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ASX Runners of the Week: Dateline, Mamba, Image Resources & BOA
This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Dateline Resources Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File And the finger-pointing begins. Albo is acting annoyed and flabbergasted that the RBA had the temerity to jack up interest rates again, as if the latest rise has somehow arrived from another planet rather than after years of rampant government spending. Meanwhile, RBA Governor Michele Bullock has finally stopped gaslighting the Australian public on spending and made on

Andrew Todd
Oct 3


Image Resources passes milestone with first Atlas mineral sands shipment
Image Resources has shipped its first parcel of heavy mineral sands from its new Atlas project out of Western Australia’s Geraldton port....

Sheena Francis
Apr 17, 2025


Image Resources trucks first HMC to Geraldton ready for shipping
Trucks move the first heavy mineral concentrate from Image Resources’ new Atlas mineral sands project in WA’s Mid West region to the Port...

Sheena Francis
Mar 17, 2025


Image Resources lands first production at WA Atlas heavy minerals project
The fully commissioned ore feed preparation plant is ready for use at Image Resources’ Atlas heavy minerals project, 170 kilometres north...

Sheena Francis
Feb 20, 2025


Image Resources banks US$20m for offtake at new WA mineral sands mine
Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has locked in a US$20 million offtake pre-payment to give it the necessary funding to accelerate the...

Sheena Francis
Oct 24, 2024


Image Resources fires starting gun on new WA mineral sands play
Image Resources (ASX: IMA) now expects a June kick off to start producing the first tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) from its...

Sheena Francis
Oct 18, 2024


Image Resources gets nod to launch into onsite Atlas construction
Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has confirmed it has received the final approvals it needs to kick off the long-awaited onsite construction...

Sheena Francis
Aug 9, 2024


New approval strengthens Image Resources plans for Atlas sands
Image Resources (ASX: IMA) is continuing its push towards the construction of its Atlas heavy mineral sands project in Western...

Sheena Francis
Jul 31, 2024


Image Resources flexes muscle to prepare new Atlas mineral sands play
Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has launched the on-ground construction activity for its Atlas heavy mineral sands project in Western...

Sheena Francis
Jun 12, 2024


Image Resources gets environment thumbs-up for mineral sands project
Image Resources says it is moving closer to mining at its WA mineral sands project. Credit: File Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has edged a step closer to its mining plans at its 100 per cent-owned high-grade Atlas mineral sands project 90km north of Boonanarring in Western Australia after securing environmental approval for the proposed development from the State Government. The company today confirmed it had received the Ministerial approval under the State’s Environmental Prot

Doug Bright
May 24, 2024


Image Resources to spit out $277m EBITDA a year with WA mineral sands
Image Resources plans to produce heavy mineral concentrate from Yandanooka north of Perth. Credit: File. Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has revealed a compelling prefeasibility study (PFS) for its 100 per cent-owned Yandanooka mineral sands project north of Perth, showing an annual EBITDA of $277 million for more than eight years. The study metrics show the project is modelled to produce 1.04 million tonnes of heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) during its 8.2-year mine life, resulti

Andrew Duffy
Apr 19, 2024


Image Resources edges closer to development of WA mineral sands project
Image Resources Managing Director and CEO, Patrick Mutz Credit: File Image Resources (ASX: IMA) has taken a key step towards the development of its Atlas mineral sands project in Western Australia after no formal objections were lodged for the implementation of the company’s development proposal. The outcome could speed up the group’s return to mining by several months, with the process now moving towards final ministerial approval. The news follows a review process stemming

Bart Bogacz
Apr 8, 2024


Image Resources gets EPA green light for WA mineral sands project
Image Resources’ mining at its Boonanarring operation has come to an end and the company plans to move all mining and processing equipment to its new Atlas site. Credit: File The Environmental Protection Authority has given Image Resources conditional approval to go ahead with the development proposal for its Atlas mineral sands project in Western Australia’s North Perth Basin. The company says that while the recommendation for its 100 per cent-owned project will now undergo

Doug Bright
Mar 15, 2024


Image Resources flexes muscles for Atlas mineral sands move
Image Resources pocketed $22 million from the final shipment of mineral sands from its Boonanarring project last year. Credit: File A cashed-up Image Resources is focused on relocating its mining and ore processing operations to its wholly-owned Atlas project in Western Australia’s North Perth Basin after making significant progress with approvals. Atlas is a high-grade mineral sands mine containing 5.5 million tonnes of ore reserves at 9.2 per cent total heavy minerals (HM)
Michael Philipps
Jan 30, 2024


Mineral sands sales boost Image Resources coffers by $22m
Image Resources has shipped its final package of mineral sands from its Boonanarring project. Credit: File Image Resources is cashed-up and charging towards the next phase of its life as a mining company after today pocketing $22 million from the final shipment of mineral sands from its Boonanarring project in Western Australia. The company says its coffers have now been boosted to about $50 million and it is preparing to use the funds on a basket of highly-prospective projec

Craig Nolan
Nov 29, 2023


Ilmenite conversion boosts Bidaminna potential for Image
Hard on the heels of a recently-completed prefeasibility study (PFS), Image Resources has reported positive results from beneficiation testwork involving the conversion of ilmenite from its Bidaminna mineral sands project to synthetic rutile (SR). The company believes the outcome could lead to an opportunity to enhance the processing, economic, marketing and ore utilisation considerations of its project in Western Australia’s North Perth Basin. Initial metallurgical studies o

Doug Bright
Aug 9, 2023


Image Resources bumps up bottom line by $12.5 million
Image Resources has wrapped up production at its Boonanarring project but will get a final pay day from shipping its remaining stockpiles. Credit: File Higher zircon grades and increasing demand for heavy mineral concentrate (HMC) has had Image Resources ringing its till, with a bottom-line boost of nearly $12.5 million revealed in its quarterly report today. The company also increased HMC production quarter on quarter by six per cent at its Boonanarring minerals sands projec
Steve Kaless
Jul 31, 2023


Image Resources mineral sands mine to make $36m a year for 10.5 years
Image Resources’ Boonanarring project Credit: File Image Resources has tabled a prefeasibility study (PFS) on its proposed new Bidaminna mineral sands project in WA that estimates a total EBITDA for its contemplated 10.5-year mine life of $379 million. Management, which will immediately move towards definitive feasibility studies, says it will cost $194 million to build the mine, which should yield a net present value of about the same figure. The PFS also revealed a maiden o
Meagan Evans
Jun 28, 2023


Image production jumps 18 per cent at mineral sands project
Image Resources is making its way through its heavy mineral content stockpiles at the company’s Boonanarring mineral sands project. Credit: File Image Resources has lifted the heavy mineral content production from its Boonanarring mineral sands project north of Perth by 18 per cent during the March quarter, compared to the previous three-month period. According to the company’s latest quarterly report, the production increase is due to higher ore grades, despite a decrease in
Michael Philipps
Apr 28, 2023
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