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Saga Metals Corp. (‘SAGA’ or the ‘Company’) (TSXV: SAGA) (OTCQB: SAGMF) (FSE: 20H) a North American exploration company specializing in the discovery of critical minerals, is pleased to announce the addition of 97 new claims covering 2,425 hectares, increasing the total area of the Radar Ti-V-Fe Project to 24,175 hectares.
The Company’s 100%-owned Radar Property is strategically located just 10 kilometres from the coastal city of Cartwright, Labrador. The location offers excellent infrastructure advantages, including:
- Road access
- Deep-water port on the Atlantic Ocean
- Cartwright Airport
- Proximity to hydroelectric power
With the recent expansion, the Radar Property now fully encompasses the Dykes River intrusive complex, a recently identified Mesoproterozoic layered mafic intrusion (Gower, 2017). The complex has garnered significant interest due to its geological resemblance to large AMCG-type intrusions and the presence of an extensive titanium-vanadium-iron (Ti-V-Fe) enriched layer containing vanadiferous titanomagnetite (‘VTM’).
Regional airborne magnetic surveys highlighted the mafic oxide layer, revealing an arcuate exploration target extending over 20 kilometers in length.
Michael Garagan, CGO & Director of SAGA commented: ‘To lay claim to the entire Dykes River Intrusion is an important milestone for SAGA and its shareholders. Throughout history, many of these mineralized geological settings have been shared amongst multiple companies vying to advance their projects. It’s a unique and significant opportunity to hold the entire 160 square km intrusion mapped at the surface and benefits from tremendous infrastructure. The claim acquisition consolidates the entire intrusion and allows the company to delegate zones for both additional infrastructure and further exploration. We’ve only just begun uncovering the true potential and extent of the oxide layering hosted within the intrusion.’
Figure 1: Map of the Radar project highlighting the oxide layering, road access, and proximity to the town of Cartwright, Labrador. SAGA’s 2024 field programs now confirm compilation of historical airborne geophysics.
Saga Metals Confirms Geological Success with Drilling:
The Company recently reported assays from the first two of seven holes drilled on the Hawkeye zone of the Radar Ti-V-Fe property. Please click here to review the full press release on drill holes #1 and #4. Highlights are listed below.
Highlights:
- Drilled 2,200m confidently testing targets down to a depth of 200 meters, covering a 500-meter by 350-meter target panel.
- Winter program analytical results have been obtained for the first two diamond drill holes.
- Petrographic analysis and the new assays confirm that the main economic mineral is a vanadiferous titanomagnetite (‘VTM’), which is prospective for simplified metallurgical processing.
- Exceptional intercepts of VTM included 31.5m @ 25.95% Fe + 5.34% TiO 2 + 0.28% V 2 O 5 in HEZ-01 and 50m @ 24.49% Fe + 4.74% TiO 2 + 0.305 % V 2 O 5 in HEZ-04.
- Massive high-grade VTM samples including HEZ-01 with 0.3m @ 39.5% Fe + 9.4% TiO 2 + 0.339% V 2 O 5 and HEZ-01 with 0.5m @ 43.0% Fe + 9% TiO 2 + 0.512% V 2 O 5 .
- Drilling intercepts average 20-40% VTM, and particular massive layers exceed 60% VTM.
- Drilling to vertical depths of 200 meters confirms magnetic anomalies identified by geophysics.
- Initial drilling covers just 1/40th of the identified 20 km strike extent of the oxide layering zone in the Dykes River intrusion.
Drilling also confirmed massive to semi-massive oxide layering, hosting VTM mineralization, with significant widths up to 210 meters within the drill core. The geological context identified by Dr. Al Miller’s petrographic studies substantially advanced the understanding of Radar Property mineralization. These findings indicate that the VTM mineralization system is advantageous for simplified metallurgical processing and potentially improves economic outcomes.
Figure 2: The prospective oxide layering zone on the Radar property extends for an inferred 20km strike length, as shown on a compilation of historical airborne geophysics, which SAGA confirmed in the 2024 field programs.
Figure 3: Hawkeye Zone displays a 500m strike by 350m width magnetic anomaly drilled in the winter 2025 program. (2024 Saga Metals. TMI Magnetic Survey).
Given the success of the maiden drill program within the Hawkeye zone over a 500 m strike and the strong correlation between drill core, rock samples and geophysics (Figure 3), SAGA plans to repeat this model over the five priority targets along the 20 km strike length of the oxide layer. The geophysical anomaly drilled in the Hawkeye zone is potentially one of the lesser anomalies. Early indications from geophysics being conducted over the Trapper zone report an even stronger magnetic response.
Qualified Person
Paul J. McGuigan, P. Geo. is an Independent Qualified Person as defined under National Instrument 43-101 and has reviewed and approved the technical information related to the Radar Ti-V-Fe Project disclosed in this news release.
About Saga Metals Corp.
Saga Metals Corp. is a North American mining company focused on the exploration and discovery of critical minerals that support the global transition to green energy. The company’s flagship asset, the Double Mer Uranium Project, is located in Labrador, Canada, covering 25,600 hectares. This project features uranium radiometrics that highlight an 18km east-west trend, with a confirmed 14km section producing samples as high as 0.428% U 3 O 8 and uranium uranophane was identified in several areas of highest radiometric response (2024 Double Mer Technical Report).
In addition to its uranium focus, SAGA owns the Legacy Lithium Property in Quebec’s Eeyou Istchee James Bay region. This project, developed in partnership with Rio Tinto, has been expanded through the acquisition of the Amirault Lithium Project. Together, these properties cover 65,849 hectares and share significant geological continuity with other major players in the area, including Rio Tinto, Winsome Resources, Azimut Exploration, and Loyal Lithium.
SAGA also holds additional exploration assets in Labrador, where the company is focused on the discovery of titanium, vanadium, and iron ore. With a portfolio that spans key minerals crucial to the green energy transition, SAGA is strategically positioned to play an essential role in the clean energy future.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Mike Stier, Chief Executive Officer
For more information, contact:
Saga Metals Corp.
Investor Relations
Tel: +1 (778) 930-1321
Email: info@SAGAmetals.com
www.SAGAmetals.com
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Group Eleven Resources Corp. (TSXV: ZNG) (OTC Pink: GRLVF) (FSE: 3GE) (‘Group Eleven’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce assay results from four new holes from the ongoing drill program at the Company’s 100%-owned Ballywire zinc-lead-silver discovery (‘Ballywire’), PG West Project (‘PG West’), Republic of Ireland.
Highlights:
- 25-3552-31, a 65m step-out hole, intersected two strongly mineralized horizons:
- Cu-Ag horizon (starting at 348.7m downhole)
- 19.9m of 1.46% Cu and 356 g/t Ag, including
- 12.0m of 2.30% Cu and 560 g/t Ag, including
- 6.4m of 3.72% Cu and 838 g/t Ag
- Zn-Pb-Ag horizon (starting at 297.0m downhole)
- 47.1m of 4.5% Zn+Pb (3.1% Zn and 1.4% Pb) and 22 g/t Ag, including
- 25.9m of 7.4% Zn+Pb (5.1% Zn and 2.3% Pb) and 35 g/t Ag, including
- 12.9m of 11.0% Zn+Pb (7.7% Zn and 3.2% Pb) and 57 g/t Ag, including
- 3.7m of 20.4% Zn+Pb (15.8% Zn and 4.6% Pb) and 151 g/t Ag
- Cu-Ag horizon (starting at 348.7m downhole)
- Up to 10.45% Cu (over 0.80m) and up to 1,880 g/t Ag (over 0.86m) intersected in the Cu-Ag horizon; to the Company’s knowledge, this represents the highest-grade Ag intercept in Ireland over the last >60 years (by any operator) and similarly, one of the highest-grade Cu intercepts
- Cu-Ag horizon consists of replacement-style mineralization along the base of the Waulsortian Limestone in proximity to a fault structure; mineralization appears to consist mostly of tennantite-tetrahedrite (detailed mineralogy work to be undertaken in due course)
- Noteworthy is the presence of elevated antimony in the Cu-Ag zone, grading 0.27% Sb within the above 6.4m interval (including 0.80m of 10.45% Cu, 1215 g/t Ag and 0.83% Sb)
- This hole expands the footprint of the 2.6km long discovery trend by at least 65m down-dip, to a total of at least 170m down-dip along this section (and remains open further down-dip)
- Drilling continues at Ballywire with two rigs testing (i) the NE extension and (ii) 1.3km ENE of the Ballywire discovery in the vicinity of the prospective ‘D’ gravity-high anomaly; a third rig was added this week, testing the deeper Cu-Ag target (below the Waulsortian Limestone)
‘Intersecting spectacular copper-silver grades over significant thicknesses is a pivotal moment for the Ballywire discovery,’ stated Bart Jaworski, CEO. ‘These results not only strongly point to a stratigraphically deeper Cu-Ag horizon but also represent a proof of concept that substantial grades and thicknesses of copper and silver exist at the discovery, in addition to excellent grades of Zn-Pb. The growing presence of critical minerals at Ballywire, namely, copper, germanium and now potentially antimony, highlights the rising strategic importance of this discovery for Ireland, the EU and our shareholders. With today’s Cu-Ag milestone, continued drilling to the NE and along our prospective 6km trend, plus the start of drilling with our third rig, we are poised to further grow shareholder value as the year progresses.’
Exhibit 1. Cross-Section Showing New Drilling (25-3552-31) at Ballywire Discovery
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Exhibit 2. Plan Map Showing New Drilling and Intersected High-Grade Cu-Ag Mineralization
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New Step-Out Holes at Ballywire Discovery
The Ballywire prospect at the Company’s 100%-owned PG West Project in Republic of Ireland, represents the most significant mineral discovery in Ireland in over a decade. First announced in Sept-2022, the discovery has 52 holes drilled and reported by Group Eleven to date, including the most recent four holes (25-3552-30, -31, -32, and -33) reported today (see Exhibits 1 to 7).
High-grade Zn-Pb mineralization from 25-3552-31 (see Page 1 and Exhibits 1 to 4) consists predominantly of sphalerite, galena and pyrite. High-grade Cu-Ag mineralization in this hole consists of suspected tennantite/tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, galena and pyrite along and/or close to the base of the Waulsortian Limestone (see Exhibit 1). Noteworthy is the presence of elevated antimony within the Cu-Ag zone. For example, the 6.39m interval below, grading 3.72% Cu and 838 g/t Ag, also grades 0.27% Sb (including 0.80m of 10.45% Cu, 1215 g/t Ag and 0.83% Sb).
Exhibit 3. Summary of Assays from 25-3552-31 at Ballywire
| Item | From (m) |
To (m) |
Int (m) |
Zn (%) |
Pb (%) |
Zn+Pb (%) |
Ag (g/t) |
Cu (%) |
| 25-3552-31 | 155.00 | 155.84 | 0.84 | 8.41 | 1.70 | 10.11 | 93.8 | – |
| And | 188.89 | 192.61 | 3.72 | 2.34 | 0.22 | 2.56 | 11.9 | – |
| Incl. | 190.82 | 191.75 | 0.93 | 4.77 | 0.45 | 5.22 | 25.2 | – |
| And | 296.95 | 344.07 | 47.12 | 3.13 | 1.37 | 4.50 | 21.6 | – |
| Incl. | 300.76 | 301.70 | 0.94 | 5.21 | 0.72 | 5.93 | 13.9 | – |
| And | 309.07 | 334.96 | 25.89 | 5.10 | 2.27 | 7.37 | 35.4 | – |
| Incl. | 310.00 | 322.88 | 12.88 | 7.72 | 3.24 | 10.95 | 57.4 | – |
| Incl. | 315.49 | 319.20 | 3.71 | 15.81 | 4.56 | 20.37 | 151.1 | – |
| And | 347.79 | 370.42 | 22.63 | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.98 | 315.8 | 1.30 |
| Incl. | 348.71 | 368.60 | 19.89 | 0.49 | 0.57 | 1.07 | 356.5 | 1.46 |
| Incl. | 348.71 | 360.73 | 12.02 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 1.38 | 560.1 | 2.30 |
| Incl. | 353.39 | 360.73 | 7.34 | 0.68 | 1.27 | 1.95 | 768.0 | 3.36 |
| Incl. | 354.34 | 360.73 | 6.39 | 0.65 | 1.46 | 2.11 | 838.0 | 3.72 |
| Incl. | 354.34 | 355.20 | 0.86 | 0.77 | 0.06 | 0.83 | 1880.0 | 5.73 |
| And | 355.20 | 356.09 | 0.89 | 0.09 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 516.0 | 1.12 |
| And | 356.09 | 357.02 | 0.93 | 0.40 | 8.47 | 8.87 | 399.0 | 1.16 |
| And | 357.02 | 357.98 | 0.96 | 0.36 | 1.15 | 1.51 | 128.0 | 1.19 |
| And | 357.98 | 358.78 | 0.80 | 2.44 | 0.21 | 2.65 | 1215.0 | 10.45 |
| And | 358.78 | 359.84 | 1.06 | 0.33 | 0.06 | 0.38 | 979.0 | 3.92 |
| And | 359.84 | 360.73 | 0.89 | 0.45 | 0.03 | 0.48 | 871.0 | 3.52 |
Note: True width of the mineralized interval in hole 25-3552-31, as a percentage of the down-hole interval, is estimated to be 50-70%; for photographs of Cu-Ag rich core, see Appendix and www.groupelevenresources.com.
Three other holes released today were drilled in a 150m gap to the NE of 25-3552-31 (25-3552-30, -32 and -33; see Exhibit 2). Hole 25-3552-30 returned nil mineralization, 25-3552-32 returned three intervals of mineralization up to 0.94m of 2.4% Zn+Pb (0.9% Zn and 1.5% Pb) and 8 g/t Ag, and 25-3552-33 returned three intervals of mineralization up to 0.82m of 2.9% Zn+Pb (1.1% Zn and 1.8% Pb) and 7 g/t Ag. These zones of mineralization are narrower and weaker than those at the main discovery trend but generally in line with recent holes drilled further to the ENE (see holes G11-3552-24, -26 and 28 in news release dated 25-Mar-2025). Disseminated copper mineralization, as well as, mineralized veins and fractures, is strengthening towards the north, suggesting massive sulphide mineralization may be present further north (see northern-most purple line in Exhibit 4). A second mineralized trend is also emerging to the south where the interpreted Cu-Ag rich ‘feeder’ fault pierced by drilling along the main discovery trend appears to correlate with mineralization approx. 350m along strike to the ENE, intersected in G11-3552-08 (see solid and dashed purple lines in Exhibit 4). Drilling is ongoing in the NE area to test the above targets.
Copper-Silver Target
Today’s results add to a growing body of evidence that support the interpretation of a Cu-Ag ‘feeder’ fault parallel to and spatially associated with the main Zn-Pb-Ag discovery at Ballywire (see Exhibit 4). With up to 10.45% Cu and 1,880 g/t Ag in a mineralized horizon near a steeply dipping structure, mineralizing fluids are interpreted to have emanated from deeper in the sedimentary sequence (see Exhibit 5). Meanwhile, the stratigraphy of the region suggests that the Lower Limestone Shale horizon exists approximately 100-200m below the discovery horizon (base of the Waulsortian Limestone). This horizon hosts four well known Cu-Ag historic occurrences in the surrounding area (see Denison, Oola, Gortdrum and Tullacondra in Exhibit 8, located approx. 5km, 9km, 10km and 45km away from Ballywire, respectively).
These historic Cu-Ag occurrences can be interpreted as the eroded remnants of originally more vertically extensive mineralizing systems, likely representing the roots of stratigraphically higher Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization. At Ballywire, the mineralizing system has the potential to be much larger than its neighbouring occurrences (based on a relatively larger footprint to date); additionally, any Cu-Ag mineralization would notionally be intact below the existing Zn-Pb-Ag mineralization.
Given the compelling nature of this exploration model, Group Eleven added a third rig and began drilling this deeper Cu-Ag target this week.
Exhibit 4. Plan Map Showing Interpreted Cu-Ag ‘Feeder’ at Ballywire
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Exhibit 5. Cross-Section Showing Hypothesized Cu-Ag Mineralization in the Lower Limestone Shale
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Exhibit 6. Oblique 3D View of Cu-Ag Mineralization at Ballywire
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Note: Bodies shown (calcite, Zn-Pb-Ag and Cu-Ag) are not constrained by any grade cut-off and are meant for illustrative purposes only
Exhibit 7. Regional Gravity at Ballywire Showing 6km Long Prospective Trend
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Notes to Exhibit 8: (a) Pallas Green MRE is owned by Glencore (see Glencore’s Resources and Reserves Report dated December 31, 2024); (b) Stonepark MRE: see the ‘NI 43-101 Independent Report on the Zinc-Lead Exploration Project at Stonepark, County Limerick, Ireland’, by Gordon, Kelly and van Lente, with an effective date of April 26, 2018, as found on SEDAR; and (c) the historic estimate at Denison was reported by Westland Exploration Limited in ‘Report on Prospecting Licence 464’ by Dermot Hughes dated May, 1988; the historic estimate at Gortdrum was reported in ‘The Geology and Genesis of the Gortdrum Cu-Ag-Hg Orebody’ by G.M. Steed dated 1986; and the historic estimate at Tullacondra was first reported by Munster Base Metals Ltd in ‘Report on Mallow Property’ by David Wilbur, dated December 1973; and later summarized in ‘Cu-Ag Mineralization at Tullacondra, Mallow, Co. Cork’ by Wilbur and Carter in 1986; the above three historic estimates have not been verified as current mineral resources; none of the key assumptions, parameters and methods used to prepare the historic estimates were reported and no resource categories were used; significant data compilation, re-drilling and data verification may be required by a Qualified Person before the historic estimates can be verified and upgraded to be compliant with current NI 43-101 standards; a Qualified Person has not done sufficient work to classify them as a current mineral resource and the Company is not treating the historic estimates as current mineral resources. ‘Rathdowney Trend’ is the south-westerly projection of the Rathdowney Trend, hosting the historic Lisheen and Galmoy mines.
Exhibit 8. Regional Map of Ballywire Discovery and Surrounding Cu-Ag Historic Occurrences
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Qualified Person
Technical information in this news release has been approved by Professor Garth Earls, Eur Geol, P.Geo, FSEG, geological consultant at IGS (International Geoscience Services) Limited, and independent ‘Qualified Person’ as defined under Canadian National Instrument 43-101.
Sampling and Analytical Procedures
All core drilled at Ballywire is NQ (47.6mm) and is cut using a rock saw. Sample intervals vary between 0.42m to 1.3m with the majority of samples in the 0.79m to 0.99m range. The half-core samples are bagged, labelled and sealed at Group Elevens core store facility in Limerick, Ireland. Selected sample bags are examined by the Qualified Person. Transport is via an accredited courier service and/or by Group Eleven staff to ALS Laboratories in Loughrea Co. Galway, Ireland. Sample preparation at the ALS facility comprises fine crushing 70%
Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) Information
Group Eleven inserts certified reference materials (‘CRMs’ or ‘Standards’) as well as blank material, to its sample stream as part of its industry-standard QA/QC programme. The QC results have been reviewed by the Qualified Person, who is satisfied that all the results are within acceptable parameters. The Qualified Person has validated the sampling and chain of custody protocols used by Group Eleven.
About Group Eleven Resources
Group Eleven Resources Corp. (TSXV: ZNG) (OTC Pink: GRLVF) (FSE: 3GE) is drilling the most significant mineral discovery in the Republic of Ireland in over a decade. The Company announced the Ballywire discovery in September 2022, demonstrating high grades of zinc, lead, silver, copper, germanium and locally, antimony. Key intercepts to date include:
- 10.8m of 10.0% Zn+Pb and 109 g/t Ag (G11-468-03)
- 10.1m of 8.6% Zn+Pb and 46 g/t Ag (G11-468-06)
- 10.5m of 14.7% Zn+Pb, 399 g/t Ag and 0.31% Cu (G11-468-12)
- 11.2m of 8.9% Zn+Pb and 83 g/t Ag (G11-3552-03)
- 29.6m of 10.6% Zn+Pb, 78 g/t Ag and 0.15% Cu (G11-3552-12) and
- 11.8m of 11.6% Zn+Pb, 48 g/t Ag (G11-3552-18)
- 15.6m of 11.6% Zn+Pb, 122 g/t Ag and 0.19% Cu (G11-3552-27)
- 12.0m of 1.4% Zn+Pb, 560 g/t Ag, 2.30% Cu and 0.17% Sb (25-3552-31), including
- 6.4m of 2.1% Zn+Pb, 838 g/t Ag, 3.72% Cu and 0.27% Sb (25-3552-31)
Ballywire is located 20km from Company’s 77.64%-owned Stonepark zinc-lead deposit1, which itself is located adjacent to Glencore’s Pallas Green zinc-lead deposit2. The Company’s two largest shareholders are Glencore Canada Corp. (16.1% interest) and Michael Gentile (16.0%). Additional information about the Company is available at www.groupelevenresources.com.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Bart Jaworski, P.Geo.
Chief Executive Officer
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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. Such statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the future results of operations, performance and achievements of the Company, including the timing, content, cost and results of proposed work programs, the discovery and delineation of mineral deposits/resources/ reserves and geological interpretations. Although the Company believes that such statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. Forward-Looking statements are typically identified by words such as: believe, expect, anticipate, intend, estimate, postulate and similar expressions, or are those, which, by their nature, refer to future events. The Company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements by the Company are not guarantees of future results or performance, and that actual results may differ materially from those in forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, variations in the nature, quality and quantity of any mineral deposits that may be located. All of the Company’s public disclosure filings may be accessed via www.sedarplus.ca and readers are urged to review these materials, including the technical reports filed with respect to the Company’s mineral properties.
APPENDIX – CORE PHOTOS
COPPER-SILVER ZONE IN HOLE 25-3551-31
(With Key Assay Results and Brief Descriptions of Key Mineralogy)
Core Boxes 103-105
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Core Boxes 106-108
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Core Boxes 109-111
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(1) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Dolomitized Waulsortian Limestone, cross-cut by sulphide bearing veins (suspected tennatite-tetrahedrite, chalcopyrite and/or pyrite)
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(2) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Suspected tennantite/tetrahedrite (grey), chalcopyrite and pyrite (yellow) and calcite (white)
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(3) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Chalcopyrite with some pyrite (yellow) and suspected tennantite/tetrahedrite (grey), calcite (white)
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(4) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Semi-massive chalcopyrite and pyrite (yellow), galena (reflective grey)
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(5) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Waulsortian Limestones (grey), calcite (white), pyrite and chalcopyrite (yellow)
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(6) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Suspected tennantite and tetrahedrite (dark grey), chalcopyrite (yellow), calcite (white)
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(6a) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Suspected tennantite and tetrahedrite (dark grey), chalcopyrite (yellow), calcite (white)
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(7) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Suspect tennantite and tetrahedrite (dark grey), chalcopyrite (yellow), calcite (white)
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(8) Close-Up Core Photo
Above: Chalcopyrite (yellow), suspected tennantite/tetrahedrite (grey), calcite (white)
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1 Stonepark MRE is 5.1 million tonnes of 11.3% Zn+Pb (8.7% Zn and 2.6% Pb), Inferred (Apr-17-2018)
2 Pallas Green MRE is 45.4 million tonnes of 8.4% Zn+Pb (7.2% Zn + 1.2% Pb), Inferred (Glencore, Dec-31-2024)
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A sports power couple will be welcoming a new addition to the family.
USWNT star forward Mallory Swanson and Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson announced on Instagram that they are expecting their first child.
‘Our greatest blessing,’ the caption reads.
The athletic couple have been dating since 2017 and were married in 2022. Mallory Swanson is coming off a stellar 2024 in which she played a key role on the USWNT team that won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as she scored game-winning goal in the gold medal match against Brazil. It also was her 100th cap with the national team.
A member of Chicago Stars FC in the NWSL, Swanson hasn’t played this season as she missed the season opener due to personal reasons. Now with the pregnancy, it is unlikely Swanson will play this year.
Dansby Swanson is batting .236 with seven home runs and 20 RBI as Chicago is 22-16 and in first place of the NL Central.
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WASHINGTON – It is the kind of turnaround any ballplayer dreads, a most extreme version of the day game after a night game, and the Cleveland Guardians’ clubhouse reflected that harsh reality Wednesday morning.
The Guardians played 18 innings the day before, finishing off a doubleheader around 9:30 Tuesday night, only to be greeted by a noon start to finish the series and cap a span of 22 games in 23 days. Classic rock plays gently on the speakers and Gatorade cups are filled with coffee, the better to summon whatever energy to get through this necessary evil of a 162-game schedule.
In another year not too long ago, Carlos Santana would have his own setup, a coffeemaker that produced the good stuff, befitting a ballplayer who hails from the Dominican Republic hometown from which Café Santo Domingo draws its name.
But Santana is 39 years old, and coffee is no longer in the equation.
He is now the second-oldest position player in Major League Baseball, and surviving the game’s rigors comes with sacrifice. And preparation. And discipline.
It is why he has a personal chef at his disposal, both for homestands in Cleveland and at his Tampa home in the off-season. And spends time atop the massage table before and after every game.
And, in a sacrifice that stung, left his coffeemaker behind and cut his caffeine intake to virtually nothing.
“Last year, I quit. And my body feels good,” Santana tells USA TODAY Sports. “It was tough. It’s hard, everybody knows, at my age.
“People have retired. But I’m keeping on.”
He’s not just keeping on: Santana salvaged a split for the Guardians in that doubleheader the night before, crushing a three-run home run to ensure their 9-1 victory. He had four hits in nine at-bats over those 18 innings – and was in the lineup once again at first base the next morning.
He played savior for the second time in less than 18 hours, erasing a 3-0, sixth-inning deficit with a bases-clearing double off Washington Nationals starter Michael Soroka to rouse the Guardians from their afternoon slumber. It was the key blow in an eight-run inning and the Guardians went on to an 8-6 victory Wednesday.
Hey, the Guardians aren’t paying him $12 million this season to sit. Santana has four homers and 16 RBI as he begins a third tour of duty with Cleveland.
Technically, he’s played for eight teams. But Cleveland was where it began at the big league level for Santana, way back in 2010, an eight-year run during which he hit 174 home runs and helped Cleveland to Game 7 of the World Series and, now that Michael Brantley has retired, outlasted all the position players from a debut squad with several guys worth remembering.
With Carlos Carrasco’s designation for assignment by the Yankees, Santana’s the last man standing from that team. Only Justin Turner, the Chicago Cubs’ 40-year-old DH, is older among position players across the big leagues.
And many of his current teammates were in grade school when Santana first stepped on a major league diamond.
“First and foremost, he’s just a professional,” says Guardians All-Star outfielder Steven Kwan, a sixth-grader when Santana debuted. “Takes care of his body, does everything right. He’s very vocal about what he does in the weight room, off the field. He doesn’t drink, makes sure he eats the right things, gets full sleep.
“I think it’s a really cool role model for a lot of us young guys. It shows if you want to play in this game a long time, this is what it looks like. There’s no secrets. Just all the stuff that’s been hammered into us at a really young age.”
It’s a role Santana takes seriously, particularly given the makeup of the Guardians’ roster.
‘You think you know everything’
More than one-quarter of Cleveland’s roster hails from the Dominican, including franchise player Jose Ramirez, All-Star closer Emmanuel Clase and charismatic outfielder Jhonkensy “Big Christmas” Noel.
Beyond being a familiar face and comforting voice from home, Santana tries to hammer home that nothing in this game is permanent.
In turn, his half-dozen Dominican teammates – ranging in age from 23 to 32 – keep Santana feeling spry.
“I try to help the Dominicans,” he says. “They follow me. They ask so many questions, asking why I play for a long time and look good. I feel like a kid. I feel like a younger guy when I’m playing with them.
“When you’re younger, you think that you know everything. You think, at the time, it’s never coming to an end. I remember that when I was 23 years old. I thought I knew everything.”
At this point, there’s not much Santana hasn’t done. He’s hit 328 career home runs, and his stellar .353 career on-base percentage and .783 OPS ensures his phone in Tampa will ring each winter.
His notorious plate discipline is still there: Santana averages 4.11 pitches per plate appearance, just off the 4.15 for his career, nearly 8% higher than the MLB average during that time.
‘It’s always really important to have that veteran presence in the middle of the lineup, especially with how he takes his ABs – not necessarily the outcome but the approach, and that sets the tone for the whole lineup,’ says infielder Gabriel Arias, who had a career-high four hits Wednesday. ‘Our lineup gets a lot better when you see that type of veteran presence.’
Santana endured an 0-for-25 stretch last month and survived, now on an 11-for-35 run while reaching base each of the past 11 games. The Guardians – surprise winners of the AL Central a year ago – have flourished in that period, too, winning seven of 10 games to improve to 22-15.
‘We really feel like he’s starting to come into his own right now, and we’re seeing the ‘los who has 16 years in the big leagues,’ says Guardians manager Stephen Vogt. ‘He’s a great player, consistent, and we’re really excited how he’s starting to swing the bat.’
Santana is embarking on a quest for his seventh postseason appearance, and winning the final game of the season is one of the few things he hasn’t seen in this career.
‘An open book’
The man who once smashed a clubhouse TV to better focus his video game-playing teammates is perhaps a little more mellow now, or perhaps simply surrounded by professionalism.
He speaks freely of his baseball past, not in a “back in my day” fashion but rather imparting what he’s picked up through a vast array of diamond experience.
“It’s the stories he tells about different teammates and the places he’s been,” says Kwan. “He loves sharing them, and I appreciate that. With veterans like that, I’m a little sheepish to ask them for their secrets.
“But he’s an open book. I think that’s why he’s so beloved across the league.”
And perhaps that’s why Santana keeps coming back. Sure, a beloved personality helps, but simplicity in his off hours probably matters more.
It sounds so easy: “Drink a lot of water, sleep well,” he says. “That keeps me playing.”
Eight hours a night. An hour nap when the Guardians are at home. And above all, listening to a body that has served him well: Santana has spent just 31 days on the injured list since the start of the 2011 season.
That’s a model the youngsters can appreciate – especially when he’s still winning them games, and answering the bell, just a month after turning 39.
“He takes into account, too, that when you’re younger you’re going to fail and rely on your body to bounce back,” says Kwan. “As he’s had years in the league, he’s picked up things here and there and it’s culminated in where he is now.”
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When Mikko Rantanen takes over a game, he takes over a game.
Rantanen continued his hot streak Wednesday when he scored a second-period hat trick in the Dallas Stars’ 3-2 victory in Game 1 against the Winnipeg Jets. That ended the Stars’ streak of losing Game 1 in eight consecutive series.
He already became the first player in NHL history to record four-point periods in back-to-back games in Games 6 and 7 against the Colorado Avalanche. His Game 7 hat trick in the third period helped Dallas overcome a 2-0 deficit and knock off his former team.
By the time he scored his third goal on Wednesday, he had a hand in 12 consecutive Stars goals, an NHL playoff record. He’s also the first NHL player with multiple three-goal periods in the same postseason.
His Game 1 hat trick couldn’t have been more varied.
Rantanen, who was being double-shifted, poked a rebound into the net with one hand on his stick while he was being knocked down. That tied the game at 8:43.
He tipped in a Thomas Harley shot at 14:21 for a 2-1 lead. The third goal was a fluke when his pass attempt banked in off Jets defenseman Dylan Samberg at 16:38.
But when you’re hot, those things happen.
‘Let’s see how long he can run this for,’ Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. ‘He’s rolling and he’s feeling it. Pretty impressive what he’s doing, considering the opponent and the time of year and how he’s dominating games.’
Rantanen, nicknamed Moose, is known for his size, shot and skating, plus his playoff prowess. He had 101 points in 81 playoff games with the Avalanche before they shockingly traded him to the Carolina Hurricanes in January. The Hurricanes, worried they wouldn’t be able to re-sign him, dealt him to Dallas on trade deadline day and he signed an extension there to play alongside the Stars’ stable of Finnish players.
With the hat trick, Rantanen leads the NHL with eight playoff goals, passing Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon, who’s out of the playoffs.
(This story has been updated with new information.)
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The second round of the 2025 NBA playoffs had gotten off to a surprising start to say the least..
After seeing all four first-round series go as expected, the Eastern Conference has been turned upside down with the heavy favorites – the Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics – losing the first two games on their home courts. Now, the New York Knicks, and Indiana Pacers have a golden opportunity to pull off major upsets.
Out West, both lower-seeded teams also won the opening game of their series on the road. The No. 1 seed Oklahoma City Thunder and No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves both face tougher roads now in their matchups with the No. 5 Denver Nuggets and No. 7 Golden State Warriors.
Here’s the complete NBA playoffs schedule, including results in the first round and broadcast information:
NBA bracket: Playoff schedule, scores and results
The conference semifinals are underway, potentially running through May 19.
All times Eastern. *-if necessary
Eastern Conference
(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (4) Indiana Pacers
Pacers lead series 2-0
- Game 1: Pacers 121, Cavaliers 112
- Game 2: Pacers 120, Cavaliers 119
- Game 3: Cavaliers at Pacers | Friday, May 9, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 4: Cavaliers at Pacers | Sunday, May 11, 8 p.m. | TNT
- Game 5: Pacers at Cavaliers | Tuesday, May 13, TBD | TNT*
- Game 6: Cavaliers at Pacers | Thursday, May 15, TBD | ESPN*
- Game 7: Pacers at Cavaliers | Sunday, May 18, TBD | TBD*
(2) Boston Celtics vs. (3) New York Knicks
Knicks lead series 2-0
- Game 1: Knicks 108, Celtics 105 (OT)
- Game 2: Knicks 91, Celtics 90
- Game 3: Celtics at Knicks | Saturday, May 10, 3:30 p.m. | ABC
- Game 4: Celtics at Knicks | Monday, May 12, 7:30 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 5: Knicks at Celtics | Wednesday, May 14, TBD | TNT*
- Game 6: Celtics at Knicks | Friday, May 16, 8 p.m. | ESPN*
- Game 7: Knicks at Celtics | Monday, May 19, 8 p.m. | TNT*
Western Conference
(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (5) Denver Nuggets
Series tied 1-1
- Game 1: Nuggets 121, Thunder 119
- Game 2: Thunder 149, Nuggets 106
- Game 3: Thunder at Nuggets | Friday, May 9, 10 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 4: Thunder at Nuggets | Sunday, May 11, 3:30 p.m. | ABC
- Game 5: Nuggets at Thunder | Tuesday, May 13, TBD | TNT
- Game 6: Thunder at Nuggets | Thursday, May 15, TBD | ESPN*
- Game 7: Nuggets at Thunder | Sunday, May 18, TBD | TBD*
(6) Minnesota Timberwolves vs. (7) Golden State Warriors
Warriors lead series 1-0
- Game 1: Warriors 99, Timberwolves 88
- Game 2: Warriors at Timberwolves | Thursday, May 8, 8:30 p.m. | TNT
- Game 3: Timberwolves at Warriors | Saturday, May 10, 8:30 p.m. | ABC
- Game 4: Timberwolves at Warriors | Monday, May 12, 10 p.m. | ESPN
- Game 5: Warriors at Timberwolves | Wednesday, May 14 TBD | TNT*
- Game 6: Timberwolves at Warriors | Sunday, May 18 TBD | TBD*
- Game 7: Warriors at Timberwolves | Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 p.m. | ESPN*
Conference finals
All times Eastern. *-if necessary
Eastern Conference
(Series start could move up to May 19)
- Game 1, May 21: TNT, 8 p.m.
- Game 2, May 23: TNT, 8 p.m.
- Game 3, May 25: TNT, 8 p.m.
- Game 4, May 27: TNT, 8 p.m.
- Game 5, May 29: TNT, 8 p.m.*
- Game 6, May 31: TNT, 8 p.m.*
- Game 7, June 2: TNT, 8 p.m.*
Western Conference
(Series start could move up to May 18)
- Game 1, May 20: ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
- Game 2, May 22: ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
- Game 3, May 24: ABC, 8:30 p.m.
- Game 4, May 26: ESPN, 8:30 p.m.
- Game 5, May 28: ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*
- Game 6, May 30: ESPN, 8:30 p.m.*
- Game 7, June 1: ESPN, 8 p.m.*
2025 NBA Finals schedule
*-if necessary
- Game 1, June 5: ABC
- Game 2, June 8: ABC
- Game 3, June 11: ABC
- Game 4, June 13: ABC
- Game 5, June 16: ABC*
- Game 6, June 19: ABC*
- Game 7, June 22: ABC*
First-round NBA playoff results
Eastern Conference
(1) Cleveland Cavaliers vs. (8) Miami Heat
Cavaliers win series 4-0
- Game 1: Cavaliers 121, Heat 100
- Game 2: Cavaliers 121, Heat 112
- Game 3: Cavaliers 124, Heat 87
- Game 4: Cavaliers 138, Heat 83
(2) Boston Celtics vs. (7) Orlando Magic
Celtics win series 4-1
- Game 1: Celtics 103, Magic 86
- Game 2: Celtics 109, Magic 100
- Game 3: Magic 95, Celtics 93
- Game 4: Celtics 107, Magic 98
- Game 5: Celtics 120, Magic 89
(3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Detroit Pistons
Knicks win series 4-2
- Game 1: Knicks 123, Pistons 112
- Game 2: Pistons 100, Knicks 94
- Game 3: Knicks 118, Pistons 116
- Game 4: Knicks 94, Pistons 93
- Game 5: Pistons 106, Knicks 103
- Game 6: Knicks 116, Pistons 113
(4) Indiana Pacers vs. (5) Milwaukee Bucks
Pacers win series 4-1
- Game 1: Pacers 117, Bucks 98
- Game 2: Pacers 123, Bucks 115
- Game 3: Bucks 117, Pacers 107
- Game 4: Pacers 129, Bucks 103
- Game 5: Pacers 119, Bucks 118 (OT)
Western Conference
(1) Oklahoma City Thunder vs. (8) Memphis Grizzlies
Thunder win series 4-0
- Game 1: Thunder 131, Grizzles 80
- Game 2: Thunder 118, Grizzlies 99
- Game 3: Thunder 114, Grizzlies 108
- Game 4: Thunder 117, Grizzlies 115
(2) Houston Rockets vs. (7) Golden State Warriors
Warriors win series 4-3
- Game 1: Warriors 95, Rockets 85
- Game 2: Rockets 109, Warriors 94
- Game 3: Warriors 104, Rockets 93
- Game 4: Warriors 109, Rockets 106
- Game 5: Rockets 131, Warriors 116
- Game 6: Rockets 115, Warriors 107
- Game 7: Warriors 103, Rockets 89
(3) Los Angeles Lakers vs. (6) Minnesota Timberwolves
Timberwolves win series 4-1
- Game 1: Timberwolves 117, Lakers 95
- Game 2: Lakers 94, Timberwolves 85
- Game 3: Timberwolves 116, Lakers 104
- Game 4: Timberwolves 116, Lakers 113
- Game 5: Timberwolves 103, Lakers 96
(4) Denver Nuggets vs. (5) Los Angeles Clippers
Nuggets win series 4-3
- Game 1: Nuggets 112, Clippers 110
- Game 2: Clippers 105, Nuggets 102
- Game 3: Clippers 117, Nuggets 83
- Game 4: Nuggets 101, Clippers 99
- Game 5: Nuggets 131, Clippers 115
- Game 6: Clippers 111, Nuggets 105
- Game 7: Nuggets 120, Clippers 101
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Lawyers involved in the proposed settlement of three athlete-compensation antitrust cases against the NCAA and the Power Five conferences said in filings on May 7 that they have addressed the concern a federal judge had said was preventing her from granting final approval.
The issue involves roster limits that had been set to go into effect immediately as part of the agreement. On April 23, U.S. District Judge Claudia Wilken said that the immediate implementation of sport-by-sport roster limits made the proposed settlement “not fair” because thousands of athletes who are supposed to be benefiting from the deal stood to lose their places on teams after the current school year.
Wilken gave the sides two weeks to address her concerns, and in a new filing, the plaintiffs’ lawyers wrote that they and the NCAA have agreed to an arrangement under which: “any athlete who would have lost their roster spot (or a promised roster spot) for the 2025-2026 academic year due to the immediate implementation of roster limits will be exempt from any roster limits at any Division I institution, for the duration of their college athletics careers.”
This does not remove the roster limits from the settlement. And this would not require schools to keep all of their current athletes on their rosters. However, it would give schools the option to keep any athlete who was on a roster in 2024-25 and who has been or would have been removed for 2025-26 because of the limits. It also lets schools accommodate any high school senior who was ‘recruited to be, or was assured they would be’ on a Division I school’s roster for the 2025-26 school year.
Lawyers for the NCAA wrote that ‘there are no guarantees’ that these athletes ‘will get or maintain roster spots. But that does not adversely affect any’ athlete, the NCAA said, because athletes’ roster spots always have been ‘at the discretion of the coach’ and the school.
However, Steve Molo, a lawyer for a group of objectors, said in a statement on the night of May 7 that the ‘proposed mushy modification doesn’t go far enough. Many, many student athletes have had something taken away from them. The fight will continue.”
Laura Reathaford, another lawyer for an objector, told USA TODAY Sports she will be filing a separate brief.
In apparent anticipation of this, lawyers for the NCAA wrote: ‘To the extent the Objectors want more, e.g., guaranteed roster spots or years of delay in imposing roster limits, Defendants respectfully submit they are overreaching’ and they provided a series of arguments defending the new proposal. Some were based on legal reasoning connnected to the antitrust standard that a settlement must be fair, reasonable and adequate. Others were based athletic department operational issues.
In her order two weeks ago, Wilken asked that Reathaford, Molo and another lawyer for objectors be included in discussions about revisions to the roster limits that also were included a mediator and lawyers for the plaintiffs, the NCAA and the Power Five conferences.
On the night of May 7, Wilken said in an order that each of these three lawyers can file responses by May 13, and that the plaintiffs and the NCAA and conferences can file replies by May 16.
In that order, Wilken also wrote that she was inclined to approve the rest of the deal over a variety of other objections. That means she already was otherwise prepared to accept an arrangement under which $2.8 billion in damages would be paid to current and former athletes — and their lawyers — over 10 years, and Division I schools would be able to start paying athletes directly for use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), subject to a per-school cap that would increase over time and be based on a percentage of certain athletics revenues.
For any school that would be making direct NIL payments to athletes, the roster limits were to take effect on July 1 alongside an end to the NCAA’s existing system of sport-by-sport scholarship limits for any such school. However, during a final-approval hearing on April 7, Wilken asked for several smaller changes to the proposed settlement and strongly suggested a system of phased-in implementation of the roster limits after a number of lawyers and scores of athletes and parents — some in emotional and personal written pleas — had asked her to consider such a solution.
On April 14, the principals submitted a revised version of the deal that did not include changes to the roster limits. Wilken refused to approve it, though she gave them another chance while also setting a case-scheduling order that would begin to move the case toward a trial date that was left unspecified.
Lawyers for the NCAA wrote that the new approach to roster limits “restores the pre-settlement status quo for (the affected athletes) so that they will not lose roster spots ‘because of’ the roster limits. That eliminates, beyond any doubt, any remaining question as to whether the settlement is fair and reasonable’ for athletes ‘as a whole.”
To make this operational, the lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote, within 30 days of final approval, schools would be “required to use good-faith efforts” to identify athletes who would have lost roster spots in 2025-26 because of the limits – those who are being called “Designated Student-Athletes.” And the plaintiffs’ lawyers will have the right to note additional athletes “who should have been identified” in that manner.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers also wrote that any athlete who ‘transferred or is scheduled to transfer because they were told that they would be removed from a roster in 2025-2026 due to the implementation of roster limits, nothing in the NCAA rules … will restrict schools from allowing that athlete to transfer back to — or rescind their decision to transfer from — their original school.’
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