Entries by Wally Graham

Deflector gold production boosted by strong exploration results

THE INSIDE STORY: With its second project, Deflector, now in production, gold producer Doray Minerals (ASX: DRM) is eyeing a combination of exploration success and potential corporate opportunities to propel it into the ASX-200. Doray Minerals’ managing director Allan Kelly has never been one to mince words so it is hardly surprising he would open […]

New exploration techniques open up S2 Resources search for Swedish company maker

THE INSIDE STORY: After snapping up a, strangely unexplored, big chunk of one of the world’s biggest proven prime precious metals/polymetallic regions, S2 Resources (ASX: S2R) is introducing Sweden to new exploration techniques. By Mark Mentiplay S2 Resources is converting some ‘first-ever exploration moves’ to advance the company’s flagship 271 square kilometre Skellefte precious metals-polymetallic […]

Nick Giorgetta sitting pretty in the Big Chair

CONFERENCE CALLER: Diggers and Dealers chairman Nick Giorgetta dropped by The Roadhouse to provide us with the low-down on what’s up for the upcoming conference to be held in Kalgoorlie. Giorgetta is now into his second year as the Diggers and Dealers chairmanship and he seems the chair is starting to feel more comfortable. “I […]

S2 Resources hits high-grade gold zone at Monsoon

THE DRILL SERGEANT: S2 Resources (ASX: S2R) has completed a first round of Reverse Cycle (RC) drilling at the Monsoon prospect, located within the company’s 100 per cent-owned Polar Bear project in Western Australia. S2 claimed the drilling to have intersected high-grade gold mineralisation to the north of and below high-grade gold intercepts encountered by […]

Havilah Resources goes gold-pour crazy at Portia

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Havilah Resources (ASX-HAV) has been busy pouring gold at the company’s Portia gold mine, northwest of Broken Hill. The company reported the pouring of four gold bars totalling approximately 40 kilograms earlier this week, claiming on-site analysis indicating the bars to have a purity in excess of 90 pwer cent, making them […]

Doray Minerals maiden at Gnaweeda lifts Andy Well inventory

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Doray Minerals (ASX:DRM) has increased the gold inventory at the company’s Andy Well gold mine with the announcement of the estimation of a maiden Mineral Resource for the Turnberry prospect, located within the Gnaweeda project. The Turnberry prospect is located approximately 15 kilometres south east of the Andy Well gold project, in […]

Blackham Resources commences mining at Matilda

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Blackham Resources (ASX: BLK) announced commencement of open pit mining and underground development work at the company’s Matilda gold project near Wiluna in Western Australia. Blackham’s open pit contractor, MACA (ASX: MLD) has mobilised the initial mining fleet and commenced mining operations at the Matilda M10 open pit while Pybar Mining Services […]

Adelaide Resources releases maiden Barns gold Resource

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Adelaide Resources (ASX: ADN) has released a maiden Mineral Resource estimate for the company’s 100 per cent-owned Barns deposit located on the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. The JORC Code 2012-compliant Barns Mineral Resource estimate has come in at 2.11 million tonnes at 1.6 grams per tonne gold for 107,000 ounces at […]

Altona Mining earns amended Environmental Authority

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Altona Mining (ASX: AOH) has received an Amended Environmental Authority from the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection for the company’s Cloncurry copper project near Mt Isa in Queensland. The grant of the amendment is a key condition precedent of a US$238.5 million proposed Joint Venture with Sichuan Railway Investment Group […]

Rox Resources offered $14.8M for Reward zinc project

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Rox Resources (ASX: RXL) didn’t have to wait long to attract interest after the recent release of a Resource at the company’s Reward zinc-lead project in the Northern Territory. The company has announced IMI Zinc Exploration (IZE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of IM Medical Limited (ASX: IMI), has offered to acquire Rox’s interest […]