Daily Mining Update (June 18, 2026) — Key mining and natural resource company updates from the last 24–48 hours, spanning uranium exploration and production milestones, a rare earth drilling start in Greenland, and gold project de-risking work in Ontario.
Uranium
Premier American Uranium reports initial 2026 drilling results at Kaycee (Wyoming)
Premier American Uranium said initial 2026 drilling at its wholly owned Kaycee Project in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin has expanded and further defined known uranium mineralization at the Outpost target, with 19 drillholes completed to date (17,100 ft) out of a planned 100,000 ft program for the season. The company reported that 7 of the 19 holes intersected uranium mineralization at grades of 0.02% eU3O8 or higher, and noted additional drilling is planned across the Outpost, Rustler, and Stampede areas. (Business Insider / GlobeNewswire)
Ur-Energy marks 100th yellowcake shipment from Lost Creek (Wyoming)
Ur-Energy announced it completed its 100th shipment of U3O8 uranium concentrate from the Lost Creek ISR uranium facility in Wyoming, with the milestone shipment departing June 11, 2026. The company said cumulative shipments since 2013 are now over 3.5 million pounds U3O8, and noted its second ISR facility, Shirley Basin, initiated operations in April 2026 (with combined annual licensed production and toll processing capacity cited at 4.2 million pounds U3O8). (Investing News Network (INN) / ACCESS Newswire)
Rare earths
Critical Metals Corp starts 10,000 m drill campaign at Tanbreez (Southern Greenland)
Critical Metals Corp. announced the start of a planned 10,000-metre diamond drilling campaign at the Tanbreez Rare Earth Project in Southern Greenland. The company said the program is intended to support resource expansion, geological modeling, mine planning, and future development workstreams, with field and operational updates expected as drilling progresses and assay results become available. (Mining.com press release)
Gold (operations & development)
Soma Gold: explosives permit granted for Aurora Mine; shipments to El Bagre to start immediately
Soma Gold said the explosives permit—described as the final permit required to re-commence operations at its Aurora Mine—has been granted, and that shipments of mineralized material to the El Bagre Gold Complex will commence immediately. The company also noted mining has commenced at the historic El Limon Mine, with shipments to the El Bagre Mill underway. (FT.com company announcement)
Mayfair Gold reports grade control drilling analysis at Fenn-Gib (Timmins region, Ontario)
Mayfair Gold reported final results and analysis from a tight-spaced grade control drilling program completed in late 2025 at the Fenn-Gib Project in the Timmins region of Northern Ontario. The company said the program tested ~1.0 million tonnes of probable mineral reserves from its 2026 pre-feasibility study (about 25% of the Phase 1 planned design) and validated the reserve model in the test area; it also reported that, at a 0.8 g/t Au cut-off grade, the grade control model returned a similar grade as the reserve model with ~2% more contained metal. (FT.com company announcement)
Corporate
Titan Mining appoints new CFO (effective July 6, 2026)
Titan Mining announced the appointment of Richard Pozzebon as Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2026. The company described Titan as an existing zinc concentrate producer in upstate New York and an end-to-end producer of natural flake graphite in the United States. (Stock Titan)
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