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High-Grade REE Intersections

Prospech Limited reported high-grade REE intersections from re-assaying of historic drill core from its Korsnäs REE project in Finland. The assay results from 40 historic drill holes returned multiple zones of thick REE mineralization, e.g. 27.6m @ 19,774 ppm TREO, including 16.1m @ 32,717 ppm TREO in drill hole KR-139 or 7.7m @ 34,191 ppm […]

Karelian Gold Line Drill Results

Endomines reported assay results from recent exploration drilling at its Korvilansuo and Kuittila projects along the Karelian gold line. Highlighted assay results at Korvilansuo include e.g. 15.2m @ 3.4g/t Au, including 1.1m @ 19.2g/t Au, and 1.0m @ 15.4g/t Au in drill hole KVS-66 and 3.8m @ 8.4g/t Au, including 1.1m @ 20g/t Au in […]

Li Drilling Results From Southern Finland

Li Drilling Results From Southern Finland

United Lithium published assay results from a recent drill program at its Kietyönmäki Li project in southern Finland. Drilling was successful in confirming the lithium mineralized main dyke to be more than 200m long, up to 25m wide, and at least 160m deep, with the system remaining open along strike to the southeast and at […]

Wide Ni Intersections From Hotinvaara

Nordic Nickel reported assays from seven additional drill holes from its phase 1 drilling program at the Hotinvaara project. Highlighted results include e.g., 117.9m @ 0.22% Ni from 4.1m in drill hole HOT013, or 103.2m @ 0.19% Ni from 37.55m in HOT019. According to the company partial leach assaying confirms the predominance of nickel sulfide […]

United Lithium Increases Landholdings

United Lithium Increases Landholdings

United Lithium announced a 20000ha increase in its land package at the Kietyönmäki Li project in southern Finland. The new claim reservation is located approximately 6km to the SE of the company’s main Kietyönmaki tenure and contains historically known lithium and tungsten-bearing pegmatites as well as favorable geology, making the area prospective for identifying new […]

Nordic Nickel – New Exploration License Granted

Nordic Nickel - New Exploration License Granted

Nordic Nickel advised it was granted the Holtinvaara exploration license at its Pulju project in northern Finland. The license is located approx. 5km to the NE of the Hotinvaara Mineral Resource and covers the continuation of highly prospective ultramafic rocks of the Mertavaara formation. The company further advised that 28 drill holes for a total […]

Hammaslathi Assay Results

Bluejay Mining reported assay results from recent drilling at its Hammaslahti Copper-Zinc-Gold-Silver project in Eastern Finland. Located up plunge from previous intersects at the E-Lode, drill hole HAM0008 returned 5.7m @ 0.89% Cu, 3.43% Zn, 0.37% Pb, 29.6 g/t Ag and 0.46g/t Au, including 2.1m @ 2.04% Cu, 7.22% Zn, 0.5% Pb, 61.7g/t Ag and […]

Nordic Nickel – Step Out Hole Intersects Sulfides

Nordic Nickel - Step Out Hole Intersects Sulfides

Nordic Nickel reported the interception of visual sulfide mineralization in a step-out drill hole 500m to the south of the Hotinvaara mineral resource estimate boundary. Testing the Hotinsaajo magnetic anomaly, drill hole HOT026 intersected 123.8m of disseminated sulfides, including a net-textured part with patches of massive sulfides over 7.5m. To date, the company has completed […]

Penikat Permitting Update

Kingsrose Mining announced the submission of a Natura 2000 Assessment for parts of its Penikat PGE project in northern Finland. Natura 2000 Assessment reports for the remainder of the project are expected to be submitted by the end of October. The submitted report indicates a minor impact of the proposed exploration activities and the company […]

Major Step-Out At Kopsa

Northgold reported promising assay results from three step-out holes at it Kopsa project. Drill hole NGKOP23034, collared 250m from the current resource outline returned two wide intervals assaying 1.17g/t Au over 34.2m, including 4.28g/t Au over 4.25m and 1.03g/t Au over 37.75m, including 2.55g/t Au over 7.95m. Copper assays for the step-out drill holes as […]