Goldminer Northern Star Resources is taking early steps in preparation for the 2026 departure of stalwart John Fitzgerald and chair Michael Chaney, with recruitment talks underway.
Northern Star Resources will return a record dividend to shareholders this year, riding the wave of record high gold prices and profit to increase its shareholder return by 37 per cent.
Analysis: Record margins and bustling cash and bullion balances have Western Australia's goldminers up and about, but labour pressures and inflation are appearing on the radar.
Northern Star Resources chief executive Stuart Tonkin is confident his company will find solutions to stakeholder concerns over the proposed Hemi development in the Pilbara.
Development efficiency and cost increases weighed on Northern Star Resources last financial year, with the goldminer conceding it will not hit a 2 million ounce per annum target.
Northern Star Resources is facing opposition from traditional owners over plans to discharge water from its Hemi gold project into an ephemeral Pilbara river.
Northern Star Resources added 7.2 million gold ounces to the mineral resource of its flagship Kalgoorlie asset last year, after mine depletion, in a boost to the life of a Goldfields icon.
Northern Star Resources has narrowed its annual production guidance because of challenges at its Kalgoorlie hub but remains bullish in a record gold price environment.
Gold Road Resources has given its blessing for Northern Star Resources' $5 billion deal for De Grey Mining after months of remaining mum on its voting intentions.
Stocks in Western Australian gold producers are rallying as the price for the precious metal holds strong above $US3,000 per ounce amid a flurry of M&A activity.
Leading mining executives have weighed in on the Pilbara unionisation battle, with bosses at BHP and Northern Star warning industrial relations policy settings could stifle investment.
Northern Star Resources has lauded a record half, in which the goldminer generated cash earnings of $1.1 billion and returned an all-time high dividend.
Northern Star Resources remains tight-lipped on its $5 billion move for De Grey Mining's Hemi gold project, which has experienced another timeline setback in its bid for federal approvals.
Northern Star Resources will expand its gold portfolio into the Pilbara, after striking a $5 billion deal to acquire market darling De Grey Mining and its flagship Hemi project.
Newmont Corporation shares have lost almost 20 per cent of their value in two days, as concerns over costs at the world's largest goldminer continue to weigh on the business.
Management at Kalgoorlie Superpit owner Northern Star Resources has hailed the company's “exceptional” financial position, amid a record Australian gold price environment.
Kalgoorlie Superpit owner Northern Star Resources made an after-tax profit of $639 million last financial year, as it rode the wave of a record Australian dollar gold price.
Remarks by Wayne Bramwell to Business News this time last year have proved somewhat prophetic, considering recent events in the Western Australian gold sector.
Northern Star Resources boss Stuart Tonkin says there's decades of mine life left in the famed Golden Mile, as it further develops its underground assets.
GOLD WRAP: Kalgoorlie Super Pit owner Northern Star Resources generated gold production and cash flow records last financial year, but was impacted by constraints at its Yandal hub.
A host of new equity partners have come on board at Kalgoorlie's Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum, including industry luminaries and conference veterans.
Rising cost pressures and a soaring gold price have resulted in Northern Star Resources revising its all-in sustaining cost guidance for the 2024 financial year.
Shares in mining exploration company Solstice Minerals rose by 50 per cent on Tuesday, following news it will divest an 80 per cent stake in its Hobbes exploration licence to Northern Star Resources.
Buoyant gold prices have delivered record earnings for Super Pit owner Northern Star Resources despite mounting cost pressures bumping up the miner's production costs.
Recent power outages in Kalgoorlie have failed to deter Northern Star Resources from remaining on course to achieve its production guidance for the 2024 financial year, according to managing director Stuart Tonkin.
Super Pit miner Northern Star has had a sedate start to the new financial year but has traded higher against the backdrop of new highs for Australian gold driven by conflict in the Middle East.
Western Australia's biggest goldminer will shell out a 15.5 cents per share dividend after handing down a $301 million underlying net profit for the 2023 financial year.
The state's biggest gold miner Northern Star Resources has backed the embattled Perth Mint, which is currently subject to a strategic review, to stay in state government hands.
The Super Pit miner is comfortable Kalgoorlie can house the 600 workers needed for a $1.5 billion mill expansion next year amid the city's housing squeeze.
Northern Star has met its sales and cost targets for the 2023 financial year but will maintain a cautious outlook for the coming 12 months, in what continues to be an expensive time for miners.
Northern Star Resources is set to pay $67 million for an exploration project to feed its Jundee operation while notching a long-term power deal with Zenith Energy.
Northern Star will spend $1.5 billion to more than double processing capacity at the Kalgoorlie goldmine in an investment decision more than a year in the making.
Northern Star has been forced to lift its cost guidance for the 2023 financial year following downtime for repairs at Kalgoorlie and Pogo during the March quarter.
The state's biggest goldminer will pay a record interim dividend to investors on the back of stronger commodity prices, despite feeling the effects of a higher inflationary environment.
