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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).