News Articles for Wiluna Mining Corporation

Wiluna Mining's development program over its namesake WA operation continues to come up trumps with reserve drilling across the Happy Jack deposit returning 1.78 metres grading a stunning 66.74 grams per tonne. Meanwhile drilling at East Lode has turned up intercepts of 13.12m at 6.89 g/t and 6.85m at 7.72 g/t gold, underlining the lucrative nature of the deeper sulphide mineralisation.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has wrapped up its US$42 million term loan from commodity trader Mercuria and says stage one sulphide gold expansion to more than 120,000 ounces per annum and feasibility study work on its next phase of growth are now fully funded. The FS on lifting annual output at Wiluna in WA past 240,000 ounces is expected to be completed this year.

Wiluna Mining Corporation is poised to build the production platform that will position it to become one of Australia's next significant gold mining companies after closing a A$93 million equity and debt funding deal to initially catapult its annual production rate from 60,000 ounces of gold to 120,000 ounces over the next 12 months. The company continues to see strong institutional support for its big-picture Wiluna growth blueprint.

Wiluna Mining Corporation is now cashed up to complete the first phase of its sulphide expansion program, with the WA gold producer finalising US$42 million of credit from multi-national commodity trader, Mercuria. The loan will be used to finalise construction of the Phase 1 sulphide plant that will lift Wiluna's production profile to more than 120,000 ounces of gold per annum.

Western Australia gold producer, Wiluna Mining Corporation continues to demonstrate powerful exploration upside at the historic Wiluna gold centre east of Leonora with results of a 2D seismic survey highlighting large prospective structures outside the existing central 4.26-million-ounce resource envelope. Ongoing drilling has meanwhile added to the immediate enticing production picture, with more high-grade hits to be fed into a new 2021 resource update.

Wiluna Mining Corporation's expansion program in WA looks to be on-track, with the new sulphide processing circuit now under construction whilst new mine development and exploration continues apace. The company has completed a frenetic quarter that saw it push the button on the Stage 1 development program, which will likely see Wiluna double its gold production in the year ahead.

Wiluna Mining continues to add grade at its Wiluna gold mining operation in WA. A suite of recent high-grade drill results headlined by 2.35 metres going 61.05 grams per tonne gold continue to demonstrate that Wiluna has ounce plus dirt on its hands at its namesake Goldfields project as it looks to eventually expand production to 250,000 ounces of gold annually.

Wiluna Mining continues to tick boxes as it hurtles towards implementing its much-heralded production expansion plan at its Wiluna gold mining project that will see existing gold production double and then double again. Construction of a 750,000 tonne-per-annum flotation plant has now commenced as the company looks to grow gold production to 250,000 ounces annually.

Wiluna Mining is edging closer to executing its expansion plans at its Wiluna mine. Firm commitments to raise $7.5m have been received as major shareholders and Wiluna's Executive Chairman, Milan Jerkovic, line up to plough in another $14m. The money will be used to lift the mine's production to 120,000 ounces of gold a year and study the potential for it to move to 250,000 ounces per annum.

Wiluna Mining Corporation's ongoing drilling campaign has delivered a massive 142 per cent increase in the contained gold within company's mineable underground ore reserves. Development drilling has rapidly built the Wiluna's underground inventory across the site, which now tips the scales at 4.33 million tonnes at 4.74 grams per tonne for over 660,000 ounces of gold.

Things are hotting up for WA gold producer, Wiluna Mining. The company has entered a five-year alliance with internationally renowned underground mining contractor, Byrnecut Australia to ramp-up gold production at the Wiluna project in WA. A three-year development plan to reach 250 thousand ounces per-annum is about to spring to life, with the construction of a flotation facility set to begin next month.

Wiluna Mining's development strategy across its multi-million-ounce gold operation in WA is continuing to pay dividends, with drilling at Golden Age producing a bag of high-grade intercepts, running as high as 47 grams per tonne gold, whilst the nearby discoveries at Starlight and Essex begin to take shape.

Wiluna Mining continues to hit paydirt, with the most recent results from drilling across its namesake operation in WA delivering a multitude of gold-rich intercepts including 34 metres at 4.88 grams per tonne gold and 13.37m at 7.03 g/t gold. The sampling of historic drill core has also turned up some intriguing results including intercepts grading over 10 g/t gold.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has posted a bumper resource upgrade with the company's ongoing drilling campaign having now defined a colossal global resource of more than 8 million ounces of gold. This wealth of mineralisation extends over the entire Wiluna field, from the Matilda deposits in the south through to Galaxy in the north and also hosts a higher-grade core of mineralisation that tips the scales at an impressive 4.24 million ounces, averaging 4.89 g/t gold.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has penned another page in its comeback story as management's turnaround strategy appears to take hold. With high-grade, wide intersection gold strikes continuing to roll off the bit, headlined by a 37.52m intersection at 10.77g/t, the company is enjoying a renaissance built on a trifecta of steadily increasing cash flows, rising production and reduced operating costs.

Wiluna Mining Corporation is ramping up production and pushing its unit operating costs down at the Wiluna Gold project. The company poured 13,360 ounces of gold during the September quarter, delivering monthly operating cash flows of around $4m. The production figures represent an 18 per cent uplift on the June quarter gold production and a welcome upwards trajectory for the once troubled project.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has given the green light on the expansion of processing operations at its world-class gold mine and is poised to increase production to more than 100,000 ounces of gold per annum. The increase will flow from the construction of new sulphide concentrator at the operation to produce a second product stream for sale into the growing global gold-in-concentrate market.

GR Engineering Services has secured works on Wiluna Mining Corporation's namesake gold operations in Western Australia, under a $25.7 million contract.

ASX-listed gold producer, Wiluna Mining, has increased the total resource base for the main Wiluna Mining Centre, or “WMC” at its historic Wiluna project in WA by nine per cent to 5.1 million ounces of contained gold – from 52.98 million tonnes of ore going 3 grams per tonne gold. With a global resource of 7.3Moz, Wiluna is now the seventh largest gold district in Australia.

ASX-listed emerging gold producer, Wiluna Mining, is on the verge of delivering a global mineral resource upgrade for its historic Wiluna project in WA's north-eastern Goldfields, as further high-grade gold hits continue to underpin its low-CAPEX pathway towards gold production expansion later next year.

Wiluna Mining continues full steam ahead in the expansion of its namesake operation in WA with the world-class gold deposit continuing to produce outstanding results from underground development drilling which has returned 5.96m at 112.98 g/t gold including 0.65m at an incredible 880 g/t gold. The company is poised to deliver more good news in coming weeks with an updated resource set to be tabled before the end of the month.

Wiluna Mining looks set to bank more than $110 million over the next 12 months after it secured a $21 million drawdown facility repayable in gold and hedged a further $90.9 million of gold at near record prices. The nine-figure windfall comes at an opportune time for the company as it begins the expansion of the Wiluna processing plant and gears up for an innovative transition into sulphide concentrate production.

Emerging gold developer, Wiluna Mining, is on course to deliver an updated mineral resource at its historic Wiluna project by September and a new reserves statement by the end of the year as it advances towards fulfilling its stage one expansion plans to become a 120,000-ounce-a-year producer in WA's Goldfields region.

Wiluna Mining is continuing to deliver strong results from its namesake project located in the north-eastern Goldfields of Western Australia. The Golden Age deposit and adjacent Lennon Zone are both looking likely to supplement the company's free milling ore pipeline, with the newly identified material set to improve cash flow for the coming 15 months and assist the company in funding its transition to stage two sulphide ore production.

Goldminer Blackham Resources has substantially downgraded its production guidance for the 2020 financial year, citing operational delays at two of its Western Australian mines.

Blackham Resources' Golden Age gold deposit at Wiluna is living up to its name, delivering some outstanding high-grade drill results. Underground drilling of the reef continues to produce impressive intercepts including 1.8 metres at 39.68 g/t gold, 2.6 metres at 21.74 g/t and 2.7 metres at 17.32 g/t gold. The company is getting set to deliver on its staged upgrade to start mining the sulphides.

Blackham Resources' expansion strategy at its Wiluna Mining Centre is looking the goods with its latest drill campaign throwing up some exceptional grades from shallow depths. Best numbers include 14.45 metres at 17.16 g/t gold and 6 metres at 53.73 g/t gold that included a 1m intersection going an impressive 9 ounces to the tonne gold.

Sara Kelly has joined the board of Blackham Resources as an independent non-executive director.

Struggling gold producer Blackham Resources is seeking to raise $52 million at 1 cent per share, while also planning to secure a $40 million loan with a European trading group to expand production at its tenements in Western Australia.

Our board moves wrap includes Gary Goldberg, Neil Meadows, Peter Duerden, David Richardson, David Berrie, and Malcolm Norris.

West Perth-based Vysarn announced it has entered a two-year drilling and construction agreement with Fortescue Metals Group for works across its mine sites in the Pilbara.

A summary of the smaller deals from last week, which did not get included in our daily news coverage.

A summary of last week's smaller deals that did not get included in our daily news coverage.

Gold miner Blackham Resources has announced its third capital raising for the year, bringing the total to $45 million, following a series of delays in production at its gold mines in the Wiluna region of Western Australia.

Blackham Resources has struck a deal to sell its Lake Way tenements to Salt Lake Potash for $10 million in cash.

MACA will provide a $12 million working capital facility for an expansion of Blackham Resources' Matilda-Wiluna operation.

Milan Jerkovic has resigned as non-executive chairman of Geopacific Resources after five years in the role, and he will be replaced by Ian Clyne.

Our daily board moves wrap includes Gary Powell, Allan Kelly, Bryan Dixon, Milan Jerkovic, Richard Boffey, Guy Simpson, Flemming Bjoernslev, Toby Chandler, Philippa Leggat, Anthony Cooper, David Deak, Craig Hall, Michael Fotios, Michael Spreadborough, Greg Foulis, Alan Still, Alex Passmore, John Richards, and Paul Dalgleish.

Struggling gold miner Blackham Resources has announced Bryan Dixon has resigned and stepped down from the board today following a “challenging period”.

Blackham Resources has announced a fully underwritten renounceable entitlements issue to raise $25.8 million, of which $10 million will be used to pay debts owing to contractor MACA and The Lind Partners.