{"id":59533,"date":"2026-05-25T09:22:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/59533\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T09:22:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T09:22:21","slug":"white-cliff-secures-canadian-exploration-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/59533\/","title":{"rendered":"White Cliff secures Canadian exploration grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wcminerals.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">White Cliff Minerals<\/a> (ASX:WCN) has been granted C$250,000 ($254,018) from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.nu.ca\/en\/homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Government of Nunavut<\/a> to advance exploration at its Rae Copper Project in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Funding was awarded through the Nunavut Government\u2019s Discover, Invest, Grow (DIG) Program, with the first C$125,000 due to be received in the coming days.<\/p>\n<p>The remainder of the grant will be rewarded following submission of the final geological report.<\/p>\n<p>White Cliff will use the grant to support its ongoing 6,000m reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the Danvers deposit within the Rae Project. <\/p>\n<p>Drilling is currently testing 12,000m of strike length along the Teshierpi Fault Zone and adjacent structures, guided by multiple datasets trained on the geophysical signature of known \u2018high-grade\u2019 copper mineralisation at Danvers.<\/p>\n<p>Managing Director Troy Whittaker says the grant reflects continued confidence from the Government of Nunavut in the company\u2019s projects and regional exploration strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to have secured C$250,000 in funding through the Discover Invest Growth Program, supporting the advancement of our ongoing 6,000m reverse circulation drilling program at Danvers,\u201d Whittaker says.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funding further strengthens our balance sheet and enhances our financial flexibility as we accelerate exploration activities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe company is now well positioned to expand drilling across both the Danvers Project and the highly prospective sedimentary structures at Rae.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The DIG Program is a government initiative that supports exploration activities in Nunavut through financial contributions covering up to 25% of total spending, capped at C$250,000 per year. <\/p>\n<p>Companies can receive up to C$500,000 over a project\u2019s lifespan, with grants awarded based on the use of local supplies and businesses, as well as advancing technical knowledge of mineral properties in the territory.<\/p>\n<p>The Rae Copper Project comprises 93 mineral claims across three blocks and one mineral lease covering 1,228 square kilometres in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut. <\/p>\n<p>Write to <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/white-cliff-secures-canadian-exploration-grant\/mailto:maddison.elliott@mining.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Maddison Elliott<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/mining.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mining.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Images: White Cliff Minerals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Cliff Minerals (ASX:WCN) has been granted C$250,000 ($254,018) from the Government of Nunavut to advance exploration at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59534,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,4698,25834,13150],"class_list":["post-59533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-funding","tag-government-grant","tag-grant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59533"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59533\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}