Recent diamond drilling at Nordic Nickel’s (ASX: NNL) flagship Pulju project in Finland has expanded the footprint of the key Hotinvaara prospect (reports Small Caps).

Exploration junior RareX (ASX: REE) has commenced a magnetic and gravity survey at its wholly-owned Cummins Range rare earths and phosphate project in the Kimberley region of Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

Critical Resources claims to have confirmed a breakthrough in its understanding of the Mavis Lake lithium project in Canada’s Ontario province, with ongoing drilling validating its understanding of the emerging Swell zone (reports MiningNews).

Australian Rare Earths has again delivered a massive boost to the endowment of its Koppamurra rare earths project in South Australia’s sector of the Murray Basin, increasing the clay-hosted resources by another 84%, less...

New World Resources plans to resume exploration drilling next month at its high-grade Antler copper project in Arizona, USA (reports Stockhead).

Develop Global boss Bill Beament has lashed out at an independent expert finding that its takeover offer for lithium hopeful Essential Metals is “not fair but reasonable” (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Investment bank Macquarie is forecasting gold prices to rally as central banks stockpile record amounts of the precious metal to offset inflation risks and as US interest rates near a peak.

Reports The Australian Financial...