Nigeria-based Africa Finance Corp. last week signed an expression of interest to provide $100 million in financing to the facility.

The initiative, led by Corporación Alta Ley and supported by the Chilean Ministry of Mining, aims to generate and share cyber-intelligence information.

The first appointee to the XIR program is Keenan Jennings, former vice president of Metals Exploration at BHP.

Defense Metals says metallurgical testing of samples from its Wicheeda project has shown a 50% total rate earth oxide concentrate can be made.

The project facilitates remote access to hyperspectral drill core imagery in the eastern Canadian province, impacting mineral exploration in the region.