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Gold price up, capital costs down. All’s well along the Gold Road.

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THE INSIDE STORY: The broader market may be all doom and gloom after the boom, but gold producers and developers, such as Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR), are relishing the opportunities being offered by a buoyant gold price. Earlier this year the gold price to a peek over the $1700 mark, which was most encouraging […]

Thunderbird PFS results drive Sheffield Resources straight into BFS

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THE INSIDE STORY: Sheffield Resources’ (ASX: SFX) 100 per cent-owned Thunderbird mineral sands project possesses a number of very prominent attributes. Located on the Dampier Peninsula, about 60 kilometres west of Derby, and 25km north of the sealed Great Northern Highway joining Derby and Broome, Thunderbird is the first major mineral sands discovery in the […]

PFS de-risks Matilda Gold Project

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THE INSIDE STORY: As it moves closer to becoming the next Australian gold producer Blackham Resources (ASX: BLK) rarely has time to stand still. The company recently finalised a Pre-Feasibility Study into its 100 per cent-owned Matilda gold project, located near Wiluna in Western Australia. Although impressive, the PFS results were quickly outdated with Blackham […]

Sheffield Resources prepares to launch Thunderbird DFS

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THE INSIDE STORY: A recent Pre-Feasibility Study on its Thunderbird mineral sands project, pretty much told Sheffield Resources (ASX: SFX) what it has long suspected. The PFS confirmed Thunderbird to be a world class project with an anticipated mine-life of 32 years producing high-quality zircon and ilmenite products, boasting robust mine-to-port-to-market logistics. It was based […]

Peel Mining charges up Mallee Bull

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THE INSIDE STORY: How do you surpass making a significant copper discovery? By making a potentially even-more-significant zinc-lead-silver-gold discovery, sitting on top of it. Copper-focused exploration play Peel Mining (ASX: PEX) came to prominence in 2012 when it announced the discovery of the Mallee Bull copper deposit, located within the Cobar Superbasin in central New […]

German deal enriches Potash West aspirations

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THE INSIDE STORY: When Potash West (ASX: PWN) listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2011, its key focus was production of phosphate and potash products from the company’s Dandaragan Trough project, located north of Perth in Western Australia. Potash West had identified a growing market was emerging for fertiliser, not only within Australia, but […]

Lithium Australia’s disruption leading to lithium eruption

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THE INSIDE STORY:     Lithium Australia (ASX: LIT) makes no apologies for developing a new, disruptive hydrometallurgical process for the production of lithium carbonate from micas. Lithium Australia managing director Adrian Griffin prides himself on his good manners; however, his enthusiasm for the disruptive qualities of the company’s technological breakthrough might just result in more […]

Rox drives exploration triple

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THE INSIDE STORY: Rox Resources (ASX: RXL) is fast becoming the ‘Triple Threat’ of the Australian exploration sector developing three separate projects focusing on three different commodities. It’s little wonder then that when attending industry shows, Rox becomes a star attraction as punters line up to glean information on the company’s Fisher East nickel project, […]

Down came a Jumbuck

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THE INSIDE STORY: A merger of ASX-listed stalwarts Trafford Resources and IronClad Mining has resulted in the creation of Tyranna Resources (ASX: TYX) In project terms, Trafford Resources brought a great deal of value to the merged entity, in the form of a portfolio representing some nine years of exploration prospect accumulation, boasting an independently-rated […]

Impact Minerals builds confidence on high-grade exploration success

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THE INSIDE STORY: Depending on your glass-half-empty-half-full perceptions, a time frame of six months can seem an eternity or an instant, depending, of course, if you are willing to take control and make things happen. For Perth-based multi-commodity-focused exploration play Impact Minerals (ASX: IPT) the past six months has gone by in a flash. The […]