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District Intersects Massive Sulfides At Tomtebo

District Intersects Massive Sulfides At Tomtebo

District Metals announced the intersection of strong visual polymetallic sulfide mineralization at its Tomtebo project in central Sweden. As part of its new collaboration with Boliden, the company recently completed its first joint drilling campaign for a total of 2196m. Several of the drill holes targeting the Steffenburgs zone intersected locally massive sulfide, highlighted by […]

United Lithium Extends Nordic Footprint

United Lithium announced the acquisition of three new projects, prospective for lithium mineralization in Finland and Sweden. The newly acquired projects cover geological terrain highly favorable to host lithium-bearing pegmatites and increase the company’s landholdings in the Nordics by almost 300%. Two of the projects are located and southern Finland, whereas the third project lies […]

Gravity Anomalies Identified At Disko-Nuussuaq

Bluejay Mining provided an update on its Disko-Nuussuaq Ni-Cu-Co-PGE project, advanced in partnership with KoBold Metals. Following a 2022 exploration campaign, extensive data analysis and interpretation, Kobolds technical team identified seven high-priority gravity anomalies within the project area. In the next step, the company plans to further de-risk the targets by ground EM surveys.   […]

Drilling Program Completed At Falun

Alicanto Minerals announced the completion of its phase 1 drilling program at Falun. As part of the program, the company tested three key areas, namely Skyttgruvan-Näverberg, Krondiket and Galgberget. At Krondiket, the company intersected the continuation of the Falun stratigraphic sequence and identified proximal alteration that is currently interpreted as a new upflow zone. At […]

Bluejay Reinstates 2019 Dundas Resource

Bluejay Mining provided an update on its Dundas Ilmenite project. Based on an in-depth assessment of deficiencies in the 2022 drilling program which formed the base for the 2023 resources estimate that significantly downgraded previous estimates, the company determined that there is sufficient evidence to reinstate the 2019 resource. The decision comes after the new […]

Plethora Reports High-Grade Ni-Cu From Norway

Plethora Exploration Corp announced the intersection of magmatic nickel-copper sulfides at its Lille-Leiden project in Norway. Testing underneath the historic working, and part of a five-hole, 606.3m drilling campaign, drill hole LIL005 returned 2.78m @ 1.31% Ni, 2.17% Cu and 399ppm Co, including 0.34m @ 4.31% Ni, 2.47% Cu and 979ppm Co.   Close up […]

LKAB Reports Strong Increase in Mineral Resources

LKAB reported a substantial increase in its mineral resources. Following recent exploration success but also a change in modeling techniques and a lower modeling cut-off grade, the company now boasts combined resources and reserves of 5.7 billion tons. Most of the increase comes from a 43% increase in the mineral resource category, now amounting to […]

Beowulf Explores For Copper

Beowulf Mining reported on recent exploration at its Parkijaur nr 7 permit, located several kilometers southwest of the Kallak iron deposit. The area hosts a copper prospect, where historic drilling defined a 50 to 100m wide and 250m long copper mineralized zone at the contact between granites and gneisses, intersecting e.g., 6.2m @ 1.53% Cu, […]

High-Grade Cu From Håkansboda

Lovisagruvan reported results from exploration drilling at its Håkansboda prospect, located less than 1km northeast of its active mining operation. As part of a 1322m drilling program, the company tested the historically known copper-cobalt mineralization in three holes, returning e.g. 2.00m @ 1.27% Cu, 0.24% Co in drill hole 23HBD001 or 2.13m @ 1.52% Cu, […]

Citronen Fjord Project Update

Ironbark Zinc provided an update on its Citronen Zinc project in northern Greenland. Recognizing past attempts to develop the world-class project and failure to secure project equity, the company is now planning to unlock the assets’ value through a strategic review and a more flexible partnership approach. Simultaneously, the company is actively working on diversifying […]