Skeena Resources (SKE, SKE.TO) said Monday that it has received approval from the British Columbia Ministry of Mining and Critical Minerals to extract 10,000-tonne bulk sample at the Eskay Creek gold-silver project.

The bulk technical sample permit was a key requirement for the release of $200 million in gold stream project financing from Orion Resource Partners, the company said.

Shares of Skeena were up more than 2% in recent Monday premarket activity.

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