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Deloitte recognises growing miners

OUT AND ABOUT: Deloitte presented its High Growth awards a part of the Diggers & Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie last night. The Deloitte awards recognised the top movers by percentage growth and $AUD growth as of 31 May 2011. Deloitte WA managing partner Keith Jones said the percentage growth of the top mining companies in […]

More highs for gold

The US debt stand-off continues and depending on which expert you listen to, the seriousness of the issue varies. Some claim it’s not such a big deal and that there’s a fair amount of brinkmanship going on. Their belief is that a deal will get done – sometime soon – and things will return to […]

Silver Lake statue pushes gold barrow

OUT AND ABOUT: Gold producer Silver Lake Resources is proudly showing off the fruits of its labours at this year’s Diggers & Dealers conference in Kalgoorlie. The company has commissioned a statue by award winning sculptor William Eicholtz. Silver Lake Resources managing director told The Roadhouse the statue is, “A tribute to the prospectors who […]

Saracen to study Whirling Dervish underground potential

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Goldfields producer Saracen Mineral Holdings is set to study high-grade underground mine potential at its Whirling Dervish deposit located adjacent to the Carosue Dam project. Saracen said it has been encouraged by assay results from a recently completed drilling program at Whirling Dervish. The company considers the results suggest significant resource potential […]

Diggers & Dealers opens in Kalgoorlie

Diggers & Dealers opens in Kalgoorlie OUT AND ABOUT: From a spectator’s point of view it was something of an anti-climax when Diggers & Dealers forum chairman Barry Eldridge opened this year’s conference. Opening the 2010 conference Eldridge reminded delegates that in its entire history Diggers & Dealers had maintained an arm’s length from federal […]

Gold Road excited by Central Bore

THE DRILL SERGEANT: The Central Bore project of Gold Road Resources continues to act contrarily to its name by continuing to produce exciting results from an ongoing RC and RAB drilling program.  Central Bore, along with the Justinian and Hann gold projects, is located on the company’s Yamarna Belt in Western Australia. Gold Road said […]

Bannerman receives environmental go-ahead

THE BOURSE WHISPERER: Perth-based Bannerman Resources has received an Environmental Clearance from the Namibian Ministry of Environment and Tourism for the linear infrastructure proposed to service the company’s Etango uranium project. The Environmental Clearance gives the company approval to develop a linear infrastructure corridor from the existing nearby public road to the project site, including […]

GBM Resources upgrades Milo

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Australian copper-gold play GBM Resources has received further encouraging results from diamond drilling at the Milo prospect, which is part of the company’s Brightlands copper-gold project in North-West Queensland. GBM said the latest results support its growing confidence in the potential of prospect as an iron-oxide-copper-gold project. “These additional strong drillhole intersections, […]

Northern Star drilling highlights Peake potential

THE DRILL SERGEANT: Emerging gold producer and exploration company Northern Star Resources has completed the first round of drilling at its Ashburton gold project in Western Australia. Northern Star has told the market the drilling has returned a series of high-grade results, which it said highlights the potential for it to become the company’s second […]

Terramin Australia adds to Menninnie project

Menninnie Metals, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Adelaide-based base metal producer Terramin Australia has concluded a transaction with Minotaur Operations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Minotaur Metals. The transaction will result in Menninnie owning 100% of a prospective group of tenements along trend from the Menninnie Dam lead-zinc deposits. Terramin will be the ultimate winner from […]