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Castle Minerals’ geologists conducting reconnaissance across the highly prospective Niellé gold project, highlighting ease of access to the prospective site. Castle Minerals (ASX: CDT) has pounced on a transformational West African deal, securing a binding agreement to snap up a 90 per cent interest in the high-grade Nielle gold project in northern Côte d’Ivoire. The savvy acquisition hands the explorer a demonstrated high-grade discovery in a tier-one gold district, inst

Ora Banda Mining’s Riverina underground mine is a significant contributor to the company’s resource base, with a total resource of 724,000 ounces of gold. Ora Banda Mining (ASX: OBM) has delivered a major hike in its gold inventory near Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, boosting resources and more than doubling reserves as it sets up the next stage of growth at Davyhurst. The company’s latest update shows total mineral resources have climbed to 54.8 million tonnes at two

Site works completed at PLC Resources’ Rochefort prospect, part of the company’s Abbotts North project near Meekatharra. Freshly cashed-up with a new $1.8 million war chest, PLC Resources (ASX: PLC) has wasted no time putting the drill bit to work, kicking off a maiden reverse circulation drilling program at its Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region. The move comes on the same day the company announced it had received firm commitments

A drill rig in action at Augustus Minerals’ Music Well project near Leonora in WA. Augustus Minerals (ASX: AUG) has topped up its war chest with a $2.5 million placement to fast-track a second round of drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA, after a stunning maiden drill campaign recently hit wide zones of gold mineralisation. The company says it received firm commitments from a suite of institutional, professional and sophisticated backers, with the

Rotary dryer at Aguia Resources’ phosphate processing plant in Caçapava do Sul, equipped with all lifting blades, ready for the start of operations. Aguia Resources (ASX: AGR) has just kicked a major goal in South America, securing the final and all-important operating licence for its Tres Estradas phosphate project in southern Brazil and immediately kicking off mining operations. The ASX-listed multi-commodity explorer has now officially made the leap from developer to

ADX Christmas tree and well head installed on the HOCH-1 well in preparation for mid-June testing. ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has buttoned up its HOCH-1 shallow gas well in Upper Austria and the rig has now been released, teeing up a pivotal mid-June perforation and production test that could unlock a fast-track European gas development. The HOCH-1 well commenced drilling on 16 April within the company’s ADX-AT-I licence in Upper Austria, where it operates the prospect with

Track mounted RC drilling rig at Forrestania Resources Mt Palmer project, close to Southern Cross in Western Australia. Credit: File Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has aggressively spun the drill bit at its Mt Palmer gold project in Western Australia, unlocking a treasure trove of high-grade mineralisation and successfully confirming significant gold lurking just under the topsoil. Forrestania’s campaign at Mt Palmer, 15 kilometres east of Marvel Loch in the gold-rich Shi

Critica Ltd’s latest metallurgical testwork has produced a mixed rare earth oxide grading 97.1 per cent TREO from sample material drawn from its remarkable Jupiter rare earths project near Mt. Magnet in WA’s Mid West. Critica Limited’s (ASX: CRI) latest metallurgical testwork has produced a third mixed rare earth oxide from its Jupiter project in WA’s Mid West, materially improving product quality from previous tests. In a result likely to strengthen the project’s devel

LiDAR image over King River Resources’ historic Excelsior waste dump and stockpiles with historic grab samples located. King River Resources (ASX: KRR) is breathing new life into one of Western Australia’s forgotten goldfields, lining up drilling and geophysics at its historic Mindoolah project while eyeing a sizeable inventory of potentially gold-bearing stockpiles sitting at surface. The historic Mindoolah goldfield, 70km north-west of Cue in WA's Murchison Province,

Jumbo working in the Union Hill gold mine decline at Kaiser Reefs Maldon gold project in Victoria. Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) has fired up a major multi-pronged exploration and development assault at its Maldon gold project in Victoria. The work is being spearheaded by the official launch of underground decline refurbishment at its fully permitted Union Hill mine, along with a fresh drilling blitz across several high-grade targets. Whilst rehabilitating Union Hill, strippin