Announcements

Godolphin Resources is poised to sink two diamond drill holes totalling 900m at its Yeoval and Cyclops prospects in NSW. The company says the holes are part of an initial probe aimed at testing the extent of the project's existing mineral resource estimate of 12.8m tonnes at 0.38 per cent copper, 0.14 grams per tonne gold, 2.2 g/t silver and 1200 parts per million molybdenum.

The shallow, gold orebody at Classic Minerals’ flagship Kat Gap project has been revealed for the first time. The gold explorer says the ground-breaking exposure is only 7m below the surface and comes from a shallow hole in the floor of the bulk sample mining pit. The company plans to remove the remaining overburden after a three-kilogram sample was crushed and panned yielding fine visible gold.

Regulatory approval for its Tarcoola gold project has Barton Gold fast-tracking towards its upcoming drilling programs in South Australia’s Gawler Craton. The company will be testing targets generated in recently completed gravity surveys, including a large-scale anomaly that sits beneath the existing open pit that, in 2018 yielded a 1m hit grading an astonishing 607.75 g/t gold from 17m within a larger 11m going 73.31 g/t from a shallow 11m.

Minerals explorer Panther Metals has hit a new high from drilling at its Coglia project in the Laverton region of WA with initial assays delivering the best nickel and cobalt grades to date at the venture. The headline results were a 1m intercept going 3.77 per cent nickel from 74m in one hole and another 1m section at 3160 parts per million cobalt from 49m in another.

Indonesia-focused gold explorer, Sihayo Gold has produced some eye-catching drilling results including a standout strike that returned 2.1m going 74 g/t gold and 119 g/t silver from 112.8m downhole in North Sumatra. The results come from a southern target outside the company’s existing mineral resource and Sihayo aims to incorporate the high-grade mineralisation into its Starter project.

88 Energy has struck oil after successfully reaching total depth in the Merlin-2 appraisal well in Alaska and is now waiting on wireline logging results to confirm whether oil will actually flow to surface from the target Nanushuk Formations. The company said it would take between seven and ten days to complete logging the 100 per cent owned well.

Horizon Minerals has updated its open pit ore reserve figures at the company’s Lilyvale vanadium deposit in Queensland to a solid 560 million tonnes grading 0.48 per cent vanadium at a 0.3 per cent cut-off. A bankable feasibility study has also progressed through offtake and alliance discussions with battery and electrolyte manufacturers, onshore refining assessments and project approvals for advancement to major project status.

Perth-based oil and gas outfit Buru Energy says an initial review of its Rafael 1 flow testing program has confirmed positive results scored in the field. The company says an ongoing data review suggests the area could hold significant gas accumulation housed in conventional reservoirs with “very valuable light oil and low CO2 content”. The company’s share price rose more than 36 per cent on the back of the news in intraday trading.

Perth-based explorer Kula Gold is closing in on the finish line of a diamond drilling campaign at its Boomerang kaolin prospect, part of the larger Marvel Loch – Airfield project near Southern Cross in Western Australia. According to the company, the campaign marks its final stage of fieldwork for resource studies and says its metallurgical test work is nearing a conclusion.

Reproductive biotechnology company Memphasys looks to be hitting the mark in the high-value world of horse breeding after its Samson fertility diagnostic device achieved accuracy rates of more than 80 per cent when predicting pregnancies in thoroughbred and standardbred horses, all within a turnaround time of an hour. The company has been developing and field testing the device for the past 18 months.

Battery metal explorer Conico and its joint venture partner ASX-listed Greenstone Resources are relishing today’s high prices for cobalt and nickel that are turbocharging the economics of the 50-50 Mt Thirsty project in Western Australia. The project aims to produce a mixed sulphide product to be consumed by the burgeoning lithium-ion battery industry.

Gold explorer Barton Gold and ASX-listed SensOre have inked a term sheet to form a strategic research and development partnership focused on the Gawler Craton. The deal will see SensOre serve up targets to the explorer using its AI technology to then be validated by the drill. The mineral targeting company stands to benefit in the form of royalties for any gold or copper produced.

Godolphin Resources has entered into a binding term sheet with ASX-listed Orange Minerals to offload its Ophir and Wiseman’s Creek projects in New South Wales for a total consideration of $550,000. The projects are prospective for gold and base metals and according to the company, the sale will provide a cash injection that will be funnelled to its nearby Narraburra rare earths project.

Buoyed by initial drilling results, Surefire Resources has booked a rig for April to drill out anomalies 400m northwest of its Yidby gold project in WA that returned 16 metres of gold at 1.39 grams per tonne from 16m. The company said the figures suggest a new discovery area hosting a northwest trending structure with wide downhole gold results.

Aruma Resources has tabled another lovely set of high-grade drill results including a one metre section grading a whopping 224 grams per tonne gold from just 44 metres downhole in maiden drilling at its Salmon Gums greenfields gold project 200 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in WA. Other notable drill results include a 5m intersection going 50.2 g/t gold from 42m downhole with a 3m internal parcel coming in at 83 g/t gold.

Trigg Mining has revealed significant growth potential using gravity surveys at its Laverton sulphate of potash, or ‘SOP’ projects in the eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. With two pivotal gravity surveys now complete, Trigg is now preparing for a maiden drill-program in the second half of the year.

Junior gold explorer Aurumin Limited has taken control of a 784,000 ounce gold resource through the acquisition of the Sandstone gold project from Middle Island Resources near the town of Sandstone in WA. The asset acquisition will add to Aurumin’s existing and nearby 65,000-ounce gold mineral resource base at its Johnson Range project in addition to providing a new prospective hunting ground for further discoveries.

Meeka Gold has identified two new gold targets coinciding with a 5.5km long magnetic anomaly at its Circle Valley project in Western Australia. Air core drilling has highlighted gold mineralisation over 700m and 350m of strike at two parallel shear zones. Drilling at Circle Valley also intersected saprolite clays over 20m thick similar to the high-grade rare earth clays recently discovered 3km to the east.

Calidus Resources has etched out a plethora of promising new gold targets at its Blue Spec project in the heart of the Pilbara. Stream sediment sampling has lit up three prospective targets returning values up to 326 parts per billion gold along strike from the high-grade Blue Spec project where the company is set to deliver the results of a definitive feasibility study in the coming months.

Oar Resources has grown its Douglas Canyon gold project in Nevada by more than 60 per cent, as diamond drilling recommences to test mineralisation that previously yielded gold hits at 18 grams per tonne gold and 398 parts per million silver. The company is also aiming to lock in more acreage in the red-hot Julimar province near market darling, Chalice Mining.

Multi-element explorer Askari Metals is now spinning an auger drill in search of gold in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region. It plans to sink and sample 328 holes across a four-kilometre strike distance at its Burracoppin gold project. The latest campaign aims to build upon a recent pass of soil sampling that yielded results of up to 2 grams per tonne gold.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining or KalGold has launched a diamond drill program to further characterise gold mineralisation and to inform future JORC 2012 resource estimates. The move follows a string of successes at its La Mascotte prospect within the company’s flagship Bulong Taurus project near Kalgoorlie. An RC rig is also set to join the party in late April or early May to keep the campaign going.

Aldoro Resources has tabled the assay results for a pair of diamond drillholes prospective for nickel and copper at its V1 prospect, part of the larger Narndee project about 90 kilometres from Mount Magnet in Western Australia. The company says the program has confirmed the presence of the en vogue minerals in both drill holes.

Legend Mining has received positive modelling results from a 3D seismic survey carried out over a 6.5 square kilometre area of its Mawson prospect within the Rockford nickel project in the Fraser Range of Western Australia. The survey was undertaken by HiSeis and has shown a clear seismic signature of the Mawson discovery zone that looks to have a repeated offset position below the main target area.

Godolphin Resources has stretched its NSW ground after picking up a brace of exploration licences from the state government’s Department of Mining, Exploration and Geoscience. The company’s new tenure spans 160 square kilometres and is prospective for gold amongst other minerals. The pick-up adds to a portfolio of projects based around the revered Lachlan Fold Belt and sits amongst the explorer’s existing projects.

Multi-element explorer Tambourah Metals has been granted two tenements prospective for lithium, solidifying its Russian Jack project, 40km south of Nullagine in WA. The dual grant secures nearly half the intended final package, with the rest still under application. The company notes more than 320 square kilometres of the underexplored Split Rock super-suite is captured within the final project size.

Oil explorer 88 Energy is making progress as it drills towards the 8000-foot reservoir targets at its potentially company making Merlin-2 well in Alaska. The company is chasing a possible 652 million barrel of oil resource as the it follows up on its 2021 Merlin-1 discovery. Merlin-2 spudded on the 7th of March and has been drilled to 2,005 feet. The surface casing has been installed and cemented in addition to the blow out preventer being tested.

Aldoro Resources could be closer to discovering lithium after intersecting pegmatites across multiple levels at its Niobe project, about 70 kilometres from Mount Magnet in Western Australia. According to the company, the recently completed drill program punched out 65-holes and struck pegmatites in almost all of them, confirming historical results and closing the campaign on a high.

Gold-focused Classic Minerals has cleared the final hurdle in its race to develop the Kat Gap gold mine after receiving regulatory approval for its mining operations. With its mining proposal and closure plan now given the green light Classic can progress to full-scale mining. The company is continuing the mining of a 49,000-tonne bulk sample that commenced last year.

Metal Hawk and JV partner, Western Areas have significantly ramped up exploration, with a maiden diamond drill campaign at their Kanowna East project near Kalgoorlie intersecting 220m of nickel bearing ultramafic rocks near the well-endowed Poseidon owned Silver Swan nickel mine. Western Areas has a 75 per cent earn in agreement by spending $7 million over five years across Metal Hawk’s Kanowna East, Emu Lake and Fraser South projects.

Brisbane based polymetallic explorer Superior Resources has expanded its tenement portfolio to a massive 1,158 square kilometres of prospective nickel-copper-PGE ground at its Greenvale project located around 210 kilometres west-northwest of Townsville in Queensland. The company believes the newly granted exploration leases hold the potential to host Voisey’s Bay or Julimar-Gonneville style magmatic sulphide systems.

King River Resources has identified a flurry of new economic and environmental improvements during its ongoing definitive feasibility study for its type 1 high purity alumina precursor processing plant. The type 1 aluminium salt precursor has shown a 5N level or 99.999 per cent purity and is considered an essential ingredient in the battery manufacturing industry.