THE DRILL SERGEANT: Mining Group (ASX: MNE) has commenced drilling at the El Roble copper project in Chile. “The drilling program we are embarking on is the first ever diamond drill program at the El Roble project and has been designed to quickly assess some of the high-grade copper targets we have identified,” Mining Group […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Sovereign Gold (ASX: SOC) has claimed discovery of a high-grade gold mineralisation system at the company’s Mt Adrah Hobbs gold project, near Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. The company has received initial assay results from drill hole GHD009, which it has interpreted to have confirmed the discovery of the system at […]
THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Greenland Minerals and Energy (ASX: GGG) is celebrating the Greenland parliament’s decision to vote in favour of uranium mining. Greenland has removed its long‐standing zero‐tolerance policy concerning uranium and other radioactive elements. “This landmark decision represents a significant moment for Greenland, as it places Greenland on the path to uranium‐producer status, and […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: The winners of the Queensland Explorer and Miner of the Year Awards were presented at the Brisbane Mining 2013 Conference by Minister for Natural Resources and Mines Andrew Cripps. Before he presented the awards, Cripps shared a few observations with the gathered crowd of the Queensland Government’s vision for the mining sector. […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: The upcoming IPO and listing of Stavely Mining has reunited some very familiar resources industry identities. The team of Chris Cairns, Peter Ironside and Jennifer Murphy was a long-time staple on the mining industry conference front when they were the collective face of Integra Mining. After the company was taken over […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Before the recent Federal election the Coalition made a promise to introduce a flow through tax regime. It’s not a new promise, after all Kevin Rudd gave the same undertaking during the 2007 election campaign, he just never got around to doing anything about it. But, we have been assured this time […]
OUT AND ABOUT: While in Brisbane for the Mining 2013 Conference, The Roadhouse was taken out for a drive by Alcyone Resources (ASX: AYN) to visit the company’s 100 per cent-owned Texas silver project. While we were there Alcyone turned on the smelter for a demonstration silver pour which yielded just on 6,000 ounces – […]
THE CONFERENCE CALLER: Opening the first day of the Brisbane Mining 2013 Conference CRU associate consultant Dr Allan Trench said he was obviously wearing his economics hat when he came up for the title of his presentation. “Is Mean Reversion Pricing Inevitable is economic speak for ‘is what’s up going to come down, and is […]
THE DRILL SERGEANT: Dacian Gold (ASX: DCN) has completed drilling five broadly spaced reconnaissance diamond drill holes at the company’s Mt Morgans gold project, located west of Laverton in the north-eastern goldfields of Western Australia. The drilling, which was carried out on the Jupiter prospect, returned thick intervals of low-grade gold mineralisation the company considers […]
THE BOURSE WHISPERER: GBM Resources (ASX: GBZ) has finalised a resource estimate for the company’s Tailings Dam project, located at the Lubuk Mandi gold mine in Terengganu State in Peninsular Malaysia. The total resource is 1.5 million tonnes containing 34,800 ounces of gold at an average grade of 0.7 grams per tonne gold. GBM explained […]
