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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 […]

Latitude 66 Plans To Drill K8 Prospect

Latitude 66 reported high-grade Au in a recently acquired and validated dataset from its K8 prospect in Kuusamo. The historical data includes e.g. 19.0m @ 6.0g/t Au, 0.04% Co or 6.5m @ 8.1g/t Au, 0.01% Co. As part of its geophysical exploration program, the company was able to re-enter and measure two of the historic […]

Finland VMS Drilling Scheduled For Q4 2024

Avrupa Minerals reported plans to test multiple prospects at its Kangasjärvi prospect in Q4 this year. Up to 1000m meters are planned to test multiple targets including SkyTEM conductors in the vicinity of the old Kangasjärvi deposit. Inversion model cross section showing the main target at Kangasjärvi (Source: www.avrupaminerals.com)

Prospech Starts Drilling At Korsnäs

Prospech Starts Drilling At Korsnäs

Prospech Limited announced the commencement of drilling activities at its Korsnäs REE project in Finland. The 1000-1200m diamond drilling program is designed to validate historic drilling, test for continuity and extensions of existing mineralization, and provide new material for metallurgical test works (HQ core). The drilling represents the first campaign since the 1970s. Drill rig […]

Latitude 66 Identifies New Conductors

Latitude 66 reported the identification of multiple EM conductors at its K9 prospect. Following downhole electromagnetic surveys, multiple conductors have been identified, partly down plunge of the known mineralization. Together with a new lithogeochemical assessment of the strongly altered host rocks, the new geophysical data resulted in a better understanding of the geometries at the […]

High-Grade, Near-Surface Au Intersected At Karelian Gold Line

Endomines reported results from drilling at the Kartitsa prospect in the northern part of the Karelian Gold Line. Based on a previous base of till sampling program the 2100m drill program was successful in intersecting gold mineralization in multiple holes, with the best intersection returning 13.05m @ 2.76g/t Au, including 2m @ 10.92g/t Au. This […]

Lat 66 Discovers Bonanza Boulder

Latitude 66 reported the discovery of a high-grade boulder at its Peräpohja Schist Belt project. Recent sampling at the Petaja prospect returned exceptional results up to 137.7g/t Au and 10.6% Cu from a mineralized quartz vein in a dolerite boulder. Given the size and angularity of the boulder, the company infers a relatively local source. […]

Kingsrose & BHP Commence Generative Exploration

airplane among mountains

Kingsrose Mining announced the commencement of generative work programs in Norway and Finland as part of its newly entered exploration alliance with BHP. Under the project generation phase of the agreement, 5 million USD area allocated to be spent on generative activities before March 31st, 2025. Over the coming months, the company plans to conduct […]

Lat 66 Identifies New Targets in Peräpohja Schist Belt

Latitude 66 provided an update on generative work at its Peräpohja Schist Belt (PSB) project in northwestern Finland. Re-assessment of historic exploration data resulted in the identification of more than 20 targets in the area prospective for gold and sedimentary hosted copper and cobalt mineralization. As part of the exploration efforts, the company assayed boulder […]

Metals One Reports Resource For Black Schist Project

Metals One published a maiden JORC-compliant inferred resource for the P5 area of its Black Schist project adjacent to the Terrafame mine in Finland. The estimate returned 29Mt @ 0.18% Ni, 0.08% Cu, 0.01% Co and 0.33% Zn. Together with the existing R1 inferred resource, the company’s inventory now exceeds 50Mt for a total of […]