Historic workings at Viking Mines’ USA Linka tungsten project under the picturesque Nevada night sky. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has pocketed up to $5 million after signing a binding agreement to divest 12 tenements encompassing its non-core First Hit gold project in Western Australia to ASX-listed explorer First Au. The deal delivers an immediate balance sheet boost while preserving significant future upside for the company through equity exposure and performance-linked m

High-grade sorted fraction from Viking Mines Conquest pit sample under ultraviolet light, showing characteristic blue-white fluorescence of scheelite. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has ticked off a critical milestone on its strategic path towards a rapid, low-capital expenditure production model at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, United States. Initial X-ray transmission ore sorting test work completed by Norwegian- headquartered TOMRA at its specialised test centre in

High-grade tungsten concentrate has been achieved in simple processing from Viking Mines’ Linka project in Nevada. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has kicked another goal at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, USA, delivering an impressive 76 per cent recovery to produce a high-value 56.9 per cent tungsten oxide concentrate in its latest round of metallurgical testwork. The result represents a major step-change for the project, delivering a 27 per cent uplift in recovery from its

An aerial view of Viking Mines’ Linka tungsten mine in Nevada, showing coarse ore stockpiles in the background that are returning grades equivalent to historical mine grades. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has uncovered a potentially valuable source of near-surface tungsten at its Linka project in Nevada, with sampling confirming a historic stockpile left behind by previous operators still carries grades comparable to those mined during the project’s heyday. The company collec

Viking Mines has produced 62.5 per cent tungsten trioxide concentrate at a 59.8 per cent recovery rate from 1.2 per cent tungsten trioxide ore from its Linka project in Nevada Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has delivered a step-change processing breakthrough at its flagship Linka project in Nevada, producing a premium tungsten concentrate from a combined gravity separation and flotation circuit. The company says metallurgical testwork returned a world-class concentrate grading

Viking Mines has signed drill contractor DrilCor for a 63-hole maiden drilling program at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, marking the final operational step before breaking ground in late June.

Geologist undertaking mapping at Viking Mines Linka project in Nevada USA. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has added serious at-surface weight to its historic Linka tungsten project in Nevada, after discovering two previously unrecognised historical rock stockpiles sitting right on top of the ground next to the old Conquest mine. The unexpected find, unearthed during the company's second field mapping and sampling campaign, could prove a major low-cost windfall by potentially p

Viking Mines gets the green light to commence its maiden drilling program at its highly prospective Linka tungsten project in Nevada Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has received an official nod of approval from the United States Bureau of Land Management for a maiden drilling programme at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada. The federal green light landed ahead of schedule, locking in timeline certainty as the company moves towards its upcoming drill work. With approval now se

A company geologist inspecting historical workings at Viking Mines Linka tungsten project in Nevada, US. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) is officially transitioning from paperwork to power tools at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, lodging a formal Notice of Intent with the US Bureau of Land Management for an expansive 63-hole drilling campaign. The move marks a pivotal shift for the company as it prepares to launch the first exploration drilling at the historical site in more th

Old workings at Viking Mines’ Linka tungsten project in Nevada. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) appears to have wasted little time advancing its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, moving into early-stage processing design work using a nifty modular plant design as it pushes the critical minerals play towards a genuine development story. Fresh from earlier metallurgical work that delivered a saleable concentrate grading an impressive 63.6 per cent tungsten trioxide, the company says co

Historic workings at Viking Mines’ Linka tungsten project at night, under the picturesque Nevada sky. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has launched a new interactive investor hub to give its followers direct access to management as the hunt for tungsten at its Linka project in Nevada ramps up. The company says its hub will provide real-time access to company announcements, reports and presentations, including a live upcoming webinar by managing director Julian Woodcock to lay out the

An aerial view of Viking Mines’ Linka tungsten mine in Nevada, looking to the south from the Linka shaft, showing coarse ore stockpiles in the background. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) is charging ahead with fieldwork at its Linka project in Nevada, executing an aggressive surface asset evaluation ahead of a June quarter drilling blitz as global tungsten prices hit an eye-watering 90-year high. The company is aiming to systematically quantify historical above-ground stockpiles, al

Viking Mines has begun trading on the US OTC Markets, giving North American investors a local-currency gateway to its Nevada-based Linka tungsten project. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has switched on a fresh US trading line for its shares, with the company now officially quoted on the OTC Markets under the ticker VKALF. OTC or “over-the-counter” is a US trading platform that allows broker-dealers to match buyers and sellers outside the big exchanges such as the New York Stock Exc

Viking Mines’ high-tech gravity survey delivered a rock-solid correlation with known mineralisation. Viking Mines Ltd (ASX: VKA) has dialled up the heat in Nevada, after a high-tech gravity survey at its Linka tungsten project delivered a rock-solid correlation with known mineralisation. The results have effectively sharpened drill-ready targets for the company’s upcoming maiden drill programme by confirming a direct correlation between the survey results and the heavy, tung

Viking Mines’ testwork separation of the tungsten mineral scheelite (white) from waste minerals (brown) via Wilfley table gravity concentration obtained an assayed table-concentrate grade of 18 per cent tungsten trioxide. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has turned up the heat on its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, unveiling an accelerated workflow aimed at propelling the promising asset from desktop number-crunching into hands-on development and drilling. The company says an inten

Tungsten from deposits such as Vikings Mines’ Linka project is used in tungsten carbide cutting tools due to its unusually high melting point, as well as in the defence, aerospace, electronics and manufacturing sectors. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has delivered a major metallurgical milestone at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, USA, producing a top-tier scheelite concentrate using just simple gravity separation - essentially using the natural weight of tungsten-bearing mine

Viking Mines’ overview of its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, USA, image centre. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) says its expanded geophysical survey has recently revealed a much bigger intrusive system at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada in the US, than was first believed. The revelation has set the stage for a better-informed June-quarter drilling campaign with plenty of blue-sky punch. The main goal of the survey was to search beyond known surface mineralisation to identify

Viking Mines has joined forces with a global engineering firm to push the company’s permitting process for its Linka tungsten project in the US state of Nevada into overdrive. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has joined forces with a global US-based consulting firm to propel its permitting pathway into overdrive, as the company looks to develop its flagship Linka tungsten project in the US state of Nevada. The link-up with global engineering consultancy WSP USA Inc. (WSP) will drive

Viking Mines has engaged global specialist Mineral Technologies to fast-track development of its US Linka tungsten project, leveraging modular processing technology to meet critical US supply needs.

Viking Mines’ Linka tungsten project in Nevada. Viking Mines’ (ASX: VKA) detailed phase one gravity and magnetic surveys at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada have confirmed anomalies over known tungsten-rich zones. The geophysics also identified multiple new priority targets, including some hidden structures beneath younger volcanic cover. From a gravity perspective, Viking’s logic is simple. At Linka, the principal tungsten mineral, scheelite, is hosted in dense, coarse-