As a result of the previously announced acquisition of the Company by Newmont Mining Corporation for approximately $10 billion, Goldcorp recognized a non-cash impairment of $3,879 million (net of tax) representing the difference between the book value of the Company’s shareholder’s equity and the Newmont offer. Accordingly, the net loss for the fourth quarter of 2018 was $3,984 million or $4.58 per share, compared to net earnings of $242 million or $0.28 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2017.

To date, the Company is of the view that Isatis Capital has not fulfilled its obligations under its agreement with the Company and there has been no material progress on the credit facility. This lack of performance has affected the Company’s ability to move forward in the timely development of the Guadalupe property as planned.

Riverside Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that it plans to complete a non-brokered private placement of up to 9,375,000 units at a price of $0.16 per unit to raise aggregate proceeds of C$1,500,000.

Peter Secker, CEO, of Bacanora Lithium, commented: The common thread linking Hanwa, the Japanese battery metals trader; SGRF, the sovereign wealth fund of the Sultanate of Oman; RK Mine Finance, the debt provider; Citigroup and Canaccord, the global investment banks, is that they have all joined with Bacanora to assist in securing the funding package for a 35,000tpa lithium carbonate operation at our Sonora project.

“2018 was another very good year for Teck,” said Don Lindsay, President and CEO. “We achieved record earnings of $3.1 billion and record EBITDA of $6.2 billion, we were very pleased with the extremely successful start-up of production at Fort Hills and we announced the sanctioning of our Quebrada Blanca Phase 2 project and a US$1.2 billion partnering transaction. Our financial position remains very strong, leaving us well positioned for the coming year.”