Kingsland has bolstered its confidence in the potential of the Leliyn graphite project in the NT after receiving highly promising results from an EM survey (reports Stockhead).

Cygnus Metals (ASX: CY5) has revealed a significant clay-hosted rare earths discovery in Western Australia today, with initial assays from drilling at the Bencubbin project showing the discovery contains a significant percentage of high-value, potential magnet creation rare earths (reports Small Caps).

Rox Resources is gearing up for a big year of exploration at its Youanmi gold project near Mt Magnet, with the junior explorer hoping high-grade drilling results to the south could turn it into the next Bellevue Gold (reports The West Australian).

Bellevue Gold has received the final regulatory approval required to get into production (reports MiningNews).

And sold-off Centaurus, which has lots of nickel for lithium batteries, prepares for offtake talks which could reignite its share price.

By Barry FitzGerald

It used to be said that when America sneezed the rest of the world caught a cold, with the only difference today being that it’s China sneezing which is giving everyone else a sore throat.

By Tim Treadgold

Sweden-focused Alicanto Minerals’ work at its Sala project in Sweden has successfully delineated two discoveries within 600m of its Prince lode resource (reports MiningNews).

By Mining News

Investors in ASX-listed uranian miner Paladin Energy appear unconvinced by management’s attempts to pour cold water on reports that the Namibian government is seeking to nationalise the country’s mines (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Emerging sulphate of potash (SOP) player Trigg Minerals (ASX: TMG) says it has received “highly encouraging” results on a new processing technology that could be a “game changer” for the SOP industry (reports Small Caps).

A new analysis of where Trek Metals is at suggests there’s plenty of upside for investors as the company ramps up its search for battery metals (reports Stockhead).

A recent discovery has changed the way Rox Resources sees a potential development playing out at its Youanmi gold project in Western Australia (reports MiningNews).

Bill Beament’s Develop Mining is partnering with an Indigenous business to help it establish contracting services to miners, with a plan to secure joint deals worth up to $50 million (reports The West Australian).

Bill Beament’s Develop has reported promising metallurgical results for its Sulphur Springs zinc-copper project in the Pilbara, ahead of updated economics later this month (reports MiningNews).

Kambalda nickel miner Mincor Resources is at risk of defaulting on its debt, warning it expects one of its financial covenants to be breached at the end of the financial year (reports The West Australian).

Strandline Resources has confirmed its place among the world’s key mineral sands exporters with its sixth cargo waved off from its flagship Coburn project in Western Australia (reports MiningNews).

Plus, the lack of share price response to Gascoyne Gold’s bumper results at Never Never becomes curiouser and curiouser. But Bellavista’s 7.5% zinc hit in WA is garnering interest.

By Barry FitzGerald

It wasn’t easy to find good news this week as New Zealand kicked off what looks to be another round of interest rate increases, but beneath the gloom there was a little glitter, with lithium shining even as most share prices drifted lower.

By Tim Treadgold

Hammer Metals tested almost two dozen targets in Queensland last year, many for the first time, but it was the unique nature of its Hardway discovery that convinced it to drill another dozen RC holes (reports MiningNews).

By Mining News

Trek Metals is ramping up its efforts to explore its patch of Western Australia’s Pilbara for lithium and refine its manganese processing options (reports MiningNews).

Two of the most bullish presentations at last week’s Resources Rising Stars conference on the Gold Coast were from companies in the long-suffering uranium sector (reports MiningNews).