EXPLORATION

Today Kuniko Ltd (ASX: KNI) confirmed it was granted 58 additional exploration licences, covering a combined area of approximately 523 km2 in Norway.

Outstanding targets along strike from Legend Mining’s (ASX:LEG) Mawson discovery in the Fraser Range, Galileo Mining (ASX:GAL) doubles drilling program size that’s set to commence tomorrow.

In the exploration game for an outsized, Nova style nickel discovery, and given the track record of its major shareholder and its geologist management team, this ASX junior has one of the best chances in the resurgent Fraser Range.

Elixir Energy (ASX:EXR) has capped off its first exploration season in Mongolia, delivering the country its first coal seam gas (CSG) discovery at the Nomgon-1 well.

The Nordic Calista Rig-3 has been mobilised and is now barrelling down Alaska’s Dalton Highway from Deadhorse to Mile 386 en route to its final destination at 88E’s Project Icewine.

Navarre Minerals (ASX:NML) is wasting no time in executing its gold strategy across its portfolio of projects with exposure to Victoria’s two exploration hotspots – north Bendigo as well as the emerging Stavely Arc mineral province

Classic Minerals (ASX:CLZ) enters 2020 with multiple opportunities for exploration upside, including further resource expansion and the delivery of an important scoping study.

Vulcan Energy Resources (ASX:VUL | FRA:6KO) has the largest JORC lithium resource in Europe and is pioneering the world’s first and only “Zero-Carbon Lithium” process.

Metminco Limited, soon to be renamed Los Cerros Limited, has had immediate drilling success at its Chuscal Gold Target.

Junior oil and gas explorer and developer Real Energy Corporation (ASX: RLE) has struck a crucial deal in its quest to attain producer status, having been awarded a prime chunk of Surat Basin coal seam gas (CSG) acreage.

The countdown is on for the spudding of 88 Energy’s (ASX:88E | AIM:88E) fully funded appraisal well on the Alaskan North Slope. At the Company’s Project Icewine, the Charlie-1 appraisal well is on track for February 2020 drilling and it’s set to be one of the biggest oil wells in the world...

Record high gold prices have provided the incentive needed for White Rock Minerals (ASX: WRM) to fast-track its Mt Carrington Gold-Silver Project in northern NSW. The move sees the advanced gold-silver epithermal project deliver a reduced timeline to gold and silver production.

Host to multi-million-ounce gold discoveries, Colombia’s Mid-Cauca belt has seen major mining investment inflows in recent years. Boosted by a strategic recent acquisition, and with the support of Sandfire Resources, today’s ASX-listed explorer has secured a dominant position in this premier gold region.

The deadline for petroleum heavyweights Total and Santos to decide whether to buy into Melbana Energy’s (ASX:MAY) WA-488-P permit offshore northwest Australia is just days away.

The very tightly held IPB Resources (ASX:IPB) is looking to secure debt financing or facilitate a farm-in with these Middle Eastern investors and, by all accounts, these talks are progressing well.

PolarX (ASX:PXX) owns the Alaska Range Project, covering 261km2 of State Mining Claims. The C$5 billion capped Lundin Mining has already put $4.3 million into a PXX drilling program and could potentially put in over A$40 million to earn a 51% interest.

It’s all systems go for Elixir Energy (ASX:EXR) as it spuds its first well at its Nomgon IX coalbed methane (CBM) production sharing contract (PSC) in the South Gobi Basin in Southern Mongolia.

One of the few commodities not to experience wild swings over the last decade is bauxite, and as the key component in the manufacturing of aluminium its outlook remains strong. One ASX junior is looking to capitalise.