District Metals has begun diamond drilling at its Viken Property in central Sweden’s Jämtland County.
The drilling is being carried out by Arctic DS, Arctic Drilling’s Swedish subsidiary, which has mobilised a team largely drawn from Jämtland and Västerbotten counties.
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The current drill campaign targets two specific areas at the Viken Property, known as target areas A and B.
These zones were identified as large conductive anomalies during an airborne MobileMT survey completed in 2025.
According to the company, both targets remain largely untested, with earlier drilling in 2008 limited to the outer edges.
These historical holes intersected significant intervals of mineralised alum shale, supporting the need for further exploration.
Target area A is situated approximately 1.7km north of the main Viken Energy Metals Deposit, while target area B is around 7.5km to the north-west.
The company reported that the MobileMT survey showed that both areas have a stronger and larger conductive response than the Viken Deposit itself.
The number of drill-holes and the total metres drilled will depend on geological observations and uranium-specific radiometric data gathered during the work.
This campaign is part of the company’s approved 2026 exploration programme, which will comprise roughly 5,000–7,000m of drilling across both the Viken and Alum Shale properties.
District Metals CEO Garrett Ainsworth said: “We are excited to commence drilling at Target Areas A and B, which represent some of the most compelling untested targets identified at the Viken Property.
“The combination of large and strong conductive anomalies from our 2025 MobileMT survey and the presence of peripheral mineralised alum shale from historical drilling provides a strong geological rationale for testing these areas laterally and at depth.”
The Viken Deposit holds an indicated mineral resource estimate of 456 million tonnes at a grade of 175 parts per million triuranium octoxide, amounting to 176 million pounds of triuranium octoxide.
District Metals states that the Viken Deposit represents the largest undeveloped resource estimate of uranium globally and also contains significant quantities of vanadium, molybdenum, nickel, copper, zinc and other raw materials.
In July 2026, the company engaged Expert Geophysics Surveys to undertake a helicopter-borne geophysical survey at its Alum Shale Properties in north-central Sweden.
