A collaboration between Geoscience BC and the mineral exploration sector created a new public data compilation to guide decisions about exploration for critical minerals in the province.

The exploration budget at Rice Lake was set at C$1.2 million with work conducted on six targets.

Highlights from ten drill holes include 24.64 g/t Au and 295.31 g/t Ag (28.44 g/t AuEq) over 5.18 metres.

Once in production, the Gibellini project would become the first primary vanadium mine within US borders.

Drilling targeted mainly areas of inferred resources in the R840W zone over a strike length of 353 metres.

Between 1985 and 2020, the area of Brazil dedicated to mining grew more than sixfold to about half a million acres.

Drilling from the underground exploration drive hit this new mineralization downplunge from the Swan zone.