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Pan American Energy Announces Planned Winter Drill Program at the Tharsis Project, Northwest Territories
Winter drilling to provide first core-based test of priority REE–Nb targets identified by geophysicsCALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 26, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pan American Energy Corp. (CSE: PNRG | OTC: PAANF | FRA: SS6) (“Pan American” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it intends to carry out a winter diamond drilling program at its optioned Tharsis Project in the Northwest Territories (the “NWT”). The Tharsis Project covers the Squalus Lake Alkaline Complex, a Proterozoic, multi-phase alk
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