Viking Mines Advances Nevada Tungsten Project
Viking Mines Limited has updated its fast-to-market strategy for the Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada as it advances toward a late 2027 mining permit application.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Business Strategy
Viking Mines Limited, an Australian mineral exploration company, provided an update on its fast-to-market strategy for the Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada. Initial assays from five drill holes confirmed scheelite mineralisation, and metallurgical testwork produced a 56.9% WO3 concentrate at 76.0% recovery.
Why it matters
The project's progress aligns with federal efforts to build domestic tungsten supply, a critical mineral. Advancing Linka could add to Nevada's mineral development activity as the company pursues processing options.
Testwork produced a 56.9% WO3 scheelite concentrate at 76.0% recovery, with TOMRA XRT sorting lifting feed grades to 1.83-1.91% WO3. Drilling continues and remaining assays have not yet been reported.
The players
Viking Mines Limited
An Australian mineral exploration company focused on tungsten projects in Nevada, developing the Linka project through resource, metallurgical, processing and permitting workstreams.
Springer tungsten mine
A Nevada tungsten mine planned for restart that could provide regional processing capacity for Linka's concentrate.
The details
Viking Mines is advancing Linka through five parallel workstreams covering resource evaluation, metallurgy, processing, permitting and growth potential. The company has identified a 907-tonne bulk sample for toll-treatment options and is assessing regional processing capacity, including the planned restart of the Springer tungsten mine in Nevada.
Timeline
Grades at Linka were first mined historically in the 1950s.
Viking Mines is targeting a mining permit application in late 2027.
Market Landscape
Tungsten's designation as a critical mineral and the REEShore Act have pushed the US toward domestic supply chains for the metal. Viking Mines' Linka project aims to contribute to that effort by pairing exploration with nearby processing options in Nevada.
For Nevada residents and investors, the Linka project's progress signals potential new mineral development activity in the state. Any eventual production would depend on permitting and processing decisions that are still pending.
The takeaway
Projects like Linka show how exploration companies are testing processing routes early, before permits are filed, to shorten the path from drilling to production. Whether that approach holds will depend on the pending assays and the 2027 permit timeline.
What happens next
Viking Mines is targeting a mining permit application for the Linka project in late 2027, and additional drilling assays remain pending.
Further reading
For more on how mining companies are positioning projects for changing market conditions, explore Business Strategy coverage.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Finance News Network.
