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Alicanto Provides Update On Swedish Properties

Alicanto Minerals published plans for a low-cost exploration program at its Swedish properties. According to the company, the program will consist of geochemical and geological surveys as well as geological mapping. The company further advised that it expanded its landholdings at the Greater Falun Project (see map below). Greater Falun with highlighted, recently staked tenements […]

Arctic Minerals Provides Hennes Bay Update

Arctic Minerals provided an update on its Hennes Bay Copper-Silver project in southern Sweden. Following the release of its Maiden Resource totaling 447,000t of contained copper and 37Moz silver earlier this year, the company outlined plans for resource growth and exploration work in 2025. The exploration work will consist of geological and structural mapping, inversion […]

Alba To Commence Mag Survey Near Uppsala

Alba Mineral Resources reported the commencement of a ground magnetic survey at its Finnsbo REE-Cu-Au project in central Sweden. The survey will consist of approximately 24 line kilometers with a 25m line spacing and cover the area that has historically produced high-grade samples with up to 3.5% TREO, 27g/t Au, and 2.9% Cu. Finnsbo outcrop […]

Gold Anomalism Confirmed At Storjuktan Project

First Nordic Metals confirmed five new large gold anomalies at its Storjuktan project in northern Sweden. While the anomalies have previously been indicated via gold pathfinder elements using XRF analysis, recent ICP-MS analysis of samples from the anomalous areas confirmed elevated gold grades associated with the pathfinder elements. Over the coming months, the company plans […]

Pajala Permitting Update

Kaunis Iron received the verdict from the Land and Environmental court of appeal regarding its case concerning existing and expanded iron mining operations in northern Sweden. Although the court of appeal upheld most of the initial decision concerning ongoing and future operations, the company points out the lack of an enforcement order which could have […]

Viscaria Publishes Updated Resource and Feasibility Study

Viscaria published and updated mineral resource estimate and a feasibility study for its Viscaria project in Kiruna, Sweden. Based on recent exploration success, the updated resource estimate now amounts to 108 Mt @ 0.90% Cu for a total of almost 1 million tons of contained copper. Going forward, and supported by the latest positive deep […]

First Nordic Confirms Anomaly at Nippas Target

First Nordic Metals published results from a BOT drilling program at the Nippas target at its Storjuktan project in northern Sweden. The survey consisted of 66 bottom-of-till and top-of-bedrock holes testing a previously identified geochemical soil anomaly and was successful in confirming the gold anomalism in bedrock and till with one bedrock sample returning up […]

District Publishes Viken Resource Estimate

District Metals announced an NI 43-101 compliant inferred and indicated mineral resource estimate for its Viken Energy Metals deposit in central Sweden. Based on historic drilling data, the new estimate returned over 1.5 billion pounds of contained uranium, making it officially the second-largest uranium deposit in the world. Although possible to further grow the inferred […]

Tomtebo Drilling Update

District Metals provided an update from an ongoing drilling program at its polymetallic Tomtebo project in central Sweden. To date, three drill holes for a total of 1712.5m have been drilled near the old mine, testing the Steffenburgs zone and the inferred ore strata at the contact between different types of geochemically distinct rhyolites. Disseminated […]

High-Grade U From Northern Sweden

Basin Energy provided an update on work at its Björkberget, Rävaberget, and Virka energy metals projects in northern Sweden. The company is currently conducting a relogging and sampling campaign of historic drill core from its projects in northern Sweden. To date, the company has re-assessed all holes identified from the Virka project and 28 holes […]