Perth, Western Australia - Thursday May 05, 2022 |
Toro models transformational changes to WA uranium play
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A pit re-optimisation, the inclusion of vanadium credits and a change of plant location has turbo-charged Toro Energy’s plan for its WA based Lake Maitland uranium project, leading to a potential 48 per cent hike in uranium production over the life of mine to 23.5 million pounds from 15.8 million pounds and potential vanadium oxide production of 12.2 million pounds. |
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Cyclone cranks up Macraes gold hunt in New Zealand
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Cyclone Metals has started its maiden New Zealand exploration program at its newly-acquired Mareburn and Macraes South gold projects. The projects are located adjacent to OceanaGold Corporation's 10-million-ounce Macraes gold deposit currently producing 155,000 ounces per year. Geochemical sampling will target known gold mineralisation and favourable cross-cutting structures that may mimic the 80-million-ounce Carlin trend in Nevada. |
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American West spots more copper-zinc in Utah
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The final chapter of resource definition and expansion drilling at American West Metals’ West Desert project in Utah has ended with a bang after the latest two holes sunk at the venture delivered strong visual copper, zinc and molybdenum mineralisation. The venture believes its latest phase of drilling caps an impressive campaign that has underlined the quality and scale of the operation. |
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Mineral Commodities outlines vertical integration plan
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Graphite and mineral sands player Mineral Commodities has lifted the curtain on its five-year strategic plan to see the company vertically integrate itself into the battery and heavy mineral sectors. The overarching goal is to build a larger, diversified, sustainable and responsible producer whilst transitioning its global businesses from the production of concentrates to downstream finished products. |
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Aurumin gears up for WA gold drilling
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Gold-focused Aurumin is gearing up for its inaugural drilling program at the company’s recently-acquired Central Sandstone gold project 130km west of Leinster in WA. The campaign will feature a mix of RC and diamond drilling and is expected to start this month following the end of the company’s ongoing lithium hunt at its Mt Palmer project, 350km to the south. |
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Blackstone beefs up engineering muscle for nickel play
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Blackstone Minerals has bolstered its engineering horsepower with GR Engineering Services as it heads towards the delivery of a definitive feasibility study into its upstream Ta Khoa Nickel Project. The ASX-listed addition is hailed as a ‘Tier 1’ process engineering, design and construction advisory company and will man the role of Blackstone’s primary consultant. |
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Major boost to WA projects exploration for St George
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St George has announced a major expansion of exploration for its four WA based projects. Work at Mt Alexander will test new nickel-copper-PGE targets and extensions to existing high-grade shallow deposits. The hunt for Winu style deposits at its Paterson project is planned to start in May. Whilst at the company’s Ajana and Broadview projects exploration will target Nova/Bollinger and Julimar style mafic intrusion hosted nickel-copper-PGE targets. |
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Torian amplifies rare earths roster at Mt Stirling
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Torian Resources has bolstered its heavy rare earths portfolio after a new discovery at its Mt Stirling project in Western Australia. The company believes ongoing work at the venture has identified additional yttrium oxide mineralisation and has labelled the new prospect Wishbone. Interestingly, the finding is within earshot of its recently announced Yttria heavy rare earths prospect. |
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Scoping study highlights economics of Surefire vanadium play
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Surefire Resources says an updated beneficiation scoping study for its wholly-owned Victory Bore vanadium project, 530km northeast of Perth in WA, has underlined the economic viability of the venture. The company has its hands on a 151 million tonne resource at 0.44 per cent vanadium pentoxide, 25 per cent iron and 6.73 per cent titanium dioxide at the operation. |
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Rare earths hits justify Frontier move to Mt Clere
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The good news out of the rejuvenated Mt Clere region of the eastern Gascoyne keeps coming for mineral explorer Frontier Resources with the company announcing a review of historic surface samples has come up trumps. Headline numbers reading 960 parts per million total rare earth oxides accompanying tantalising strontium and niobium levels. |
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Great Southern wins WA nickel drilling grant
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Great Southern Mining has been awarded a Western Australian Government Exploration Incentive Scheme grant for its East Laverton nickel project. The EIS grant will co-fund up to $220,000 for RC and diamond drilling of bedrock conductors prospective for massive and disseminated nickel sulphides. The two conductors identified from electromagnetic surveys present compelling targets for Nova/Bollinger nickel-copper and Voisey Bay nickel style deposits. |
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First diamond hole strikes visible nickel for Western Mines
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Western Mines Group’s first diamond drill hole at its flagship Mulga Tank nickel-copper PGE project has yielded what looks like extremely rich nickel shows with visible nickel and off-the-charts readings as high as 26 per cent from a portable field x-ray fluorescence spectrometer. Two visible high-grade zones were observed in the 498-metre hole. |
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Si6 Metals to spin drill bit in WA gold search
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Si6 Metals is gearing up to spin the drill bit at its Monument gold project in WA. The 140-hole 5000 metre air-core program is expected to run for two weeks as the company tests its high-priority intrusive targets identified from the first air core campaign in late 2021. High-priority structural targets along major regional structures identified from geophysical interpretations will also be tested. |
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Tietto test work raises prospects of African gold play
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West African gold developer Tietto Minerals says metallurgical test work of lower‐grade ore from its APG deposit, part of the larger 3.45 million ounce Abujar Gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, has delivered excellent gold recoveries of up to 95 per cent. The company says the results validate heap leaching as an effective method of economically processing the material at its soon-to-be completed mill. |
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Aldoro to drill high-grade rubidium-lithium pegmatites
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Aldoro Resources is just days from starting to drill at its high-grade rubidium-lithium pegmatites at the company’s Wyemandoo project, 60km southeast of Mt Magnet in WA. Previous surface sampling returned high-grade rubidium to 1.82 per cent and lithium to 1.08 per cent. Metallurgical studies are underway to determine the most cost-effective beneficiation process and extraction efficiencies. |
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International Graphite closing in on WA pilot production
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International Graphite is just months from pilot production at a new research and development facility in Collie, Western Australia, after signing the lease on a 432 square metre building. The company says its new digs will form the nucleus of its ongoing investigations into graphite processing, quality control, sample handling and could ratchet up its expertise in the bubbling sector. |
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AVZ gets ministerial tick for lithium mining licence
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The Democratic Republic of Congo Minister of Mines has signed a ministerial decree to award a mining licence to AVZ Minerals and its flagship lithium and tin deposit – hailed as one of the largest undeveloped hard rock lithium deposits in the world. The inking of the decree was the last of the procedural hurdles ahead of the official award of the licence the junior explorer so eagerly awaits. |
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