Jessica joined Business News in August 2019 after completing an internship with Adelaide-based online publication The Lead. She covers a variety of topics at Business News for both online and print, including junior mining, sport, health, and technology. Jessica completed a Bachelor of Media at the University of Adelaide in 2019, with a major in journalism, and a Bachelor of Commerce at Curtin University in 2014 (marketing and advertising). She is a former paralegal with national firm Galilee Solicitors.
Elevate Uranium and Valor Resources have raised funds to advance their uranium projects, while fellow WA companies Saturn Metals and Medallion Metals are continuing their search for gold.
Swick Mining Services is on track to demerge and list its Orexplore Technologies business, with a shareholder meeting scheduled for next month and documents submitted to ASIC.
Tietto Minerals has secured the remaining funds needed to develop its Abujar gold project in Cote d'Ivoire, while Wiluna Mining is advancing an expansion of its operations in WA.
Nimy Resources has joined the rush of explorers in listing on the stock exchange, as it advances its Mons nickel project in WA using proceeds from a $6.5 million IPO.
Aspiring battery materials producer ChemX Materials has launched a $7 million initial public offering, as part of a stock market listing expected in December.
SRG Global has won seven contracts including from Rio Tinto and Roy Hill, while Southern Cross Electrical Engineering has secured work at BHP’s Pilbara accommodation villages.
Global Infrastructure Partners will join Woodside Petroleum’s $US5.6 billion Pluto LNG expansion, having struck a deal to acquire a 49 per cent stake in the project.
Ramelius Resources is on track to complete a $180 million takeover of Apollo Consolidated, having acquired more than half of the explorer's issued capital.
Engineering and construction company Duratec has secured work on Sydney’s new $5.3 billion international airport through a subcontract with Multiplex Constructions.
AvidSys Group's engineering subsidiary, which comprises three businesses formerly part of RCR Tomlinson, has laid off more than 100 employees after falling into administration.
Liontown Resources has detailed plans for what it claims will be one of the biggest lithium mines in the world, revealing a 23-year operation at Kathleen Valley in the Goldfields.
Westgold Resources has proposed to develop a third mine in WA following its failed attempt to acquire Gascoyne Resources’ Dalgaranga operation in the Mid West.
Strickland Metals has raised funds to support a resource expansion at its Yandal project in the Goldfields, with drilling scheduled to start in January.
Gold Road Resources says it won’t increase its all-cash offer for explorer Apollo Consolidated after being outbid last week, but has left the door open with respect to its 19.9 per cent shareholding.
Westgold Resources has sought to withdraw its $120 million takeover proposal for Gascoyne Resources after a conflicting merger was approved by the Supreme Court of WA.