Minority government, the argument goes, leads to instability and weak leadership where recent history in this regard tends to coalesce around the Julia Gillard-led government from 2010 to 2013. Prior to Gillard’s ascension to the Prime Ministership, she had been deputy to Kevin Rudd, a media savvy former diplomat who led the Australian Labor Party […]
Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) is accelerating exploration programs across its three key gold-antimony projects in Canada and Australia. At the Fry Lake Gold Project in Ontario, Canada, exploration work is set to kick off in the Canadian field season after winter. The company plans to target high-grade gold areas of quartz-vein hosted gold mineralisation at […]
Vertex Minerals (ASX:VTX) has made seven key operational appointments to progress its plans for the Reward Underground Gold Mine in New South Wales. Executive Chairman Roger Jackson says the new appointments, who will direct the mining operations, will add to the growing, dynamic Vertex team. “We are advancing our operational readiness to meet the challenges […]
This year – 2025 – celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Geological Survey of NSW as a government agency. In the 1840s the discovery of copper at Carcoar, Molong, and Bathurst, iron ore at Berrima, and unconfirmed reports of gold west of the Blue Mountains, prompted the government to take action. On 1 March 1849, […]
Impact Minerals (ASX:IPT) is acquiring New Frontier Minerals’ (ASX:NFM) wholly owned subsidiary BHA No. 1, which holds the Broken Hill East Project in New South Wales. Under the agreement, Impact will issue $275,000 worth of shares to New Frontier based on the 14-day volume weighted average price of $0.0073 as of 7 March 2025. Impact, […]
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) Chief Executive Warren Pearce says the continued drop in expenditure and drilling on greenfields deposits in Australia is concerning government reporting on the latest data around mining expenditure. Last week, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) reported the December quarterly mineral exploration expenditure statistics, showing mineral exploration […]
Vertex Minerals (ASX:VTX) is preparing the first gold concentrate for sale from the gravity gold plant at the Reward Gold Mine in New South Wales. The gold is undergoing final concentration with coarse and fine gold evident. This concentrate has been produced from material processed during commissioning of the plant. Vertex, which has a market […]
Impact Minerals (ASX:IPT) is conducting a two-for-seven renounceable rights issue to raise up to $5.2 million for development work at the Lake Hope High-Purity Alumina Project in Western Australia. Under the rights issue, participants can purchase shares at $0.006 each, representing a 33% discount to the last closing price of $0.009. For every two new […]
A Brisbane-based mining technology company, Proprietary Mining Solutions (PMS), has developed a breakthrough cable bolt anchor that makes primary ground support in underground tunnelling easier, faster, and safer. A patented anchor system speeds up development by allowing mine operators to immediately tension ground support cables instead of waiting for grout to set, noting this process has remained largely unchanged in over four decades. The […]
Vertex Minerals (ASX:VTX) is moving closer towards beginning underground mining at the Reward Gold Mine on New South Wales’ Central Coast. Ahead of the commencement of mining, Vertex is ordering a development jumbo and procuring longer lead time of the gravity processing plant at the Hill End Project, as well as equipment. This news comes […]