Entries by Wally Graham

Phoenix Copper identifies new targets on Eagle prospect

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Phoenix Copper (ASX: PNX) has identified a number of new targets through ongoing exploration activities, including drilling and geophysical work on the Eagle prospect at the company’s Burra project located north of Adelaide in South Australia.   Phoenix Copper southern South Australia project location plan. Source: Company announcement   The company has […]

Silver Lake targets Mount monger increase from Lorna Doone and Spinifex deposits.

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Silver Lake Resources (ASX: SLR) has received assay results from ongoing exploration being carried out at the company’s Mount Monger Operations. The latest activity has taken place at the Lorna Doone and Spinifex deposits, which are located approximately two kilometres south east of the Daisy Milano mine. According to Silver Lake, the […]

Horseshoe Metals extends Kumarina mineralisation

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Horseshoe Metals (ASX: HOR) has completed its latest phase of Reverse Circulation percussion drilling at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Kumarina copper project in Western Australia. The latest round of drilling at Kumarina was completed on 2 December 2012 and focused on in-fill and step-out holes at the Rinaldi Prospect with 27 […]

2012 – A tough year for investors and explorers

If you weren’t invested in CSL Limited (ASX: CSL), The Commonwealth Bank, (ASX: CBA), Telstra (ASX: TLS) and/or Sirius Resources (ASX: SIR) it’s been a pretty tough old year in the investment community. CSL is up 66.25 per cent, Telstra is up 30.3 per cent, and CBA is up 23.75 per cent. These three stocks […]

Will commonsense eventually prevail? Bigger is by no means better

One of the most common sense opinions I’ve heard expressed in the resources sector over recent times came from a North American mining company executive, James Hekseth, who in a presentation recently to a mining association conference panel discussion on mine financing, urged miners not to be pressured into building large mining projects in an […]

Ventnor Resources hits best intersection to date at Thaduna/Green Dragon

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Ventnor Resources (ASX: VRX) has received drill results it claims has confirmed the highest grade intersection it has achieved to-date at the company’s Thaduna/Green Dragon copper project in Western Australia. The company said the results support visual indications it reported from a deep drilling program in November while confirming an intersection of […]

IronClad claims new DSO discoveries at Wilcherry Hill

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Ironclad Mining (ASX: IFE) is currently drilling two, previously untested, prospects situated adjacent to the company’s Wilcherry Hill project in South Australia. The company said it has encountered continuous near surface Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) Goethite/Hematite at the Zealous and Black Hills West prospects. Both Prospects are located within the Joint Venture […]

Robust Resources intersects high-grade manganese on Romang Island

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Robust Resources (ASX: ROL) has continued to encounter high-grade manganese mineralisation near surface at its Romang Island project in eastern Indonesia. The company has received results for three recent holes, which it specifically drilled to target manganese mineralisation. Each of these holes intersected significant widths and grades of manganese including high-grade zones […]

Orinoco Gold confirms Brazilian mineralisation

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Orinoco Gold (ASX: OGX) has received the first assay results from a maiden diamond drilling program currently underway at the company’s Curral de Pedra gold project in central Brazil, which it claims have confirmed the continuity of mineralisation over 620 metres down dip. Orinoco indicated the assays it has received to date […]