Public Company News

WA-focused exploration company, Metal Hawk has delivered a broad 22m nickel sulphide hit going 0.27 per cent nickel at its Commodore prospect near Kalgoorlie some 150m north of its recent discovery where a 1m interval at a smashing 5.9 per cent nickel was intercepted. The company will now ramp up exploration drilling at the prospect following a $2.4m cash injection from a strongly supported capital raise.

ASX-listed aspiring gold and iron ore developer, CZR Resources has cranked up a 7,800m infill reverse circulation drilling program as a key part of the definitive feasibility study underway on its 85 per cent-owned Robe Mesa iron ore project in WA’s Pilbara. The drilling is aimed at growing the indicated resource and further de-risking the project in tandem with ongoing technical and economic studies.

ASX-listed Godolphin Resources is preparing to unleash the drill and probe several fresh targets at its Yeoval project in western NSW after a detailed review of historic exploration data set the wheels in motion. The project area covers some 290 square kilometres and compellingly, is also home to 60 historic copper gold mine workings along a 20km strike length.

Kingwest Resources has signed a joint venture agreement with FMR Investments which will see the company resume underground mining at the Menzies Gold Project north of Kalgoorlie. The deposit was last mined 85 years ago and produced 526,000 tonnes at 16 grams per tonne gold for 270,000 ounces. Lake Goongarrie is also set to be extended with five new gold anomalous zones detected.

Barton Gold is collaborating with the CSIRO to trial innovative ore detection in the field where geochemical sample analysis will be completed within eight hours. The technology, if proved successful will dramatically reduce reliance on turnaround times for laboratory assays results which can take anywhere up to 12 weeks. Barton’s government co-funded radar survey has recently identified a collection of shallow targets at its Tarcoola Gold Project in SA.

Venus Metals, along with their joint venture partner Rox Resources has had major success with its metallurgical test work recently conducted on the Youanmi Deeps Resource in WA. Test work has delivered substantial improvement in gold extraction for Youanmi Deeps with new test work improving extraction to 95.6 per cent, a substantial increase from the historical production which averaged 86.8 per cent gold recovery.

King River Resources has signed a Participant Agreement with the Future Battery Industries Cooperative Research Centre. The $120 million Australian organisation provides industry-led research and seeks to grow Australia's competitiveness and contribution in the global battery industry value chain. King River will now brush shoulders with about 60 other members of the alliance, including heavyweights BHP, IGO and the Federal Government.

Mineral exploration company, Comet Resources has commenced reporting environmental, social and governance metrics under a universal framework developed by international non-government organisation, the World Economic Forum. A series of sustainability metrics will now be measured and then disclosed in the Perth-based company’s quarterly and annual reports, including governance, anti-corruption practices, ethical behaviour, diversity and inclusion, pay equality and carbon emissions.

ASX-listed junior explorer, Latitude Consolidated has hit a solid metre of bonanza grade gold within three metres of high-grade gold at its St Annes prospect in the Murchison gold district of WA. Assay results have returned a 1m sample at St Anne’s running at a superlative 31.2 grams per tonne gold within 3m at a stellar 13.82 grams per tonne gold from 103m.

ASX-listed junior gold explorer, Horizon Minerals has released a slew of new high-grade intercepts at its Kestrel discovery to beef up the arsenal of prospects already on hand at its flagship Binduli project near Kalgoorlie. Notable recent shallow intersections include 4m grading 24.27 grams per tonne gold from 92m and 5m grading 13.22 g/t including 1m at 42.27 g/t from 101m.

Multi-mineral explorer, PolarX is set to extend its Alaska Range Project with recently completed diamond drilling at the Caribou Dome Copper deposit hitting finely disseminated native copper in four drill holes. The vein-hosted mineralisation currently extends 1.1 kilometres and the discovery has potential to grow the existing resource at Alaska Range which comprises both the Caribou Dome and the Zackly deposit.

Coda Minerals has increased the size of its famed Emmie Bluff copper gold discovery in South Australia, with additional thicker zones of copper sulphide mineralisation intersected in the eight diamond drill holes completed to date. Visual logging of core has shown three holes hit the jackpot as they intersected the bornite-rich core of the mineralisation, which is thicker than seen in previous holes.