Articles On Viking Mines (ASX:VKA)

Gold prices are back above US$3300/oz, with the All Ords gold sub0-index 13% up in a week Open interest on the Shanghai Futures Exchange is at levels not seen since Q4 2019 Chinese gold imports hit an 11-month high of 127.5Mt in April   A...

Factors behind gold’s rise continue to grow: Sprott Bullion has big opportunity as investors lose confidence in stability of US Treasuries If Donald Trump tries to interfere with Fed independence it could get even better for gold   Sprott...

Gold ETF inflows soared in April, driven by Chinese investors State Street sees “bull case” of US$3500-3900/oz in 2025 Goldman Sachs surveys Australia’s best performing gold miners   Gold may have taken a tumble last night amid signs of n...

Highlights Viking Mines (VKA) featured at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up Managing Director Julian Woodcock discussed project updates and exploration focus Projects span Western Australian gold assets with technical activi...

Mining.com.au Executive Producer Shae Russell speaks to Julian Woodcock, Managing Director at Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) on the floor at RIU Sydney Resources Round-Up – for an exclusive interview. Conversation highlights: A look at Viking M...

Gold pares back gains after Trump’s team go soft on tariffs But Chinese market gold selling played a big role ahead of a key public holiday week Dateline storms higher on Trump endorsement After bounding powerfully to US$3500/oz in mid-Ap...

Taking advantage of a new ‘drill-for-equity’ deal, Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has identified a visible high-grade gold intercept in its drilling program at the Riverina East project in Western Australia. The company is conducting the “greenfie...

The ASX has been up 0.7% at around 8,200 points in morning trade. Dateline Resources (ASX:DTR) has been among the most watched on HotCopper on news it expects to finalise its OTCQB listing in the United States in early Q3 2025. This over...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has delivered a “high-grade” visible gold intercept during a greenfields drilling program at the Bifrost Target within the Riverina East Project in Western Australia.  The intercept, 2m @ 23.6 grams per tonne gold...

Highlights Viking has identified a high-grade visible gold intercept in the latest assay results from its Riverina East Project. Drillhole VKRC0180 at the Bifrost Target returned a high-grade intercept of 2m at 23.6g/t gold with visibl...

Highlights Viking Mines has reported a high-grade Inferred Mineral Resource of 19,000 ounces at the Riverina East Project (formerly First Hit). Phase 1 RC drilling at the Bifrost target confirmed the presence of gold across two drill t...

Gold prices suffered a blip after clearing US$3500/oz on Tuesday As volatility strikes bullion, analysts still see tailwinds for the precious metal Commbank’s Vivek Dhar says the commodity could rise to US$3750/oz Gold’s temporary fall fr...

Gold hit a new record high this week, passing US$3300/oz Fundie Cameron Judd says the conditions are there to push bullion further, with US$4000/oz now in sight Gold miners look “cheap” as they print cash After an extraordinary run in 202...

Morning, and welcome to Stockhead’s Top 10 (at 11… ish), highlighting the movers and shakers on the ASX in early-doors trading. With the market opening at 10am sharp eastern time, the data is taken at 10:15, once trading kicks off in earnes...

Gold tends to be cool in a crisis TD Cowen analysis suggests gold equities outperformed the broader market by 16-24% in economic shocks since the year 2000 Alice Queen and Leeuwin Metals among this week’s top gold gainers   Gold has once...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has entered into a drill-for-equity deal with privately held Topdrill, whereby invoiced drilling costs may be satisfied via issuing shares.  Under the agreement, Viking has the option to issue Topdrill up to 25 mil...

Highlights Viking Mines has entered into a Drill-for-Equity agreement with Topdrill for Riverina East drilling. Agreement allows Viking to preserve cash while funding drilling with share issuance. Topdrill may receive up to 25 million...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) is back with another strong update out of its Riverina East Gold Project, zeroing in on the Bifrost target. Managing Director Julian Woodcock joins Mining.com.au to unpack the second batch of auger results. And it’s g...

Goldman Sachs continues to like the look of ASX gold miners, even as they outpace bullion in 2025 Silver down, with gold:silver ratio showing few signs of closing OzAurum and Koonenberry Gold among this week’s precious metals standouts  ...

Highlights Viking Mines has discovered a second large surface gold target at its Bifrost target. New gold anomaly measures over 300 metres in length, with concentrations exceeding 40ppb. The anomaly lies within a broader 700-metre zon...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has defined another gold anomaly, more than 300m long, at the Bifrost Project in Western Australia, after receiving the remaining assay results from an auger drilling program.  The more than 300m long and more than...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has just announced a significant drilling update from the Riverina East project, revealing a high-priority gold anomaly at the Bifrost Target. Managing Director Julian Woodcock joins Shae Russell to break down the lat...

As it hits a 13-year high, silver bulls online are trying to arrange a new silver squeeze But experts warn it’s prudent to be sceptical about co-ordinated short squeezes More moderate forecasters continue to be constructive on silver price...

Highlights Viking Mines shares surged 14.3% to AU$0.008 on 27 March 2025. Phase 1 drilling results at the Bifrost Gold Project revealed a >400m-long gold anomaly. The gold anomaly overlaps with a 400m-long arsenic anomaly (over 30p...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has defined a more than 400m long gold anomaly at the Bifrost target in Western Australia, after receiving assay results from an auger drilling program.  The anomaly, which contains more than 40 parts per billion g...

Gold hit a record of over US$3050/oz this week With uncertainty around war and trade, prices could climb even higher Besra Gold and North Stawell Minerals among week’s biggest gold gainers Silver longs are at six-month highs and gold is c...

Gold hits all time high as volatile cocktail emerges for US and global economy LBMA price hit US$2974/oz on Thursday, with futures close to US$2990/oz RBC upgrades mid-tier ASX gold producer price targets on higher price forecasts Gold is...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has launched a 6,000m drilling program at its First Hit Gold Project, targeting two key zones – Central Duplex and Bifrost. Managing Director Julian Woodcock shares insights into the project’s progress, key geological...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has resumed a 6,000m reverse circulation drilling program at the First Hit Gold Project in Western Australia targeting follow-up testing at the Bifrost target and its first drilling at the Central Duplex target, with...

Highlights Viking Mines has initiated Phase 2 drilling at the First Hit Gold Project in Western Australia. The program includes approximately 6,000m of high-impact RC drilling over the next month. Key targets include follow-up drillin...

VanEck says gold, and gold miners, can keep moving higher Producer margins almost doubled from Q1 2024 to Q4 2024 as gold prices hit record highs WGC says gold ETF inflows hit near three-year high in February   ETF behemoth VanEck has joi...

WA Premier Roger Cook promise to cut vanadium royalties in half State Gov recently committed to $150 vanadium battery project in Kalgoorlie WA players like Australian Vanadium could be poised to benefit   Our High Voltage column wraps a...

Despite an overnight pullback, gold is still in with a shout of passing US$3000/oz Large cap miners are pulling in massive profits – and experts think they remain undervalued But we look at what these prices could open up for the juniors w...

Highlights Assays from the second regional drill traverse suggest gold presence across two wide-spaced drill traverses, 1.7km apart, at the Bifrost target. Hole VKRC0103 intersected 23m at 0.4g/t Au, including 5m at 1.0g/t Au and 3m at...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has hit gold in a second regional hole drilled 1.7km south of an initial hole at its Northern Duplex Target, which is now known as Bifrost, part of the First Hit Project in Western Australia. The company, which has...

In this exclusive interview at the RIU Explorers Conference in Fremantle, Shae Russell from Mining.com.au speaks with Julian Woodcock, Managing Director of Viking Mines (ASX:VKA). Woodcock shares Viking’s recent gold discovery at the Northe...

Lithium metal batteries could boost EV range Dendrites a big hurdle for lithium tech right now Solid-state batteries lead the lithium race   Right now, lithium-ion batteries are the go-to for most electric vehicles, but there’s a limitati...

Gold miners are starting to deliver strong payouts to investors as record prices continue Ramelius returns 3c maiden interim dividend in “surprise result” Newmont and Gold Road fall as not all goldies impress With gold prices at record hi...

 Highlights Additional assay results from the Northern Duplex target confirm the presence of a steeply dipping gold zone. Drill hole VKRC0068 returned 17m at 1.1g/t gold from 28m, including notable intercepts of 3.1g/t Au over 2m. Pha...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) is planning to begin a phase-two drilling program early next month at the Northern Duplex target in Western Australia, after confirming the presence of a steeply dipping gold zone.  The program will be conducted at...

Gold could hit US$3600 on stagflation risk: Victor Smorgon Group EVN and NST deliver big dividend boost Beaten down Westgold reports loss on merger costs   Ask yourself not whether gold can break US$3000/oz, but whether it can cross US$36...

Highlights Viking has completed auger soil sampling at Narndee (7km strike) and Canegrass (1.8km strike). The company has collected 665 samples which will be analysed for gold and multi-elements, with results expected by the end of Mar...

The targets at Viking Mines’s (ASX:VKA) Canegrass and Narndee projects in Western Australia offer opportunities for gold mineralisation beyond the vanadium mineralisation already defined.  A recent auger soil sampling program comprised 4...

Gold on track for US$3000/oz as Trump tariff fears hit Citi and UBS up price forecasts Kalgoorlie Gold Mining and OzAurum stun with WA gold hits   Gold spent years fumbling around trying to hit the US$2000/oz on a consistent basis, only t...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has had a successful year in 2024 and ticked off a lot of boxes with its flagship project punching above its weight.  CEO Julian Woodcock speaks to Shae Russell about a follow-up program at the Northern Duplex targ...

Highlights Viking launched a Phase 1 drilling campaign at the First Hit Gold Project following a strategic review. The Phase 1 drilling program completed 2,670m (46%) across 25 holes during the December Phase 2 drilling is set to begi...

Highlights Viking Mines has identified two gold-bearing zones at the Northern Duplex Target. The gold mineralisation is located within an undrilled ~23km stretch of the prolific Zuleika Shear. Drill hole VKRC0083 returned 27m at 0.4g/...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) is planning a follow-up program at the Northern Duplex target, part of the First Hit Project in Western Australia, upon discovering two separate gold bearing zones.  The First Hit Project is centred around the hist...

Gold is again threatening all time highs at US$2773/oz Commonwealth Bank reinstates US$3000/oz price target for Q4 2025 US dollar and gold could rise at same time: CBA Before Donald Trump’s ascent to the throne of the free world, the boss...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has defined a mineral resource estimate of 83,800 tonnes @ 7 grams per tonne gold for 19,000 contained ounces for the historical First Hit Gold Mine in Western Australia.  The MRE, completed by MEC Mining, represen...