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Jonathon Davidson is an avid Australian market watcher and emerging finance writer with a particular interest in WA-based resources and energy stocks. He has worked in resources and finance journalism roles across Perth for a number of years with a previous focus on oil and gas.

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Classic Minerals taps into reliable water source

By Jonathon Davidson

Classic Minerals has won approval from the WA Government to spud a second water-bore to help run its “Gekko” processing plant and to suppress dust at its Western Australian Wheatbelt-based Kat Gap gold project. The bore will provide vital operational water supply security as the State’s imminent next gold producer gears up to join the production ranks.

27 Jun 2023

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American West pumps up copper inventory at Storm

By Jonathon Davidson

American West Metals has continued to ride a copper wave at its Storm project in Canada after revealing more thick and high-grade intervals near surface, with a headline 1.5m hit going an impressive 8 per cent. The company says its “outstanding results” point to the ongoing consistency and scale of its copper mineralisation … with the promise of more to come.

22 Jun 2023

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Brightstar quick off mark for Menzies gold hunt

By Jonathon Davidson

After a merger deal with Kingwest Resources last month, Brightstar Resources has wasted no time in getting drill rigs to its Menzies gold project in Western Australia to shore up its understanding of the deposit’s proven high-grade gold intercepts. The successful merger has fast-tracked Brightstar’s move towards becoming WA’s next gold producer as it builds its resource growth.

15 Jun 2023

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American West puts hand on copper tiger tail

By Jonathon Davidson

American West Metals believes it is closing in on a massive underground copper deposit within the tenement boundaries of its Canadian-based Storm copper project. Detected with a ground gravity survey, management says its new evidence adds to already-known exposed copper at surface on-site at Storm and complements recent drill intercepts that found thick copper intersections at depth.

13 Jun 2023

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Surefire eyes high-purity alumina potential in WA

By Jonathon Davidson

Surefire Resources is positioning closer to having an impact in the world’s burgeoning battery market after stamping a maiden aluminium oxide resource at its Victory Bore project in Western Australia’s Mid West region. The resource – estimated to contain up to 38 million tonnes of aluminium-hosted ore at a grade of 23.3 per cent – will underpin a prefeasibility study for the company’s critical minerals project.

08 Jun 2023

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KalGold hits first-run gold at Kirgella Gift target

By Jonathon Davidson

KalGold has forged a successful maiden drill run at the company’s Kirgella Gift prospect – part of its bigger Pinjin project, 140km north-east of Kalgoorlie – intersecting thick zones of gold mineralisation. With no shortage of other gold miners nearby in the prolific Laverton tectonic zone, KalGold’s Pinjin is poised to turn heads in the market as an emerging exploration play.

08 Jun 2023

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Classic powers towards Kat Gap gold production

By Jonathon Davidson

Classic Minerals’ Kat Gap gold mine is set for first production this month after the successful installation of its 2MW power plant at the site in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. The company can now rev up its “Gekko” processing plant and is perfectly poised to become WA’s next gold producer, with more than 700,000 ounces of gold sitting in its resource estimates.

07 Jun 2023

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