One of the latest "listings" on the ASX is First Au (ASX:FAU), which is the result of the June 2018 reinstatement of Public Holdings (Australia) Ltd following the aquisition of three Western Australian exploration projects and a A$6.2 million raise. Show More
East Coasters can learn a lot by looking West - the home of the Boom & Bust! Because West Australia's economy is typically driven by the mining sector, it is very cyclical in nature. When iron ore and commodity prices crashed around 2012, so too did the WA economy. Show More
With four fully funded high impact wells expected to be drilled on two potentially company making projects over the next two years, Melbana Energy is now realising the fruition of a period where it has built up an unrisked Prospective Resource base of 1.1 Bboe. Show More
Recent times have seen the price of vanadium pentoxide reach close to US$30/lb, six times its sub-US$5.00/lb lows of 2016, due to supply/demand imbalances which have led to inventories being steadily drawn down since 2010. A significant cause is disruptions in supply, particularly in China, with closure of iron ore... Show More
With all major approvals, the Mining Lease, offtake agreements and debt facilities in place, Sheffield Resources has commenced preliminary site works on the world class zircon-rich Thunderbird HMS deposit. The Project, which is located on the Dampier Peninsula of Western Australia, is just 140km by road from either Broome or... Show More
Recent times have seen Australia surpass Chile as the world's largest lithium producer, with production expected to continue to grow through ramping up of existing hard rock spodumene operations and new start-ups. This has been on the back of a number of recent discoveries, including the Pilgangoora deposits of Pilbara... Show More
Subsequent to our August 2018 Initiation, Middle Island has made significant progress at it's 537,000oz Sandstone Gold Project in WA. The Company is taking a staged, iterative approach to activities related to the strategy of restarting operations through the existing mill. Show More
Spitfire Materials and Excelsior Gold, which have entered into a Merger Implementation Agreement, are a natural fit, with the key gold projects of the companies being less than 20km from each other, and close to the regional mining powerhouse of Kalgoorlie. The merger will bring in operational synergies, with the... Show More
Following the underwriting and conversion of listed options, EganStreet has now secured $11.9 million in funding to progress its 100% owned, high grade advanced Rothsay Gold Project, located just 440km NE of Perth in the Yilgarn Province of Western Australia. Show More
Western Australia is one of the world’s global mining powerhouses, and one of the top gold producers. Within Western Australia, the Leonora-Leinster-Laverton region is a major gold producing district, with several operations with mills that potentially have spare capacity for toll treating or similar arrangements. Show More
We are now seeing the market stand up and take notice of Sayona Mining which continues to deliver on the Authier Lithium Project in Quebec, with recent advances including delivery of a positive updated PFS for the Project. Quebec is a well-regarded mining jurisdiction that ranked 6th globally in the... Show More
With the planned merger with Aphrodite Minerals (due to be completed in early January, and with the Scheme Booklet now available), Spitfire is continuing the transformational strategy of becoming a significant Australian gold developer. Work by the Company, headed by the Pilbara team of John Young and Neil Biddle, has... Show More
Having recently commenced a 5,000m reverse circulation over its South Australian Jumbuck Gold Project, we should expect steady news flow from Tyranna over coming months. The programmes will be targeting the key Typhoon and Greenewood prospects, with the aim to grow the current 100,000oz resource base towards the 500,000oz that... Show More
Middle Island, run by seasoned and successful industry personnel, is one of several Western Australian gold explorers and developers looking at historically mined areas, commonly with a view to assessing the primary potential with historic operations concentrating on oxide mineralisation. Show More
Some of the brightest economic and investment minds in the business debated the big macro-economic issues at our latest Crestone Investment Forum. Read on for insights from Jacob Mitchell, Brett Gillespie, Vimal Gor, Dr Phillipp Hofflin, Robert Mead, Dr Michael McCorry, and Stephen Halmarick. Some of the key takeaways are... Show More
Sipa is a well-known explorer on the Australian scene, having been around for quite a while. Recent activities, led by a strong technical team, have been focussed on the Paterson North Project in Western Australia and the Kitgum Pader Project in Uganda, both of which have been returning very positive... Show More
Western Australia is one of the handful of jurisdictions globally that hosts salt lakes with brine chemistry suitable to produce the high value sulphate of potash fertiliser (commonly referred to as SoP) – current producers are in China, Tibet, the US and India. SoP has several advantages over the more... Show More
Kairos Minerals has recently commenced a 6,500m aircore drilling programme at its Roe Hills Gold/Nickel Project, following up on very promising results from an initial reconnaissance programme that intersected broad zones of near surface gold mineralisation. Roe Hills is located over the under-explored southern portion of the Kurnalpi Greenstone Terrane... Show More
With their 302,000oz, 5.18g/t 90% owned Aucu gold discovery in the Kyrgyz Republic, White Cliff has a quality gold asset with extremely good upside. Only 5% of the potentially mineralised structures have been drill tested to date, with all programmes completed thus far adding to mineralisation – the most recent... Show More
Matsa Resources, cashed up with liquid assets of ~$7.2 million, is working towards near term production at the Fortitude Gold Project, located in the Lake Carey Project in the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. Fortitude, which has an estimated capex of $1.2 million, will be funded internally and has the... Show More