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Vittangi Scoping Study Results

Talga Group published results from a scoping study considering potential expansions at its Vittangi Graphite project. The proposed mine plans support annual production rates of 0.6Mt, 1.0Mt, or 2.0Mt, resulting in potentially up to 425,000tpa of anode precursor concentrate.   Nunasvaara South mine infrastructure (Source: www.talgagroup.com)

Drilling Kicks Off At Barsele

First Nordic Metals announced the start of a spring drilling campaign at its flagship Barsele gold project, currently operated by JV partner Agnico Eagle. The drill program had initially been planned for 2100m for approx. 11 drill holes. As part of the program, the company plans to test a shallow conductor SW of the central […]

DMX – Additional Alum Shale Licenses Granted

District Metals announced that the mining inspectorate approved multiple additional licenses covering Alum shale targets in central Sweden. Covering a total of 91,470 hectares, the licenses significantly increase District’s landholdings over the shales prospective for vanadium, base metals, REE’s and uranium.   DMX licenses in the vicinity of the Tasjö deposit (Source: www.districtmetals.com)

Talga Publishes New Graphite Exploration Target

Talga Group published an updated JORC exploration target of 240-350Mt @ 20-30% graphite for its Vittangi project in northern Sweden. Following a compilation of new and updated drilling data, Skytem and ground TEM surveys, geological mapping and 3D modeling, the updated exploration target represents a significant increase from the previously reported 170-200Mt @ 20-30% Cg. […]

Ragnar Identifies More Rare Earths At Olserum North

Ragnar Metals reported assay results from its second field program at the Olserum North REE project in southern Sweden. Sampling was successful in identifying more mineralization at the Flaken and Hylleled prospects, returning assays up to 4.1% TREO and locally containing up to 65% heavy rare earths. The discovery of a new REE mineralized biotite/magnetite […]

Bastion Commences Work In Bergslagen

Bastion Commences Work In Bergslagen

Bastion Minerals announced the commencement of fieldwork at its Gyttorp project and surrounding applications in central Bergslagen. The planned work aims to follow up on known copper and REE mineralization through XRF mapping and rock chip sampling. The company further plans to resample historic core from two of its new application areas, where historic assays […]

Mandalay Reports Gold From East Of Björkdal

Mandalay Reports Gold From East Of Björkdal

Mandalay Resources reported new assay results from exploration drilling at the Norrberget and Vidmyran targets located a few kilometers east of its operating Björkdal gold mine. At Norrberget, where the company previously defined an indicated resource of 191kt @ 2.93g/t Au and a reserve of 170kt @ 2.74g/t Au, drilling was successful in extending the […]

Channel Sampling Confirms New REE Prospect

European Green Transition reported results from recent channel and grab sampling at its Olserum REE project in southern Sweden. Channel sampling at the Djupedal prospect was successful in identifying a new, 100m wide, high-priority target with the best channels returning 3m @ 1.577 % TREO (Channel 007) and 1m @ 2.273% TREO (channel 008, offset […]

District Intersects Massive Sulfides At Tomtebo

District Intersects Massive Sulfides At Tomtebo

District Metals announced the intersection of strong visual polymetallic sulfide mineralization at its Tomtebo project in central Sweden. As part of its new collaboration with Boliden, the company recently completed its first joint drilling campaign for a total of 2196m. Several of the drill holes targeting the Steffenburgs zone intersected locally massive sulfide, highlighted by […]

United Lithium Extends Nordic Footprint

United Lithium announced the acquisition of three new projects, prospective for lithium mineralization in Finland and Sweden. The newly acquired projects cover geological terrain highly favorable to host lithium-bearing pegmatites and increase the company’s landholdings in the Nordics by almost 300%. Two of the projects are located and southern Finland, whereas the third project lies […]