Bulls N' Bears

BULLS N’ BEARSVenus lodges mining lease over WA pick-and-shovel calcrete play

In a classic pick-and-shovel play, Venus Metals has lodged a mining lease application for a calcrete resource at its Yuinmery project in WA. Calcrete is used for acid neutralisation in gold extraction.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSGalloping to the top of the runners of the week podium is… icetana

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runner of the Week is… icetana. The video analytic solution provider inked a 3-year Malaysian security deal, while Patriot Lithium and Mesoblast punters also had plenty to cheer.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSWhitebark shares soar 50 per cent on SA energy play

Whitebark Energy has made an off market bid for King Energy which holds Australia’s biggest prospective onshore seismically defined sub-salt, white hydrogen, helium and gas projects in SA’s Officer Basin.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSRock chips at Triumph signal new Queensland gold targets for Dart

Dart Mining is racking up a pipeline of prospective gold targets at its newly acquired Triumph project in Queensland with some intriguing rock chip samples hinting at an extensive mineralised corridor.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric and Ngadju People agree to rewrite native title rulebook

Auric Mining and the Ngadju People have inked a historic native title agreement spanning the entire 102,000 km² of Ngadju Country in a landmark moment for the resource sector and traditional landowners.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSAurumin seeks latest drill fortunes in hunt for WA gold bullion

Aurumin Ltd is betting on striking gold at the Plum Pudding prospect within its Central Sandstone gold project in WA, with results from its latest drilling program to be revealed early in the new year.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSKalamazoo waits on WA drill results chasing Hemi-style gold

Kalamazoo Resources has wrapped up the latest RC drilling campaign at its Mallina West gold project in WA’s Pilbara region, designed to help the company chase down its own Hemi-style intrusive gold play.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSCastle spins drilling rods chasing high-grade gold in Ghana

Castle Minerals is poised to strike gold at its Kpali and Kandia prospects in Ghana with an RC rig peppering 12 holes designed to follow up a string of high-grade intercepts in the promising Upper West region.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSOra Banda hits first gold ore at new WA underground mine

Ora Banda Mining has extracted first ore from its new WA Sand King gold mine, just four months after opening the portal. Full-scale mining is set for March, with 60,000 ounces of gold per year due by mid-year.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSVenus applies for mining lease to progress WA vanadium prospect

Venus Metals Corporation is strengthening its grip on its Youanmi critical metals project in WA’s Mid West, securing a new mining lease for its 134.7 million tonne titanium-vanadium-iron resource.

Doug Bright

BULLS N’ BEARSGood rubidium results build off-take potential for Everest WA project

In a boost for Everest Metals, Edith Cowan University test work has delivered an outstanding 91 per cent extraction result for the critical mineral rubidium in pegmatite micas from its WA pegmatite project.

Rowena Duckworth

BULLS N’ BEARSAltech seals third deal for salt batteries to German NATO supplier

Altech Batteries has sealed a third offtake agreement for its Cenergy salt batteries with Axsol GmbH, a defence market renewable energy solutions supplier for NATO based in Germany.

Andrew Todd

BULLS N’ BEARSFirst holes strike wide copper-gold hits for Hot Chili at La Verde

Hot Chili has nailed some eye-catching returns from drilling at its La Verde copper-gold project in Chile’s Atacama region including a massive hit of 308m grading 0.5 per cent copper and 0.3g/t gold from 46m.

Andrew Todd

Bulls N’ BearsKalGold hits 3.66g/t gold in blind drilling at WA Pinjin project

First-pass air core drilling by Kalgoorlie Gold Mining on a blind target at its Kirgella West prospect, 140km northeast of Kalgoorlie, has been rewarded with good hits up to 3.66g/t gold over a 1200m strike.

Doug Bright

BULLS N’ BEARSGreen light to chase $24M underground WA gold payday for Horizon

Horizon Minerals has tabled a solid prefeasibility study for its Penny’s Find gold play, 50km northeast of Kalgoorlie, predicting a free cash flow of $24m at a $3600 per ounce gold price over 23 months.

Andrew Todd

BULLS N’ BEARSGreenTech drill program to expand West Pilbara copper-zinc resource

GreenTech Metals has launched a 4000m stage two diamond core drilling program at its Whundo copper-zinc-silver project in WA’s West Pilbara region hunting new targets to expand its copper-zinc resources.

Doug Bright

BULLS N’ BEARSTMK fast-tracks Mongolia’s first coal seam gas-to-power generation

TMK Energy has taken a major step towards gas production at its Gurvantes coal seam gas project in Mongolia, signing a MoU to import a gas-fired power plant from Germany next year at no cost to the company.

Andrew Todd

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric jags bargain WA Burbanks gold plant for $4.4m

With gold prices soaring, Auric Mining has seized a rare opportunity to grab full control of its production cycle by buying the 180,000tpa Burbanks gold plant near Coolgardie, in WA, for $4.4m.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSEstrella hits Timor-Leste manganese targets after promising geophysics

Estrella Resources gets encouraging responses from its first geophysical survey across its newly discovered Ira Miri manganese zone at Lautém in Timor-Leste, prompting its maiden drilling campaign.

Doug Bright

BULLS N’ BEARSVenus chases mining licence for 30,000-ounce WA gold deposit

With uber-high gold prices, Venus Metals has applied for a mining lease on its 30,000-ounce Bellchambers gold deposit in WA, close to the Youanmi project, where Rox Resources is pushing on with production plans

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSAmerican West boosts Canada copper resource by 117 per cent

American West Metals goes 20.6 million tonnes at 1.1% copper and 3.3 grams per tonne silver at its Storm project in Canada, with a 117% increase in indicated resources and multiple discoveries yet to be added.

Andrew Todd

BULLS N’ BEARSNovo jags two uber-high-grade, drill-ready NSW gold projects

Novo Resources has signed options to buy two exceptionally high-grade, drill-ready gold projects in NSW. Notably, the John Bull project has drilling targets in an area with seven historical shafts.

James Pearson

BULLS N’ BEARSLindian scores US$50m boost for Malawi rare earths giant

Christmas has come early for Lindian Resources, with it wrapping up the year with a US$50m (A$78.6m) funding agreement to kick off development of its world-class Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSInfini to drill ultra-high grade Newfoundland uranium hits

Infini Resources has a green light to proceed with its proposed maiden 23-core hole diamond drilling program following up sensational soil sample responses at its Portland Creek uranium project in Canada.

Doug Bright