- 1. Fortescue and Tasman sign conditional Farm-in and JV agreement
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- ... the Vulcan iron oxide-copper-gold-uranium prospect in South Australia. Located approximately 30 kilometres north of BHP’s Olympic Dam mine, the prospect can earn Fortescue a 51 per cent beneficial ...
- Created on 20 June 2019
- 2. Copper demand to double within 20 years could mean miners get ‘more from less’
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- Copper use is set to double within the next 20 years which will force a rethink of just how deep miners will need to go, and how, for the red metal. International Copper Association Australia Chief ...
- Created on 20 June 2019
- 3. Coal ash – one of Australia’s biggest waste issues
- (Waste to Energy)
- ... the Hunter Community Environment Centre around the Vales Point and Eraring power stations in New South Wales. According to the ABC, the tests “found levels of selenium, zinc, nickel, copper, aluminium, ...
- Created on 11 June 2019
- 4. Minotaur sells WA nickel assets for AU$1.5m
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- Copper-gold developer, Minotaur Exploration has entered into a binding conditional Term Sheet to sell its Scotia and Leinster nickel assets in Western Australia to Auroch Minerals for the equivalent of ...
- Created on 30 May 2019
- 5. TP Energy cracks the US$100 billion Western Australian minerals belt with zinc and gold discovery
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- ... north of Leinster in Western Australia. RC drilling rig at Kathleen Valley Kathleen Valley is situated within a highly prospective region for copper, nickel, zinc, lithium and ...
- Created on 30 May 2019
- 6. Havilah’s Kalkaroo project granted three mining leases
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- Havilah Resources was granted by the South Australian Minister for Energy and Mining three Mineral Leases (MLs) and two Miscellaneous Purposes Licenses (MPLs) for the Kalkaroo Copper-Gold Project in South ...
- Created on 24 May 2019
- 7. Thor reaps positive interim results at Bonya
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- ... following portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) determination: • 27 metres @ 0.32% WO₃ from 71 metres, and 16 metres @ 0.43% Copper from 43 metres, from White Violet hole 19RC020 • ...
- Created on 02 May 2019
- 8. Resource estimate commissioned – Moonta copper project
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- Thor Mining has been advised by Enviro Copper of commencement of resource estimation work for several of the deposits at the Moonta Copper Project. Enviro Copper, via its subsidiary Environmental Metals ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 9. Rio Tinto’s Argyle diamond mine unearths a rare large white diamond
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- ... this year. Arnaud Soirat, chief executive of Rio Tinto’s Copper and Diamonds portfolio said that company was delighted with this discovery. “This is a testament to the extraordinary Argyle orebody ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 10. BHP reports a mixed bag for Q1 results
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- BHP has reports that production guidance for the 2019 financial year remains unchanged for petroleum, copper, metallurgical coal and energy coal. Iron ore production guidance, however, has decreased to ...
- Created on 18 April 2019
- 11. Goldcorp announces shareholder approval for merger with Newmont
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- ... operations in Australia, including the Boddington gold-copper mine and the Kalgoorlie Super Pit, which is a joint venture with Barrick Gold. Barrick attempted to acquire Newmont for $US18 million earlier ...
- Created on 11 April 2019
- 12. Aeris Resources and Glencore CSA still locked in discussions over acquisition
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- Following its announcement to ASX on 20 March 2019, Aeris Resources has provided an update on its recent offer on Glencore’s CSA copper mine in Cobar, New South Wales. Aeris Resources has confirmed ...
- Created on 04 April 2019
- 13. AU$742,000 raised as emerging NT tungsten miner Thor acquires WA-NT uranium-gold projects
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- ... Molyhil (tungsten/molybdenum) and Kapunda (copper). The two vehicles are focused on gold and uranium exploration opportunities in Western Australia and the Northern Territory of Australia. In addition, ...
- Created on 04 April 2019
- 14. Tasman Resources plans EM survey over priority targets
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- Tasman Resources is planning to conduct electromagnetic (EM) surveying over the two most prospective target areas for IOCG mineralisation at its Pernatty project, approximately 20 kilometres SSE of the ...
- Created on 04 April 2019
- 15. Newmont completes the Tanami Power Project in Australia safely and on schedule
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- ... 11 new mines, expansions and projects on four continents. These projects include Akyem and the Phoenix Copper Leach in 2013, the Turf Vent Shaft in 2015, Merian and Long Canyon in 2016, the Tanami Expansio ...
- Created on 21 March 2019
- 16. World’s largest airborne electromagnetic survey reveals more mineral potential in Australia’s north
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- ... including gold, copper, nickel, lead, zinc and manganese, as well as critical minerals such as cobalt, platinum-group elements and rare-earth elements. “The survey, containing 60,000 line kilometres ...
- Created on 21 March 2019
- 17. Penny Find to score Empire AU$600,000 and royalty stream
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- ... of that area’s prospectivity and gold mining potential. It will also enable the Company to explore at the Yuinmery project to expand the already significant copper-gold resources previously defined by ...
- Created on 07 March 2019
- 18. Thor to spin-off-in-situ copper projects in SA
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- Thor Mining has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the vending of its interest in the Kapunda Copper Project into a new copper focused company, Enviro Copper. The MOU, subject to a 90-day ...
- Created on 07 March 2019
- 19. AGC calls for bipartisan government support to help resource sector dig deeper for Australia’s secure future
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- ... “If Australia is to benefit from the huge demand for the minerals supporting sustainable technologies — copper, cobalt, nickel, lithium, graphite and the rare earth metals needed for solar panels, electric ...
- Created on 21 February 2019
- 20. Thor Mining confirms mineralisation at Bonya Samarkand deposit
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- ... at 2,039ppm (0.203 per cent) WO3 “Samarkand is just one of what we believe will be series of satellite tungsten and copper deposits within economic trucking distance of Molyhil, thus making the cas ...
- Created on 07 February 2019