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RKV Drilling Update

Playfair Mining provided a drilling update from its Norwegian RKV project. Following completion of initial drilling at the Rostvangen and Kletten MMI targets, the rig is now drilling the Saeterfjellet MMI target in the north of the project area. 11 holes, amounting to 544m were drilled at the Rostvangen target while Kletten was tested with […]

Conico – Greenland Drilling Update

Conico provided an exploration update on ongoing drilling at its Ryberg and Mestersvig projects in eastern Greenland. Drilling progressed to the second hole at both projects, testing gold and magmatic sulfide mineralization at Sortekap and Zn-Pb mineralization southeast of the historic Blyklippan mine. Due to personnel issues by the drilling contractor, the program continues with […]

Drilling Update From Lappvattnet

Gungnir Resources reported results from an ongoing drill program at its Lappvattnet nickel deposit in northern Sweden. Results from the initial six holes of the 2022 drill program returned e.g. 19m @ 0.8% Ni in drill hole LAP22-05. Results for an additional four holes, of which three intersected massive sulfides, are currently pending. Drilling is […]

EMX Royalty Options 2 Norwegian Projects

EMX Royalty announced the execution of an exploration and option agreement regarding two Norwegian projects with Minco Silver Corporation. Both projects, namely the Sagvoll and Sulitjelma projects host VMS and magmatic sulfide nickel copper-style mineralization. At the Sagvoll project, EMX has identified multiple “walk-up” style drill targets based upon historical Xstrata data, while the past […]

Sulfide Mineralization Intersected At Gruvberget

District Metals reported shallow sulfide mineralization from recent drilling at its Gruvberget property in western Bergslagen. Five holes, totaling 1144m have been drilled, with four holes intersecting chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and galena as disseminations, veins/stringers, and semi-massive sulfides. Following detailed investigation of the drill core, the company sees a possibility that the mineralization at Gruvberget represents […]

Sala Maiden Resource Estimate Published

Alicanto Minerals published its maiden mineral resource estimate for the Sala Zinc-Silver-Lead project. At a cut-off grade of 2.5% ZnEq, the estimate returned an inferred resource of 9.7Mt @ 4.5% ZnEq, with a 4% ZnEq cut-off grade defining a high-grade core from surface totaling 4.5Mt @ 6% ZnEq. According to the company Sala ranks as […]

GreenRoc Mining – Thule and Amitsoq Update

GreenRoc Mining provided an operational update from two of its advanced-stage projects in northwestern and southern Greenland. At the Thule Black Sands Ilmenite project, this year’s fieldwork will focus on conducting environmental baseline studies to lay the foundation for an upcoming EIA. Simultaneously, a social impact study and preliminary mining studies will be conducted to […]

First Exploration Update From Porsanger

Kingsrose Mining provided an exploration update for its Porsanger PGE-Copper-Nickel project in Norway. Exploration at Porsanger is commencing with a ground-based, fixed-loop electromagnetic, geophysical survey, focusing on the Porsvann and Karenhaugen intrusions. In addition, the company also completed a resampling program of existing drill core in order to verify historic data and analyze for a […]

Capella Minerals – Further Increase In Landholdings

Capella Minerals - Further Increase In Landholdings

Capella Minerals announced it expanded its landholdings in the Hessjogruva district by being granted 20km2 of new exploration rights and filing an application for an additional 25km2 further to the south. The projects are located approximately 6km to the east of the company’s 100%-owned Hessjogruva project.   Newly granted and applied exploration claims in the […]

Hotinvaara – Maiden Resource Published

Hotinvaara - Maiden Resource Published

Nordic Nickel published a maiden mineral resource estimate for its Hotinvaara prospect located in northern Finland. At a 0.15% Ni Cut-Off grade, the estimate amounts to a combined indicated and inferred resource of 133.6Mt @ 0.21% Ni and 0.01% Co for a total of 278530t of contained Ni and 12650t of Co. The company further […]