Western Australian gold miner Red 5 has produced record gold from its King of the Hills gold mine in the Eastern Goldfields (reports MiningNews).

Lithium explorer Trek Metals (ASX: TKM) has been buoyed by an independent geochemical review of its flagship Tambourah lithium project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, as it gears up for a maiden drill program slated to begin in Q2 2023 (reports Small Caps).

Centaurus Metals would arguably surprise if it were to become a nickel miner by 2026 as promoted (reports MiningNews).

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Appointed last year to boost Alicanto Minerals market traction, managing director Rob Sennitt has made comparisons between Alicanto’s Sala deposit in Sweden and the much, much higher valued Rupice deposit in Bosnia and Herzegovina owned by Adriatic Metals (reports MiningNews).

Alicanto Minerals (ASX: AQI) believes it is on to a winner at the historic Falun gold-zinc-silver-lead mine in Sweden, with its due diligence revealing extensive mineralisation remains at the world-class project (reports Small Caps).

It has been an unusually rough week for the dual listed lithium high-flyer Patriot Battery Metals (writes Barry Fitzgerald on MiningNews).

Takeover action put gold in the limelight this week thanks to Newmont’s bid for Newcrest, though the metal itself refused to co-operate, falling by US$50 an ounce even as Newcrest’s share price rose by $2.71 (12%) to $25.07.

Plus, big share trade fuels talk of a Hancock vs Forrest shout out for Chalice while the dogs are barking louder about MinRes’ appetite for emerging lithium star Patriot.

Nimy Resources (NIM) continues to close in on highly valuable nickel sulphides, with the latest exploration results confirming several targets and identifying new ones (reports Stockhead).

Scoping study values Essential Metals’ Pioneer Dome lithium project near Norseman at $367 million

The new boss of a lithium-focused battery metal company has backed in Canada as one of the hottest markets for the critical mineral as miners race to secure assets to meet a surge in demand for electric vehicles (reports The West Australian).

Centaurus Metals appears to have the 1 million tonnes of contained nickel-milestone well within hand following latest step out drilling results from Brazil (reports MiningNews).

It has long been the forgotten half of the lithium-ion battery but proponents of graphite believe the mineral is about to have its moment in the sun (reports The West Australian).

Sandfire Resources’ Motheo copper mine in Botswana is nearing the end of the construction phase (reports MiningNews).

Thick, high-grade intercepts have been reported by Red 5 as the gold miner seeks to refine its mine plan over the next 18 months at its flagship King of the Hills project in Western Australia (reports MiningNews).

Sunstone aiming to fire up investors with high-grade epithermal find next to recent porphyry discovery. Plus, Battery Age Minerals joins the Canadian lithium rush ahead of relisting.

Peak U.S. interest rates moved into sight this week, building on the optimism unleashed by China’s reopening and adding to confidence that the global economy might dodge a recession, which is good news for Australia’s commodity-heavy economy.

Kambalda nickel producer Mincor Resources (ASX:MCR) will need to see production lift by at least 300% in the second half of fiscal 2023 to meet its financial year guidance as its WA nickel sulphide operations continue to ramp up (reports Stockhead).

Emerging uranium producer Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) has announced two key appointments for its Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia as construction ramps up towards commissioning (reports Small Caps).