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

St George Mining’s diamond drilling at its giant Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil has been running 24/7 and has recently drilled the company’s longest mineralised intercept exceeding 115m from surface. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has delivered its thickest-ever high-grade rare earths and niobium diamond drill hit in the short but spectacular history of the company’s 100%-owned Araxá project in Brazil, boring through a staggering 115.65m from surfac

Ardea Resources managing director and chief executive officer Andrew Penkethman. Credit: File Ardea Resources (ASX: ARL) has been busy fine-tuning a definitive feasibility study on its flagship Kalgoorlie nickel project (KNP), unveiling a simpler development blueprint, with work due for completion in the first half of next year. After wrestling with industry-wide cost escalation and a wave of fresh technical data, Ardea and its heavyweight Japanese-backed partners Sumitomo an

Lindian Resources has commenced a diamond-drilling program at its high-grade North Knoll rare-earth prospect, which forms part of the company’s world-class Kangankunde project in Malawi. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has kicked off a first-pass diamond drilling campaign at the company’s exciting North Knoll rare earths prospect in Malawi. The target, which returned rock chip assays of up to 7.15 per cent total rare earths (TREOs) in earlier testing, is one of sev

Venus Metals has countered QGold’s 17-cent per share bid as opportunistic and underpriced, signalling the latest move in its takeover tussle. Credit: File If QGold was hoping for a quick resolution to its unsolicited takeover bid for gold junior Venus Metals (ASX: VMC) , it will likely be a little disappointed after Venus today tabled a string of value drivers lurking within its books that management says makes QGold’s bid look somewhat pale. In its formal response to the bi

Aureka Limited will partner with mining and processing specialists Core Prospecting to assess and develop its St Arnaud Comstock project. Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has taken a major step towards early gold production at its St Arnaud Comstock Project, 125 kilometres north-northwest of Ballarat in Victoria, by engaging small-scale mining specialist and local mill owner Core Prospecting. Under the deal, Core will be responsible for undertaking a comprehensive scoping study in

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Phoslock Environmental Technologies. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File It looked like Santa had shown up early, only to turn around and swipe all the presents this week. As silly season officially kicks off, the ASX-listed corporate suits have packed up for their holiday homes, leaving the market limping along on whatever momentum the algorithms can sustain. No major headlines sang out in markets this week, especially compared w

West Wits Mining has commissioned several key fleet additions, which are now fully operational at its Qala Shallows phase one underground gold mining operation in South Africa’s famed Witwatersrand Basin. West Wits Mining (ASX: WWI) has officially opened its Qala Shallows underground mine west of Johannesburg, marking the first new underground gold mine to be developed in South Africa in 15 years. The ceremony was attended by the Minister of Mineral and Petroleum Resources,

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Meeka Metals’ Murchison project area showing the Turnberry - St Annes corridor. Credit: File Meeka Metals (ASX: MEK) has delivered more high-grade gold hits from the prolifically mineralised Fairway Shear zone, which dominates the company’s Murchison gold project in Western Australia. Drilling results at its new Rosapenna target, just 500 metres south of the company’s Turnberry South deposit, returned a best hit of 23m grading 1.05 grams per tonne (g/t) gold, including a 4-me

Larvotto Resources’ Hillgrove geological personnel with ECORE Elemission’s technician and the ECORE scanner. Credit: File Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has bought and taken delivery of Canadian-based Elemission’s game-changing ECORE automated core scanning system. The new technology will make the company’s NSW Hillgrove antimony-gold project the only operating mine site in Australia equipped with on-site laser ablation and atomic emission spectroscopy capability. The ECORE s