Maritana Minerals is stepping up work at its Black Swan processing hub near Kalgoorlie after raising its planned plant throughput. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has stepped up work on its Black Swan gold processing hub near Kalgoorlie, after front-end engineering design (FEED) by GR Engineering Services lifted planned plant capacity from the 2.2 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) used in its scoping study to 2.5Mtpa as the company moves closer to construction. The revision

Maritana Minerals drilling near Black Swan where the company has recently secured additional extensive tenure while offloading non-core ground. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has tightened its grip on the Kalgoorlie goldfields after striking a strategic tenement swap with ASX-listed Accelerate Resources that brings in the extensive Kanowna East package while offloading the company’s non-core Balagundi ground. The deal fits Maritana’s push to consolidate ground around its

Maritana Minerals has launched a phase two reverse circulation drilling program on its Burbanks Main and Birthday Gift Lodes, 9km southwest of Coolgardie in WA. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has wasted little time following up on recent strong first-pass results from its phase one campaign at its Burbanks gold project, 9km southwest of Coolgardie in WA, and has launched a phase two drilling program and mobilised a second drill to accelerate its hunt for more ounces. The

Maritana Minerals is developing its Black Swan processing hub, near Kalgoorlie, which sits within a 50km radius of at least 12 significant gold projects and numerous prospects at various stages of evaluation. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has further tightened its grip around the company’s Black Swan processing hub near Kalgoorlie, unveiling a deal to buy a strategic package of tenements sitting right on the doorstep of its existing infrastructure. The company says it wi

Maritana Minerals’ Burbanks underground mine, 9km south of Coolgardie in Western Australia. Credit: File Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT), formerly Horizon Minerals, has delivered more sizzling gold intercepts from phase one diamond drilling at its Burbanks project, near Coolgardie in Western Australia. The drill bit has nailed an impressive string of hits, with one standout intercept delivering 4.20m at 42.43 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 289.63m, including 1.37m going an eye-

Maritana’s Minerals’ Phillips Find project, where the pictured dump rehabilitation has been completed, is centred 45km north-northwest of Coolgardie. Credit: File Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has clocked up a solid March quarter, significantly bulking up its cash position and nudging its Black Swan processing hub closer to the starting line as it pivots from a developer to a long-term producer. The company, formerly Horizon Minerals, changed its name to Maritana Minerals and

Horizon Minerals’ Black Swan plant, 50km northeast of Kalgoorlie in WA, is being refurbished and upgraded to convert it from nickel to gold processing. Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) is lining up a low-risk run for its planned Black Swan gold processing hub restart in WA’s Goldfields. The company’s current phase of mining at Boorara was completed last December and has mutually terminated its ore purchase agreement with Paddington Gold Mine, effective on 11 February

Horizon Minerals’ Black Swan nickel processing plant, which is soon to be refurbished and converted to a gold-processing plant. Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has turned more of its Phillips Find gold into cold hard cash, banking another $10 million in March from the project’s joint venture (JV) as the last of the mine’s toll-treatment campaigns wrapped up. Mining by the company’s JV partner, BML Ventures finished in late November last year, with two processing cam

Horizon Minerals’ Black Swan processing hub located 50 kilometres northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has taken a key step towards turning its proposed Black Swan gold processing hub near Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, into a fully-fledged operation. The company has ordered critical long-lead equipment needed to convert its former Black Swan nickel-processing plant into one that will treat gold-bearing ores. The move aims to

Dollar Bill ponders the wisdom of share consolidations. Credit: File Dollar Bill was sitting at the back of an AGM not long ago when Resolution 6 was called. The chair cleared his throat and declared, “Approval of a 20-for-1 consolidation of issued share capital.” A few retail holders squinted at the screen. Someone from the great unwashed side of the room muttered something about “finally getting the price back over twenty cents”, and a couple in the row in front reached for

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Horizon studies, funding unlock 100koz future for WA gold hub Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has made a strong case for joining the ranks of meaningful Western Australian gold producers after studies confirmed its Black Swan processing hub can underpin a standalone gold operation with serious punch. Crucially, Horizon has also removed the funding question mark that so often dogs development stories. The company has launched a fully underwritten A$175 million institutional place

Horizon Minerals’ developing ROM ore pad at its Boorara gold project near Kalgoorlie. Credit: File Riding a red-hot gold market, Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has delivered a timely upgrade to its Kalgoorlie portfolio, boosting its global resource base to 34.3 million tonnes at 1.7 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 1.88 million ounces. The resource reshuffle has delivered a 16 per cent jump in tonnes, translating into a healthy 6.5 per cent increase, adding 114,000 ounces in cont

Horizon Minerals has generated another quarter of strong cash flows from gold sales, banking $23.3M from 3689 ounces sold and ending the period with a healthy $37.5M cash balance.

An underground drive at Horizon Minerals’ Burbanks gold mine in Coolgardie, Western Australia. Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has continued to intersect bonanza-grade gold in drilling at its Burbanks gold project, south of Coolgardie in Western Australia, with assays confirming another stellar intercept grading up to 396.6 grams per tonne (g/t). The latest results came from the remaining holes drilled in late 2025 and have built directly on to the ultra-high-grade

Horizon Minerals has pushed back its Black Swan plant conversion feasibility study near Kalgoorlie into the new year, opting to reassess project economics amid record gold prices.

Horizon Minerals has intersected stunning visible gold at its Burbanks project in Western Australia, including an ultra-high-grade intercept grading up to a massive 5.848 kilograms per tonne.

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

Horizon Minerals’ mining operations at the company’s Boorara gold project Credit: File Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) is nearing the end of open-pit mining at its Phase 1 program at Phillips Find and its Boorara gold projects near Kalgoorlie in WA’s Eastern Goldfields, with strong stockpiles built and first gold already flowing from both operations this year. At Phillips Find, 45km north-northwest of Coolgardie, mining of the Newhaven and Newminster pit cutbacks under the compa

Horizon Minerals is fast-tracking refurbishment of its Black Swan processing plant to treat ores drawn from its extensive surrounding portfolio of gold projects. Credit: File Perth-based Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has struck a binding heads of agreement to sell its 100 per cent-owned non-core Lake Johnston nickel project in Western Australia to emerging explorer Forrestania Resources for a total consideration of $35 million which includes a $30m cash component. The deal, ex