Chalice Mining says it is considering a strategic minority joint venture partner or partners to develop a mine at Gonneville, part of the Julimar project, 70km out of Perth (reports MiningNews).

Is De Grey Mining (ASX:DEG) Chairman Simon Lill about to strike it rich again (reports Stockhead).

Kin Mining and its major German shareholders have further increased their shareholding in Genesis Minerals-controlled Dacian Gold (reports MiningNews).

Sunstone’s imminent maiden resource for its Bramaderos copper-gold project in southern Ecuador could be pretty meaty if the further wide drill intersections are anything to go by (reports Stockhead).

TSX-listed international rare earths producer Neo Performance Materials has signed a memorandum of understanding that could see it become a vital partner to pioneering explorer Australian Rare Earths and its flagship Koppamurra project along the Victorian and South Australian border (reports MiningNews).

Scoping work at the Alaska Range copper-gold owned by mini-cap PolarX has pointed the company towards doing more drilling to expand the resource (reports MiningNews).

Plus, Strandline set for first cashflow at WA mineral sands project, marked-down AuTECO labelled ‘one of the most exciting junior gold explorers on the ASX’ and Cameco sell-off a bonus for Boss and Paladin.

Discovery news and investment deals took centre stage on the Australian stock market this week even as the economic storms of the Ukraine war, rising U.S. interest rates and a European recession continued to rage overseas.

Surprise Creek is shaping up to be a real winner for Valor after reconnaissance rock chips returned strong uranium and copper results (reports Stockhead).

A possible ban on Russian supplies by the London Metal Exchange would be a seismic event for the metals industry, cutting some of the world’s biggest companies off from the main global marketplace (reports Bloomberg).

On a grade-thickness basis, extensional drilling has returned 26.8m at 7% copper-equivalent in the South Shoot – the best intersection from the Project – ever! (reports Stockhead).

Preliminary test work has proven that ore sorting has the potential to dramatically improve the economics of RareX’s Cummins Range rare earths and phosphate project (reports Stockhead).

Trigg Minerals boss Keren Paterson is turning her sights to international investors as WA’s beaten-down sulphate of potash industry struggles for traction locally (reports The West Australian).

Plus, investors applaud Minerals 260’s deal to branch out with purchase of Ti Tree project in WA, Southam’s appointment as MD drives further share price gains for Canadian lithium explorer Cygnus and juniors Encounter and Alderan benefiting from farm-ins with BHP and Rio.

Markets bounced back this week but the biggest bounce was in gold and while that will have pleased many Australian investors, it’s also a sign that the recovery might be a relief rally rather than something more sustainable.

Liontown Resources says it will formally begin construction on its $545 million Kathleen Valley lithium project near Leinster after receiving key State Government approvals (reports The West Australian).

Former Mincor Resources boss David Southam has joined the rush of interest in Canadian lithium projects after accepting the role of Cygnus Gold managing director on a generous incentive package (reports The West Australian).

While Rio Tinto continues to battle with minority shareholders over the future of the Ranger uranium mine owned by its subsidiary Energy Resources of Australi, a new player is quietly emerging in Australia’s south (reports Stockhead).

A week after Kin Mining reported it had acquired shares in takeover target Dacian Gold, the junior and its major German shareholders have emerged with a 5.1% stake (reports MiningNews).