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Canyon encounters further high-grades at Birsok

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Canyon Resources (ASX: CAY) has received further high-grade assay results from recent aircore and reverse circulation drilling at the company’s Birsok bauxite project in central Cameroon. Canyon said the assay results demonstrate the Birsok project contains thick, high-grade bauxite intersections from surface. Highlights of recent drilling include: BRRC130 6 metres at 54.0 […]

VivaGel® condom receives TGA device certification

THE ROADHOUSE PHARMACY: Starpharma (ASX: SPL) has received Conformity Assessment Certification for the VivaGel® condom by the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). The company explained the TGA certification is similar to CE certification of devices (CE Mark) in Europe. Starpharma said its marketing partner, Ansell (ASX: ANN) plans to launch the VivaGel® condom under their […]

Platina signs agreement with Chinese manufacturer

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Platina Resources (ASX: PGM) has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with Chinese manufacturer Inner Mongolia Honfine Zirconium Industry Co Ltd to negotiate both an Off-take Agreement and a Supply, Technology, Processing and Marketing Agreement for the company’s Owendale Scandium project in central New South Wales. Under the terms of the HoA, […]

Kibaran intersects more graphite at Epanko

THE DRILL SERGEANT: The recent run of good news has continued for Kibaran Resources (ASX: KNL) with the latest results from a recent Reverse Circulation (RC) drill program undertaken at the Epanko deposit within the company’s Mahenge graphite project in Tanzania. Kibaran claims the drilling has returned the best graphite intersections it has encountered to […]

Renaissance continues Okvau drilling success

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Renaissance Minerals (ASX: RNS) has received more positive results from the most recent diamond drilling program at the company’s 100 per cent-owned 1.2 million ounce Okvau gold deposit in Cambodia. The recent drilling was undertaken outside the current resource envelope, where Renaissance has previously defined a zone of high-grade mineralisation. The drilling […]

Pioneer identifies new nickel target at Fairwater

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Pioneer Resources (ASX: PIO) has identified a new, high-priority nickel sulphide target at the company’s 75 per cent-held Fairwater project in the Albany-Fraser Province in south-east Western Australia. Pioneer defined the target, currently designated FWNi003, from results of a recent reconnaissance soil geochemistry program at the project, which included 698 new samples […]

This Week in The Roadhouse Pharmacy

THE ROADHOUSE PHARMACY: There’s a great deal of interest in the Bio-tech sector at the moment, so we have opened our own Pharmacy to keep our readers up to speed. Ethics approval granted for OncoSil™ Clinical Pivotal Trial OncoSil Medical Limited (ASX: OSL) has been granted Ethics Approval for the Australian hospital sites for the […]

Quarter Time Wrap

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Quarterly reporting season is always a heavy burden on The Roadhouse’s virtual postman. The latest round was no exception. Here’s a random selection of what some companies had to say. Ram Resources (ASX: RMR) reported an eventful quarter. During the June 2014 quarter, Ram secured an option to acquire additional exploration leases […]

Joint Venture announcements

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: As they say in the classics; it’s better to have 50 per cent of a project than 100 per cent of no project. Thiess Sedgman Projects JV awarded $64m contract Sedgman Limited (ASX: SDM) announced the Thiess Sedgman Projects Joint Venture (TSP) has been awarded a $64 million contract for the Design […]

Bora Bora identifies new VTEM anomaly

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Bora Bora Resources (ASX: BBR) has claimed discovery of what it calls a ‘bullseye’ anomaly at the company’s Matale/Kurunegala graphite project north of Kandy in central Sri Lanka. The anomaly was identified from a recently flown airborne Versatile Time-Domain Electromagnetic (VTEM) survey over the project. Bora Bora has named the anomaly the […]