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Elvis has left the building

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: The regular game of musical chairs continues within the boardrooms across the resources industry. Director appointment and resignation Conto Resources (ASX: CNO) announced that Jonathan King, who joined the Board as an alternate director to Robert Jewson in December 2012, will be taking a full Board position as a non-executive director. Jewson […]

West African Resources releases Sartenga maiden Resource

THE DRILL SERGEANT: West African Resources (ASX: WAF) has reported a maiden Inferred Mineral Resource estimate for the company’s 100 per cent-owned Sartenga copper-gold-molybdenum-silver deposit, which is part of the Boulsa project in Burkina Faso. The maiden Inferred Mineral Resource estimate contains 174,000 tonnes of copper, 651,000 ounces of gold, 11,000 tonnes of molybdenum and […]

Enterprise Uranium granted drilling co-funding

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Enterprise Uranium (ASX: ENU) has been granted two applications for co-funded drilling by the Western Australia Department of Mines and Resources under Round 7 of the co-funded Government Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS). Enterprise is to receive a WA Government co-funded drilling grant of up to $75,000 for RC drill testing of palaoechannel […]

Metal Bank fieldwork returns high-grade gold and copper

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Metal Bank (ASX: MBK) has completed further fieldwork at the company’s Spinifex Ridge East project. The Spinifex Ridge East project (80 per cent MBK) consists of two granted exploration licences over an area of 60.5 square kilometres, located approximately 50 kilometres northeast of Marble Bar in northwest Western Australia. The project is […]

Ventnor Resources continues run of sulphide intersections at Thaduna-Green Dragon

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Ventnor Resources (ASX: VRX) has achieved further sulphide intersections during a recently completed deep drilling campaign at the company’s Thaduna/Green Dragon project, located north of Meekatharra in Western Australia. Ventnor said all the holes from the latest deep drilling campaign intersected visible copper sulphide mineralisation. The company highlighted the significance of the […]

In the Lobby Issue 99

In the lead up to the Federal Election we expect to hear a fair bit from Industry Lobby Groups. Improved productivity should be the focus for new Prime Minister The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia wasted little time in congratulating Kevin Rudd on his return to the Prime Ministership. It also wasted […]

What the Brokers Say

WHAT THE BROKERS SAY: Interesting news and views from across the Resource Analyst universe.     Great Western Exploration (ASX: GTE) Great Western Exploration recently executed a 50:50 Joint Venture agreement with Kazakhstan’s state owned mining company Tau-Ken Samruk (TKS). This Joint Venture paves the way for a period of active exploration in a highly […]

Consolidated Tin Resource review increases Mt Garnet project

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Consolidated Tin Mines (ASX: CSD) has had a review conducted of the recently-announced Resource upgrade at the company’s Mt Garnet tin project, near Cairns in northern Queensland. The review has delivered a further increase in the Resource Estimate. The new, revised total JORC Resource estimate is: –    13.12 million tonnes at 0.39 […]

Moly Mines gets shareholder nod for mine gate sale

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Dual-listed Moly Mines (ASX/TSX: MOL) has obtained shareholder approval to proceed with a mine gate sale agreement for iron ore produced at the company’s Spinifex Ridge iron ore mine. The agreement is with Mineral Resources (ASX: MIN) and is to come into effect from 1 July 2013. Under the Transaction, Moly Mines’ […]

Azure Minerals hits 129m copper intercept

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Azure Minerals (ASX: AZS) has received results from the first three drill holes from the company’s Cascada copper-gold-silver project, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. Azure has received assays from the first three holes of the program, which include an exceptional drill intercept of 129 metres at 2.9 per cent copper […]