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Airijoki Vanadium Drill Results

Kendrick Resources published assay results from its 2023 scout drilling program conducted north of the existing Airijoki Vanadium Resource (44.3Mt @ 0.4% V2O5). The eight-hole, 1394m drilling campaign was successful in intersecting vanadium mineralization north of the existing resource, returning e.g. 0.52% V2O5 over 28.8m in drill hole AIR23-003 or 0.43% V2O5 over 19.15m in […]

Prospech Expands Korsnäs REE Project

Prospech Expands Korsnäs REE Project

Prospech Limited announced it applied for additional exploration tenements in the vicinity of its Korsnäs REE project. The new extension area includes the Granskog REE prospect as well as the historic Petolahti Ni-Cu mine with a historic production of approx. 85 000t of ore. As a first step, the company is currently designing a ground-penetrating […]

Additional Ni-Sulfide Mineralization Intersected At RÃ¥na

Kingsrose Mining reported the remaining assay results from its 2023, 12-hole, 4318m diamond drilling program at the RÃ¥na project in northern Norway. At the RÃ¥nbogen prospect, two additional drill holes intersected massive sulfide mineralization, grading e.g. 1.4m @ 1.8% Ni, 0.2% Cu, 0.19% Co in drill hole 23RAN004 or 13.3m @ 0.4% Ni, 0.1% Cu, […]

Successful Amitsoq Graphite Test Work

GreenRoc Mining reported on successful battery test work using graphite from its Amitsoq deposit in southern Greenland. The electrochemical test work conducted by ProGraphite GmbH showed that the Amitsoq graphite material performed well against all studied parameters and showed no signs of damage or loss of capacity after several charging cycles. The company further advised […]

Korsnäs Tailings Drilling To Commence In February

Prospech Limited reported further assay results from its ongoing resampling program around the former Korsnäs Lead mine. Highlighted, newly released assay results from the phase 3 sampling program include e.g. 8.6m @ 11,335 ppm TREO, including 4.2m @ 20,192 ppm TREO in drill hole KR-210. Additional assay results are currently pending. The company further announced […]

REE Minerals Signs LOI For Process Development

REE Minerals signed a letter of intent with Rare Earth Salts Separation & Refining LLC to develop a processing circuit for the Fen Field light rare earth element deposit in Norway. Rare Earth Salts has developed patented technologies for REE processing and has recently produced high-purity NdPr from light rare earth concentrate feedstock and terbium […]

Additional Lithium Intersections From Bergby

United Lithium reported further drill results from an ongoing drill program at its Bergby lithium project. New results from the fourth pegmatite at the property (pegmatite D), returned e.g. 1.05% Li2O over 32.75m, including 2.42% Li2O over 7.04m in drill hole BBY23155. Assay results from 35 additional drill holes testing pegmatites D and E are […]

Hautalampi Development Update

Eurobattery Minerals provided an update on the development of its Finnish Hautalampi battery metals project. According to the company, a new process design for the concentration plant will allow for copper and nickel-cobalt flotation systems to produce an estimated annual 21 000t of Ni 7%, Co 1.9% concentrate, and 5 000t of Cu 25% concentrate […]

Kingsrose Receives Finnmark Drill Permit

Kingsrose Mining advised that it received permission from the Ministry of Trade and Fisheries of Norway to conduct exploration drilling at its Karenhaugen prospect in Finnmark County. The Karenhaugen intrusion is prospective for magmatic PGE-copper mineralization. In 2022, Kingsrose conducted a fixed loop electromagnetic survey over the intrusion, identifying a strong conductor down dip of […]

Puolalaki – Additional Massive Sulfide Intersections

Avira Resources announced the intersection of additional, near-surface massive sulfide at its Puolalaki Ni-Cu-Co-Au project in northern Sweden. Following the intersection of massive nickel sulfide mineralization in April 2023, phase 2 was designed to infill around this near-surface discovery. According to the company, infill drilling was successful, with three out of four holes intersecting similar […]