92 Energy (ASX: 92E) has achieved significant drilling success in a new program at its promising Gemini uranium discovery in Canada’s world-class Athabasca Basin (reports Small Caps).

Further in-fill results from the Gould’s Dam prospect now seem increasingly likely to extend the life of Boss Energy’s (ASX: BOE) Honeymoon mine as well as lifting production rates (reports Small Caps).

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).

Plus, Coda finds enhancements of its own at SA copper project and Evion finds fans amid forecasts of graphite shortfall.

By Barry FitzGerald.

A lithium rush led by Albemarle’s $6 billion bid for Liontown and an offer by Mineral Resources to buy the Bald Hill mine saved the Australian market from the worst effects of a mid-week sell-off which hit the U.S. after interest rates resumed their upward march.

By Tim Treadgold.

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).

By Barry FitzGerald  Plus, Beament’s Develop tables more cracking hits from its Woodlawn zinc-copper asset ahead of a resource update and Meteoric gets pulses racing with latest rare earths results. 

By Tim Treadgold   Andrew Forrest returned to centre-stage this week with a starring performance that rescued the share price of his Fortescue mining group, but it wasn’t the only big event as annual results poured in and prices moved higher, with a few notable exceptions.

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).

Increasing supply challenges and ‘exponential lift’ in demand means copper price take-off must be close.  And RareX eyes DSO fertiliser to help it grow into a rare earths player.

By Barry FitzGerald.