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Morning News Bites – September 2

In Today’s Morning News Bites for September 2. Former Facebook CEO says new ban on news ‘threatens all Australians’. China announces suspension of Barley imports from Australian CBH Grain. De Grey Mining Limited reports an update at the Hemi Gold Discovery. 

De Grey Mining Limited reported the following drilling update at the Hemi Gold Discovery, located approximately 60km south of Port Hedland in Western Australia. Recent drilling has delineated a highly brecciated and extensively sulphide altered subvertical intrusion. This new intrusion has been named Falcon, which has been intersected for over 1.8km in strike, up to 80m thick and to 200m below surface. The intrusion remains open along strike and at depth. Gold mineralisation defined over 1.5km in aircore drill assays with additional assays from drilling along strike is pending. Initial aircore results include a highlight of 21m @ 3.4g/t Au from 40m and 19m @ 2.1g/t Au from 68m.

Metalicity Limited announced the return of the drone magnetic geophysical interpretation for the DCC and Altona Trends from the Kookynie Gold Project in the Eastern Goldfields, Western Australia, approximately 60 kilometres south southwest of Leonora. The company has received all data and interpretations from the ultra-high-resolution drone magnetic survey. The results indicate 21 targets that have similar geophysical and structural settings to known mineralised areas. Furthermore, drilling is still being conducted, there are 24  drill holes remaining at the laboratory pending analysis, which is due imminently with further samples being dispatched periodically, for the Kookynie Gold Project. Commenting on the target generation, Metalicity Managing Director, Jason Livingstone said: “The Footprint of the Kookynie Gold project continues to grow with a further 21 targets across granted tenure being generated from this exercise, this is incredibly exciting.”

Wiluna Mining reports high‐grade results from a further 68 holes and 18,584m of resource development infill drilling at the Wiluna Mining Centre, WA. The Company continues to drill with six rigs currently on site. Infill drilling at Golden Age produces ultra‐high grades up to 880g/t. Milan Jerkovic, Executive Chair commented: The outstanding results provide confidence in our Mineral Resource and Reserve estimates as we release them on a rolling basis from September 2020 through to December 2020 and into next year.”

Strong new drilling results confirm potential to expand existing 4.1Moz Resource at King of the Hills for RED 5 Limited. Latest assays continue to emphasise the scale and quality of the King of the Hills Mineral Resource and opportunities for future Resource extensions, with results including 5.1m @ 56.4g/t Au and 19.2m @ 5.4g/t Au. Managing Director Mark Williams, said recent drilling at King of the Hills (KOTH) had delivered a host of excellent results. “This has been a highly successful drilling program that has both increased our confidence in the existing 4.1 million ounce KOTH bulk Mineral Resource model as well as identifying targets for future Resource growth.”

Further strong assay results from recent aircore (AC) drilling at the East Lynne prospect for Kin Mining, located 3km north-east of the proposed plant site at its Cardinia Gold Project, located near Leonora in Western Australia. The latest East Lynne results confirm mineralisation over 1.3km of strike length. Highlights include, 20m at 0.96g/t Au from 20m, 4m at 2.21g/t Au from 20m and 12m at 1.28g/t Au from 12m. Commenting on the latest drill results, Managing Director Andrew Munckton said:  We are eagerly awaiting results from the remaining eight lines of this broad-spaced AC program to get a clearer sense of the potential scale of this target ahead of follow-up RC drilling.

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Morning News Bites – September 1

In Today’s Morning News Bites for September 1. WA motorists face toughest penalties in Australia if caught using mobile phones while driving. Telstra profits slide 15% for FY20, sighting disruption from the pandemic and bush fire crisis. Lefroy report results from Hang Glider Hill and Lucky Strike Gold exploration hubs 50km South-East of Kalgoorlie. 

Lefroy Exploration Limited provided results from an 279-hole aircore (AC) drilling program completed at the Hang Glider Hill (HGH) and Lucky Strike exploration hubs within the Eastern Lefroy project 50km to the South-East of Kalgoorlie, WA. A total of 12,436m were drilled in a 279- hole program covering the Hang Glider Hill, Lucky Strike and Havelock areas. Results include: Hang Glider Hill – enhanced gold prospectivity of the target area that has highlighted a 3.5km corridor adjacent to the Hang Glider Hill fault to focus additional exploration. Lucky Strike confirms highly oxidised BIF over 700m of strike with gold anomalies. Enhanced potential for further discoveries along the remaining 1.3km strike of the trend.

Legacy Iron Ore Limited announced the completion of the first round of PQ size (85mm) diamond drilling for metallurgical studies at the Mt Celia project in Laverton, WA. The drilling was undertaken to generate cores for metallurgical test works. A total of 4 drill holes have been completed, with 1 more hole to be drilled in September 1st week to generate a few more composite samples. Geological logging of the PQ cores resulted in the visual confirmation of expected mineralised zones providing increased confidence for the upcoming metallurgical test works. 4 diamond PQ drill holes for metallurgical studies completed at the Kangaroo Bore and Blue Peter gold deposits.

RC Drilling is nearing completion at New Bendigo, part of the Tibooburra Gold Project in New South Wales. Manhattan Corporation has completed 34 RC holes for 4,175 metres. Approximately 900 metres remains to be drilled and is expected to be completed by Saturday 5th September. The first batch of samples (approximately 2,000 samples) are undergoing sample preparation at ALS Global Laboratories in Adelaide. Results are expected late September 2020. A second batch of samples (~1,800 samples) has been dispatched from site and are expected to arrive at the laboratory this week.

Results from early stage metallurgical test work for Chalice Gold Mines has been completed on a range of mineralisation styles from the Gonneville PGE-Ni-Cu-Co discovery at its Julimar Project in WA. Early stage sighter metallurgical testwork completed on limited samples of high-grade sulphide mineralisation from the G1 Zone, as well as disseminated sulphide mineralisation and oxide mineralisation (composite from four RC holes) from the Gonneville Intrusion. All sulphides in the G1 zone float readily under standard conditions at 75µm grind size – a positive indication that the sulphides appear to be amenable to conventional flotation concentration techniques. Managing Director Alex Dorsch commented, saying “The early stage metallurgical test work completed to date has returned promising results from selected samples, giving us good early encouragement that the sulphide-hosted mineralisation at Gonneville will be amenable to conventional flotation.”

Essential Metals reports that a drilling programme has commenced to test the northern extent of the Sinclair Caesium Deposit, 140km South of Kalgoorlie, WA. A mineralised corridor has been modelled using existing high grade caesium drill intersections which confirm mineralisation extends up to 80m from the northern open pit wall of the Sinclair Caesium Mine. The drill programme will target a total length of 120m as well as aim to infill and widen the mineralised zones around the existing drill intersections.

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Morning News Bites – August 31

In Today’s Morning News Bites for August 31. PM Support has slipped as states get behind their Premiers. The latest newspoll shows a 50-50 two party preferred, from August 5-8’s 52-48 TPP. Cadia Mine in NSW takes number one spot for 2019/20 production 843,338oz and IOOF set to grab NAB`s MLC.

The FY20 results are out for Swick, with its drilling business reported revenue of $149.6 million, up on FY19 ($142.9 million), and EBITDA of $24.6 million, slightly down on FY19 ($28.2 million). This is in line with the Company’s announcement on 30 July 2020, with FY20 earnings impacted by some temporary rig suspensions related to COVID-19 and ramp up costs from the Pogo contract in Alaska. Managing Director Kent Swick said, “FY20 has presented a unique and challenging set of circumstances with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The business has quickly adapted during this difficult period, ensuring we maintained continuity of operations and protected our people on site both internationally and locally. “I am pleased with the ability of our Drilling Business to deliver robust earnings in this environment and secure new work with existing clients, including our two largest contracts for Northern Star and BHP, which provide a strong platform for the business as we enter the 2021 financial year.”

Downer EDI Limited has been awarded a Unified Field Operations (Network) contract by NBN Co Limited valued at an estimated $320 million over a maximum term of eight years. The contract begins in September 2020 with an initial four year term, with two extension options of two years plus two years. Under the contract, Downer will provide services including network restoration, copper rehabilitation, alternate power system activities, network performance and capacity enhancement, urgent field service work and site maintenance across Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. CEO Grant Fenn, said Downer was very pleased to be extending its relationship with NBN. “Downer has been working closely with NBN for over a decade and we have earned a reputation as a high quality delivery partner,” Mr Fenn said. “A lot of NBN construction work is coming to completion and Downer is now transitioning to delivering NBN maintenance services. We look forward to continuing our partnership with NBN and optimising the national broadband network.”

Alto Metals Limited provided shareholders with an update on further drill results at the new shallow gold lode (“Orion Lode”) discovery, located 200m south of the Lord Nelson pit, within the Company’s flagship Sandstone Gold Project (Sandstone Gold Project). This announcement relates to results received for a total 2,132m of RC drilling, (11 holes), including further infill and step out at the new Orion Lode discovery and infill drilling beneath the Lord Nelson pit. A total of approximately 5,500m of RC drilling of the planned 10,000m program has now been completed, since drilling commence in early July, and another 2,000m is expected to commence in the coming weeks.

An update on recent exploration activities for the Lake Rebecca Gold Project for Apollo Consolidated Limited, located 150km east of Kalgoorlie in WA has been posted. Ongoing exploration drilling is occurring concurrently with continued infill and extensional drilling at the flagship Rebecca deposit. Highlights: Cleo joins the Rebecca family, returning best results to date and pointing to excellent potential for a new deposit to take shape: 38m @ 2.00g/t Au incl. 2m @ 20.4g/t Au and 5m @ 2.75g/t Au and 2m @ 9.39g/t Au incl. 1m @ 17.2g/t Au. Drilling will continue around the three key deposits throughout the remainder of the year. Diamond drilling will also continue to test specific high-grade step-down exploration targets at the Rebecca deposit.

Established Australian copper and gold producer and explorer, Aeris Resources Limited provided results from the recent near-surface Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling program on the Roses Pride deposit at the Company’s Cracow Gold Operations (Cracow) in NSW. 48 hole near-surface drilling campaign at Roses Pride deposit completed with assay results returned for 44 holes with gold mineralisation intersected over a 400 metre strike length. Significant drill intersections include: 9.0m @ 5.45 g/t Au (true thickness 10.1m), 15.0m @ 4.10 g/t Au (true thickness 6.1m), 5.0m @ 5.33 g/t Au (true thickness 3.3m) and 10.0m @ 5.13 g/t Au (true thickness 4.7m). Executive Chairman, Andre Labuschagne, said, “During due diligence the Roses Pride deposit was identified as a priority exploration target with near-term potential to be added to the Life of Mine plan. The results from the drill program confirm this view and we will now expedite the work required to convert the drill results into a Mineral Resource.

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Morning News Bites – August 28

Morning News Bites – August 28

Specialised pilots not being allowed to fly in to WA due to the hard border closure could affect iron ore exports out of Port Hedland, Tesla hit a new high overnight and according to one leading analyst we need to rethink where our stocks are with banks not the best option according to Jefferies’ Brian Johnson

Late yesterday Caeneus Minerals has announced that it will commence detailed Aeromagnetic survey to commence first week of September on Mallina Tenements. These tenements are located in close proximity to the northern tenement boundaries of the De Grey Mining Limited’s Shaggy, Mt Berghaus, Scooby and Hemi gold discoveries. According to Caeneus there was a 10 day field orientation visit to Roberts Hill and Mt Berghaus with the aim for making vehicular access for future drilling programs and to review flight survey specifications for the Company’s upcoming airborne magnetic survey, which is as per above.

Essential Metals have identified numerous targets at its Juglah Dome gold project, situated near Silver Lake Resources Daisy complex around 60km south-east of Kalgoorlie. Recent rock chip sampling and compilation of historic exploration has confirmed that numerous drill targets are present within the Project. Managing Director Tim Spencer, said: “We are keen to commence a drill program at Juglah Dome. Multiple exciting gold and VHMS targets have been identified, some of which are considered drill-ready. The Gards Prospect is one such target, where previous drilling by Placer Dome in the late 1990s and early 2000s intersected gold mineralisation, however it was not followed up”.

GWR Group has secured approvals for its C4 Stage 1 iron ore project from DMIRS and the Federal Government Department of Agriculture, Environment and Water. GWR Chairman Gary Lyons said this represents a significant milestone and the strong prices of iron ore give a unique opportunity to GWR.  “These approvals represent a significant milestone for the Company and pave the way for the commencement of commercial iron ore production at the Wiluna West Iron Ore Project. Current strong iron ore prices provide a unique opportunity for the Company and the Wiluna West Iron Ore Project, an exceptional, DSO iron ore development project, which will produce a high grade, low impurity iron ore.” he said. C4 Stage 1 project is west of Wiluna in the northern Goldfields of WA.

Announcing their FY details, Boral has reported sales revenue of $5,728 million down 2% on FY2019 and sales revenue from continuing operations of $5,671 million down 1%. EDITDA was down 30% to $710 million and NPAT before significant items of $181 million, down 57% on the prior year. Boral’s new CEO & Managing Director, Zlatko Todorcevski, said: “Boral’s FY2020 results reflect a particularly challenging year. Following the lower than expected first half result from Boral North America, Boral had a difficult start to the second half of FY2020. Boral Australia was impacted by bushfire and flood-related events in Australia, resulting in significantly lower volumes and higher costs. This was quickly followed by COVID-19 disruptions, resulting in higher costs and production curtailments, which substantially reduced earnings for all divisions. “Overall, second half margins were substantially down, as flagged in the Company’s market update in May, due to lower sales and even lower production volumes together with an unfavourable shift in the sales mix and costs”.

Mining, Gas and Oil services provider Civmec has reported Net Profit margin of 4.5%, up from 1.4% in FY19 and also recommends a full year dividend of 1.0 Australian cents, increased by 43% . Revenue was down around 20% but EBITDA was up for the FY around $14m and NPAT was up 149% to $17.5m. According to Chairman James Fitzgerald the year was of consolidation and the order book strengthened “Following a year of consolidation in FY19, Civmec’s order book continued to strengthen in FY20, enabling the Group to grow revenue and profits throughout the year. Strong cashflow from operations allowed the Group to fund the completion of the new Assembly and Sustainment Hall in Henderson Western Australia while also reducing borrowings by $35.7 million during the year. This places the Group in a strong financial position as we enter FY21, with a A$900 million  strong order book, an extensively improved balance sheet and a significantly reduced capital investment requirement in FY21. This disciplined approach has allowed us to recommend an increased final dividend payout to 1.0 Australian cents.” he said.

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Morning News Bites – August 27

Woolworths recorded boom sales, but the impact of COVID-19 and one off costs have added up, Independence Group record a 12.5% increase to revenue and Flight Centre recorded a $510m underlying loss before tax.

Drilling services provider Boart Longyear has announced revenue of US$309M down around US$79M this morning. Net cash flow from operating activities though was up US$10M to US$30M due to Net Working Capital initiatives. Jeff Olsen CEO said “Management implemented plans in March that would ensure the Company would be able to continue to support the mining industry when normal activity levels resumed. The actions taken, including significant pay reductions across the world, ensured the business would generate positive EBITDA and cash from operations and were vital in supporting the company with having the required liquidity to support a growing business through the second half of 2020.”

Diamond drilling is now underway at Galileo`s Fraser Range prospect in Western Australia. Three diamond drill holes with planned depths from 200 to 380 metres will be directed to test an EM conductor, a structural target, and the known disseminated sulphide mineralisation. Brad Underwood, Managing Director said this is an exciting opart of teh exploration process underway and will look forward to updating the market when results are known. He also said “This is our first diamond drilling program at our northern Fraser Range project. It is also the first diamond drilling program ever to be undertaken looking for nickel in our project area. As such, this greenfields project has great potential and is also very well located within the emerging new nickel province of the Fraser Range. We have approximately 500 metres of diamond drilling planned across three separate areas with each zone showing potential for sulphide mineralisation.”

Drilling at Capricorn’s Karlawinda Gold project – Supplied

Capricorn Metals has announced MACA limited are the preferred mining contractor for its Karlawinda Gold Project. The five year deal is worth around $400m with Preproduction mining activities to commence in the December 2020 quarter. Capricorn Executive Chairman Mike Clark said “The selection of a preferred mining contractor is the culmination of a competitive process that included a number of very competent Australian mining services providers. MACA was selected as the preferred contractor after submitting a compelling bid both in terms of price and execution. We look forward to partnering with MACA in the successful operation of the Karlawinda Gold Project.”

A maiden two hold diamond drill program for Talisman Mining`s Lucknow Gold Project has been completed. The program was targeting the interpreted high-grade lode offset position of the historical Lucknow gold mine. The second drill hole of the program delivered a zone of strong foliation and quartz veining from 297m to 303m downhole. According to Talisman the recent drilling, supported by a structural and geological interpretation, suggests that the ultramafic stratigraphy and prospective contact has been offset to the north-west by a sinistral fault – indicating a potential target to the north-west of recent drilling.

Results from Cardinia Hill RC drilling with Kin Mining have revealed the presence of two north-plunging shoots of higher-grade mineralisation within the main lode. Kin Mining Managing Director Andrew Munckton said the RC program had provided a good base for Kin “The follow-up phase of RC drilling at the northern end of Cardinia Hill has been successful in intersecting the northern shoot of mineralisation at depth, further improving our understanding of the geometry and scale of the deposit – and providing a solid foundation for planned resource drilling. The diamond drill core is also providing strong insight for our exploration team in terms of understanding the internal detail of the deposit.” he said.

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Morning News Bites – August 26

In Today’s Morning News Bites for August 26.  Kalgoorlie-Boulder wakes to a 3.1 magnitude earthquake at around 3:15am local time this morning. Seven Group Holdings report Westrac’s FY20 revenue up 15 per cent. PM raises concerns about Victoria’s state of emergency extension with Daniel Andrews.

Conglomerate Seven Group Holdings has reported a 12 per cent rise in full year revenue to $4.56 billion. This was facilitated by the Groups Caterpillar equipment business and its work associated with the mining industry. However (on a statutory basis) its net profit after tax fell 42 per cent to $115.8 million, primarily due investments associated with Seven West Media (a major shareholder) and a $117 million impairment of a US oil and gas operation. WesTrac’s FY20 revenue was up 15 per cent, with strength across both product sales and product support. This was encouraged by WesTrac’s strong product sales results supported by the delivery of equipment to major mining projects. In addition, WesTrac’s product support revenue improved 10 per cent driven by a record 6.6 million parts lines shipped in WA and NSW. Chief Executive Ryan Stokes commented, saying “In particular our Industrial Services portfolio has delivered solid growth with WesTrac executing a standout performance, reflecting the strong demand from customers who remain active in mining production and construction.”

Macmahon Holdings Limited delivered record financial results for FY20, in-line with the increased guidance provided at the half year result. Revenue grew by 25% over the prior year to $1,380.4 million, this was primarily driven by driven by increased activity across the company’s projects in Australia and Indonesia from predominantly Gold and Copper/Gold operations, the eleven-month contribution of the acquired specialist underground contractor GBF Group and successful ramp up at the Tropicana Boston Shaker contract. This growth in revenue underpinned record earnings for Macmahon in FY20. To date, there has been minimal net impact on business performance from COVID-19.

An exploration update of the Saxby Gold Project has been provided by Strategy Energy Resources. The drill rig has commenced mobilisation in northwest Queensland with drilling scheduled to commence in early September. A cultural heritage survey has cleared the area and a drill contract has been executed with DDH1 Drilling. Recent structural, alteration and geophysical work have upgraded the prospectivity of the surrounding district and Strategic Energy Resources has now pegged the entire belt. A comprehensive regional geophysical review with a view to commencing district-scale geophysical data collection in the near future.

Paterson Resources report that planning is underway for the validation diamond drilling recommended in the report on an estimate of Gold Mineral Resources at Hackneys Creek and Lucky Draw located at the Burraga Copper Gold Project in the Eastern Lachlan Fold Belt in NSW. The diamond drilling is designed to validate the existing drill assay data used in the inferred resource estimation at Hackneys Creek by twinning approximately 6 holes. A further 10 diamond drill holes recommended to validate the existing drill assay data at the remnant Lucky Draw inferred resource are also planned. Validation of this drill data along with the collection of additional geological and structural information will enable the upgrading of the current resource from inferred to a higher category. Highlights from past drilling carried out by RGC Exploration at Hackneys Creek that were included in the inferred resource estimation are: 21.3m @ 9.19 g/t Au from 89m, including 4m @ 40.38 g/t Au, 33.6m @ 2.27 g/t Au from 71.4m, including 5m @ 5.83 g/t Au, 25.0m @ 3.57 g/t Au from 20m, including 4m @ 7.48 g/t Au.

5,000m drill program commences at Pilbara Gold Project by Kairos Minerals. Reverse Circulation drilling has commenced as its 2020 exploration program continues to gather momentum. The program, comprising 5,000m of RC drilling in total, has commenced at the large Fuego gold target (located on the Croydon Project), with the initial reconnaissance program expected to be completed there over the next 2-3 weeks while drill pad preparations are completed at the Mt York Project. The rig will then relocate to Mt York to complete the balance of the program. Kairos’ Executive Chairman, Terry Topping, said, “Our 2020 exploration campaign across the Pilbara Gold Project has now stepped up a gear with drilling underway, which is a really exciting development for our team and for our shareholders. Due to logistical considerations including timing of heritage clearances and drill pad preparation, we have commenced the program at the exciting Fuego target first rather than Mt York, as previously advised.”

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Morning News Bites – August 25

In Today’s Morning News Bites for August 25. Resolute confirms supply lines to the Syama Gold Mine continue, despite political tension in the south of Mali. Largest diamond unearthed this year discovered in Africa. Victoria report another 9 COVID-19 related deaths. 

SRG Global provided results for FY20, with revenue at AU$545 million. The impact of the global pandemic is mentioned and the negative effects on key drivers are explained. These include a repositioned and simplified business – core business, clients and geographies, continued plan to execute strategy to transition business mix to annuity earnings, significant liquidity with available funds of $73m (banking facilities renewal not due until FY22), net debt reduced in 2H to $8.4m (inclusive of $26m of equipment finance debt) and final fully franked dividend of 0.5 cents per share (total FY20 dividend of 1 cps). Despite this, Managing Director David Macgeorge maintained a positive outlook into the future, saying ““The decisive actions taken in FY20 has us well positioned for long-term sustainable growth, underpinned by an earnings profile of two thirds annuity-based in FY21 and beyond.”

Breaker Resources announces more strong drilling results which confirm the presence of extensive mineralisation over 2km between the Kopai and Crescent prospects within its Lake Roe Project, 100km east of Kalgoorlie. The latest results are from 40 reconnaissance reverse circulation (RC) drill holes for 5,202m, and two diamond drill holes for 269m. Breaker Executive Chairman Tom Sanders said the latest results are significant particularly given the reconnaissance nature of the drilling.“This 2km stretch of mineralisation sits just 3km north of our existing 1Moz Bombora deposit and highlights the outstanding growth potential of a rare emerging greenfields gold district on Kalgoorlie’s doorstep,” Mr Sanders said.

Significant new assay results from the ongoing resource drilling programme at the shallow high-grade copper-gold discovery at the Thursday’s Gossan prospect for Stavely Minerals Stavely Copper-Gold Project in Victoria. Very broad zone of copper mineralisation including a significant shallow intercept of 18m at 1.11% Cu intersected in the interpreted near-surface position of the parallel Copper Lode Splay (CLS) in drill hole SMD093: 299.7m at 0.40% Cu from 35m down-hole, including 64m at 0.68% Cu from 35m and 18m at 1.11% Cu from 36m in the interpreted Copper Lode Splay.

Buxton Resources informed shareholders that IGO Limited has commenced on-ground activities for the West Kimberley JV 2020 season. Diamond drilling has commenced at Merlin and ground EM will commence this week at Quick Shears. IGO has provided the following updates to Buxton which includes a new EM plate has been identified from the 2019 low temperature SQUID survey at Merlin. This anomaly is directly down plunge from the high tenor magmatic sulphide intersection (2.19m @ 4.6% Ni, 1.37 % Cu & 0.12 % Co from 236.0m). Modelling of this anomaly has returned two overlapping targets, a 125m x 90m 10,000S conductance plate and a 110m x 90m 9,700S conductance plate.

Horizon Minerals provides an update on the Nimbus silver-zinc project, adjacent to the Boorara gold mine, 15km east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in the goldfields of Western Australia. Past production between 2003 and 2007 recovered 3.6Moz silver from the processing of 320kt grading 352g/t Ag with the plant now decommissioned, removed and the site rehabilitated. The current global Mineral Resource estimate stands at: 12.1Mt grading 52g/t Ag for 20.2Moz of Silver and 0.9% Zn for 104kt zinc. A high grade lode exists within this resource immediately below the historic Discovery Pit and has a Mineral Resource estimate of  260kt grading 774g/t Ag for 6.4Moz silver and 12.8% Zn for 33kt zinc.

 

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Morning News Bites – August 14

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Morning News Bites as earnings season continues.

Clive Palmer is set to head to the high court with his battle against the Western Australian government. NAB cash earnings for the third quarter drop 7% and Woolworths appoints a Chief Medical Officer.

Middle Island Resources has announced it’s Two Mile Hill open pit Mineral Resources is up 13% and has taken the total for the Sandstone Gold Project to 657,500oz.This announcement follows on from a 52% increase last week for Middle Island’s Shillington Mineral Resource. Further resource estimates are due for five new satellite open pit deposits are still to come.

Newcrest Mining recorded gold production of 2.2 million ounces for its FY20. The darling of Newcrest in Australia, Cadia mine in New South Wales delivered 843,000oz of gold, with 96kt copper and 575koz silver. According to Newcrest Managing Director and CEO Sandeep Biswas, “Drilling results from Havieron and Red Chris continued to expand the known mineralisation with high grade intercepts. Our ownership of Havieron over the year increased to 40% as we track towards 70% underpinning the future of Telfer. We are in the unique position of having three outstanding growth options from which we expect to add new production ounces to our portfolio in due course.” A final dividend of US17.5 cents per share (100% franked), taking full year dividend to US25 cents per share. Newcrest also announced its biggest profit in eight years.

Significants nickel copper sulphides have been intersected from diamond drilling at Legend Mining’s Mawson prospect. Highlights included 9.3m of heavy disseminated to net-textured sulphide from 132.2m – 141.5m downhole and 15.35m of net-textured, heavy disseminated and semi-massive sulphide from 219.1m – 234.45m downhole. Managing Director of Legend Mining Mark Wilson said “Geologically we have now intersected significant mineralisation several hundred metres to the east north-east of our previous discovery and our geophysical advice is that we probably have not hit the best part of this conductor.”

First pass gold hits have been delivered to Golden State Mining at its Yule South target. Target 1 returned best intercept of 8m @ 0.92g/t Au from 96m incl. 4m @ 1.81 g/t Au from 96m, while Target 5 returned best intercept of 19m @ 91ppb Au from 46m incl. 4m at 350ppb Au from 58m. These results were from reconnaissance Aircore drilling based on aeromagnetic interpretation. Managing Director Michael Moore said “We are pleased with the calibre of these first pass gold results, having drilled gold intersections in just our first two targets of an essentially untested regional project area in an emerging gold district. To drill a gold intersection of 8m @ 0.92g/t Au from 96m including 4m @ 1.81 g/t Au from 96m in only the second drillhole of the 199 hole program speaks volumes about our targeting and strategy up at Yule.”

Iluka Resources returned a solid net profit after tax of $113 million from its half year results to June 30 2020. This is despite the Mineral Sands revenue being down due to COVID-19 on the world markets. Managing Director Tom O’Leary said the impact of COVID-19 lead to a decline of 20% in mineral sands sales volumes, but appeared pleased with the position Iluka are in Tom O’Leary, said “Iluka has recorded a solid first half result given the impact of COVID-19 on zircon and titanium markets and the global economy broadly. Given the volatility experienced throughout the world over recent months, we’re pleased with the earnings and cash position we’ve delivered.

 

 

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Morning News Bites – Aug 7

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In Today’s Morning News Bites for August 7. Reports WA FIFO jobs could be filled by those out of the country, rather than out of the Eastern States. Employers set to gain better access to JobKeeper from September as federal government deals with Victorian COVID related drops in productivity and employment. Another night, another Gold high touching over – $2075US/oz.

Horizon Minerals advised their recent first milling campaign at Boorara delivered 1,050 ounces generating A$2.93 million in revenue with an average sale price of A$2,791 per ounce. According to Jon Price MD of Horizon Minerals “It is extremely pleasing to see the first mine to mill reconciliation coming in within expectations for the upper oxide areas of the orebody. This completes a very successful first phase of activity with mining rates well ahead of schedule, mined grades increasing and completing our first gold sales into this very high Australian gold price environment.”

Exploration teams are being mobilised this weekend to head to Aldoro Resources Penny South prospect where sites have been cleared and drilling ready to commence early next week. The drill program is set to target 3,000m air core and is set to take around 2 weeks. Targets include the southern extension of Penny West Shear. As well as granodiorite-mafic contact, the potential northwest extension of granodiorite unit and granodiorite-mafic contact. There is also a magnetic low feature along Youanmi Shear greenstone-granite contact, possible demagnetised zone similar to Youanmi.

Drilling is set to commence within two weeks for Caravel Minerals at their Ninan Prospect targeting near-surface, higher-grade copper-gold mineralisation. The upcoming drilling is set to help define the extent of known high grade copper-gold mineralisation.

Jadar Resources is finalising a $1 million placement to accelerate activity for its Yanamina Gold Project. There are plans to expedite the restart of the plant, and for general working capital purposes. The Yanamia Gold Project is in Peru.

Twenty Seven Co has received an extension to its Rover tenure. This extension covers an increase to the footprint by 80% to 461sqkm and contains three historic gold targets. CEO of Twenty Seven Co, Ian Warland Said “This is an exciting development for TSC as the tenure extension nearly doubles the size of the Rover Project and materially enhances the exploration upside for gold and base metal mineralisation. More significantly, we have three historic gold in soil anomalies along the Maynard greenstone belt that require follow-up.

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Morning News Bites – Jul 31

In today’s morning news bites:

AMP has provided an update on its first half 20 details where it completed the sale of AMP Life, several junior explorers have reported their quarterly reports this week and PM Scott Morrison meets with Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews on further restrictions as the PM also says there is no reason to keep WA borders closed.

  • Mandrake Resources continues to develop Newleyine into a highly prospective Ni-Cu-PGE target. Newleyine is located around 30km east of Chalice Gold’s Julimar Ni, Cu, PGE project. While drilling at Mandrake’s Northern Territory – Berinka Pine Creek Gold Project is set to begin next week.
  • The development of Classic Minerals to become a gold producer continues. According to Classic Minerals, RC Drilling at Kat Gap is set to continue into the FY21 with targets on the interpreted plunge component of high-grade gold mineralisation with deeper RC drilling. Quarter 1 FY21 will also include advancing all aspects of the mining plan at Kat Gap, the acquisition of necessary mining equipment for Kat Gap and continuing to raise capital & pay down debt & liabilities to improve the financial position of the Company.
  • 460,000-ounce gold ore reserve has been declared at six deposits within 50 km of the Ora Banda Mining plant, this was one of the highlights for Ora Banda Mining for the previous quarter. An AISC of $1,578 /oz is one of the key outcomes within the DFS for an Australian gold price of $2,550. The recent capital raising Equity capital raising was strongly supported and proceeds from the equity raising, together with existing cash, will see Ora Banda fully funded through to production at Davyhurst, targeted for January 2021

    Dacian Gold
    Dacian are within FY20 guidance
  • Dacian Gold is within guidance for its Mount Morgans Gold Operation, reporting 138,814 oz at an AISC of $1,619/oz which was within guidance of between 138,000-144,000 ounces at MMGO AISC $1,550-1,650/oz for the financial year. Drilling programs commencing at the Cameron Well and Mt McKenzie deposits will take place within the first half of 2021 financial year. As of June 30, Dacian had a total cash and unsold gold on hand of $57.3 million.
  • Drill results at Kirkland Gold’s Fosterville Gold Mine have been released with several key intersects with Infill drilling into the Swan Mineral Reserves which included 976 g/t Au over 7.4 m, 933 g/t Au over 6.4 m  and 416 g/t Au over 6.8 m. According to Tony Makuch, President and CEO of Kirkland Lake Gold “Drilling at Fosterville continues to demonstrate the significant size and scale of the mineralised structures, all of which contain quartz veining with 2 visible-gold and all of which have the potential to host additional Swan or Swan-like zones. At the Swan Zone, results from new infill drilling include higher than expected grades, which is encouraging as we work towards our next Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource update. In particular, the infill results confirm that the area where the Swan Fault and Swan Footwall Splay intersect contains more gold than currently modelled.” Kirkland also released Q2 results which included revenue more than doubling on same quarter in 2019, solid operating results and $537.4 million with no debt.