Tocvan gets first doré from Pilar sample

Tocvan Ventures is taking its next significant step toward full production with the pouring of the first doré gold and silver bar from bulk sample material processed at its Pilar project in Sonora, Mexico. The bar weighs in at 1.487 kilograms, and local certified laboratory LTM returned assay results of 18% gold and 69% silver. The bar was processed at…

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DoD backs domestic graphite project

The Department of Defense has awarded Canadian-based South Star Battery Metals a $3.2 million grant to support production at its BamaStar graphite project in Alabama. Entered under the Defense Production Act Title III authorities and utilizing funds appropriated by the Inflation Reduction Act, the grant will enable South Star to perform a bankable feasibility study on the planned mine. South…

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