THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Blackham Resources (ASX: BLK) has received a number of approvals for the company’s Matilda gold project, located near Wiluna in Western Australia. The company informed the market the WA Department of Mining and Petroleum approved both the Matilda and Wiluna Mining Proposals (including tailings dam designs). Vegetation clearing permits have also been […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) has gathered high-grade silver assays and strongly anomalous gold and base metal values from recent reconnaissance sampling carried out at Palo Seco Sur, part of the company’s Alacrán project in Mexico. Palo Seco Sur is a previously untested zone located 750 metres south of the historical Palo Seco […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: BDO partner natural resources James Mooney provided delegates at the 2016 RIU Sydney Resources Round-up with some thought-provoking insights into the fund raising activities of the junior sector for the first quarter of 2016. Since 2013, BDO has been providing analysis in regards to the cash positions of exploration companies. When it […]
THE INSIDE STORY: If lithium is the metal of the moment then Pioneer Resources has timed its run into the light metal with consummate timing. By Stephen Bell In early March Pioneer was diligently exploring three gold and nickel assets in Western Australia but failing to get much traction with investors. A month-and-a-half later Pioneer […]
the inside story: When you’re a junior exploration play seeking that elusive company-making deposit it pays to have the right geology, but the location can be just as important in getting a discovery over the line. By Stephen Bell Perth-based Peel Mining (ASX: PEX) looks to have both sides of the equation covered at the […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has been quick to announce high-grade gold intersections from a recently commenced drill program at Merton’s Reward T1 and T2 targets, part of the company’s Leonora gold project in Western Australia. The company said that both targets returned sizeable intersections in line with modelled target zones. Highlights include: […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) continued its recent love affair with the drill bit by announcing it has intersected massive nickel-copper sulphides in the first ever drilling carried out at the Stricklands prospect, part of the company’s Mt Alexander project in Western Australia. Drill holes MAD20, MAD22 and MAD23 targeted separate modelled […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) informed the market that on-going diamond drilling being carried out at the company’s Alacrán project in Mexico has intersected a thick zone of high-grade gold mineralisation at the Loma Bonita prospect. Results include: MDPD-012 48 metres at 2.68 grams per tonne gold and 23.1m at 32g/t silver, including […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Potash West (ASX: PWN) reported results of drilling undertaken in March 2016 on the company’s Dinner Hill project within the Dandaragan Trough area in Western Australia. The drilling program consisted of 20 vertical aircore holes across tenements E70/4609 and E70/4138 with the stated objective to test for a southern extension of potash […]
THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Vital Metals (ASX: VML) announced it has raised $800,000 via a share placement to fast-track gold exploration and pre-development activities at the company’s high-grade Kollo gold project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. The company said it intends using the proceeds of the share placement to: Undertake in-fill drilling and extensional drilling along […]
