Latest Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) News

Viking Mines has agreed to sell its non-core First Hit Gold Project in Western Australia to First Au Limited for up to $5 million, allowing it to concentrate resources on its flagship Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada with drilling imminent.

A brutal sell-off in a few small caps sat alongside takeover bids, fresh capital raisings and strong gains in medtech. The week split the market in two: buyers chased clear funding and approval news, while weaker stories sank fast after reopening.

Big price swings hit the materials board as deal news, capital raisings and resource updates pulled stocks in opposite directions. Gold M&A stayed busy, while critical minerals names kept feeding the market with drilling, testwork and project studies.

Viking Mines has achieved a significant metallurgical breakthrough at its Linka Tungsten Project, boosting recovery to 76.0% with a 56.9% WO3 concentrate grade, surpassing previous targets and reinforcing a low-capex processing approach ahead of maiden drilling.

Viking Mines reports up to 1.1% WO3 in Linka stockpile samples, advancing processing and drilling plans amid strong tungsten prices.

Speculative small caps drove the week, with Tasman Resources, Solis Minerals and Lithium Energy leading the board after funding, drilling and asset sale updates. At the other end, ASX Ltd and Arafura Rare Earths fell hard as investors reacted to higher costs and fresh equity issuance.

Small-cap materials stocks swung hard as fresh funding, mine build decisions and standout drill hits drove the week’s biggest moves. Gold, lithium, rare earths and tungsten names all drew buying, while a few raisings and weak follow-through after trading halts kept losses sharp.

Viking Mines reports a major metallurgical breakthrough at its Linka Tungsten Project, achieving a 62.5% WO3 concentrate at 59.8% recovery using combined gravity and flotation processing on a larger 10 kg sample, significantly improving previous results and validating a low-capex flowsheet ahead of maiden drilling.

Viking Mines has uncovered additional tungsten mineralisation in historical stockpiles near the Conquest mine at its Linka Project in Nevada, with ore sorting testwork underway and maiden drilling set for late June.

Viking Mines has cleared the final federal regulatory hurdle to commence its maiden drilling campaign at the Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada, positioning itself in the strategically critical US tungsten market.

Viking Mines has advanced its Linka Tungsten Project by completing a conceptual process flowsheet that incorporates recent metallurgical results and enables future processing upgrades. Preliminary engineering and cost evaluations are underway ahead of planned drilling in the June quarter.

Viking Mines has launched a field campaign at its Linka Tungsten Project targeting historical tailings and ore stockpiles as potential near-term, low-capital feed sources, complementing ongoing metallurgical advances and a planned June quarter drilling campaign amid record tungsten prices.