THE CONFERENCE CALLER: The organisers of the Gold Investment Symposium to be held in October will be awarding two new Awards to the precious metals sector: One for the mining industry, and one for the bullion industry. The Gavin Thomas Mining Award Many people in the precious metals industry knew long-time Kingsgate Consolidated managing director […]
THE ROADHOUSE BOWSER: The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA) has slammed a recent announcement from the News South Wales Government signalling plans to extend its current freeze on natural gas exploration. The State Government announcement comes hot on the heels of a Federal Government release of its draft Energy White Paper, which highlighted […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Primary Gold (ASX: PGO) has announced a new prospective area immediately south of the company’s Toms Gully gold mine and mill in the Northern Territory. The company said the areas were confirmed from the results of a reconnaissance sampling program it had carried out at a number of prospects within the Mt […]
Doray Minerals: delivering on exploration & production THE BOURSE WHISPERER: In 2014 Doray Minerals (ASX: DRM) emerged as one of Australia’s highest-grade and lowest-cost gold producers at its flagship property, the Andy Well gold project, located in the Murchison region of Western Australia. Doray transformed from explorer and developer to producer in under four years […]
THE INSIDE STORY: Resource-focused investors who keep a close eye on the daily announcements from the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) cannot have ignored how often lately the commodity graphite rates a mention. Many pundits consider the rise in graphite’s prominence to be merely a distraction to the focus market-watchers usually save for more mainstream commodities, […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Opening the RIU Melbourne Resources Roundup Patersons Securities resource analyst Jason Chesters couldn’t have summed up the resource industry’s last decade any more succinctly. “As far as the past decade in concerned, resources have performed phenomenally well,” he told a packed first day audience. “Probably more in the first half of the […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Rumble Resources (ASX: RTR) has identified three priority target areas from a high-powered moving loop ground based EM survey (MLTEM) currently underway at the company’s Zanthus project. The Zanthus project is located 18 kilometres east of the Nova-Bollinger nickel copper massive sulphide discoveries of Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR) in the Fraser Range, […]
THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Ord River Resources (ASX: ORD) has entered into a binding ore treatment agreement with Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) for the K2 Underground Development project. The K2 project forms part of the broader Plutonic Dome gold project, which is a Farm In/Joint Venture with Dampier Gold (ASX: DAU). Ord River said the […]
THE ROADHOUSE PHARMACY: Regeneus Ltd (ASX: RGS) has announced plans to open the HiQCell Regenerative Medicine Clinic in Singapore. The company also announced the appointment of specialist sports physician, Dr Patrick Goh, as medical director. Regenus said, through the clinic, Dr Goh will provide patients in Singapore with access to the company’s HiQCell, a cell […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Arunta Resources (ASX: AJR) has completed a maiden high-grade JORC compliant resource at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Hatches Creek tungsten project in the Northern Territory. The Inferred Resource, of 225,066 tonnes grading 0.58 per cent tungsten for 1,311 tonnes of contained tungsten, encompasses surface stockpiles of material accumulated during a 42 […]
