Everyone wants more metals. In recent months Britain has inked a deal with Zambia, Japan has sealed one with Namibia and the EU has shaken hands with Chile. The bloc’s negotiators also started talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo; America’s, meanwhile, visited Mongolia (reports The Economist).

Spartan has launched an aggressive 25,000m drill offensive aimed at adding more high-grade ounces to its inventory at the Dalgaranga project in WA’s Murchison region (reports Stockhead).

Chalice Mining founder and former chairman Tim Goyder has boosted his stake in the downtrodden developer (reports MiningNews).

Battery Age Minerals’ summer prospecting campaign has uncovered 30 new pegmatites — including 15 containing visible spodumene ranging from 5-20% lithium content — at the flagship Falcon Lake project in Ontario, Canada.

Reports Stockhead.

Both uranium equities and the uranium price have been marching higher in recent weeks. Numerco’s uranium spot price indicator closed at US$60.75 on Friday 1 September, up over 25% so far in 2021 (reports Patrick Poke from Betashares on Livewire).

Outstanding results from initial petrographic analysis suggest the Leliyn project in the Northern Territory could potentially produce graphite flake sizes of up to 150 micron, which is highly favourable for battery anode material (reports Stockhead).

Ongoing drilling at Kingsland Minerals’ rapidly emerging Leliyn graphite discovery in the Northern Territory is increasingly hinting at a world-class potential deposit positioned to play a role in the global battery supply chain (reports MiningNews).

Shares in Ausgold soared after the gold hopeful unveiled an updated resource estimate for its Katanning prospect that it claims supports an extended long-life operation (reports The West Australian).

While still busy with field work at its Mavis Lake lithium project in Canada, Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) is now looking further ahead by appointing experts in mine development (reports Small Caps).

Bulk floatation test work by RareX (ASX: REE) has shown consistent performance for the production  of a phosphate mineral concentrate from the company’s Cummins Range project in Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

Red 5 has made almost $423 million in revenue during the first full year of production at the King of the Hills gold mine near Leonora (reports The West Australian).

Tim Goyder, Chalice Mining’s largest shareholder, says a slump in the critical minerals explorer’s share price is an overreaction by a market that wants “a bed of roses” and needs to “get real” about long-term value (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Green metals from Chalice Mining’s flagship Gonneville deposit at its Julimar discovery could inject around $18 billion into the WA economy over almost two decades (reports The West Australian).

A simple, low-cost direct shipping ore (DSO) phosphate project would cornerstone the expansion Cummins Range into a long-term, high-value, and low-risk rare earths operation in WA’s Kimberley.

Reports Stockhead.

Abyssinian Metals directors will continue fighting to keep control of the lithium hopeful despite surrendering in an attack on their performance shares (reports The West Australian).

Kingsland Minerals (ASX:KNG) is continuing to prove up the scale of its promising Leliyn discovery in the Northern Territory ahead of a maiden resource (reports Stockhead).

Lithium exploration and project development company Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has confirmed that a follow-up drilling program around a recent breakthrough intercept has continued to validate and expand the Swell Zone at the Mavis Lake lithium project in Canada (reports Small Caps).

Tim Goyder-chaired DevEx has received a strong hint about the potential scale and quality of its Kennedy ionic clay-hosted rare earths discovery in Queensland (reports Stockhead).

Uranium play DevEx Resources will expand ongoing drilling around its historical Nabarlek uranium mine in the NT after reporting significant new results including grades of up to 1.68% eU3O8 along a main uranium-bearing fault zone.

Repots Stockhead

92 Energy (ASX: 92E) has commenced a critical follow-up of its Gemini uranium discovery with a new drilling program underway at its 100% owned project in the rich Athabasca Basin of Canada (reports Small Caps).