European Metals and CEZ Ready Cinovec for EV Revolution
The European Union’s big-spending commitment to developing a secure battery supply chain in support of its decarbonisation targets is speeding up.
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As Talk Of Legend’s WA Nickel Find Gains Pace, Orion Looks To Be Sitting Pretty Right Next Door
Excitement is building around the expected release on Monday of the eagerly awaited assay results from the third hole drilled at Legend Mining’s (LEG) Area D prospect at its Rockford project in WA’s Fraser Range.
Read MoreLiontown Timing Its WA Lithium Project To Catch The EV Wave
Goyder aims to be Goldilocks with not-too-early, not-too-late development of Kathleen Valley.
Read MorePromises Of A Happy New Year For Base Metals
Advanced explorers and emerging producers such as Aeon Metals and Todd River well-positioned to benefit from the upturn.
Read MoreEd Eshuys-Led DGO Offering Investors Gold Leverage Of A Different Kind
Led by Ed Eshuys of Plutonic, Bronzewing and Jundee gold deposits discovery fame, and Bruce Parncutt of analyst/investment banker fame with McIntosh Securities and Merrill Lynch, DGO has a somewhat unique strategy for a junior.
Read MoreJuniors Back In Hunt For Iron Ore Action, Spurred On By Latest Vale Hiccup
Junior explorers/developers vacated the WA iron ore space in a hurry back in 2011-12 when the iron ore price began its almighty slide from $US168/t down to $US55/t in 2015.
Read MoreStavely’s Stunner Fires Up Investor Interest In Nearby Navarre
Plus, Canterbury holds its breath ahead of Queensland copper assays and Strandline’s big WA mineral sands project on track to secure funding from the Government’s Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility
Read MoreLucapa Starting To Sparkle As Diamond Production Ramps Up
Our only listed (pure) diamond producer, Lucapa (LOM), has just sent out a pretty strong signal that the worst may be over for diamond pricing, or for the high-end quality stones it produces from its African mines, at any rate.
Read MoreGateway Opens For Gidgee To Be Next Old Australian Gold Project To Come Good
Veteran geologist Peter Langworthy has been promising to turn Gateway (GML) into a player in WA’s Murchison region ever since he arrived as MD at the former sleepy gold explorer.
Read MoreStavely Shares Soar 260% On Spectacular Victorian Copper-Gold Find
Stavely Minerals (ASX:SVY) has added a stunning second leg to its big-time copper hunt in the shadows of the Grampian Ranges in western Victoria, with the first hole in a new shallow-focussed drilling program assaying up to 40% copper.
Read MoreAlkane’s Strong Copper-Gold Hit Re-Ignites Interest In NSW’s Porphyry Potential
Alkane’s (ASX:ALK) big porphyry gold-copper hit at its Boda prospect in NSW’s central west continues to be the talk of mining investor circles.
Read MoreThe Big Boys Are Positioning For EV-Lithium Market To Turn
Spare a thought for Wesfarmers’ boss Robb Scott. To the surprise of no one, shareholders in Scott’s $776 million lithium takeover target, Kidman Resources, voted overwhelming yesterday to accept the $1.90-a-share bid Scott lobbed back on May 2.
Read MoreBHP’s ‘Excitement’ Over Its Latest South Australian Copper Find Looking Justified
The Big Australian’s success is also good news for nearby tiddler Investigator Resources. Plus, NSW copper producer Aeris Resources hits back at market doubters with some exceptional drilling results.
Read MoreEV’s Will Make Nickel A Once-In-A-Generation Investment Opportunity, Says BHP
More EVs and more nickel in each of them will drive nickel demand through the roof, says the head of BHP’s Nickel West arm. His forecast is great news for those juniors with large nickel deposits awaiting development, such as the Jaguar project just acquired by Centaurus from Brazilian giant Vale.
Read MoreForget The Rumours, Northern Star’s Pogo Riches Make Super Pit Look Not So Super
Northern Star is about halfway through restoring Pogo as a Tier 1 gold producer, with an update on its broader plans for the mine and regional exploration upside to land in September. It is what Northern Star does, and does well.
Read MoreRisks Remain, But Dacian’s Recovery Plan Highlights An Abundance Of Leverage
Newbie gold producer Dacian (DCN) served up some shock back in early June when it told the market that it should forget about its Mt Morgans operation being a 200,000 oz a year producer for 10 years at a cost of $A1,000 an oz.
Read MoreSunstone Results Show It’s In The Hunt To Be The Next SolGold – But Traders Miss The Point
Sunstone (ASX: STM) had a big day out on Tuesday when it updated the market on drilling progress at its multi-target Bramaderos project in southern Ecuador, well away from all the drama up north where 10,000 garimpeiros are said to have overrun a Gina Rinehart exploration property.
Read MoreNovo Chief Regrets Midnight Metal Detector Movie
There were many factors behind the 2017 Pilbara conglomerate gold bubble.
Read MoreHot Chili Goes From Cold To Warm In Hunt For An Economic Copper-Gold Deposit
Persistence in the Chilean coastal range is about to pay off handsomely for ASX-listed Hot Chili (ASX:HCH).
Read MoreTalk Of Rising Graphite Prices Provides Fresh Hope For Smashed-Up Syrah
A recovery could also see the next generation of graphite producers such as Battery Minerals and Kibaran spring to life.
Read MoreLithium Project Premiums Point To Big Upside For Pilbara Shareholders
Pilbara Minerals (PLS) was the big lithium presence at this week’s Resources Rising Stars conference, where there was lots of discussion about Tesla wankers and whether the electric vehicle revolution was real.
Read MoreLittle Centaurus Offers Big Leverage To Booming Iron Ore Price
The trickledown effect of the surge in iron ore prices in response to Vale’s January 25 tailings dam disaster is starting to take effect.
Read MoreMincor Takes The Long View With Pivotal Nickel Buy
The Kambalda nickel camp is stirring again some 53 years after WMC (acquired by BHP in 2005) drilled the KD1 discovery hole, with Mincor boss David Southam positioning the company to be in the thick of things.
Read MoreBHP, Rio Give Their Blessing To Battery Metals
FOMO among major miners BHP and Rio Tinto was on full display in Barcelona this week at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch mining conference.
Read MoreWesfarmers’ Takeover For Kidman Puts Value Spotlight On Pilbara Minerals & Co
There was lots to cheer about for the ASX-listed lithium stocks when Wesfarmers (WES) rolled out its $776 million, or $1.90 a share, friendly takeover bid for Kidman Resources (KDR).
Read MoreVW’s Ringing Endorsement Of Australian Lithium Highlights Further Upside For The Sector
Western Australia’s hard-rock lithium stocks have received a much-needed leg up from car giant Volkswagen as it sets about securing supplies for its almighty push into electric vehicles.
Read MoreLatest Images Show Rio’s WA Copper Find Looking Like A +3km Monster
When Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) finally broke cover in February on its Winu copper-gold discovery in WA’s Paterson province, it made clear that drilling had yet to close off the mineralisation beneath the region’s sand dunes.
Read MoreMarket Quick To Look Past Dacian Speed Bump For Long-Term Value
The WA gold sector has not exactly been shooting the lights out of late.
Read MoreMincor On The March In Push For Slice Of EV Revolution
The swagger of the nickel companies at a battery metals conference in Perth during the week was palpable. Nickel’s price performance of late does not explain the swagger.
Read MoreFrom Newcrest To PolarX & Sunstone, Aussies Go Porphyry-Hunting In The Americas
The value of low-grade but bulk-tonnage porphyry copper/gold deposits has come into sharp focus for the local market as a result of Newcrest’s (ASX:NCM) $1.14 billion acquisition of a 70% interest in the Red Chris mine in British Columbia.
Read MoreFlat Lithium Sector Shows Early Signs Of Re-Charge
After falling sharply over the past six months, there is fresh hope that lithium prices could be set for a comeback as demand from the EV market surges.
Read MoreRio Confirms What This Column Told Readers A Year Ago: It Has A Big Copper Find In WA
It’s been worth the wait to finally hear from Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) as to what it is on to at its Winu (named after an old soak from an aboriginal word meaning thirsty) copper-gold-silver discovery in Western Australia’s Paterson province.
Read MoreHigher Mineral Sands Prices Augur Well For Juniors Image & Strandline
There was good news for the junior mineral sands players in the annual profit report from the mineral sands king of the ASX, Iluka.
Read More‘Under-Valued’ Breaker Hits The Spot With Promise Of A Big Gold Mine
Breaker’s next resource update – the last one came at an industry-best finding cost of $11 an oz – is due to be released early in the June quarter. At the same time, a preliminary feasibility study is underway into an initial open cut development on the 2.5km central zone of the 8km long Bombora trend.
Read MoreTalk Of US$100 Iron Ore Puts Spotlight On Imminent Restart At Mt Gibson’s Koolan Mine
After repairing the seawall, and moving on Eric the crocodile, Mount Gibson is all set – weather permitting – to make its first sales at the end of March.
Read MoreThree Reasons Why Lucapa Diamond Could Sparkle This Year
There is no surprise in seeing Lucapa Diamond Co (LOM) starting to wriggle higher as 2019 begins to unfold.
Read MoreRio Chief Prompts Howls Of Laughter Amid Its Silence On Winu Copper Discovery
A special thanks to Rio Tinto’s iron ore boss Chris Salisbury for providing a much-needed laugh for the exploration industry in what has been a tough year.
Read MoreStrandline’s Mineral Sands Project Earns A Well-Deserved Mention In Annual List Of Leading Undeveloped Assets
Owning one of the best-undeveloped minerals projects (BUPs) is no guarantee of success. But it stands to reason that it helps.
Read MoreBattery Demand For Nickel Could Give Mincor’s New Chief A Welcome Tailwind
The nickel juniors are back near their 52-week lows after the most volatile of the metals did what it does best by staying volatile.
Read MoreRed 5 Eyes Huge Game-Changer
Tired WA gold projects have a habit of surprising to the upside as much as they do to the downside. Fortunately for Red 5 (RED), there is a bit of buzz that its King of the Hills (KOTH) project in WA’s prolific Leonora-Leinster district is in the former category.
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