Aurumin has continued to level its exploration and financial focus further on its Sandstone gold project in Western Australia after selling the iron ore rights at its Mt Dimer operation to a subsidiary of Mineral Resources. It will retain exposure through progress and royalty payments as part of a $250,000 sale to Polaris Metals for iron ore rights at four of its Mt Dimer tenements.
The Bald Hill lithium mine in the Goldfields will cost Mineral Resources almost $260 million after a price for the acquisition was revealed by administrators.
Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison has labelled SQM's takeover of Azure Minerals as “dead in the water” while also shedding light on his lithium acquisition strategy.
Infinity Mining has stretched its Pilbara lithium tenure to a whopping 795sq km after securing a contiguous fourth exploration licence, adding to its strategically-located ground 30km west of Marble Bar in Western Australia. And in addition to lithium, the company says its Panorama project area is also prospective for intrusive-related nickel-copper, shear and conglomerate-hosted gold systems and volcanic-hosted massive sulphide base-metal deposits.
Western Australia's resources middle tier could be at the heart of $170 billion in GDP growth by 2040, but only if the nation acts on its critical minerals opportunities, according to PwC.
This week's Bulls N' Bears profiled ASX runner is … Imugene. Its share price jumped more than 212 per cent to join other impressive companies including Krakatoa Resources, TechGen Metals and GreenTech Metals.
Mineral Resources will purchase the lithium and base metal rights at Pantoro's Norseman gold project under a $60 million deal adding to its acquisitive streak.
Bookbuilds and Banter with Boz (aka Shaw and Partner's WA State manager Davide Bosio) draws on his years of capital-raising experience and deal-making in Perth to talk billionaires and battery metals as he laments the ultimate killer of the deal – time.
Global battery industry giant Shanghai Jayson New Energy Materials has become St George Mining's biggest shareholder after grabbing $3 million worth of the West Perth-based lithium explorer's shares. The company says the significant investment will enable it to better explore its portfolio of hard-rock lithium projects in Western Australia, with a priority focus on the flagship Mt Alexander operation.
Chris Ellison-backed Wildcat Resources has entered a trading halt ahead of launching a capital raising of up to $100 million off the back of a surging share price.
Mineral Resources has bought a 12.3 per cent stake in Azure Minerals, adding to intrigue around the takeover target after Hancock Prospecting also bought a big stake.
Lithium aspirant Wildcat Resources has welcomed Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources as a major shareholder after it acquired a 19.85 per cent stake in the Pilbara explorer.
A record breaking 29 per cent increase in battery collection, an agreement with MinRes and the fifth consecutive quarter of gross profits have rounded a solid quarter for Lithium Australia. The company collected a whopping 413 tonnes of batteries last quarter, with higher-margin Lithium-ion batteries representing 44 per cent of collections that it will harvest lucrative battery metals from.
Ousted Delta Lithium boss David Flanagan has taken a cheeky swipe at mining billionaires Gina Rinehart and Chris Ellison one month after leaving the junior company.
Mineral Resources has inched a step further in closing a deal to take control of the Bald Hill lithium mine, with a share sale agreement with Alita Resources liquidators now unconditional.
Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources has awarded a $24 million contract to Indigenous-owned contractor Djeleanna for exploration earthworks at its Onslow Iron project.
The former premier is on the payroll at four businesses after accepting advisory roles at Joe Hockey's consulting firm Bondi Partners and listed company APM Human Services.
Liquidators for Alita Resources are working against the clock to push ahead with the sale of the company's Bald Hill mine to Mineral Resources, as details of the bid remain tightly under wraps.
In this podcast, Simone Grogan and Jack McGinn discuss Woodside's big week; Qantas hearing; Mineral Resources; De Grey; South Perth's timber tower; and plans for an ex-premier's house.
Our weekly appointments wrap includes Jamie Allardice, Zac Komur, Gail Bowman, Marten Tieleman, Alison Xamon, Kate O'Hara, Rebecca Smith, David Flanagan, Chris Ellison, Josh Thurlow, Neale Fong, Gary Dreibergs, Darren Foster, Fabian Ross and Jennifer McGrath.
The imminent production milestone at Strike Energy's Walyering gas project in the Perth Basin has taken a back-seat as regional rhetoric and policy changes ramp up.
Delta Lithium's executive chairman David Flanagan has been ousted from the explorer's board and replaced by MinRes boss Chris Ellison after amassing a substantial stake.
Mineral Resources has sought to pluck Alita Resources' Bald Hill lithium mine out of the hands of administrators after the Foreign Investment Review Board blocked a bid from a foreign buyer.
Mineral Resources managing director Chris Ellison says further spending in the Perth Basin will depend on the outcome of discussions with the state government regarding export approvals.
A revaluation of MinRes' iron ore operations triggers a $552 million impairment in an otherwise solid set of full-year results out of Chris Ellison's multi-commodity miner.
A substantial holder notice lodged with the ASX reveals a Mineral Resources' offshoot as the buyer of more than $65 million worth of stock in David Flanagan's Delta Lithium.
Buru Energy has sold a 25 per cent stake in onshore Carnarvon Basin permit and applications to JV partner Mineral Resources, as it sharpens its focus on its Rafael gas and condensate discovery.
Swedish tech company Hexagon has reached a deal with Mineral Resources to supply autonomous technology for a fleet of 120 road trains for its Pilbara operations.
MinRes boss Chris Ellison has taken a risk-averse stance on China and dished out some choice comments for sell-side analysts in the miner's latest quarterly update.
