Perth, Western Australia - Wednesday April 6, 2022 |
International Graphite to take WA assets public |
These days it seems graphite miners all want to be downstream processors and downstream processors also want to be graphite miners. Making its debut on the ASX tomorrow, International Graphite presents exactly that combination with the company seeking to underpin its graphite processing smarts with feedstock from its newly acquired Springdale deposit in a move that will create a complete graphite supply chain wholly contained in WA. |
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White Cliff snaps up more WA lithium ground
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ASX-listed explorer White Cliff Minerals has boosted its WA-focused battery metals armoury after sealing a binding agreement to acquire explorer Abraxis Mining and its trio of adjacent tenement applications in the Pilbara that are considered highly prospective for lithium. The new ground spans 294 square kilometres and importantly borders two promising lithium projects. |
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Murdoch Uni to run ruler over King River vanadium project
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Murdoch University’s Hydrometallurgy Research Group has kicked off a research project that will look to develop a new roasting process for ASX-listed King River Resources’ massive Speewah vanadium, titanium and iron deposit in WA’s Kimberley region. Speewah boasts a cocktail of metals including high purity alumina that are part of the new energy and battery revolution. |
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St George hits nickel-copper sulphides at EM target |
St George Mining has nailed 5.2 metres of nickel copper sulphides in its very first drill test of downhole electromagnetic conductor targets at its Mt Alexander project. The company said the new intersection extends the high-grade Stricklands deposit 35m further northwest and confirms the extension of mineralisation down dip. Similar looking conductors are also scheduled to feel the drill bit along the 5 kilometre strike of the company’s Cathedrals Belt. |
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Chalice set to drill Venture conductors
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Fresh from discovering its own 330 million tonne ore body, sharemarket darling Chalice Mining is set to get the rods spinning again – this time to test farm-in partner Venture Minerals’ conductors in the same geological province. Previous work at Venture Minerals’ South West project revealed multiple EM anomalies scattered across the 20km long Thor magnetic anomaly target area. |
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Metal Hawk steps up pace at Commodore nickel find
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Metal Hawk has seen early results from a recent air-core drilling program back up its geological modelling for the Commodore nickel sulphide discovery. The work at the mineralised komatiite system defined several nickel zones matching features mapped in a moving loop electromagnetic survey last month. It has now started a 3000 metre RC drilling program to bedrock-test priority nickel sulphide targets near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. |
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Surefire to focus on Mid West vanadium project |
Off the back of strong vanadium demand, multi-element explorer Surefire Resources is looking to kick start its vanadium project in WA’s Mid West region. The company’s Victory Bore and Unaly Hill inferred resources combine to form a whopping 237 million tonnes of ore going 0.43 per cent vanadium pentoxide and 5.9 per cent titanium dioxide with iron credits. |
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Wiluna, A-Cap strike nickel-cobalt in WA probe
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Wiluna Mining Corporation has notched up a win in WA after its farm-in and joint-venture partner A-Cap Energy scored a series of positive nickel and cobalt results from a recently completed diamond-drilling program at its Wilconi project near Wiluna. According to the company, the probe took in roughly 1490 metres and represents a crucial milestone as it works towards a pre-feasibility study at the venture. |
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Classic gets green light for plant assembly, water search
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Gold-focused explorer Classic Minerals is energised in its final run to production at its flagship Western Australian project after receiving approvals from the state regulator to assemble its gold processing plant and drill a water bore. Given water is required to run its plant, Classic sees the approval as an essential milestone towards processing. |
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Godolphin drills for NSW copper-gold
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On the back of high-grade tidings from its joint venture project, the drill bit is now spinning for Godolphin Resources at its Yeoval porphyry copper-gold project in NSW. The company says the 900m program will feature two diamond drill holes and will aim for southern extensions to its current resource, in addition to identifying further mineralisation at the Cyclops prospect. |
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Okapi locks in Govt approval for Utah uranium probe
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Okapi Resources is set to sink 100 shallow drillholes at its Rattler uranium project in Utah, USA after getting its hands on a government drill permit to launch the operation. According to the company, the RC probe will be aimed at testing the degree and nature of mineralisation at the Rattlesnake mine, where a recent rock chip sampling program delivered promising results. |
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Western sells iron ore rights to focus on nickel
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Western Mines Group has sold the iron ore rights from its Pavarotti project near Southern Cross in WA to Mineral Resources whilst maintaining its hold on the nickel and other minerals that may reside there. The company says it purchased the project for just under $40,000 and has now on sold the rights to the bulk commodity for $200,000 in cash plus a 1.25 per cent royalty on future production. |
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Emu lights up WA tungsten and gold anomalies east of Geraldton
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Junior explorer Emu NL has lit up a 10 kilometre structural corridor at its flagship Badja gold project due east of Geraldton in WA that it says is prospective for gold and tungsten. Results from a recent soil sampling program have etched out a string of high-priority targets along the corridor that are set to feel the impending bite of the drill bit. |
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Tambourah gold hunt pivots with discovery of pegmatites
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Capping off its first round of holes in one of WA’s historical gold mining centres, Tambourah Metals has spotted what it believes could be lithium-bearing pegmatites at its namesake gold project. After lighting up geophysical anomalies and taking aim beneath past workings, the explorer has fired off its inaugural volley of 23 reverse circulation holes for 2527m across its numerous gold targets. |
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Panther chases gold in WA precious metal probe
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Mineral explorer Panther Metals has gold in its sights after launching a 2500m RC drill program at its Eight Foot Well prospect near Laverton in Western Australia. According to the company, the campaign will see it kick off infill and extensional drilling as it looks to vector in on the region’s historic gold trend in search of a mineral resource. |
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Taruga eyes Gonneville-like prospective intrusions |
Taruga Minerals has its eyes locked onto three large mafic intrusions at its project right next to where Chalice Mining and its joint venture partner Venture Minerals are hunting for the next big nickel-copper-platinum group element discovery. Taruga says it is seeing similarities in its rocks to the intrusives hosting Chalice’s extraordinary Gonneville discovery that lies to the north within the same geological province. |
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