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REE Mineralized Syenite Intrusion Identified At Olserum North

REE Mineralized Syenite Intrusion Identified At Olserum North

Ragnar Metals reported the identification of a REE mineralized syenite at its Olserum North project in southern Sweden. The newly discovered intrusion has to date been mapped over an area of 50m by 20m and is open to the north, east, west, and at depth. Samples from the intrusion returned up to 0.6% TREO with […]

Korsnäs Drilling And Metallurgy Update

Prospech Limited 19.09.2024

Prospech Limited reported the completion of the first diamond drilling program at the Korsnäs REE project since the 1970s. Supported by the EU REMHub grant program, the 1000m program aimed at testing the known REE mineralization’s extensions and continuity while supporting the planned Korsnäs resource estimate and providing core for metallurgical test work. Utilizing the […]

New Targets Identified At RĂĄna

New Targets Identified At RĂĄna

Kingsrose reported results from a reconnaissance program in the underexplored parts of the RanĂĄ intrusion. In addition to confirming historically known mineralization at the Sukkertoppen, Eiterdalen, and Botneidet targets, the fieldwork resulted in the discovery of previously unrecognized Ni-Cu-Co mineralization at Eitertinden. Notably, all of these targets are located on the 100% owned properties recently […]

EGT Completes Olserum Drilling

EGT Completes Olserum Drilling

European Green Transition announced the completion of drilling activities at its Olserum Rare Earth Element project in southern Sweden. Thirteen drill holes for approximately 1500m have been completed ahead of schedule and below budget. According to the company visual inspection of the drill core indicates broad zones of alteration and phosphate mineralization. Assay results are […]

Surface Helium Detected In Eastern Finland

Surface Helium Detected In Eastern Finland

80 Mile Plc reported results from geological hydrogen and helium exploration at its Outokumpu project in eastern Finland. Recent testing of selected historical drill holes resulted in the discovery of stabilized helium values of up to 10.7% in the center of the company’s tenement package in the Outokumpu belt. Notably, this represents the first published […]

Aura Lodges Häggån Exploitation Permit Application

Aura Energy Swedish tenement map

Aura Energy advised it lodged its exploitation permit application for the polymetallic HäggĂĄn project. While the application has not considered uranium due to the country’s current uranium ban, future legislative changes could present a significant upside to the project. The company also applied for a new exploration permit covering the area of the original Häggan […]

Kingsrose Earns 51% Interest In RĂĄna Project

Kingsrose Mining

Kingsrose Mining announced the completion of drilling activities at its RĂĄna nickel-copper-cobalt project in northern Norway. Following the completion of 706m in this drilling campaign the company has now drilled more than 5000m at the project. Together with incurring more than three million AUD in exploration expenditures, this means that the company satisfied the second […]

Eurobattery Minerals Signs Offtake Agreement With Boliden

Eurobattery Minerals

Eurobattery Minerals entered into a non-binding copper offtake agreement with Boliden. The agreement covers the copper concentrate expected to be produced at the Hautalampi mine and is set for a minimum duration of 10 years. According to the terms, the copper concentrate will be processed either at Boliden’s smelter in Harjavalta, Finland or Rönnskär, Sweden. […]

Multiple Clusters Of Lithium Bearing Boulders Discovered

European Energy Metals

European Energy Metals announced the discovery of widespread lithium mineralization in central Finland. Initial fieldwork has resulted in the discovery of multiple boulder clusters and trends within a few kilometers of the Sibanye-Stillwater-Keliber operation. Following the first two months of the field campaign, the company’s geologists collected 450 rock chip samples with assays currently pending. […]

European Energy Metals Files New Claims Near Keliber

European Energy Metals announced the submission of additional exploration licenses prospective for LCT pegmatites in central Finland. The five new applications encompass more than 10,000 ha in the vicinity of the company’s existing licenses near Sibanye-Stillwater/Kelibers lithium project. The company further advised that fieldwork including prospecting, mapping, trenching, ground mag, and base of till sampling […]