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Charming the media?
The most recent ASX announcement of ScandiVanadium of December 18 has made headlines in several regional newspapers and in Swedish TV. What is the whole thing about and why does it create such an interest? The only thing that ScandiVanadium … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, alunskiffer, ASX, Österlen, Dictyonema shale, geology, geoscience, media, mining, Scandivanadium, Vanadium, vanadium pentoxide
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Much less than expected?
ScandiVanadium‘s recently issued ASX Announcements, one dating November 14, 2019 and another dating November 29, 2019, are interesting reading. These announcements detail some of the analytical results of drill holes HDD001, HDD001B, HDD002, HDD003B, and HDD005 from Lybymosse. During the … Continue reading
Posted in Alum Shale, Österlen, Jämtland, Shales, Thoughts and Tales
Tagged Alum Shale, Österlen, Cambrian, Dictyonema shale, Dictyonma formation, Exploration permits, geology, Lyby, Lyby drilling, mining, mining in Sweden, Ordovician, Scandivanadium, stratigraphy, Tremadocian, uranium, Vanadium, vanadium pentoxide
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Thoughts about the ‘Dictyonema shale’
About two months ago, I commented on ScandiVanadium’s drilling in Lybymosse and suggested that the extended drilling program (including additional drill holes) might be due to the fact that the company had encountered difficulties and that they might not have … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Österlen, Cambrian, Dictyonema shale, Dictyonma formation, Drill cores, Geosciences, Mines, Ordovician, Scandivanadium, Skåne, Tremadocian, uranium, Vanadium, vanadium pentoxide
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Mystery solved
Maybe some of my readers will remember that I am the proud owner of a piece of the Lyby drill core. When I looked closer at the rock sample I saw that it was grey, compact and contained a large … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Dictyonema shale, Drill cores, geology, Komstad limestone, Lyby, Scandivanadium, uranium
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A piece of the Lyby drill core
Last night I came back home with a small piece of the Lyby drill core. Now you might wonder how I could get hold of this precious piece of rock. Yesterday evening I was in Simrishamn, because the chairperson of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Österlen, Dictyonema shale, Drill cores, geology, Lyby, Scandivanadium, Skåne, uranium, Vanadium, VetoNu.
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Fake news, feelings and false information
Summer in Sweden is holiday time. But ScandiVanadium does not seem to have adapted this Swedish tradition. The company is really busy now. Just recently, they have issued a new flashy brochure for their share holders, and today they started … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Österlen, Dictyonema shale, Drill cores, Lyby, mining in Sweden, Scandivanadium, uranium, Vanadium
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Comments on ScandiVanadium’s latest ASX announcement
ScandiVanadium presents regular updates on the progress of their Skåne project to investors. In their last update, which was published July 19, the company reports on the analysis of samples in collaboration with RISE (the Research Institutes of Sweden) and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, ASX, Österlen, Dictyonema shale, geology, mine waste, mining in Sweden, Scandivanadium, Skåne, uranium, Vanadium, XRF
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Coring in Lyby Mosse
Scandivanadium will finally start drilling. Their first location is south of Lyby, a small hamlet in the central part of Skåne, which belongs to Hörby commune. Five cores will be drilled by the company DrillCon from Nora as part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Dictyonema shale, geology, Hörby, Lyby, Scandivanadium, uranium, Vanadium
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A look at Scandivanadium’s work plan
A few days ago I looked into Scandivanadium’s most recent work plan for their exploration target Killeröd, where the company is planning to make 8-10 drill holes. In the work plan the company repeats the same old story; i.e. that … Continue reading
Brachiopods are not bivalves
In one of my last blogs, I addressed the answers I got from the qualified geologist who is hired by Scandivanadium, i.e. whether bottom water conditions were oxygen poor or not during the formation of the Dictyonema Shale and whether … Continue reading
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Tagged Alum Shale, Österlen, Dictyonema shale, Scandivanadium, Skåne
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Barbara Wohlfarth 