Michael Philipps

ASX-listed Reach Resources has recorded impressive results from surface samples at its Wabli Creek project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region, including 14.3 per cent niobium oxide and 6.7 per cent tantalum oxide. The company says the type of mineralisation at the site is rare and presents a unique exploration opportunity. It’s share price doubled on the back of the news.

Aruma Resources has unearthed a new “Rose” prospect, not far from its Thistle target, following a reverse-circulation drill campaign at its Salmon Gums gold project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields region. The Rose target was highlighted on the back of positive results that include 1m at 2.3 grams per tonne gold from 27m. The new discovery sits between the company’s Thistle and Iris prospects.

TSX-listed Novo Resources hopes its latest AC drilling results, which show a likeness to early work at De Grey Mining’s ’s lucrative Hemi gold operation, will prove a significant step for the company in the Pilbara. Drill highlights include a 3m hit at 5.23 grams per tonne gold from just 9m and another 3m intercept going 2.93g/t gold, also from 9m.

Xanadu Mines has begun an aggressive 18,000m discovery exploration drilling campaign at its Kharmagtai copper-gold project in Mongolia, with results set to be incorporated into an ongoing prefeasibility study. The program includes two additional diamond drill rigs, with one set to cover 8000m of deep exploration targeting high-grade and large-scale mineralisation at depth. A further 6000m is planned, depending on results.

Reach Resources says it has confirmed high-grade copper-oxide mineralisation at its Morrissey Hill project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region after gleaning results of up to 33.2 per cent copper from recent rock-chip sampling. The impressive results were from the company’s Swallowtail prospect from an outcropping quartz‐veined gossan that shows visible malachite through a strike length of about 150m.

Auric Mining has officially begun production at its Jeffreys Find project after receiving the green light from the Department of Mining, Industry Regulation and Safety, with its first gold pour expected in July. It started work immediately after getting approval for its full open-pit mine at its project near Norseman. The drill and blast of the first 5m bench is already completed.

Ora Banda Mining continues to deliver impressive results from phase-one drilling at its Riverina underground deposit near Kalgoorlie, with assays highlighting a 0.4m intercept at a massive 243g/t gold from 151.6m. The 0.4m hit was contained within a 4.4m intersection grading 22.88g/t gold from 151.6m drilled at the company’s Murchison Lode, with a second hole recording a 0.8m segment going 24.33g/t gold from 103.6m.

Reach Resources has confirmed the presence of lithium at its Morrissey Hill and Wabli Creek projects following a successful sampling program in WA’s emerging Gascoyne region. Samples from its Bonzer prospect that forms part of Morrissey Hill returned significant results, including one assay showing 2.3 per cent lithium oxide in addition to 4295 parts per million caesium, 705.8ppm tantalum oxide and 7978ppm rubidium.

Northern Minerals has extended the mineralisation of its flagship Wolverine deposit following solid assays from the company’s recent diamond drilling program at its Browns Range project in northern Western Australia. Assay highlights show a 17.6m intercept at 1.96 per cent total rare earths oxide (TREO) from 589m, including a 9.94m hit going 3.27 per cent TREO from 589m.