Matt Birney

Diamond drilling north of Strickland Metals’ Millrose deposit near Wiluna has confirmed the presence of a new high-grade gold lode with plans underway to test for extensions to the north and at depth. The company says the new Wanamaker discovery was confirmed with an intercept 40m down dip from a previous intersection initially uncovered in July.

Using hyperspectral imagery, Askari Metals has identified numerous rare earth element targets at the company’s Red Peak pegmatite project located on the border of WA’s Gascoyne region. The news builds upon lithium-focused sampling completed by the company in January that revealed several areas highly anomalous in a suite of rare earths including lanthanum, cerium, praseodymium, neodymium and europium.

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Venture Minerals has spiced up its commodity profile after nailing down a new clay hosted rare earths discovery at its flagship Mount Lindsay tin-tungsten project in Tasmania. The company made the breakthrough after re-assaying shallow samples acquired from a clay zone at the operation’s Reward deposit.

After further field work, mineral explorer St George Mining believes it has significantly expanded the lithium potential of its Mt Alexander nickel — and now lithium — project 95km west of Leonora in WA. Since first announcing it was on the lithium trail in early September, the explorer has identified an increasing number of pegmatite outcrops in its field mapping efforts across a 15km zone of pegmatite dykes at its project.

Estrella Resources has declared a maiden inferred mineral resource estimate of 0.86 million tonnes at 0.66 per cent nickel and 0.42 per cent copper at its T5 deposit in the Goldfields region of WA. The company says the latest estimate underpins an updated JORC exploration target of five to seven million tonnes at 0.7 to 1.5 per cent nickel and 0.3 to 0.5 per cent copper for the basal contact at its wholly owned Carr Boyd nickel project 80km north-east of Kalgoorlie.

Tambourah Metals has received a boost to the lithium prospectivity of its Russian Jack project in the Pilbara after the Geological Survey of WA confirmed the presence of abundant pegmatite veins and dykes. The company is currently compiling data on the project that includes the GSWA WAROX dataset that highlights four areas of significant pegmatite outcrops across two tenements at the site, whilst a rock chip sampling program is also beefing up its gold numbers.

Buru Energy CEO Thomas Nador says Origin Energy’s decision to quit upstream exploration provides clarity for Buru on its joint venture with the company – the Rafael gas discovery in WA. “We can now concentrate on getting on with it, to work closely with a possible new partner to develop and commercialise this quality project and to deliver the value we know is there,” he said.

Conico has logged zinc, lead and copper sulphides from a 10-hole diamond drill campaign at its Mestersvig project in Greenland consistent with the historic Blyklippen zinc-lead mine at the site. Eight of the 10 holes completed intercepted disseminated, heavily disseminated or matrix sulphides during the program that was testing for extensions to the known mineralised vein system identified at the Blyklippen and Sortebjerg prospects about 13km along strike from one another.