-gram fire-assaying with inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES; Au-ICP21) or gravimetric finish (Au-GRA21) at ALS Minerals laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia. All samples are also analyzed for multi-elements using the four-acid ICP-AES method (ME-ICP61), also at ALS Minerals laboratories in Vancouver, British Columbia.

About Midland

Midland targets the excellent mineral potential of Quebec to make the discovery of new world-class deposits of gold, platinum group elements and base metals. Midland is proud to count on reputable partners such as BHP Canada Inc., Probe Metals Inc., Wallbridge Mining Company Ltd, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited, Osisko Development Corp., SOQUEM INC., Nunavik Mineral Exploration Fund, and Abcourt Mines Inc. Midland prefers to work in partnership and intends to quickly conclude additional agreements in regard to newly acquired properties. Management is currently reviewing other opportunities and projects to build up the Company portfolio and generate shareholder value.

This press release was prepared by Mario Masson, P.Geo., VP Exploration for Midland and Qualified Person as defined by NI 43-101.

For further information, please consult Midland’s website or contact:

Gino Roger, President and Chief Executive Officer
Tel.: 450 420-5977
Fax: 450 420-5978
Email: info@midlandexploration.com

Website: https://www.midlandexploration.com/

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Medallion Resources Ltd. (TSX-V: MDL; OTCQB: MLLOF; Frankfurt: MRDN) – “Medallion” or the “Company”), advises that Mr. Don Lay, Director, VP Corporate Development and Former CEO of the Company, passed away unexpectedly this weekend. Mr. Lay was a strong voice in the industry and CEO of Medallion from 2014 until May 2020.

Rod McKeen, Chairman of the Board, said, “It is with tremendous sadness that we share the passing of our colleague and friend Don Lay. Don was the strength and drive behind Medallion for many years, and laid the groundwork for the Company. He will be greatly missed.”

The Board of Medallion would like to extend their sincerest condolences to Don’s family at this difficult time.

For more information please contact CEO Mark Saxon at msaxon@medallionresources.com.

About Medallion Resources

Medallion Resources has developed a proprietary process and related business model to achieve low-cost, near-term, rare-earth element (REE) production by exploiting monazite. Monazite is a rare-earth phosphate mineral that is widely available as a by-product from mineral sand mining operations. Furthermore, Medallion has recently licensed an innovative REE separation technology from Purdue University which can be utilized by Medallion and sub-licensed by Medallion to third party REE producers.

More about Medallion (TSX-V: MDL; OTCQB: MLLOF; Frankfurt: MRDN) can be found at medallionresources.com.

Contact(s):

Mark Saxon, President & CEO
+1.604.681.9558 or info@medallionresources.com

TAMPA, FL / ACCESSWIRE / June 14, 2021 / The Mosaic Company (NYSE:MOS) announced its May 2021 sales revenue and volumes by business unit.

Potash⁽¹⁾	May 2021		May 2020
Sales volumes in thousands of tonnes⁽²⁾		891		810
Sales revenue in millions	$	246	$	176

Mosaic Fertilizantes⁽¹⁾	May 2021		May 2020
Sales volumes in thousands of tonnes⁽²⁾		790		870
Sales revenue in millions	$	336	$	259

Phosphates⁽¹⁾	May 2021		May 2020
Sales volumes in thousands of tonnes⁽²⁾		553		608
Sales revenue in millions	$	327	$	214

⁽¹⁾The revenue and tonnes presented are sales as recognized in the month and do not reflect current market conditions due to the delays between pricing and revenue recognition.
⁽²⁾Tonnes = finished product tonnes

About The Mosaic Company

The Mosaic Company is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of concentrated phosphate and potash crop nutrients. Mosaic is a single source provider of phosphates and potash fertilizers and feed ingredients for the global agriculture industry. More information on the company is available at www.mosaicco.com.

The Mosaic Company Contacts

Media:

Ben Pratt, 813-775-4206
benjamin.pratt@mosaicco.com

Investors:

Laura Gagnon, 813-775-4214 or
Paul Massoud, 813-775-4260
investor@mosaicco.com

SOURCE: The Mosaic Company

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https://www.accesswire.com/651617/The-Mosaic-Company-Mosaic-Announces-May-2021-Sales-Revenue-and-Volumes

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Isabella Gold Project drill target areas and completed drill holes in each area.

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Target Area B Drillhole Locations and results of previous sampling.

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Cross section of Target B Drillhole ISB20-18.

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Location of the Avispa Exploration Property Area and major copper mines in northern Chile.

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Elrond project location

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Elrond geology

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Elrond Au-bearing pegmatites and granites

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