More Graphite from Vittangi
Talga Group reported more spectacular results from its recent Vittangi drill program, testing depth and strike extensions of the graphite deposits. Among the intercepts are e.g. 52m @ 29% Cg in hole NUN21005, 51m @ 28.7% Cg in hole NUS21015 and 70m @ 23.7% Cg in hole NUS21011. Assays for the remaining holes of the […]
Continuous intercepts from Sala
Alicanto Minerals provided an exploration update from its Sala project in central Bergslagen. The company reported that step-out drill holes continue to intercept silver, zinc, lead mineralization, e.g. 3.5m @ 237g/t Ag, 2.8% Zn, 4.6% Pb in drill hole SAL2107 and 4.4.m @ 283 g/t Ag, 3.9% Zn, 1.9% Pb in drill hole SAL2111. In […]
RKV drill plan for 22′
Playfair Mining provided an outlook for planned drilling activities in 2022. The company aims to continue its 2021 drill program at the RKV project, with 26 drill holes for a total of 1300m planned in 2022. Playfair was now given the right to access the drill areas by helicopter, which will facilitate logistics in the […]
High grade samples from Gruvberget
District Metals reported on new sampling results from its Gruvberget project in western Bergslagen. A reconnaissance fieldwork program carried out in late 2021 focused on the Gruvberget South and North zones, which represent a small fraction of the project. Assay results returned values as high as 367 g/t Ag, 30.1% Zn, and 15.7% Pb. While […]
Kaunis Iron – Court Ruling
Kaunis Iron advised that, on January 13th, the Land and Environmental Court declined a demand from the Environmental Protection Agency to completely revoke the company’s mining permit for its operations at Kaunisvaara. While this allows the company to continue its operations, the court simultaneously decreased the annual licensed production from 20 Mt to 7 Mt, […]
High-grade assays from Svärdsjö
District Metals reported sampling results from the company’s newly acquired Svärdsjö prospect in northern Bergslagen. Sampling returned high-grade polymetallic mineralization from several of the historic showings. Notably, an outcrop sample from the Kompanigruvan pit, the southwest extension of the historic Svärdsjö mine, returned 37.3% ZnEq (253 g/t Ag, 22.8% Zn, 8.6% Pb, 0.1 g/t Au […]
Transition plans to fossil free transport solutions for Kaunis
Mining iron in northern Sweden, Kaunis Iron provided an update on ongoing efforts to find fossil-free transport solutions for its ore from the mine near Pajala to Pittijärvi (160km). While electrical trucks are available, difficulties arise in the trucks’ size and carriable payload. The company is continuing to explore its options. (Source: www.kaunisiron.se) […]
Update from Kallak
Advancing the Kallak Iron Ore deposit near Jokkmokk Sweden, Beowulf Mining published a letter to the new Swedish Minister of Enterprise and Innovation, Karl-Petter Thorwaldsson. The company further published its unaudited results for the first 9 months of 2021.
New drill results from Gungnir Resources
Active in northern Sweden, Gungnir Resources reported the final results from a 15 hole drill program at its Lappvattnet Ni-project. Notably, hole LAP21-14 intersected 6.52% Ni over 0.8m within a 4.5m interval grading 2.04% Ni, and hole LAP2115 returned 12m of 1.13% Ni. According to the company, EM geophysics are ongoing at the property and […]
Updated Mineral Resource estimate for Norwegian Cu-Au project
Arctic Minerals provided an updated mineral resource estimate for its Bidjovagge Cu-Au project in Norway. According to the new estimate, the project contains 3.3Mt at 1.27g/t Au and 0.97% Cu in the indicated resource category and 0.3Mt at 1.8g/t Au and 0.7% Cu in the inferred resource category. The updated resource estimate was based on […]