Zuleika Gold shares have surged 90 per cent on the back of a sizeable cornerstone investment from prominent Western Australian mining investor Mark Creasy.
Rio Tinto continues to be beset by multiple challenges, with its Pilbara iron ore operations just meeting annual shipment guidance and now facing a series of commissioning delays.
Hancock Prospecting has lodged documents with the Environmental Protection Authority for a 20 million tonnes per annum iron ore project at Mulga Downs.
NRW Holding’s mining division has signed an agreement with MaxMine to use its technology across a $300 million Dalgaranga gold mine contract in Western Australia.
Liontown has found its first binding offtake partner in South Korean battery giant LG Energy Solution, who is lined up to acquire one third of Kathleen Valley’s start-up production capacity.
GWR shares were up some 13 per cent on the news that mining operations would recommence at the C4 project in Wiluna after being put on hold in September last year.
Mining magnate Gina Rinehart has become the latest high-profile businessperson used to market an alleged crypto scam, with photos and fake quotes appearing online.
Jason Waters will be chief executive at The Perth Mint after the departure of Richard Hayes, while Ralph Addis will leave his role at a government department to lead Lotterywest.
East Perth-based Lycopodium has won a $36 million contract to oversee construction and engineering at one of the largest copper-gold mines in Indonesia.
Shares in West Perth-based junior Fin Resources were up nearly 26 per cent after being granted a key additional licence for the Sol Mar project in the Pilbara.
ASX-listed Mineral Commodities and Alterra have made changes to their boards, while new leaders have been appointed at Good Sammy Enterprises and Pan Pacific Perth.
ASX-listed Troy Resources is undertaking a $26 million recapitalisation in a bid to save the company, after conceding it had found itself in a precarious financial position.
Pacific Bauxite is hoping to ride Chalice Mining’s spectacular success, but instead of the usual ‘nearology’ play, it is buying into the same commodities and taking the name of Chalice’s main project.
Major Focus Minerals shareholder Shandong Gold has raised its stake in the WA explorer to some 63 per cent, squeezing out Theta Gold Mines as a potential buyer.
Shares in potash hopeful Kalium Lakes were down almost 16 per cent after the company flagged likely short-term production and technical issues at the Beyondie project.
Construction and civil contractor Pilbara Resource Group has gone into administration after its major mining partner GWR Group scaled back its operations.
BHP will not match Wyloo Metals’ bid for Canadian nickel play Noront Resources, clearing the way for the Forrest-backed business to acquire all capital in the company for C$1.10 apiece.
A strained WA labour market and plant shutdowns have forced Pilbara Minerals to trim its forecasted production and shipping guidance for the financial year.
Fortescue Metals Group has pledged $750,000 to provide training, professional development and support for telephone crisis supporters under a three-year partnership with Lifeline WA.
Shares in Fremantle-based junior Bardoc Gold enjoyed a 13 per cent rise after revealing a takeover proposal from gold producer St Barbara valuing the company at $157 million.
Canadian Ambassador to China and McKinsey & Company mainstay Dominic Barton will take over as chair of Rio Tinto from May 2022, as the company navigates a post-Juukan Gorge era.
