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Toro and Deep Yellow drill Namibia

Nova Energy Namibia, which is owned by a consortium including Deep Yellow, Toro Energy and Sixzone Investments, is to commence a drilling program of approximately 10,000m RC drilling on its tenements in Namibia.  Deep Yellow, operating through Reptile Uranium Namibia, will manage the program, which has been designed, subject to strict environmental and rehabilitation conditions, […]

RIU Sydney Resources Round-up – Day One

The 2011 RIU Sydney Resources Round-up kicked off this morning to news that Wayne Swan had left the mining industry out of the Federal Budget. That came as a bit of an anti-climax, especially for us journalistic types who enjoy a good government versus mining industry stoush. It would appear the Gillard government has done […]

Crusader Resources extends Borborema gold project.

Drilling at Crusader Resources’ 100% owned Borborema gold project in Brazil has extended gold mineralisation to 3,350 metres along strike and at depth. Crusader has completed 22,000m of a planned 25,000m program and has said it is now confident it will be able to significantly expand the current Indicated and Inferred Mineral Resource estimate of […]

Quarterly figures reflect WA’s push to improve approvals system

The use of new technology has been identified by the Western Australian state government as a major contributor to the significant turnaround in approvals for the first quarter of 2011. The WA government has been eager to improve its mining approvals processes to meet the growth of applications, especially those in the on-line category. On-line […]

Wolf Minerals provides market with tungsten update

Australian specialist minerals exploration and development company Wolf Minerals released some interesting information to the market. The company released an update on the tungsten market, which highlights a strong outlook for future price and demand and, unsurprisingly paints a rosy picture for its flagship project. Wolf’s core project is the Hemerdon Tungsten and Tin project […]

RIU Sydney Resources Round-up

The eighth annual RIU Sydney Resources Round-up kicks off at in the salubrious surroundings of the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth this week with the three day conference promising to provide investors with the opportunity to meet the people behind some of Australia’s leading exploration and mid-tier mining companies. The Resources Roadhouse has driven the company ute […]

Zamia Metals scores healthy molybdenum hits.

Australian exploration company Zamia Metals has announced some encouraging RC drilling results from the northern zone of its Anthony molybdenum discovery in central Queensland. The latest drilling program came on the back of an announcement by the company in February of an increase in the Inferred Resource in primary (sulphide) molybdenum mineralisation to 173 million […]

Blackham Resources receives further positive drill results from Scaddan.

Blackham Resources has announced further positive drill results from drilling at its Scaddan and Grass Patch projects near Esperance, Western Australia confirming coal intercepts outside the existing resource model. A recently completed air core and diamond drill program was aimed at upgrading the coal resource category within the mining pit area and test the coal […]

Feasibility study gives thumbs up for Richmond Mining’s Buena Vista iron project.

The recently completed feasibility study carried out on the Buena Vista project, located in Nevada, USA, has, according to the company, confirmed the project to be, “an economically robust, long-life iron project which will generate substantial returns for the company and deliver significant benefits to local Counties and the State of Nevada.” Perth-based Richmond had […]

No Logie but plenty of Gold

Gold is never far from our centre of attention these days and neither are the companies that are, or are about to be, producing it. Subiaco-based Crescent Gold recently came in from a 21 day ore processing campaign through Barrick’s 3.8 million tonne per annum Granny Smith gold processing mill. The ore is being mined […]