Articles On Viking Mines (ASX:VKA)

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Gold had its worst month since November 2016 in June, down 7% to $US1,779/oz. Mining and exploration stocks have followed suit. This bearish trend creates a buying opportunity, experts say. Boutique investment advisory firm head Frank Holme...

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Viking Mines has intersected visible coarse gold with assays of up to 1m at 47.05g/t gold from diamond drilling at its First Hit mine in WA’s Eastern Goldfields region.  The initial results from the second phase drilling also intersected 10...

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The market giveth and the market taketh. Truer words have never been spoken with gold prices diving nearly US$100 in less than a day after the US Federal Reserve signalled higher inflation and that interest rates could rise twice by 2023. G...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) is confident that longstanding litigation over the unpaid proceeds from the sale of the Akoase gold project in Ghana will go its way. This comes after its legal team presented evidence to the Ghanaian High Court (Comm...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has wrapped up the second phase of diamond drilling at its First Hit mine in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields region. The company completed 19 drill holes totalling 3,924m under the Phase 1 and Phase 2 drilling...

Gold is re-starting its bull rally as two major obstacles — higher US Treasury yields and Bitcoin — fizzle. “Strong headwinds from parabolic Bitcoin and rising bond yields appear to have run their course,” Bloomberg Intelligence senior comm...

Gold’s rally ran out of puff this week, with the precious metal dropping about 2% below ~$1US1,870/oz at Thursday close. Kitco’s Jim Wyckoff calls it “routine profit taking”. “Importantly, the price uptrend in gold on the daily chart remain...

Last week we talked spot gold, and since that time gold has largely held at US$1900/oz – which is a welcome consolidation given the straight-line drive from levels below US$1700/oz at the start of April. This week we look at Viking Mines (A...

Over the past two months the gold price has turned a corner, up ~12.7% to a high of $US1898/oz. That’s a four month high, erasing almost all of 2021’s losses. The share prices of local gold stocks have responded in kind. Over the past month...

Viking has kicked off step-out diamond drilling aimed at proving its belief that historical drilling at its First Hit mine was ineffective. Observations of historical drilling by previous owners and its own drill data have allowed the compa...

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Are large Bitcoin investors moving back into precious metals? In a note to clients, JPMorgan said large institutional investors are dumping bitcoin in favour of gold, reversing a trend that’s played out over the last two quarters. “The bitc...

The recovery in the gold price from its early March lows — ~$1,670s to over $1,825 currently — was mostly driven by the decline in real interest rates and, more recently a poor US jobs report and increasing inflation. US core inflation in A...

Viking has wrapped up the Phase 1 diamond drilling program just three months after acquiring the historical project near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Of the 13 holes and 2,596.9 metres Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has drilled, 10 holes have had...

“When you stop growing you start dying,” is a saying the ASX’s largest gold miners have apparently taken to heart. While hopefully remaining cognisant of the expensive, value-destroying deals which occurred when gold last peaked in the 2010...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) is putting on serious exploration muscle with chief executive officer Julian Woodcock moving up into the top role as its managing director. His appointment comes as the company progresses the Phase 1 drilling program...

The gold price traditionally thrives on geopolitical drama. Heightened tensions in eastern Ukraine, the recent incident at an Iranian nuclear site, and news of an unofficial US delegation visiting Taiwan are recent reminders that 2021 will...

A commitment of capital raising will extend the Viking Mines’ Phase 1 drill programme of First Hit Project before commencing Phase 2. A total of 111,111,111 ordinary shares were set to be issued at a price of $0.036 per share in an oversub...

It was another day in the green for the ASX as it edged closer to surpassing the record high it reached immediately prior to COVID-19. The ASX 200 rose 0.51 per cent, closing at 7,058 points while the ASX Emerging Companies Index rose 0.75...

After a few near misses, the ASX has punched through 7,000 percentage points for the first time since the COVID-19 market crash. The ASX 200 rose by 0.70 per cent to 7,025 points while the ASX Emerging Companies Index rose by 0.56 per cent...

Source: Jirapong Manustrong, Shutterstock The ASX 200 is trading in the positive territory today. The benchmark lost some points in the first 15 minutes post market open. However, post the initial blip the market has steadily moved up. By...

Viking is about two-thirds of the way through diamond drilling at its flagship First Hit gold project in WA and has already encountered visible mineralisation. While assay results required to truly highlight the potential of the project are...

Gold continues to trend upwards on the back of US dollar’s ongoing weakness and concerns about inflation, so it’s unsurprising that the majority of gold plays on our watchlist have marked gains this week. The previous metal is currently tra...

Viking Mines has secured a licence to take water from the historic workings at its First Hit gold project, a significant step for its Eastern Goldfields strategy. The licence to take was granted by the WA Department of Water and Environment...

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A recent round of support for gold has seen the price consolidate above $US1,700 an ounce. However, with policy support from central banks, US stimulus and employment growth — underpinned by big infrastructure projects — you’d “expect gold...

Viking Mines is officially aircore drilling the exciting First Hit gold project, with a phase one (AC) program around 25% complete.   The AC kicked off on March 11, as part of a broader phase one exploration program which includes 6000m of...

 Source: Vitalii Vodolazskyi ,Shutterstock Summary 2020 saw an unprecedented movement in the gold price, backed by low interest rates, massive capital influx from gold-backed ETFs and other favourable factors. Vaccine rollout and stre...

Special Report: Viking Mines has kicked off exploration drilling at its First Hit gold project – producing the first diamond ... Read More The post Viking launches into First Hit diamond drilling appeared first on Stockhead.

Special Report: Viking Mines has revealed significant visible gold in diamond drill core taken from its First Hit project near ... Read More The post Visible gold on show for Viking Mines at First Hit appeared first on Stockhead.

Special Report: Viking Mines has identified exceptionally high-grade gold mineralisation from underground face sampling data at its First Hit project ... Read More The post Viking reveals ‘exceptionally high-grade’ gold at First Hit appeare...

Special Report: Viking Mines has identified further unmined, high-grade gold intercepts in the historic database of its recently acquired First ... Read More The post Viking uncovers more unmined gold at historic First Hit workings appeared...

The completion DD and AC program will allow Viking to quickly expand the knowledge of the First Hit project pipeline.

Special Report: Viking Mines has hit the ground running at its First Hit gold project near Kalgoorlie, kicking off exploration ... Read More The post Viking wastes no time, kicks off First Hit exploration program appeared first on Stockhead...

Special Report: Viking Mines is rapidly advancing work at its First Hit gold project in WA after formally acquiring project ... Read More The post Viking caps January with formal First Hit acquisition appeared first on Stockhead.

Summary Viking Mines acquired an additional prospecting licence P30/1126 with 1.8 kilometres strike, immediately south of the First Hit historic gold mine. The Company recently struck a deal with Red Dirt Mining Pty Ltd for acquiring F...

Special Report: Viking Mines expanded its landholding at the First Hit gold project in WA by nearly 30%, purchasing the ... Read More The post Viking secures underexplored tenements south of First Hit appeared first on Stockhead.

Special Report: Speed and discipline will underpin the Viking Mines exploration strategy at its First Hit project in 2021, as ... Read More The post Speed, experience and colour to guide Viking at First Hit appeared first on Stockhead.

The new tenement is well placed, being only 11 kilometres SSE of the First Hit project and adjacent to Ora Banda Mining’s Riverina open pit mine and if granted, it will complement Viking’s new land position.

Special Report: Viking Mines has secured more ground near its highly prospective First Hit gold project, adding a new tenement ... Read More The post Viking hits again with underexplored Eastern Goldfields pick-up appeared first on Stockhea...

Special Report: A key figure in some of the largest Australian gold finds of the past two decades has been ... Read More The post Top gold exploration name to lead First Hit charge at Viking Mines appeared first on Stockhead.

Special Report: There are a number of key features which make an acquisition like that of Viking Mines’ First Hit ... Read More The post Potential abounds in Viking’s golden First Hit homecoming appeared first on Stockhead.

Explorer Viking Mines has agreed to acquire a series of prospective gold projects in WA’s Eastern Goldfields, spanning the historical ... Read More The post History calls as Viking Mines picks up East Goldfields projects appeared first on S...