Appia Rare Earths launches 3,300-metre drill program at high-grade Alces Lake project

Appia Rare Earths and Uranium CEO Tom Drivas joined Steve Darling from Proactive to announce the start of mobilization for a 3,300-metre diamond drilling program at the company’s 100%-owned Alces Lake Rare Earth Elements project in northern Saskatchewan. Drivas explained that the 2026 summer exploration program will consist of nine diamond drill holes targeting depths between 300 and 500 metres. The campaign is designed to test several high-priority rare earth element (REE) targets identified through the company’s 2025 ground gravity survey, which refined targets originally outlined by a 2024 airborne gravity gradiometer survey. The targets were selected based on strong geophysical similarities to Appia’s high-grade WRCB mineralized zone and the near-surface Magnet Ridge discovery, both of which have demonstrated significant rare earth mineralization. The drilling program will focus on evaluating the potential continuation of REE-bearing lithological units at depth and along stri...