Develop Enters Trading Halt, Pursues Essential

The start of the financial year continues to deliver news to the market thick and fast. Develop has entered a trading halt as it looks to acquire Essential Metals. The acquisition is to executed via a binding Scheme Implementation Deed under which Develop proposes to acquire 100 per cent of the issued shares in Essential …

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What You Missed in the News This Week

Rivet Mining Services has gone into administration due to extreme weather events, labour shortages, project delays and rising costs. Mining services, which provides bulk haulage and ancillary onsite services to mining companies in WA, is the only business within the Rivet Group effected. Chris Hill, Vaughan Strawbridge and Hayden White from FTI Consulting have been …

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The Federal Government has prevented Chinese company Yuxiao Fund from raising its stake in Northern Minerals on grounds of national interest. Yuxiao Fund wanted to increase its holding from 9.92% to 19.9% but needed approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Northern Minerals has been focused on fine-tuning its heavy rare earths processing system through …

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Weeks after the West Australian Government raised concerns that Alcoa’s mines posed a risk to the Serpentine Dam and 1/5 of Perth’s drinking water, it has been discovered that the US miner has risked another WA dam. Alcoa applied for approval to build pipelines over WA’s Waroona Dam to pump PFAS contaminated water from firefighting …

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Boss Energy has appointed James Davidson as general manager of its Honeymoon Uranium project and Jacobus van Rooyen as its construction manager. Boss Energy managing director, Duncan Craib said James Davidson “has immense experience across project management and construction, with particular emphasis on uranium metallurgy and operations.” Craib also said “Kobus is a team player, …

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St Barbara Minerals released their December quarterly report this week, with disappointing results. Consolidated gold production was down from 63,700oz in the September quarter to 60,976oz. The Leonora operations saw a reduction of gold production from 34,078oz last quarter to 32,175oz. The December quarter from the year before produced 16,462oz more gold than this quarter. …

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Hancock Energy has increased its offer to buy Warrego Energy from $0.28 cash per share to $0.36 cash per share, totalling $447m if the offer is approved. Three of the Four Warrego directors have recommended shareholders accept the deal over an offer made by Strike Energy, offering one Strike share for every Warrego share.   …

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Top Story – Bill Beament Leaves Northern Star In July.

Northern Star Resources Limited has provided an update. In their efforts to initiate a global search for an Independent NonExecutive Chair, Bill Beament will retire from the Northern Star Board, effective July 1, 2021. Mr Beament has agreed to take up an Executive Director role with Venturex Resources from July 1. Mr Beament said he fully …

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Diggers & Dealers Keynote Speaker Announced for 2021

  A former advisor to President Nelson Mandela, a key author of twenty one books and a previous Principal Economist at the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) has been announced as the Diggers and Dealers key note speaker for 2021. Professor Ian Goldin. Professor Goldin specialises in economics and has numerous credentials on …

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BREAKING: KCGM Owners Make Joint Announcement

KCGM Super Pit Owners Northern Star Resources and Saracen Minerals have released information to the market this morning about their respective operations based on the lockdown imposed in Western Australia. Saracen Mineral Holdings Limited and Northern Star Resources advises that it does not expect production and exploration at its West Australian operations to be impacted …

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