News Articles for Northern Star Resources

Subiaco-based SRG Global has won $40 million worth of engineering contracts in the marine, rail and bridge sectors.

Mining services provider SRG Global has won $220 million worth of contracts with Northern Star Resources for work at several of its Western Australian gold operations.

DiscovEx Resources has closed the book on busy December quarter headlined by an intersection of bedrock and paleochannel gold at its Spartan prospect, part of its larger Edjudina project about 250km north-east of Kalgoorlie in WA. The project sits in the southern slice of the Laverton district and is close to several major gold deposits including AngloGold Ashanti's 10 million ounce plus Sunrise Dam mine.

Jordan Murray wades into the debate over whether there's enough detail available about a prospective First Nations Voice.

Northern Star Resources recorded a slight increase in gold production for the December quarter and remain on track to meet its 2023 targets.

Strickland Metals is pressing ahead with plans to spinoff its base metals assets into a new company to seek better value for the projects whilst focusing on its prospective gold package in central WA. The company has also gained heritage clearance to drill at its Iroquois project, which along with its Bryah Basin assets will be the centerpiece of the new operation.

Gold strikes in oxidised shale at Aruma Resources' Melrose project in the Pilbara similar to those found in nearby mines have spurred the company on to keep sniffing around the iron ore-rich region

PolarX has attracted the attention of a prominent new shareholder after mega miner Northern Star Resources snapped up a 10 per cent holding in the Perth-based company following a $1.48 million investment in the operation. Polar X has now raised $3.63 million since November as it eyes future developments at its Humboldt Range project in Nevada, USA.

Si6 Metals has struck high-grade shallow gold out the back of Laverton in WA's Goldfields in the maiden aircore drilling program at its Monument Gold project.

A small Perth company is taking on a big US business as it vies to become a major supplier of hydration products for the sports and industry markets.

Sharon Warburton epitomises the rise of female company directors but the number of women chairing major WA companies remains very small.

Northern Star Resources and SRG Global are among the businesses moving into 500 Hay Street, as its developer allays fears about the building's structural integrity.

Strickland Metals has locked onto further gold mineralisation with a round of diamond drilling at a recently discovered lode within the company's 603,000-ounce Yandal gold project in WA. With a standout intersection of 7.7m at 6.6 grams per tonne gold from 179m, Strickland's diamond work has confirmed its ‘Wanamaker' lode as a 300m long high-grade deposit that remains open at depth.

Northern Star is moving on a big Kalgoorlie Super Pit expansion slated to extend the life of its Fimiston operations to 2034 and allow for more than 110 million tonnes of additional ore.

Senior editor Mark Beyer updates listeners on the last two months of project approvals and muses about what's next for the resources sector.

Strickland Metals has continued its hot-streak with more high-grade gold drill hits at the company's newly discovered Wanamaker deposit just north of its Millrose gold resource, 85km north-east of Wiluna in WA. The latest results from its ongoing drill program at the project include a standout strike of 5m going 14.5 grams per tonne gold from 67m downhole.

ASX-listed explorer Infinity Mining has launched an air-core and auger drilling program within shouting distance of several historical mines at its Craig's Rest project near Leonora in WA. Legacy drilling in the zone threw up a suite of dazzling intercepts, including 5 m at 57.9 grams per tonne gold from 16m and 2 m going 26.6 g/t from 58m.

Labour shortages and inflationary pressures have rocked even WA's biggest resources companies.

With a drone magnetic survey and positive rock chip assays, Infinity Mining has confirmed two compelling magnetic targets adjacent to historical gold workings at the company's Chicago gold project in WA's Central Goldfields region. The anomalous rock chips going up to 2.37 grams per tonne gold were collected in proximity to its magnetic targets and have inspired the explorer to plan a round of RC drilling.

Our board moves wrap includes Layton Mills, Terry Bowen, Scott Price, Nic Matich, and Marnie Finlayson.

Rio Tinto's managing director of battery minerals, Marnie Finlayson, will join the board of Northern Star Resources as an independent non-executive director in October.

Our board moves wrap includes Michael Fry, Simon Youds, Bruce Parncutt, Ross Dinsdale, Rowan Caren, Stephen Hendel, and Sarah Reilly.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining will soon test down-dip and high-grade gold extensions at its La Mascotte prospect that sits as part of the company's larger Bulong Taurus gold project in WA. The upcoming 3 hole, 600m campaign follows a review of legacy drill campaigns that delivered a slew of solid results from modest depths.

Horizon Minerals has acquired the remaining 50 per cent of ASX-listed Labyrinth Resources' high-grade Penny's Find gold project in WA's Eastern Goldfields for a package of $500,000 in cash and $250,000 in shares. Horizon now owns 100 per cent of the high-grade gold project and associated tenements via its wholly owned subsidiary Black Mountain Gold.

Northern Star Resources will buy up to $300 million in shares back from investors over the next 12 months.

ASX-listed BMG Resources has outlined a suite of regional gold anomalies after running a follow-up air-core drilling program over underexplored areas of its Abercromby project near Wiluna in Western Australia. The campaign adds a pipeline of greenfield exploration targets to the project's previously defined Capital South, Barrack and Archer prospects.

Our board moves wrap includes Mary Hackett and Henk Ludik.

Ahead of a first phase of RC drilling, mineral explorer Aruma Resources has completed a heritage survey at the company's Melrose gold project in WA's Pilbara region. The survey kicks off its initial exploration campaign at the project's Gossan Hill prospect, 5km north of the revered Paulsens gold mine near Pannawonica. The explorer plans to drill up to 50 of the permitted 200 RC holes in its maiden program, with drilling expected to reach depths of about 100m.

Acute shortages of labour and accommodation are crimping growth in the Goldfields more than most parts of WA.

Mining sector leaders Jake Klein and Sharon Warburton said today the sector as a whole needed to recognise more action was needed to achieve respectful workplaces.

Genesis boss Raleigh Finlayson could not be drawn to furnish details on a deal with St Barbara, but conceded the Leonora region was more open to consolidation than it once was.

Business News has tracked dramatic changes in the ranking of WA's largest goldminers over more than a decade.

Subiaco-based SRG Global has bolstered its order book with two contracts from Northern Star Resources and Meridian Energy respectively, valued at some $90 million.

Western Australia's largest gold miner expects modest growth in production volumes and a further increase in costs in the current financial year

Genesis Minerals is set to acquire WA gold miner Dacian Gold in a scrip deal valuing the target at $111 million, with non-executive director Nev Power to resign should the purchase go ahead.

West Australian gold miner Ora Banda Mining has pulled off a recruitment coup by appointing Northern Star Resources' highly regarded former Chief Operating Officer, Luke Creagh as its Chief Executive Officer. Ora Banda Chairman, Peter Mansell said Creagh's appointment was a major fillip for the company, adding: “We couldn't be happier that Luke is joining us.”

BMG Resources is running through the gears at its Abercromby gold project in the Wiluna region of WA with the explorer onto its next phase of diamond drilling at the operation. The 8-hole diamond probe will take in around 3,700m and is aimed at defining new resources and extending the footprint of previously discovered lodes.

One of Australia's largest gold mines could be in for an upgrade, with Northern Star evaluating three mill expansion options ranging from $400 million to $1.4 billion for its Kalgoorlie operations.

Indigenous businesses in WA generated more than $1 billion in revenue last year and the total is set to rise.

National gold production was dragged down during the March quarter by poor weather conditions and pandemic restrictions throughout the sector.