Giant copper-gold porphyrys in the Americas are fast-becoming the holy grail for Australian miners. Newcrest is now leading the march with this week’s $1.4b purchase while PolarX is preparing for an eagerly-awaited drilling season in Alaska and Sunstone has just got the tick to start drilling in Ecuador. Show More
Rio’s iron ore boss is bemoaning the community’s lack of trust in miners, saying the industry must be more “inclusive and progressive". But his words jar with its refusal to discuss its WA copper find. And Orion’s growing resource sees it shaping up as a robust base metals producer. ... Show More
Recent times have seen a number of porphyry copper-gold gold discoveries by junior to mid-tier explorers, with the most advanced being Xanadu (ASX: XAM, TSX: XAM) with their Kharmagtai and associated discoveries in Mongolia, and Solgold (LSE: SOLG, TSX: SOLG) with the Cascabel Project in Ecuador. In addition, Sunstone Metals... Show More
This week’s sell-off saw the likes of tech and health stocks walloped. But investors can take some comfort from the solid showing by gold stocks, which in turn suggests that hard assets like commodities could emerge as winners. If this comes to pass, emerging producers will offer significant leverage. Show More
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With tectonic plates shifting under the markets, we got in touch with three leading economists to get their number one chart in markets today. First up, Cameron Kusher, Principal at CoreLogic, tells us what the market’s been missing in residential housing. Next, Alex Joiner, Chief Economist at IFM Investors, looks... Show More
A usually-overlooked departmental document has lifted the lid on the size of Mark Creasy’s base metals find in WA – and it is fuelling speculation that Independence Group will be keen to gets its hands on it. And speaking of discoveries, there is growing interest in Great Boulder’s drilling campaign. Show More
Exclusive: Prospector Mark Creasy confirms he has made a big base metals find in WA. Creasy’s deposit is 25km from Independence’s Nova-Bollinger project, fuelling speculation that a deal is around the corner. And exploration is hotting up at PolarX’s Alaska Range project, causing this week’s raising to be heavily over-subscribed. Show More
Independence Group’s announcement this week of a $21m exploration agreement with prospector Mark Creasy only served to fuel talk they are working on a much bigger deal. And this satellite image shows why many believe there is much more to come. Plus, knocked-down explorer Explaurum fights back with strong results. Show More
Word on the street is that prospector Mark Creasy has made a large nickel-copper discovery 25km from Independence’s Nova project .. and Independence is negotiating to buy it from Creasy, who is also its biggest shareholder. Plus, more exploration results fuel talk of Rio’s ‘big copper find in WA’. Show More
There is mounting evidence that Rio is onto a major copper discovery in WA. It is yet to whisper a word, but satellite images reveal it has drilled ~10 holes and is building a camp. So which juniors are set to cash-in on the nearology? Sipa, Antipa and Red Metal. Show More