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BHP EYES COPPER AND NICKEL GROWTH TO FOLLOW OZ MINERALS TAKEOVER

Global miner’s focus turns to the integration of the OZ Minerals business to accelerate its copper and nickel operations after Q3 declines lower full year production guidance.

GENESIS MINERALS DECLARES ITSELF THE LEONORA LEADER UNDER $600M ST BARBARA DEAL

West Australian mining leader Raleigh Finlayson is close to realising the dream of consolidating ownership of the major assets in the world-class Leonora region with agreement by his Genesis Minerals to acquire the local assets of rival St Barbara. John Feary reports

GHANA CONSOLIDATION JV FORECAST TO CREATE AFRICA’S LARGEST GOLD MINE

International miners Gold Fields and AngloGold Ashanti are predicting significant operational synergies by optimising the mining and consolidating the infrastructure of their immediately adjacent Tarkwa and Iduapriem gold mines in Ghana.

FMG OUTLINES $200M INITIAL CAPITAL COST FOR BELINGA IRON ORE PROJECT

Fast-moving Fortescue Metals sets a H2 2023 target for first production from its international iron ore expansion, the Beninga project in NE Gabon.

DRILLING POINTS TO MORE NEAR-TERM GROWTH AT SANTANA’S LEADING KIWI PROJECT

Explorer Santana Resources has highlighted significant near-term potential for further resource growth at its 100%-owned Bendigo-Ophir project in New Zealand’s South Island after drilling assays consistently surpassed past average grades at its Rise and Shine deposit.

GLENCORE’S $1.1B SALE OF COBAR MINE HERALDS NEW AUSTRALIAN BASE METALS EMPIRE

Global miner/marketer Glencore has reached binding agreement on the $US1.1B-plus-royalty sale of long-lived Cobar underground copper mine in Australia to special purpose funder Metals Acquisition Corporation.

NEWCREST SEES MORE DECADES AHEAD WITH GO-AHEAD FOR NEW CADIA STAGE DEVELOPMENT

Newcrest Mining has given the go-ahead for the next stage development of its flagship Cadia gold and copper mine in NSW, Australia after completing a feasibility study on its panel cave PC1-2 development.

GASCOYNE RESOURCES’ DALGARANGA A VICTIM OF THE PRESSURES ON WEST AUSTRALIAN MINES

Battling West Australian miner Gascoyne Resources will turn its focus to a financial restructuring and progressing higher-grade exploration assets to support a long-term mining plan after the sudden shutdown of its flagship Dalgaranga mine.

FIREFINCH ABOUT-TURN ON RECAPITALISATION SPELLS DEATH FOR MALI’S ‘GORILLA’ GOLD MINE

Australian-based miner Firefinch has given up on its efforts to recapitalise its 80%-owned Morila gold mine in Mali, almost certainly sending the mine once known as “Morila the Gorilla” into insolvency.

GROWING LINDA PROJECT TARGET HIGHLIGHTS ZINC POTENTIAL AT FLINDERS RANGE

New laboratory assays have doubled the size of the zinc soil anomaly target at critical minerals explorer Stelar Metals’ Linda zinc project in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, with the scale and DSO grade indicating its potential for economic mineralisation at depth.

FALL OF GROUND AFTERMATH TRIGGERS ADMINISTRATION FOR RED RIVER’S THALANGA MINE

Australian miner Red River Resources has appointed administrators to its Thalanga zinc-copper-lead mine to tackle threats to its solvency due to continuing performance issues following a fall of ground incident nearly three months ago.

MALLEE RESOURCES REACTIVATES AVEBURY NICKEL MINE IN SIX MONTHS

Explorer Mallee Resources has joined the ranks of Australian nickel sulphide producers after making a successful start to the commissioning of the processing plant at its 100%-owned Avebury project in Tasmania.

MINERAL RESOURCES STILL PONDERING STRATEGIC OPTIONS FOR LITHIUM BUSINESS

Australia mining and services company Mineral Resources is continuing to evaluate “strategic options” for its rapidly growing lithium hard rock operations in the Pilbara and Goldfields regions of WA.

CAVALIER LIFTS HOPES FOR LEONORA PROJECT AFTER FIRST DRILL CAMPAIGN

West Australian explorer Cavalier Resources reports encouraging results in recent drilling that targeted extensions to the existing resource area at its 100%-owned Crawford gold project at Leonora.

CANNON RESOURCES PUTS OUT THE JV SHINGLE FOR WA’S COLLURABBIE PROJECT

West Australian explorer Cannon Resources has identified 55 areas of interest including potential targets for shallow geochemistry following analysis of historical geophysical data at its Collurabbie nickel-copper-PGE and gold project.

ELEVATE IDENTIFIES BIG URANIUM TARGET AT NAMIBIA’S KOPPIES PROJECT

Elevate Uranium has raised the potential to add significantly to its maiden 20.3Mlb U3O8 inferred mineral resource at its Koppies project in Namibia with the identification of a mineralised zone extending over 10km and up to 1,000m wide.

MID-2023 TARGET FOR APPROVAL OF HIGH-GRADE FEDERATION DEPOSIT UNDERGROUND MINE

Australian miner Aurelia Minerals has outlined the starting physical and economic picture for the development of an underground mine at its high-grade, low-cost Federation polymetallic deposit in the Cobar Basin of central-western New South Wales.

WA NICKEL EXPLORER ST GEORGE MINING JOINS THE TREND TO FOCUS ON LITHIUM

The first assays of visibly mineralised pegmatite rock samples have validated the potential for significant lithium mineralisation at St George Mining’s Mount Alexander project in the NE Goldfields of Western Australia.

KINGSLAND MINERALS DRILLING BREATHES LIFE BACK INTO CLEO URANIUM PROJECT

Australian explorer Kingsland Minerals has laid the foundation to grow the footprint of the Cleo uranium mineralisation based on initial assay results from its maiden drilling program in the historic Pine Creek mining region in the NT.

EXPLORATION SUCCESSES CARRY BELARAROX TO NEW PHASE IN NSW SEARCH

Australian explorer Belararox is considering the release of a mineral resource estimate next month as it progresses metallurgical testwork on targets at the historical Native Bee mine site, part of its 100%-owned Belara project in NSW.
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Broker - START THE WEEK: CALENDAR (May 22, 2023)

Published: 22 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Holidays –
May 22: Canada Regions (Victoria Day/National Patriots Day)
May 22: Colombia (Ascension Day)
May 22: Montenegro (Independence Day Holiday)
May 22: Yemen (Unity Day)
May 23: Jamaica (Labor Day/May Day)
May 23: Montenegro (Independence Day Observed)
May 24: Bulgaria (Culture and Literacy Day)
May 24: Ecuador (Battle of Pichincha)
May 24: Eritrea (Independence Day)
May 24: North Macedonia (Saints Cyril and Methodius Day)...

Breaks - RIO TINTO-BHP: ‘NO TIMELINE’ YET FOR RESOLUTION MINE APPROVAL

Published: 21 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Global mining giants Rio Tinto and BHP face more delays in the long battle to advance their Resolution copper project in Arizona after the US Forest Service told a court it is still negotiating with Native American tribes on a land swap necessary for work to start.
Rio holds 55% interest and BHP 45% in the proposed 40Blb, 40-year mine development 60 miles east of Phoenix.
The Biden administration slowed progress at...

Breaks - TERRAMIN AUSTRALIA: MINING PERMIT WIN FOR HAMZA PROJECT

Published: 21 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Terramin Australia can move on towards development of its 49%-owned Tala Hamza zinc project in Algeria after gaining the mining permit covering regulatory, financial and environmental requirements for a proposed 2Mtpa, 20-year operation on the Mediterranean coast near Bejaia.
Tala Hamza’s measured, indicated and inferred resource of 68.6Mt @ 4.6% Zn and 12% Pb could support one of the world’s largest developing zinc and lead deposits....

Breaks - CORE LITHIUM: EARLY WORKS START FOR SECOND FINNISS MINE

Published: 19 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Australian miner Core Lithium has approved $A45-50M early works funding and named local contractor Northern Australian Civil to complete development of a box-cut and preliminary site establishment for BP33, the next proposed mine at its 100%-owned Finniss project in the NT.
Core is determining final project scope and capital cost estimates for the BP33 underground mine, 90km S of Darwin, targeting a final investment decision by end-...

Breaks - UNICO SILVER: CERRO LEON RESOURCE GROWTH SUPPORTS AMBITIONS

Published: 18 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Australian-based Unico Silver’s ambitions of becoming a globally relevant specialist development company have been boosted by an 84% increase in its Cerro Leon silver equivalent resource in Santa Cruz, Argentina to 92Mt (16.5Mt @ 172g/t AgEq).
The JORC-compliant resource comprises 77g/t for 41Moz Ag, 0.65g/t for 344,000oz Au, 0.91% for 332Mlb Zn and 0.35% for 129Mlb Pb.
The estimate includes maiden JORC resources for Unico’s 100%-...

Breaks - EQ RESOURCES: MT CARBINE RESERVES POINT TO LONGER LIFE

Published: 18 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Australian tungsten miner EQ Resources has lifted opencut ore reserves at its 100%-owned Mt Carbine mine near Cairns in N Qld by 43% to 1.66Mmtu (5.93Mt ROM @ 0.28% WO3), extending the forecast life of its opencut operations to 7 years.
Based on the conversion of a third of its 18.06Mt indicated resources to probable reserves, the JORC-compliant increase is driven mainly by a 150m western extension of the opencut.
The LOM forecast excludes the mine...

Breaks - ANAX METALS: WHIM CREEK ENVIRONMENTAL BAN ENDS

Published: 18 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

West Australian explorer Anax Metals is able to review the potential to restart heap leach production at its Whim Creek copper-zinc project in the Central Pilbara after state environment authorities lifted a protection notice.
The notice was issued in 2019 to Venturex Resources, the previous owner of the project 120km SW of Port Hedland, after extensive flooding that followed a tropical cyclone caused its closed-circuit...

Breaks - RIO TINTO: GRAPHENE BATTERY DEAL FOR MINING SECTOR

Published: 17 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Global miner Rio Tinto will put $A6M plus its technical and operational expertise towards accelerating the development and application of graphene-aluminium-ion batteries in the mining and minerals industry.
Rio has signed a binding joint development agreement with Australian energy saving and storage specialist Graphene Manufacturing Group for its proprietary production process to produce high-quality graphene for use in clean technology and other...

Breaks - METRO MINING: $32M PATH TO DOUBLE BAUXITE HILLS OUTPUT

Published: 17 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

Australian producer Metro Mining has given investment approval to nearly double production capacity and implement and improved ore transhipping facilities at its Bauxite Hills mine in N Qld.
Metro says the $A31.9M project to increase production to 7Mwt, from 3.4Mt in 2022, will improve the economics, resilience and optionality of the project in W Cape York 95km N of Weipa.
The new transhipping solution for the four-year-old mine...

Breaks - GALENA MINING: ABRA RACES TOWARDS RUN-RATE TARGETS

Published: 17 May, 2023, Relevance: 1

The Abra lead-silver mine in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia has delivered a rapid recovery from rainfalls a little over a month ago for owner Galena Mining, exceeding daily production targets since it resumed on May 3.
On May 15, the underground mine delivered 4,030t ore to the ROM pad, the crusher handled 4,137t and the mill processed 3,674t – equivalent to annual run rates of 1.47Mt ore production, 1.51Mtpa crushed and 1....

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AUSTRALIA’S PILBARA AND EYRE PENINSULA WELL PLACED FOR A ‘GREEN’ STEEL BOOST

(COMMENTARY) Mining of the long-neglected magnetite iron ore could be a major beneficiary of Australian ambitions to become a global leader in the drive to achieve net zero, under a solution that would see green hydrogen plants developed next to green steelworks to boost efficiency and kickstart both industries.

DESPITE POLITICAL DIATRIBES, LIDDELL CLOSURE POINTS TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE

(COMMENTARY) The closure this month of Australia’s oldest coal-fired power station, the 52-year-old Liddell facility in New South Wales, will end one era but simultaneously lead to another in which the nation could open up new energy opportunities.

NEWCREST OFFERS CONDITIONAL COURTING RIGHTS AFTER REBUFFING SUITOR NEWMONT

(MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS) Australian gold major Newcrest Mining has kept itself in play for more possible mergers and acquisitions discussions after rebuffing a $US16.9B second feint from Newmont Corporation and posting solid advances in the December half-year.

US GOVERNMENT BACKS IONEER PROJECT AS KEY TO CRITICAL MINERALS SUPPLY SECURITY

(DEVELOPMENT) The US government has recognised the potential value of Ioneer’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron project in Nevada to the national push for security of critical minerals supply with the offer of a $700M development loan.

SAUDI MINING GIANT SEEKS MORE GROWTH THROUGH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

(EXPLORATION) Saudi Arabia’s majority government-owned mining company Ma’aden has unveiled three new initiatives using partnerships with international miners and the nation’s massive investment capacity to advance a new phase of domestic and international growth.

GLOBAL COAL USE REACHING ALL-TIME HIGH ... BUT INDUSTRY TRENDS POINT TO RAPID DECLINE

(COMMENTARY) The global use of coal for electricity generation will hit record levels this year, but lack of new investment in export-driven coal projects supports the expectation that peak coal has been reached and will rapidly decline in the face of global pressure on fossil fuels.
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