Public Company News

Torian Resources will look to up the ante at its Mt Stirling Gold project near Leonora in WA after the first its batch of drill results from a 17,500 metre drilling campaign drew some enviable results. Hits from drilling at the Estera Lode at Diorite North included a 3m intersection grading 9.46 grams per tonne gold from 37m.

Strickland Metals has nailed its first pass drilling campaign at its Dusk til Dawn prospect in WA with a stellar first up result of 33m going 3.6 g/t gold. Strickland believes the maiden drill results confirm its new mineralisation modelling that could potentially boost the 109,000 ounce gold resource discovered by previous owners. It says up to 20 lookalike targets have now also been identified nearby.

Blackstone Minerals has intersected copper-nickel-cobalt massive sulphides in its first pass drill hole targeting a large, induced polarisation anomaly at its 100 per cent owned Jewel prospect in British Columbia. Significant copper, nickel and cobalt mineralisation has been confirmed by portable XRF examination of the diamond drill core and follow-up drilling is being planned to target extensions of the mineralisation discovered in the first drill hole.

Comet Resources has managed to produce industry standard “spherical graphite” in tests designed to determine if its Springdale Graphite Project in WA can supply graphite for lithium battery anodes. Following on from testing in 2019 and 2020, Comet says it has now navigated this challenge and the latest process has increased the yield of spherical graphite from 40 per cent to 60 per cent.

Trigg Mining has launched a gravity survey over its Lake Yeo sulphate of potash fertiliser project in WA. Via the survey, Trigg seeks to pinpoint drill targets and evaluate the project’s potential to represent a repeat of its nearby Lake Throssell potash deposit where a 21 year mine life generating $97m a year in EBITDA was recently estimated in a scoping study.

Venus Metals Corporation has tabled another batch of high-grade drill strikes adding to the company’s rapidly growing gold resource at its Link prospect within the Youanmi joint venture gold project in WA. Significant results from the latest round of resource drilling include a 3 metre hit grading 9.35 grams per tonne gold from 182m, 2m at 12.59 g/t gold 235m and 2m going 7.93 g/t gold from 279m.

Image Resources will pay $24m for Sheffield Resources’ 211 million tonnes of mineral resources grading 3.0 per cent total heavy minerals for 6.3 million tonnes of contained total heavy minerals. Image now has a binding agreement to pick up around eight exploration licences, three mining leases and one retention licence from Sheffield that will see the mineral sands miner effectively double its existing resource.

Kingwest Resources has drilled 107 holes at its Sir Laurence gold discovery near Menzies with significant “bedrock” mineralisation reported on every line over a 1km trend that remains open along strike and down dip. Diamond coring operations have commenced with initial results expected before Christmas. The company anticipates assays from a remaining 63 holes will also arrive in time for some holiday cheer.

Exploration company, Tambourah Metals is getting set to pump out the drill metres at its namesake gold project and its Cheela gold project in the Pilbara region after securing relevant ‘programme of work’ approvals from the WA Government. Historical drilling at the company’s Tambourah project returned multiple high-grade intercepts including a sublime 10 metres at 10.8 grams per tonne gold and an impressive 8m at 13.6 g/t gold.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has nailed a grab bag of wide, shallow gold intercepts in its first up drill program at the company’s flagship Bulong Taurus prospect just 35 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie. Notable intercepts include a thick 18 metre hit grading 1.23 grams per tonne gold from just 1m downhole, 10m going 1.29g/t from 23m and 10m at 1.16g/t gold from 52m.

AVZ Minerals has joined the newly established DRC Battery Council creating a strategic opportunity to promote battery, electric vehicle and renewable energy sector development in the DRC and Africa. AVZ was the only aspiring mining company invited to join the DRC Battery Council that is presided over by influential leaders including the President of the DRC.

Junior explorer, Victory Mines has unleashed the drill rig for a 3,000 metre drilling romp as it looks to grow the already hefty one kilometre mineralised strike extent already defined at its Coogee gold and copper project near Kalgoorlie in WA. The company’s fourth phase of drilling at Coogee will follow up on recent high-grade gold hits including 4m going 9.34 grams per tonne gold.