Neometals Limited has joined forces with Kalgoorlie-based mining group BML Ventures, with the two firms inking a letter of intent to negotiate a joint venture to develop Neometals’ Ironclad gold deposit in WA. Credit: File Neometals Limited (ASX: NMT) and Kalgoorlie-based mining group BML Ventures have joined forces, with the two firms inking a letter of intent (LOI) to negotiate a joint venture (JV) for the development of Neometals’ Ironclad gold deposit in WA. The Ironclad

Shallow high-grade copper oxide in historical workings at Norfold Metals’ Carmen copper project in Chile. Credit: File Norfolk Metals (ASX: NFL) has taken stock of initial assays from its maiden drilling program at the company’s Carmen project in Chile’s copper-rich Huasco Province. A standout strike delivered 53 metres at 1.1 per cent copper from only 62m downhole. The thick intercept included a 4-metre high-grade core averaging 2.8 per cent copper from 85m. Other notable h

Lindian Resources’ staff on site at the company’s Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has shifted its Kangankunde rare earths project into high gear after awarding all major non-process infrastructure (NPI) contracts, clearing the decks ahead of full-scale mine construction in Malawi. The move comes after the company took full ownership of its giant rare-earth deposit earlier in the week, having paid US$10 million to exercise a

Beetaloo Energy’s Carpentaria-5H well within the mammoth Beetaloo sub-basin in the Northern Territory. Credit: File Beetaloo Energy (ASX: BTL) has cleared the last hurdle to development at its Carpentaria pilot project in the Northern Territory, taking a final investment decision (FID) on commercialisation and clearing the way to first gas flows from the mammoth Beetaloo Sub-basin. The move caps off a string of regulatory wins for the company, which is on a fast track to deli

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Diamond drilling at Aurum’s Napié gold project in West Africa, where the company has expanded its fleet of drill rigs. ASX-listed gold explorer Aurum Resources (ASX: AUE) continues to build momentum at its 0.87-million-ounce Napié gold project in Côte d’Ivoire after delivering another batch of impressive results from its ongoing 30,000-metre diamond drilling program. The infill and extensional drilling campaign at the Tchaga deposit is focused on resource expansion and confi

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A typical low-cost gold heap leach project similar to Marmota’s proposed production in South Australia’s Gawler Craton. Marmota Limited (ASX: MEU) has set the market alight with final assays from maiden drilling at its Greenewood gold project in South Australia, unveiling bonanza-grade gold up to a blistering 109 grams per tonne (g/t), covering nearly 1km in strike. The company’s shares rocketed as much as 76 per cent in early trading today, to a high of 12.5 cents as the det

Old workings at Locksley Resources’ historic Desert antimony mine in California. The ASX-listed critical minerals player Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY) has kicked off an expression of interest (EOI) process to recruit tier-one engineering firms in the US for scoping-stage engineering and pilot-plant designs at its Desert antimony mine in California. The formal tender follows on from direct engagement earlier this year between its senior management team and leading US engineer

Whitebark Energy’s helicopter-supported placement of soil gas sensors in its Rickerscote prospect in the Officer Basin, South Australia. A soil gas survey conducted by Whitebark Energy (ASX: WBE) at the company’s exciting Rickerscote onshore energy prospect in South Australia’s Officer Basin has detected elevated micro-seepage of all three gases. Rickerscote is a massive, undrilled clean energy play. It has been identified as a world-class potential source of natural white h

Drilling underway at Solara Minerals’ DeGrussa West gold-copper project in Western Australia, with prospective quartz veining outcrop seen in foreground. Credit: File Solara Minerals (ASX: SLA) has launched a high-impact gold-copper drilling program at its DeGrussa West project in Western Australia’s Bryah Basin, testing conductors just 17-kilometres west of Sandfire Resources’ epic DeGrussa discovery back in 2009. The company’s maiden campaign at the project calls for 12 rev

Strickland Metals’ drilling crew with managing director Paul L’Herpiniere (Middle) and non-executive chairman Anthony McClure (Right) at the company’s Gradina gold deposit in Serbia. Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) has added another serious string to its bow in Serbia, unveiling an impressive maiden gold resource of 1.2 million ounces at the company’s Gradina deposit. The new resource weighs in at a hefty 12 million tonnes grading 3 grams per tonne (g/t), which hikes the compan

Historic workings and small open pits at True North Copper’s Marimo project within its expanded Chumvale exploration region, near Cloncurry in Queensland. Credit: File True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has identified a bevy of big iron-oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) targets across its Chumvale province in northwest Queensland, bolstering its long-term discovery plan in one of Australia’s most copper-fertile regions. The company say the 50-square-kilometre project is now a standout part

Lindian Resources modern project camp is currently under construction at its giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi Lindian Resources Limited (ASX: LIN) has taken full control of its Kangankunde rare earths project in the African nation of Malawi after making an early payment of the final US$10 million (A$15M) tranche to acquire the remaining 33 per cent interest in the project from Malawian vendor Rift Valley Resource Developments Limited (RVRD). The transaction no

Gossanous and copper-rich rock chips at Litchfield Minerals’ Oonagalabi Main Zone in the Northern Territory. Litchfield Minerals (ASX: LMS) has hit a whopping 148m of copper, including 90m grading 0.6 per cent copper and 1.8 per cent zinc from 17 metres depth at its Main Zone prospect, which forms part of the company’s Oonagalabi copper-zinc project, 120 kilometres north of Alice Springs. The new hit represents the biggest drilling intersection to date at site and reinforces

Caption: A diamond drill rig working at Hot Chili’s La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile’s Atacama region. Credit: File Hot Chili (ASX: HCH) has confirmed broad, high-grade, copper-gold near surface at its emerging La Verde porphyry discovery in Chile, hinting at the possibility of a starter pit. By supplying its flagship Costa Fuego monster project nearby with rich ore, the game-changing option could materially strengthen its opening years of production. The company says

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Locksley Resources’ new geophysical survey has unearthed a parallel thorium trend to its El Campo rare earths project and next to MP Materials’ massive Mountain Pass mine. Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY) has deployed ultra-high-resolution geophysics at its Mojave project in California to uncover a brand new rare earths trend just metres from its El Campo prospect. Flying at just 35 metres above ground with ultra-tight 40-metre line spacing, the heli-survey has peeled back deca

Horizon Minerals’ Boorara open-cut operation near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has inked a land use agreement with the Marlinyu Ghoorlie Native Title Claimant group across almost all of the company’s 240 tenements in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. The voluntary agreement provides a solid and flexible way to manage how land and resources can be used by setting out the rights and interests of both parties where native title

Rio2 Limited is acquiring the Condestable copper-producing mine in Peru, transforming the company into a producer of precious and base metals. Credit: File Rio2 Limited (TSX: RIO) is acquiring the Condestable copper-producing mine in Peru for a total of US$217 million (A$327M), instantly transforming the company from a single-asset Chilean gold developer into a diversified Latin American precious-and-base-metals producer, with immediate cash flow. Under the deal signed with

Pilot Energy is seeking JV partners for its extensive West Australian offshore WA-481-P gas permit. Credit: File Pilot Energy (ASX: PGY) is in the final stages of a farm-out process for its wholly-owned WA-481-P gas exploration permit, with offers from short-listed parties due to close before the end of the month. The company’s 8605 square kilometre offshore tenure extends between Cervantes and Geraldton and is the biggest Commonwealth offshore exploration license in Australi

TMK Energy’s pilot well at the Gurvantes coal seam gas project in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has continued to make solid progress on its pressure build-up tests at the company’s Gurvantes coal seam gas (CSG) project in Mongolia, increasing gas flow rates by a whopping 18 per cent in November. The company says its pilot wells are now comfortably delivering on expectations, with stronger gas flows and consistent water rates. Water production continued in line

Gas flaring at Beetaloo Energy’s Carpentaria-5H well in the Northern Territory. Under a newly approved beneficial-use-of-gas agreement, the appraisal gas will now be sold directly into the local market. Credit: File Beetaloo Energy (ASX: BTL) has cleared its final regulatory hurdle, securing Northern Territory Government approval to sell appraisal gas from the company’s Carpentaria project in the Territory, effectively flipping the switch from explorer to emerging producer.

Whitebark Energy’s Alinya project covers multiple permits in the Officer Basin, in the heart of the Great Victoria Desert, about 1000km north of Adelaide. Whitebark Energy Limited (ASX: WBE) has appointed its chief operating officer, Nik Sykiotis, as chief executive officer, effective immediately, positioning the company to capitalise on its diverse portfolio spanning natural hydrogen, helium and conventional hydrocarbons. Sykiotis, who has driven operational efficiency and