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American West Metals taps Washington muscle ahead of US indium push
American West Metals director John Prineas (right) with Utah state governor Spencer J. Cox (left) in Sydney. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has focused its US critical minerals push by hiring a top Washington advisory firm to steer the company’s West Desert project into becoming the nation’s first end-to-end indium supplier. The company says the engagement underscores its project’s potential in tackling America’s independence from overseas metal sources, partic

Andrew Todd
1 day ago


American West Metals set to drill test exciting US critical minerals targets
Previously released drill core from 544m downhole at American West Metals’ ‘Goldilocks Zone’ which assayed 95g/t In, 2.8% Cu, 0.5g/t Au, 39g/t Ag. The prospect forms part of the company’s West Desert critical minerals project in Utah, US. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has locked in drill contractors and will mobilise to its West Desert critical minerals project in Utah this month, setting up what management says will be the biggest work program at the asset si

Matt Birney
2 days ago


American West Metals ups Canadian copper resource as mine study looms
American West Metals Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, where an upgraded resource has boosted the project to 276,000 tonnes of copper. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has dropped a bumper resource upgrade at its flagship Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, increasing the deposit’s contained metal by more than 20 per cent and upgrading the resource confidence. The boosted inventory now sits at 28.2 million tonnes of mineralisation grading one per cent

Andrew Todd
Jan 21


American West Metals chases US gallium and indium in new drilling blitz
American West Metals will kick off a gallium and indium-focused drill program at its flagship US project next year after re-sampling of historical drill core uncovered high-grade critical metals.

Craig Nolan
Dec 18, 2025


American West Metals eyes monster copper corridor at Storm
Sample preparation onsite at Storm. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has taken another major leap forward at its Storm copper project on Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada after defining a monster 4.1km-long geochemical copper anomaly that mirrors the structural trend of its known Storm deposits. The newly coined Chevron prospect, identified through regional soil chemistry, spans up to 700 metres in width and is positioned within the same prospective Allen Bay Fo

Rowena Duckworth
Nov 17, 2025


American West Metals hits US trading boards amid critical minerals push
American West Metals has started trading on the OTCQB Venture Exchange in the US under the ticker AWMLF. Credit: File Hot on the heels of a 300 per cent share price surge and a fresh $7 million raise, American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has debuted on the US OTCQB Venture Exchange under the ticker AWMLF. The OTCQB Venture Exchange, operated by OTC Markets Group, provides a regulated share trading platform for more than 12,000 US and international securities. The exchange is desig

James Pearson
Nov 11, 2025


The Louvre, lithium and legal larceny – how to spot a heist on the ASX
First The Louvre; now how to spot a heist on the ASX. Credit: File The ladder. The smashed window. The stolen jewels. Dollar Bill expected to see a Bond villain, not a few men dressed in high-viz scooting past outside the famous Louvre Museum in Paris with backpacks stuffed full of priceless treasures. Yet there it was: four thieves, an electrically powered ladder on a truck, through a second-floor window into the Apollo Gallery and out again. It was all done in seven minutes

Bill McConnell
Oct 29, 2025


American West Metals to relook at old drill core for US critical metals
American West Metals director John Prineas, right, meets Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox in Sydney last week. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has launched a field program at its 100%-owned West Desert Project in Utah, USA, which will focus on resampling historical drill core and mine waste for indium and gallium to potentially expand its critical metals inventory. The initiative targets growth of the project’s JORC-compliant mineral resource estimate, which include

Doug Bright
Oct 28, 2025


Cyclone packs a punch for American West in Canada
Diamond drilling at the Cyclone Deposit, Storm Project, Nunavut. Credit: File Just days after American West Metals’ (ASX: AW1) share price exploded when it announced a $7m capital raise to fund work on its massive indium resource project in Utah, the company has revealed further outstanding copper grades at the Cyclone copper deposit at its Canadian Storm project. Spectacular drill results, running up to an eye-catching 27.3 per cent copper and 80 grams per tonne silver have

Rowena Duckworth
Oct 20, 2025


American West Metals doubles after cap raise for US critical minerals
American West Metals ran hard today on news that it had amassed a $7m war chest with big institutional backing to tackle its massive indium resource in the USA. Its stock was up 100 per cent at one point.

Andrew Todd
Oct 16, 2025


American West Metals copper play lights up huge 16km anomaly in Canada
Inversion data from American West Metals’ latest geophysical survey has unearthed a huge 16km-long conductive anomaly along the northern...

James Pearson
Sep 10, 2025


American West Metals pushes PFS work on near-term Canadian copper project
American West Metals is accelerating PFS work for its Storm project, northern Canada’s only near-term copper development. It has permitting underway, while geotechnical drilling results hint at resource growth.

Doug Bright
Aug 25, 2025


American West Metals nails high-grade near-surface Canadian copper
Core from American West Metals’ second diamond drill hole shows dense crackle breccia with visual chalcocite (copper sulphide) and fine...

Doug Bright
Aug 7, 2025


American West Metals uncovers 8km copper horizon at giant Canada play
American West Metals’ semi-massive visual chalcocite - a 60 per cent copper-filled sulphide - in drill core at its giant Storm copper...

Andrew Todd
Jul 23, 2025


American West Metals locks in offtake and $2M for emerging Canadian copper play
American West Metals’ low-cost sealift operation in flight at its Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada. Credit: File American West...

Andrew Todd
Jul 17, 2025


American West Metals strikes deep, thick copper at Canadian play
American West Metals’ reverse circulation drill rig at the company’s Storm copper-silver project in Nunavut, Canada. Credit: File...

Andrew Todd
Jul 10, 2025


American West Metals gears up for copper drilling deluge in Canada
Green copper sulphide rocks at American West Metals’ Storm project in Nunavut, Canada. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) is...

Andrew Todd
Jun 12, 2025


American West Metals to leverage US executive order with critical minerals cocktail in Utah
American West Metals’ diamond core sample showing high-grade molybdenum at its Utah critical metals project, West Desert. Credit: File...

Andrew Todd
Jun 5, 2025


American West Metals to restart Canadian copper-zinc search within weeks
American West Metals’ sealift operation to its Somerset Island site in Canada’s Nunavut province late last year delivered bulk supplies...

Belinda Hickman
May 20, 2025


American West Metals unveils thick visual sulphides at Canadian copper project
American West Metals’ diamond core samples laden with visual copper sulphides from its Storm copper project in northern Canada. Credit:...

Andrew Todd
Apr 23, 2025
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