ASX-listed OD6 Metals is set to nearly double its drill campaign at its Splinter Rock project near the Western Australian town of Esperance, with a third program now probing a raft of targets identified in a successful airborne electromagnetic survey. The planned 188-hole air-core (AC) program will cover 10,000m, with the aim of testing the … [Read more…]
Dart Mining has ploughed through 2200m of a 3000m diamond drilling program at its lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite project in Victoria’s Dorchap Range. Drilling has been completed at the company’s Eagle, Fergusson’s and Blair’s dykes, while a 10th hole is being drilled at Boone’s dyke and the final three holes of the 13-hole program will soon … [Read more…]
Blaze Minerals caught fire last week, rocketing up 180 per cent after agreeing to buy a lithium project in Canada … lock, stock and barrel. The company’s share price touched 2.8 cents after closing last week at one cent as it snared its piece of Ontario’s ‘Electric Avenue’. And just for clarity, that is not … [Read more…]
Fresh assays from Mount Ridley Mines’ Mia prospect near the Western Australian town of Esperance have outlined multiple, parallel, high-grade trends of clay-hosted rare earths mineralisation across a 3km-wide zone that remain open to the north-east and south-west. Management says the intersections range between 3m and 41m and have an average thickness of about 12m. … [Read more…]
ASX-listed Emu NL has confirmed what it says are “outstanding” rare earths at its Graceland project near Lake Grace in Western Australia’s Eastern Wheatbelt, after assays from its maiden drill campaign at the site returned results of up to 960 parts per million total rare earths oxide (TREO). The company completed an eight-hole reverse-circulation (RC) … [Read more…]
WA-based Mineral Commodities has penned an offtake and funding agreement to progress its pivot towards becoming a supplier of high-value finished products, rather than just a producer of mixed concentrates. Under the agreement, Garnet International Resources will provide a US$10 million (AUS$15 million) five-year-loan on commercial terms to fund a garnet and ilmenite mineral separation … [Read more…]
Dart Mining has identified similarities with the giant Fosterville gold mine at its Phoenix Hill prospect in Victoria after analysis of drill chips revealed antimony and arsenic that co-occur with gold mineralisation. The company says reverse-circulation (RC) drill chips from across its prospect, near Rushworth in central Victoria, have been re-assayed to provide important insights … [Read more…]
Strickland Metals says a maiden diamond drilling program at its Iroquois project in outback Western Australia has produced “fantastic” zinc results, providing a timely boost after being unable to access its site due to bad weather. The company is today reporting that it has intersected a feeder structure of high-grade zinc mineralisation, with a headline … [Read more…]
Middle Island Resources has increased its tenement holdings in the Northern Territory after entering into a binding agreement with ASX-listed Strategic Energy Resources to purchase its East Tennant project. The acquisition will expand the company’s Barkly super project in the region and adds 1319 square kilometres of ground to take its total tenement area to … [Read more…]
A new rare earths zone appears to be emerging in Western Australia’s Great Southern region, with Emu NL reporting an intriguing discovery in the town of Jerramungup, 450km south-east of Perth. The company says it found significant rare earths mineralisation in a maiden five-hole drill campaign at its project known as Viper, while drilling around … [Read more…]