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Alba expands into Sweden with rare earth option

Alba MIneral Resources plc has entered an option for the Finnsbo rare earth project in the historic magnetite mining district of eastern Bergslagen in Uppland, eastern Sweden. VALUE The licence lies 15km north of the 540-year-old Dannemora magnetite mine, and within the southern fringes of the “regionally extensive” high strain ductile Forsmark Deformation Zone. Current […]

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EGT positive on initial Olserum drill results

European Green Transition plc returned positive results from the first four drill holes at the Olserum rare earth element project in southern Sweden. DERISK Completed in September, the diamond core drilling programme comprised 13 holes for 1,500 metres. The company confirmed “significant” REE mineralisation within a shear zone structure at Djupedal, which it said validated […]

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Altona reviews fluorspar-diamond potential

Altona Rare Earths plc is reassess the potential for fluorspar production at Monte Muambe in Mozambique and for diamonds at its Zambia copper project. VEINS The move follows results from initial flotation rougher tests which included rare earths recovery of 69.3% and “good selectivity of rare earth minerals versus fluorite”. Legacy exploration mainly focused on […]

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EGT completes drilling at Olserum REE

European Green Transition plc expects to confirm a “district scale rare earth element system” after it completed diamond core drilling at Olserum in Sweden. ENCOURAGING The company drilled 13 holes for 1,500 metres with visual inspection of drill core indicating “broad alteration zones” and intervals with intersections of “visible phosphate mineralisation”. Core logging is complete […]

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Power Metal finishes initial Balthaga exploration

Power Metal Resources plc has completed initial field exploration on the Balthaga lithium project 450km east of Jeddah in the southeast of the Arabian Shield. GEOLOGY A total of 43 in-situ rock chip samples were taken from targets visited while new areas were identified during the seven-day programme over more than 1,200 km2. The programme is included in the […]