Articles On Viking Mines (ASX:VKA)

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...

Viking Mines Ltd (ASX:VKA) has announced a maiden resource for its First Hit gold mine in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields region, with this coming in at 83.8 kilotonnes at 7.0 grams per tonne (g/t) for 19,000 ounces – well within hig...

Highlights Viking Mines announced a high-grade Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) of 83,800 tonnes at 7.0 g/t gold totalling 19,000 ounces at the First Hit Gold Mine. The deposit is located on the company’s 100%-owned Mining Leas...

Gold miner Genesis Minerals has seen analysts up price targets after a strong December quarter Ora Banda Mining is expected to lift cash flow strongly in the second half, according to Canaccord Genuity Promising inflation figures that have...

Gold prices are near record highs, but not all gold equities are made equal Early December quarter reports from ASX gold producers have been mixed We checked out the numbers from nine mid-tier gold miners   With prices circling record hig...

Highlights Viking Mines has resumed drilling at its First Hit Gold Project after a pause due to unseasonably high rainfall in mid-December. The resumed Phase 1 drill program will see the completion of the remaining 3,120m of the planne...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has resumed drilling at the First Hit Gold Project in Western Australia, after pausing activities mid-December 2024 due to high rainfall events.  The remaining 26 holes for 3,120m of drilling is scheduled to be com...

Gold is up already in 2025, lifting on Thursday to US$2660/oz 2024 saw the ninth highest annual return since the end of the Gold Standard Stavely, Peregrine, Cygnus among the week’s top performers   Gold capped an extraordinary year in 20...

Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has had a successful year in 2024 and ticked off a lot of boxes. CEO Julian Woodcock speaks to Shae Russell about recent developments, the company’s First Hit Gold Project, a recent acquisition and much more. Wa...

Gold down below US$2600/oz for the first time since November 17 US Fed chair Jerome Powell spooks bulls with fewer rate cuts flagged in 2025 But experts say debt levels suggest major upside for bullion   The last meeting of the US Fed bro...

World Gold Council sees gold prices rangebound with potential upside next year after record-breaking 2024 US Fed rates policy and inflation post the election of Donald Trump could shape the direction of bullion in 2025 Central bank demand...

Highlights Phase 1 drilling program at First Hit is ~46% complete, with 2,670m drilled across 25 holes. Shearing, biotite alteration, and silicification at the Northern Duplex target confirm the presence of interpreted shear zones, ind...

Gold has been one of the best performing commodities in recent times But equities have gone ignored by the market Now analysts see top performing gold plays catching up   Stronger for longer gold prices have seen analysts ramp up bets on...

ASX loses momentum after near-record high Tech stocks lead, but CSL falls; retail sales rise 0.6% in October Northern Star to buy De Grey for $5 billion   The ASX has lost some of its early momentum today, pulling back from a record high...

Gold prices find support amid heightened concerns surrounding Trump’s tariffs  Tariffs would raise prices for goods, causing US customers to pay more at the check-out  On the flip side, they could also discourage the Fed from implementing...