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Chalice Mining has hit wide high-grade copper-platinum group element mineralisation roughly 900m down-plunge of its world-class Gonneville resource, north of Perth (reports MiningNews).

There is nothing quite like the steely glare of an exploration boss who says you will be talking to him again soon (reports Barry FitzGerald on Stockhead).

Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) is celebrating the arrival onsite of the first set of NIMCIX loading and elution columns for the new Ion Exchange (IX) circuit, a key milestone at its Honeymoon Uranium project in South Australia (reports Small Caps).

Exploration often gets pushed to the side when you’re a big mining developer but for advanced junior stocks, the discovery phase is where the real opportunity lies (reports Stockhead).

And fellow James Bay lithium explorer Cygnus is set to join the resource party soon after. Plus, Gascoyne Gold’s valuation seems to leave much upside. 

By Barry FitzGerald

Another 0.25% increase in the U.S. benchmark interest rate to a 22-year high of 5.5% was the biggest event in an exceptionally busy few days on financial markets this week with all eyes now on the Reserve Bank of Australia to see if it follows.

By Tim Treadgold. 

Nimy Resources (ASX: NIM) has hit rare earths and base metals in a newly-identified 4.5km corridor at its Mons project in Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

By Small Caps. 

Kingsland has good reason to believe that it will be able to convert part of the Exploration Target at its Leliyn graphite project into a maiden resource after drilling continued to return extremely wide, high-grade intersections (reports Stockhead).

DevEx has launched a foray into exploring for Kambalda-style nickel sulphide mineralisation after reaching an agreement to earn into the Highway project in Western Australia (reports Stockhead).

After finishing up a winter program of 16 drill holes, 92 Energy (ASX: 92E) is already planning to get the rigs working again next month (reports Small Caps).