ASX News Perth - Twigger’s Tales regales readers with fond memories of the tsunami of foreign banks
EDITION #313
Perth, Western Australia - Wednesday October 18, 2023
A “wunch of bankers”
Twigger’s Tales (aka Argonaut’s Liam Twigger) regales readers with fond memories of the tsunami of foreign banks – and some not so foreign that fell victim to the Bell/Bond debacle of the 80s and 90s.
Dart fires up drill rigs to chase more Victorian lithium
Dart Mining is already planning second and third drill programs at its Dorchap lithium project in Victoria after unveiling positive results in the final assays from its first-phase diamond drill campaign.
Massive lithium battery maker Amperex Technology has picked up 10 per cent of St George Mining’s seven hard rock lithium projects in WA with a $3m punt into a St George subsidiary.
Estrella buoyed by underground nickel mine potential
Interim feasibility work by Estrella Resources has confirmed the viability of a simple decline and two-level underground mine for its 5A nickel deposit at the company’s Spargoville project near Kambalda in WA.
Infinity Mining broadens lithium footprint in Pilbara
Infinity Mining has enlarged its lithium footprint in WA’s East Pilbara after discovering more pegmatites through field mapping and confirming lithium prolificacy through rock-chip and drill-sampling assays.
IP survey puts Titan eyes on Ecuadorian porphyry potential
Titan Minerals is planning early drilling of a 2km-diameter geophysical anomaly at its Copper Ridge and Meseta prospects in Ecuador, where it believes it may be sitting on a significant porphyry deposit.
Western Mines sets sights on open-pit nickel operation
Western Mines Group is hot on the trail of potentially open-pittable disseminated nickel mineralisation at its Mulga Tank project near Kalgoorlie – and it may yet form a key resource for a scoping study.
Novo expands Pilbara drill campaign following shallow gold hits
Buoyed by encouraging early results from a maiden drill campaign at its Nunyerry North gold project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, Novo Resources has expanded the program by four holes.
Askari gets in trenches to test pegmatite corridor
Askari Metals is preparing its backhoe for trenching across four LCT pegmatites in a bid to reveal more battery minerals potential at its flagship Uis lithium project in Namibia’s Uis-Cape Cross pegmatite belt.
Future Battery proves up pegmatite swarms at Kangaroo Hills
Future Battery Minerals has intercepted thick, near-surface stacked spodumene LCT pegmatites while drilling within its Rocky and Big Red prospects that form part of the greater Kangaroo Hills lithium project.
After some unforeseen hiccups, Conico is now charging towards completion of a scoping study, which it says will now include new project optimisations aimed at enhancing economics at its Mt Thirsty project.
