Major economies like China, India, Japan, Europe, and the United States embracing nuclear power and expanding their nuclear power capacities have caused uranium prices to go on an upswing (reports Global X ETFs on...

Drilling at Spartan’s non-core Glenburgh and Egerton gold projects in WA’s Gascoyne region has returned high-grade intercepts which highlight the quality of its portfolio outside of the flagship Dalgaranga project (reports Stockhead).

Follow-up reverse circulation drilling at the Hardway target in northwest Queensland has delivered broad and shallow intercepts of copper and rare earth mineralisation for owner Hammer Metals (reports Small Caps).

Samples from the 560m-long Warhawk pegmatite at James Bay Minerals’ Aero tenure have returned lithium concentrations containing spodumene crystals, confirming its prospectivity (reports Stockhead).

Spotlight swings to the likes of Patriot and Wildcat, while SQM does a deal with Calidus. Meanwhile, Calidus’ new Bulletin deposit is being likened to Spartan’s rich Never Never find.

By Barry FitzGerald.

Fear of another interest rate increase after a higher-than-expected inflation reading was a dampener on the Australian stock market this week, though the battery metals duo of graphite and lithium provided a much-needed spark.

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