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Maritana Minerals’ former Black Swan nickel processing plant, 50km north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, is being transformed into a major gold processing hub Credit: File Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has put its regional hub-and-spoke strategy into overdrive, striking a shrewd deal for fellow ASX-listed gold explorer Dundas Minerals to take an 85 per cent stake in its Baden-Powell/Windanya gold project near Kalgoorlie in WA. Maritana will retain a 15 per centsta

Auric Mining is set to acquire the Iron Maiden gold project, 180km south of its Burbanks processing facility in Western Australia. Credit: File Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) has inked a deal to snap up the Iron Maiden gold project near Norseman in WA, adding a historical gold resource to its growing portfolio and potentially bolstering the ore feed pipeline for its Burbanks processing facility, currently undergoing refurbishment. Under the deal, Auric will fork out an initial

Lindian Resources plans to ship its Kangankunde rare earths concentrate from the recently revamped Nacala seaport in northern Mozambique. Credit: File Lindian Resources' (ASX: LIN) share price surged more than 17 per cent in early trades today,when, reaching a high of 44.75 cents on heavy turnover after the company revealed it hads secured a binding offtake term sheet for 30,000 tonnes per annum of monazite concentrate from its giant Malawian Kangankunde rare earths proje

A nodding donkey at ADX Energy’s Anshof oil production facility in Upper Austria. Credit: File ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has significantly upgraded its exploration inventory across 1022 square kilometres of permits in Upper Austria, tabling an impressive portfolio of 28 prospects with a combined mean prospective resource of 579 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas and 59 million barrels (MMbbl) of oil. The beefed-up inventory spans five geological plays backed by proven regional

Critica Limited’s metallurgical testwork is studying gallium and scandium extraction and recovery from its giant Jupiter rare earths project in WA’s Mid West region. Credit: File Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has delivered a set of impressive metallurgical results for two key critical minerals, gallium and scandium, from its 100 per cent-owned Jupiter rare earth elements project in Western Australia's Mid West region. The company says recent testwork achieved gallium extra

Dalaroo Metals’ diamond drill pad set up ready for follow-up drilling at its high-grade West African Fournier gold discovery. Credit: File Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has delivered another significant gold intersection at its Bondoukou Gold Ridge project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, hitting a 13-metre-thick zone of mineralisation grading 2.67 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 87m depth. The interval, at its fresh Wilfred prospect, also , includeding a higher-grade six-metre

TMK Energy prepares for well re-completions at its recently declared Lucky Fox gas discovery within the Gurvantes XXXV project in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has notched up a double win at its wholly-owned Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia, smashing another monthly production record and securing regulatory acceptance of its declaration of (gas) discovery, putting it firmly on the path to a potential 30-year production licence. The dual a

American West Metals’ Storm copper project in the northern Canadian region of Nunavut. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has put some serious meat on the bones of its 80 per cent-owned Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, unveiling a monster maiden exploration target that could contain multi-million tonnes of copper beneath the Arctic tundra. The company has tabled a conceptual target ranging from 110 million to 214Mt at a grade of between 0.59 and 1.02 p

Forrestania Resources’ British Hill project sits 75km south-southeast of Southern Cross in Western Australia’s rich Yilgarn Mineral Field. Credit: File Emerging gold producer Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has delivered a trifecta of news from its WA gold operations, tabling a suite of high-grade drill hits that have underpinned a significant resource upgrade at its British Hill project, in addition to locking in a new separate ore purchase agreement to feed its soon-to

Beetaloo Energy is progressing its Carpentaria pilot project in the Northern Territory towards first gas sales. Credit: File Beetaloo Energy Australia (ASX: BTL) has ticked off a major regulatory milestone at its Carpentaria gas discovery in the Northern Territory, securing a critical Retention Licence that locks down its tenure and opens the door to a full production licence. The new licence, RL11, covers 605 square kilometres carved out of Beetaloo’s existing explora