The Dangers and Opportunities of Deep-Sea Mining: From a Global to a Nordic Perspective🌊⛏️🚢
Join me as I dive into the controversial topic of deep sea-mining. In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at the deep sea’s geology, resource potential, and current legal status on both a Global and Nordic level. Not long ago, Norway made headlines by allocating a large part of its extended continental shelf for […]
Mineral Exploration in Iceland: A Journey to the Land of Ice and Fire 🧊🔥
In this article, I’ll take a look at one of the Nordic countries that has been somewhat overlooked by the mining industry but may have a golden future ahead. Join me as I explore some of the opportunities Iceland has to offer Raw Material Industry in Iceland🏠While industrial minerals are mined in Iceland, the […]
Gold In Sweden – Part 1: Assessment Of The Harnäs Project🟡💰
Following a quite popular video from the small-scale mining and prospecting community – I was quite keen to see the Harnäs gold project in southern Sweden for myself. Join me as I try to wrap my head around the project and assess its potential. Special thanks to Daniel and Magnus for hosting, and Axel for […]
Geological hydrogen – A better alternative to green steel?💨
In this article, I’ll take a look at one of the latest frontiers of exploration, discuss its geology, highlight the most important companies and projects and consider what it could mean for Sweden When compiling the weekly exploration newsletter a few weeks back I came across a topic that was completely new to me. Instead […]
Rare Earth Elements from Norra Kärr: Strengthening Europe’s Supply Chain ⛓️
A visit to one of Sweden’s next mines? 🛠️ I’ve been invited to visit Leading Edge Materials’ Norra Kärr deposit, one of Europe’s most important projects in relation to the union’s ambitious goals to reduce its raw material dependence on foreign powers. Join me for a site visit and a brief update on the project’s […]
Volcanic Redbed Copper To The Rescue? An Expedition To The Forgotten Sylarna Deposit🏞️
This article is going to be a bit longer and more technical than usual, so if that’s not for you, I hope you still enjoy my pictures of the stunning landscape of the Swedish Mountains. Join me as I have a look at the Sylarna deposit. As some of you might know, I am personally […]
Falun – Rise and Fall of Sweden’s Once Glorious Empiređź‘‘
A more detailed look at one of Europe’s historically most important mine ⛏️ After an initial summary of the Nordic copper industry in my previous article, I wanted to take a closer look at some of the region’s most important deposits. We’ll begin with the historically important Falun deposit, which played a crucial role in Sweden’s […]
Copper in Scandinavia
An introduction to the Nordics’ most important copper projects With everyone scrambling to get their hands on a good copper project these days and prices expected to rise further over the next years, I thought it was time to start this series about my favorite metal. Before diving into the history of copper in Scandinavia […]
Boliden – District Metals Alliance: First Drilling Program At Tomtebo
Catching up with District Metals at Tomtebo Having recently entered into a strategic partnership with Boliden Mineral AB, District Metals (TSXV:DMX) is currently operating the first joint drilling program at the polymetallic Tomtebo project in central Bergslagen. I took the opportunity to visit the team during the final days of the campaign in early April. Signed in […]
European Green Transition: Exploring The Olserum Rare Earth Project
Join me on a tour through European Green Transitions’ flagship REE project Following its recent listing on the Alternative Investment Market in London (April 8th), European Green Transition (AIM:EGT) offered an opportunity to visit its flagship Olserum REE project in south-central Sweden. Situated about thirty minutes north of Västervik at the end of a well-maintained […]