Interviews

Subiaco-based Altech Batteries has fast-tracked the final prototype of its unique battery pack that uses ordinary table variety salt instead of expensive and scarce minerals. The company’s ABS60 battery pack, that it is planning to manufacture in Germany, is aimed at the burgeoning renewable energy and grid storage markets. Altech says it has the potential to be a “game-changer”.

A giant Japanese resources house has thrown its weight behind ASX-listed Hammer Metals in a $6 million joint venture which seeks to unlock further mineral wealth in Queensland’s highly prospective Mt Isa region. JOGMEC is looking to earn 60% of a 290 square kilometre portion of Hammer’s 2,200sqkm Mount Isa project, where the targets are massive IOCG ore bodies similar in style to the giant Ernest Henry deposit.

Drake Resources CEO Jason Stirbinskis discusses Drake's diverse mineral exploration portfolio around the world with Matt Birney on Bulls N Bears Radio.