Arctic Minerals – New Gold Project In Norway
Arctic Minerals announced a letter of intent regarding the acquisition of a Norwegian gold project. The Katterat property contains exploration permits totaling 116km2 in the Narvik municipality. At the projects, rock chip samples returned 0.9 to 18g/t Au and visible gold has been panned from soil samples. The gold mineralization appears to be connected to […]
RKV Drilling Update
Playfair Mining provided a drilling update from its Norwegian RKV project. Following completion of initial drilling at the Rostvangen and Kletten MMI targets, the rig is now drilling the Saeterfjellet MMI target in the north of the project area. 11 holes, amounting to 544m were drilled at the Rostvangen target while Kletten was tested with […]
EMX Royalty Options 2 Norwegian Projects
EMX Royalty announced the execution of an exploration and option agreement regarding two Norwegian projects with Minco Silver Corporation. Both projects, namely the Sagvoll and Sulitjelma projects host VMS and magmatic sulfide nickel copper-style mineralization. At the Sagvoll project, EMX has identified multiple “walk-up” style drill targets based upon historical Xstrata data, while the past […]
Middagshvile Drilling Completed
Kuniko reported the completion of drilling at the Skuterud Cobalt project. Drilling at the Middagshvile project intersected visual cobalt minerals in 7 out of 8 drill holes, defining a mineralized zone that is open at depth and towards the north. Notably, KNI_MDV008, representing a 280m step out from the primary drill site, intersected several mineralized […]
First Exploration Update From Porsanger
Kingsrose Mining provided an exploration update for its Porsanger PGE-Copper-Nickel project in Norway. Exploration at Porsanger is commencing with a ground-based, fixed-loop electromagnetic, geophysical survey, focusing on the Porsvann and Karenhaugen intrusions. In addition, the company also completed a resampling program of existing drill core in order to verify historic data and analyze for a […]
Capella Minerals – Further Increase In Landholdings
Capella Minerals announced it expanded its landholdings in the Hessjogruva district by being granted 20km2 of new exploration rights and filing an application for an additional 25km2 further to the south. The projects are located approximately 6km to the east of the company’s 100%-owned Hessjogruva project. Newly granted and applied exploration claims in the […]
Burfjord Drilling Commences
Norden Crown Metals announced it commenced a minimum 3000m diamond drill program at its Burfjord copper-gold project, advanced together with Boliden Mineral AB. The drill program will target a variety of geological, geochemical, and geophysical targets to evaluate copper-gold grades and test the continuity of mineralization within an area of extensive historic workings. The company […]
Capella Minerals – New Claims Staked
Capella Minerals announced the staking of new claims in Norway’s past-producing Vaddas-Birtavarre copper-cobalt district. The district contains several Caledonian-age sulfide deposits at different stratigraphic levels and has seen limited historical exploration and small-scale mining but no modern exploration since the 70s. Newly granted and applied exploration claims (Source: www.capellaminerals.com.)
First Visuals from Skuterud
Kuniko Limited provided an update on ongoing drilling at its Middagshvile target near the historic Skuterud Cobalt mine in Norway. According to the company, visible sulfide and cobalt mineralization has been intersected in all five holes drilled to date, defining a mineralized zone open at depth. The intersected, mineralized horizon appears to contain cobaltite and […]
Drilling At Rostvangen Commences
Playfair Mining announced it started drilling at its Norwegian RKV project after receiving an off-road driving permit. Drilling will start at the Rostvangen SW MMI target, one of five targets to be tested this summer. The MMI target is located 800m to the east of the former Rostvangen mine and sits on the same stratigraphic […]