Funding has been negotiated with members of the Lundin family as well as Canadian mining billionaires Richard Warke and Eric Sprott.

The US, UK, Germany, France, Canada, Japan and Italy agreed on the date after talks on Monday held under Italy’s presidency.

The company has also amended the at-the-market program announced in December.

Even in an optimistic low emission scenario for 2050, more than half the world’s copper mines will be in areas exposed to drought risk that’s deemed significant.

BC's interim measures place restrictions on mineral claim registrations and mining activities in Gitxaała Nation and Ehattesaht First Nation territories, while the province works to modernize the Act.

The company’s 100%-owned flagship project is the Larocque East uranium property in the eastern portion of the basin.

The rare earths mine, in British Columbia is 100%-owned by Defense Metals.

Assays from the Satellite West target outlined the new area 500 metres west of the main deposit that hasn’t been drilled since 1997.