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The Market Online
14-07-2025
- Business
- The Market Online
An exploration company focused on uncovering high grade silver in Canada's North
Silver North Resources Ltd., a junior exploration company focused on uncovering high grade silver in Canada's North. With two key assets, the Haldane Silver Project in the historic Keno Hill district and the Tim Project near the Yukon, British Columbia border, the company is pushing forward with a clear exploration strategy. Joining me to uncover all of it is Jason Weber, President and CEO at Silver North. The following is a transcription of the above video, and The Market Online has edited it for clarity Lyndsay: Now, let's actually start with the big picture here. For those new to Silver North, what's the company's core focus and really how do your flagship projects, Haldane and Tim, align with that strategy? Jason: As you might guess from the name Silver North, we're focused on silver largely in the northern part of North America. But really, I think what one of the key tenets to what we do is the fact that we want to be looking in districts that are the established high grade mineralization, long lived mines and the Keno District in the Yukon, where our Haldane project is, exemplifies this really well. That's over a hundred year old district. Some of the highest grade silver mines in North America have been located in the Keno District. So, that fits our strategy extremely well. But the other part of that is identifying new districts that have the potential to be long high grade mines, long lived high grade mines. And our Tim Project, I think is a great example of that. We're about 19 kilometers north of what was the previously operating Silvertip mine and Coeur, our partner on that project has on our Tim Project, has stepped back from mining at Silvertip to take a more district scale approach. And the work that they've done has started to outline a high grade, potentially high grade silver district that stretches into the Yukon and could be a long, large high grade scenario for mines in this part of the world. So, we've got the established district at Keno with Haldane and then this newly emerging district in the Silvertip area of Southern Yukon, Northern BC. Lyndsay: Let's dive into that Tim Project just a little bit further. Your May update reviewed the 2024 drill results. What did you learn from that campaign and how is that shaping your approach the upcoming season? Jason: I think really key to this is the fact that when you look at these emerging districts, you've got an idea and an exploration thesis that you're operating under. And this program at Tim that Coeur conducted last year really kind of solidified that thesis, showed that there was a CRD carbonate replacement deposit style system active at Tim. The results, we didn't get high grade silver intercepts in in the drilling. We did hit some silver, but we saw lots of other geological indications indicative of these systems. And that's really important because we always use the needle in the haystack analogy, but at least we know we're in the haystack now, and we can start to look for the needle. And that's an important piece of the puzzle. And I think Coeur has the luxury of looking at the whole district and can say, okay we don't need to see high grade mineralization right off the bat. What we need to see is evidence that the system's active, and then we can start narrowing down. So, a real systems based approach that really sets the stage for now trying to vector, in our subsequent programs, vector where the high grade silver mineralization might be. Lyndsay: All of that sounds like just so much already going on for you. ldane Project. Now that sits on a prolific silver belt. So what's the latest from that project even further that we mentioned before? And are you likely to see new drill targets or a shift in exploration strategy heading into the rest of 2025? Jason: I think we had a real game changer intersection last year at what we call our main fault target, which was a target that hadn't been successfully drilled in the past. Other groups had tried to test at depth a structure that you can see on surface, had some silver mineralization on surface, a few meters of over 200 grams silver, which is for where we are, that's on surface. Those are quite good numbers. They were never able to actually test the structure at depth. And we were the first ones able to do that in our program last year, and highlighted what looks to be now just under a 30 meter wide zone with three high grade veins in it. And it showed stronger mineralization both in the veins, but also in between the veins in the altered areas, we saw more evidence of mineralization than we did in the first hole. So, for us, really what this shows is that we have a nice wide structural zone here. It's got three veins with some really nice high grade mineralization. We've got an intersection of 1.83 meters true width of over a thousand grams silver. And really interestingly for us, this intersection also came with some gold, I think it was about 3.9 grams per ton gold, which is quite high for what we see. We're generally half a gram gold or less. So, a nice precious metal rich intersection that we think we can build on. So, the strategy for us going forward is to step out along strike and also down dip on those two discovery holes and see how big we can extend this zone. Lyndsay: You recently actually also secured funding through a charity flow through private placement. So give us a story behind that raise and how those funds are being deployed across your portfolio. Jason: The charity flow-thru are a really good one for junior exploration companies operating in Canada because we can raise money at a significant premium to our current share price. So, right now, this financing's in the $0.21 offering. We're trading at $0.15 right now. So, it really allows us to minimize dilution. So that's obviously a fantastic thing for our shareholders. And of the $2.1 million we're raising, $2 million will go to Haldane and basically, that program I just outlined for you. With about a $100 thousand going to a very early stage prospect that we call Veronica, that is adjacent to our Tim property in the Silvertip area. And so this is a first pass program just to see if the same CRD characteristics are present at Veronica. We've got some really nice soil geochemical anomalies, high silver soil anomalies that have never been followed up. So that's the plan this year. Use that a $100 thousand dollars to follow up at that property and see if we can identify the characteristics of a CRD system there to advance future work and hopefully drilling. Lyndsay: Now, Jason, let's just pause here for a second because I'm reading that you also were awarded a Yukon Mineral Exploration Program grant. That's huge news. So how meaningful is that support to your broader exploration plans, especially in a market where capital is tight for juniors? Jason: On approximately a $100 thousand dollar program the grant assuming that all our expenditures qualify, which they should without a problem that we'd get about $30 thousand back from the Yukon government. It's a great program because it really allows, you know, some of the toughest capital to raise is that early stage grassroots exploration. It's not very exciting. You're talking about soil geochemical anomalies and prospecting. It's not drill intersections that can really drive the market. So, those are some of the hardest funds to raise. So, the significance for us is the support from the Yukon government. It's a bit of a stamp of approval on what you're doing. You've got a concept they have reviewed it, said, yes, I think this concept makes sense and you go out, spend the money and once you hit a certain set of criteria and mostly on the reporting side then you're eligible to get $30 thousand back. So for us it's a great way to get targets, early stage targets tested or at least advanced so that we can move them towards drilling. Lyndsay: Well, Jason, Silver North has so much positive action flowing through you right now. Thank you for coming on and just sharing that with us and sitting down with us. Be sure to come back and give us some updates soon. 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The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Business
- The Irish Sun
‘Save our snooker' – UK warned about LOSING sport in ‘nuts' scenario after World Championship
THE UK are in danger of losing snooker to Saudi Arabia or China, according to a financial expert. The World Championship has been held at the Crucible in Sheffield since 1997 and it has become a staple of British sport. Advertisement 2 The World Championship could leave the Crucible Credit: Rex 2 Barry Hearn has admitted the 'clock is ticking' on a decision Credit: Getty But the deal expires in 2027 and chief Barry Hearn has hinted at Ex-Bank of England chief economist Andrew Haldane has urged the government to intervene and come up with a plan to keep snooker's home in the UK. Haldane has called on them to invest in the game as it is "growing rapidly" across the world and losing it would damage the economy. In his "Save our Snooker" SOS in the Advertisement READ MORE IN SNOOKER "Capacity at the "This is nuts. The UK can ill-afford to lose winners like these. "The government will only achieve national growth by growing the UK's regions and nations. Backed at scale, sport is one of the most effective drivers of local growth. "In this century Sheffield and snooker could become as synonymous, and internationally recognised, as were Sheffield and steel in the previous one. Industrial strategy is not about picking winners but sticking with them. Advertisement Most read in Snooker BEST ONLINE CASINOS - TOP SITES IN THE UK 'For the UK economy sport, snooker and Sheffield are a winning team and rising star. "An investment here would deliver the holy grail of local growth to meet national objectives with global ambition." Zhao Xintong's classy act towards Ronnie O'Sullivan revealed after knocking legend out of World Snooker Championship Haldane uses the Premier League and Wimbledon as examples of how sport can boost the economy and improve local areas. Advertisement Discussing the future, Hearn told "So much of professional sport is about money. "We must know by the end of the year. The clock is ticking."
Express Tribune
16-04-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
UK Supreme Court rules 'woman' means biological female only under Equality Act
The UK Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 refers exclusively to biological sex, excluding trans women from sex-based legal protections while affirming their rights under separate provisions. On 16 April, five Supreme Court justices delivered a unanimous decision that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 relate to biological sex. The ruling stems from a legal challenge brought by gender-critical campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) against the Scottish government. Lord Hodge, deputy president of the court, said: 'The terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex.' He added, 'This is not a triumph of one group over another,' emphasising that trans individuals remain protected under other aspects of the law. The judgement clarifies that trans women—those assigned male at birth who hold a Gender Recognition Certificate (GRC)—are not considered women for the purpose of sex-based rights such as those related to single-sex spaces. However, they are still protected under the act's provisions for gender reassignment. FWS argued the Scottish government had overstepped its authority by suggesting trans women with a GRC could be legally classified as women. The case challenged a prior ruling by Lady Haldane in 2022, which stated that legal sex could be changed via a GRC and that sex in law was not strictly biological. In its 88-page decision, the court said the Equality Act 'makes clear that the concept of sex is binary' and that 'a person is either a woman or a man'. The justices noted that while the Act does not explicitly use the word 'biological,' its language implies sex is determined by anatomy and chromosomal differences. The ruling stated that extending the legal category of 'woman' to include trans women with GRCs would create 'incoherent' outcomes and conflict with the original purpose of sex-based protections. Despite the outcome, the court reaffirmed that a trans person who is discriminated against due to gender reassignment remains entitled to legal recourse. A trans woman, for example, could bring a case under the protected characteristic of gender reassignment, or for sex discrimination if mistreated based on being perceived as a woman. FWS, which opposes reforms allowing self-identification of gender, said the initial amendment by the Scottish government posed a risk to women's legal rights. While the amendment was later withdrawn, the case continued due to guidance stating that a person with a GRC should be treated as female 'for all purposes'. The ruling is expected to impact how public bodies and institutions implement single-sex policies and interpret equality law across the UK.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Supreme Court to rule on whether trans women can be defined as women
The Supreme Court is to issue a landmark ruling next week over whether transgender people can be legally defined as their preferred gender. Feminist campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has brought the case, arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people who were born female. But the SNP Government has argued the definition should also include trans people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The Scottish Government's lawyers argued during a two-day hearing last November that legal protections for those who are pregnant could apply to a 'pregnant man' who had been born female. In the case of a 'pregnant man' not receiving those protections, 'the man would potentially be entitled to bring a claim of direct discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment'. The case centres on whether guidance issued by the Scottish Government about the meaning of the word 'woman' in the Equality Act is lawful. Five judges, led by Lord Reed, will hand down their ruling next week. It could have a major impact on how sex-based rights are applied through the Act across Scotland, England and Wales. Lawyers are expected to cite the judgment in future cases to argue whether trans women can access women's refuges, prisons, changing rooms and other single-sex spaces. FWS initially went to court to challenge SNP ministers over a new law designed to increase the number of women on public boards. This stated that anyone 'living as a woman' would be eligible. The Court of Session in Edinburgh found the Scottish Government had gone beyond its powers by legislating that transgender women should count as women. This forced the publication of new statutory guidelines which stated that transgender women should be counted as women, so long as they hold a GRC. FWS launched a new legal challenge, arguing that the Scottish Government had overstepped its powers by effectively redefining the meaning of female. But judge Lady Haldane ruled the legal definition of sex was 'not limited to biological or birth sex' in December 2022. An appeal was rejected by the Inner House of the Court of Session, prompting FWS to go to the UK Supreme Court. The ruling will be issued the day after a private hearing in an employment tribunal about a trans doctor being allowed to use a female hospital changing room. The Telegraph disclosed on Thursday that NHS Fife had asked the judge overseeing the landmark case, brought by nurse Sandie Peggie, to remove public access to an online livestream of the tribunal's proceedings. The board has also asked for a ban on an open justice campaign group posting live social media updates about the case on X, formerly Twitter. Judge Sandie Kemp will issue rulings on both NHS Fife's applications at a hearing behind closed doors on Tuesday next week, ahead of the tribunal restarting in July. NHS Fife accused Ms Peggie of misconduct after she challenged the presence of Dr Beth Upton, a transgender woman, in a female changing room at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. At the time it was not possible for Dr Upton to hold a gender recognition certificate, meaning she was legally male. However, the doctor claimed during the first stage of the tribunal to be 'biologically female'. Responding to NHS Fife calling for the public to be banned from watching online, JK Rowling tweeted: 'Presumably because it will be easier to pretend a large, trans-identified natal male belongs in women's changing rooms if the public can't see what he looks like.' The health board has argued that the ban is required as the first stage of the tribunal was marred by 'technical issues and interruptions' from public observers watching online, which caused 'significant delays' to proceedings. Observers that failed to mute their computer's microphones or switch off their cameras could be seen and heard on a large screen that had been erected in the tribunal. However, feminist campaigners have argued this could be easily corrected by automatically muting those who dial in. NHS Fife was approached for comment on Rowling's intervention. A spokesman for HM Courts and Tribunals Service said: 'Decisions on how cases are conducted are made by the independent judiciary. 'In this case, all remote participants will be automatically muted at the point of joining the July hearing to minimise disruptions.' Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
Telegraph
10-04-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Supreme Court to rule on whether trans women can be defined as women
The Supreme Court is to issue a landmark ruling next week over whether transgender people can be legally defined as their preferred gender. Feminist campaign group For Women Scotland (FWS) has brought the case, arguing that sex-based protections should only apply to people who were born female. But the SNP Government has argued the definition should also include trans people with a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The Scottish Government's lawyers argued during a two-day hearing last November that legal protections for those who are pregnant could apply to a 'pregnant man' who had been born female. In the case of a ' pregnant man ' not receiving those protections, 'the man would potentially be entitled to bring a claim of direct discrimination on grounds of gender reassignment'. The case centres on whether guidance issued by the Scottish Government about the meaning of the word 'woman' in the Equality Act is lawful. Five judges, led by Lord Reed, will hand down their ruling next week. It could have a major impact on how sex-based rights are applied through the Act across Scotland, England and Wales. Lawyers are expected to cite the judgment in future cases to argue whether trans women can access women's refuges, prisons, changing rooms and other single-sex spaces. FWS initially went to court to challenge SNP ministers over a new law designed to increase the number of women on public boards. This stated that anyone 'living as a woman' would be eligible. The Court of Session in Edinburgh found the Scottish Government had gone beyond its powers by legislating that transgender women should count as women. This forced the publication of new statutory guidelines which stated that transgender women should be counted as women, so long as they hold a GRC. FWS launched a new legal challenge, arguing that the Scottish Government had overstepped its powers by effectively redefining the meaning of female. But judge Lady Haldane ruled the legal definition of sex was 'not limited to biological or birth sex' in December 2022. An appeal was rejected by the Inner House of the Court of Session, prompting FWS to go to the UK Supreme Court. The ruling will be issued the day after a private hearing in an employment tribunal about a trans doctor being allowed to use a female hospital changing room. The Telegraph disclosed on Thursday that NHS Fife had asked the judge overseeing the landmark case, brought by nurse Sandie Peggie, to remove public access to an online livestream of the tribunal's proceedings. The board has also asked for a ban on an open justice campaign group posting live social media updates about the case on X, formerly Twitter. Judge Sandie Kemp will issue rulings on both NHS Fife's applications at a hearing behind closed doors on Tuesday next week, ahead of the tribunal restarting in July. NHS Fife accused Ms Peggie of misconduct after she challenged the presence of Dr Beth Upton, a transgender woman, in a female changing room at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. At the time it was not possible for Dr Upton to hold a gender recognition certificate, meaning she was legally male. However, the doctor claimed during the first stage of the tribunal to be 'biologically female'. Responding to NHS Fife calling for the public to be banned from watching online, JK Rowling tweeted: 'Presumably because it will be easier to pretend a large, trans-identified natal male belongs in women's changing rooms if the public can't see what he looks like.' The health board has argued that the ban is required as the first stage of the tribunal was marred by 'technical issues and interruptions' from public observers watching online, which caused 'significant delays' to proceedings. Observers that failed to mute their computer's microphones or switch off their cameras could be seen and heard on a large screen that had been erected in the tribunal. However, feminist campaigners have argued this could be easily corrected by automatically muting those who dial in. NHS Fife was approached for comment on Rowling's intervention. A spokesman for HM Courts and Tribunals Service said: 'Decisions on how cases are conducted are made by the independent judiciary. 'In this case, all remote participants will be automatically muted at the point of joining the July hearing to minimise disruptions.'
