The rush of junior miners to the ASX continues with Nordic Nickel looking to raise up to $12m to target Lapland’s mineral riches (reports The Australian).

New World Resources says drilling at its Antler copper deposit in Arizona, has delivered ‘exceptional’ results (reports Stockhead).

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Kin has intersected new zones of high-grade gold mineralisation east of historical surface workings at the underexplored Rangoon area within its Cardinia project near Leonora, WA, highlighting substantial new upside at the 1.275Moz project (reports Stockhead).

Lithium major Pilbara Minerals has met production guidance for the March quarter, despite peak COVID-19 cases in Western Australia (reports MiningNews).

A Montana District Court judge has made a decision in a case regarding a challenge against the mine operating permit for Sandfire Resources’ proposed Black Butte copper development (reports MiningNews).

Shares in recent float Nimy Resources jumped after it reported a thick zone of nickel-copper mineralisation in a second diamond drill hole at its Mons project near Southern Cross (reports The West Australian).

Hidden gems are starting to emerge at the small end of the iron ore industry thanks to the growing interest of billionaire investors with low-profile CZR Resources (ASX: CZR) shaping as the stock to watch.

Raleigh Finlayson started looking for his next venture in Australian gold mining around the same time his peers were declaring the sector to be out of vogue (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Hot consumer demand for larger ceramic tiles in new kitchens and bathrooms combined with a government scramble to secure “critical minerals” is driving minerals sands prices to levels not seen in at least a decade,

Strandline Resources has raised A$50 million in a strongly supported placement to institutional, professional and sophisticated investors (reports MiningNews).

Developer Bellevue Gold expects to be able to beat rising costs as it develops its flagship mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields (reports MiningNews).

Calidus Resources A$106 million Warrawoona project in the Pilbara remains on track for first gold within weeks (reports MiningNews).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ramped up plans to build new nuclear power stations and offshore wind farms as he seeks to shore up the UK’s energy supplies in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (reports Bloomberg).

With uranium trading within spitting distance of the magic US$60/lb mark which could incentivise new production, companies are starting to revive efforts to deliver the energy commodity (reports Stockhead).

As it had been promising in the past few weeks, Western Australian miner Gascoyne Resources has delivered its best-ever quarterly production performance (reports MiningNews).

Spiralling fertiliser prices and promising exploration and development activity have combined to make Trigg Mining an attractive buy according to research firm Corporate Connect (reports Stockhead).

Outgoing Pilbara Minerals chief executive Ken Brinsden has tipped lithium miners to keep “winning” the margin battle in the electric vehicle supply chain as prices surge

Genesis Minerals has boosted resources for its Leonora gold project by 25% (reports MiningNews).

New Genesis Minerals boss Raleigh Finlayson says the explorer won’t rush development plans with its flagship Leonora gold project but rather build up mineable reserves and wait for WA’s labour crunch to ease (reports The West Australian).