EDITION #196
Perth, Western Australia - Friday September 16, 2022
PUBLIC COMPANY NEWS, VIEWS & CEO INTERVIEWS |
Analysis reveals potential for Torque to link Goldfields mines |
Data analysis in addition to recent assay results have identified a potential opportunity for Torque Metals to link its historic Paris and HHH gold mines and increase its overall Paris gold project resource. A review of historical drilling within the north-east zone has confirmed the presence of shallow gold mineralisation in the 1500m between the two pits with an air-core drill program planned to test the theory. |
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International Graphite onto first product at WA pilot plant |
International Graphite has ticked off a significant development milestone in its production ambitions with the Perth-based company delivering the first refined product from its downstream pilot plant in Collie, WA. The provision follows the successful commissioning of new processing equipment and could allow it to generate battery-grade anode material using graphite from its nearby deposit. |
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Altech teams up to commercialise grid storage batteries |
Altech Chemicals has forged a JV partnership with German research group Fraunhofer ITKS to commercialise a large-scale energy storage alternative to lithium-ion batteries. The new technology uses table salt and nickel and the partners argue it churns out safer, longer-term power solutions without the concern of price hikes and supply chain issues associated with critical metal-infused devices. |
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Blackstone Minerals nickel receives green tick |
A life cycle assessment of Blackstone Minerals’ proposed upstream and downstream nickel business has confirmed its process of producing nickel-cobalt-manganese precursor products will be one of the greenest pathways to supply the growing lithium-ion battery industry. The study found Blackstone’s flagship Ta Khoa project could produce 1kg of precursor cathode active material at a cost of 9.8kg of carbon dioxide equivalent substantially lower than the industry average of 16.1kg. |
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Askari targets Kimberley copper in maiden drill campaign |
The dust clouds from a maiden drill campaign are billowing in Western Australia’s Kimberley with Askari Metals kicking off a 2500m RC program at its Horry copper-gold project. The program is targeting the site’s Horry Horse copper prospect that was identified as a high-priority target after rock chip samples returned results up to 8.5 per cent copper, 0.71 grams per tonne gold and 42 g/t silver. |
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Metal Hawk, Falcon set to spin drill bit at WA gold project |
Metal Hawk and farm-in partner Falcon Metals are set to follow up historical results at the duo’s Viking gold project in WA’s highly prospective Albany Fraser Province with a 1600m RC drilling campaign in coming weeks. Falcon listed on the ASX last December and is the spin-off of heavyweight mineral explorer Chalice Mining’s gold interests with an earn-in stake in the Viking project that is located 30km southeast of Norseman. |
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Rock chips light up WA lead-silver project for Surefire
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ASX-listed mineral explorer Surefire Resources has tabled a clutch of high-grade, heavy metal hits following a reconnaissance rock chip sampling and mapping exercise at its Kooline lead-silver project, about 200km from Paraburdoo in WA. The bumper results include 16.1 and 14.2 per cent lead with traces of anomalous silver running 41 and 55 grams per tonne. |
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Middle Island eyes IOCG potential after maiden drill campaign |
Middle Island Resources has been buoyed by visual analysis of a completed maiden drill program at its Crosswinds copper prospect in the NT where the company is targeting iron oxide-copper-gold alteration. The company says iron oxide-copper-gold hematite alteration, including carbonate, potassic feldspar, sericite and biotite alteration has been visually observed in all four completed holes. |
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Gold mine construction on track for Tietto in West Africa |
West African gold developer Tietto Minerals appears to be on an unwavering pathway towards precious metal production at its 3.45 million ounce Abujar project in Cote d’Ivoire with construction work at the site well underway. The company is charging towards a maiden end-of-year gold pour and has notched up an imposing list of milestones associated with its mine site infrastructure. |
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NSW regulator green lights new Godolphin rare earths probe |
Mineral explorer Godolphin Resources has had a 25-hole, 1,500m diamond drilling program at its Narraburra rare earth project near Temora in central-west New South Wales waved through by the state’s resources regulator. The company plans to use the campaign to modernise the operation’s existing resource up to a JORC 2012 standard. |
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Infinity adds to lithium play with rubidium hits |
Infinity Mining has confirmed mineralisation of up to 6489 parts per million rubidium in rock chip assays from pegmatites at its South Tambourah project in the east Pilbara region of Western Australia. The commodity is principally used to make speciality glasses such as fibre optic cables and its discovery sets up another commercial avenue for the lithium-focused operation. |
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Mineral Commodities collaborates for purified graphite |
As it seeks to produce graphitic anode products to supply the growing lithium-ion battery industry Mineral Commodities has struck an equity and collaboration agreement with Green Graphite Technologies centred around its partner’s proprietary GraphPure process used to purify graphite. Mineral Commodities has contributed intellectual property in exchange for a 10 per cent slice of Green Graphite and exclusive technology licences in Norway and Western Australia. |
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Conico spies copper sulphides at Greenland prospects |
Multi-metal explorer Conico has detected copper sulphide mineralisation at a number of prospects explored as part of a recently completed diamond drill campaign at its Ryberg project in Greenland. The 11-hole program was targeting copper, nickel, gold and platinum group elements at the company’s Sortekap, Miki, Cascata and Pyramid prospects that were identified from previous field campaign data. |
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