Entries by Wally Graham

Sandfire Resources Gets Go Ahead for Montana Copper Project

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Sandfire Resources (ASX: SFR) announced its TSX-listed, 78 per cent-owned North American subsidiary, Tintina Resources has received a draft operating permit for the Black Butte copper project in central Montana, USA. Sandfire Resources said the draft operating permit, which has been received from the Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MT DEQ) Hard […]

Calidus Resources Strikes JV with Novo Resources on WA Tenements

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Calidus Resources (ASX: CAI) announced a deal to form a Joint Venture with TSX-listed Novo Resources. Under the deal Calidus will have the right to acquire a 70 per cent interest in Exploration Licences 45/3381, 45/4194, 45/4622, 45/4666 and Prospecting Licences 45/2661, 45/2662, 45/2781 and all related technical information held by Novo. […]

Latin Resources Encouraged by Argentine Field Activities

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Latin Resources (ASX: LRS) informed the market of field activities including mapping and sampling undertaken at the company’s Geminis mine in San Luis, Argentina. Latin Resources said the recent work had produced very positive results. The company commenced detailed geological mapping and sampling at the Geminis mine after the signing of a […]

Kin Mining Achieves High-Grades from Leonora Diamond Drilling

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) announced a series of high-grade diamond core intersections from recent drilling carried out within the company’s Leonora gold project (LGP) in Western Australia. Kin Mining explained the main objective of the diamond drilling to be to enable the company to establish final geotechnical and metallurgical parameters for the […]

Auroch Minerals Commences Czech Republic Drilling

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Auroch Minerals (ASX: AOU has commenced an initial diamond drilling program at the company’s Tisová mine in the Czech Republic. Auroch Minerals explained the drilling is to consist of four holes in Phase 1, based on previous work at Tisová, which has defined the position, size and scale of the project’s orebody. […]

Triangle Energy salutes Norwest Energy Drilling Skills

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Triangle Energy (ASX: TEG) backed up the announcement of its Joint Venture partner Norwest Energy regarding progress at Xanadu-1 drilling operations south of Dongara in Western Australia. Triangle Energy reminded the market that Xanadu-1 was being drilled as a conventional oil exploration well, designed to test for the presence of hydrocarbons in […]

Triangle Energy and Norwest Energy Enjoying Time in Dongara

CONFERENCE CALLER: Triangle Energy (ASX: TEG) director Darren Bromley outlined the company’s recent progress to the RIU Good Oil Conference in Perth. After completing the sale of its Indonesian oil & gas asset to Indonesian company PT Enso Asia, Triangle Energy has taken its market cap from around $3 million to around $22 million. Triangle […]

Independence Group Celebrates Nova Opening

OUT AND ABOUT: The Roadhouse flew out as a guest of Independence Group (ASX: IGO) to help the company celebrate the official opening of its Nova nickel-copper-cobalt operation. We were in good company, which included Western Australia minister of mines and petroleum Bill Johnston who applauded the company for getting the operation up and running […]

Deeper Drilling Needed to Detect Gas Opportunities

THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Opening the RIU Good Oil Conference in Perth, Argonaut executive director Kevin Johnson told delegates his company hopes to create more opportunities for gas power in Western Australia. By Apanda Anyuon The stimulus behind Johnson’s optimism stems from the success enjoyed by the US shale gas industry. Providing a brief history lesson, […]