Antipa Minerals

West Perth-based Antipa Minerals has announced a capital raising of $3.3 million, and is planning an entitlement offer for an additional $4.3 million, with the funds to be spent on exploration work at the company’s projects in the Paterson region of Western Australia.

Antipa Minerals has announced it completed a $5.1 million capital raising, with the funds set to further its exploration in the Paterson province of the Pilbara.

Rio Tinto has formed a joint venture with Antipa Minerals after investing $11 million in exploration expenditure for the Citadel copper-gold project, located in the prospective Paterson Province.

Rio Tinto has confirmed it will proceed with the next phase of its exploration joint venture at the Citadel copper-gold project, located in the Pilbara's Paterson province, but has extended the time it has to spend $14 million from three years to five years.

Gold explorer Antipa Minerals has entered a joint venture agreement with Newcrest Mining, which could invest up to $60 million to explore the company’s tenements in the Paterson province.

SPECIAL REPORT: Capital for the junior mining sector is drying up amid growing concern the traditional business model for small explorers is broken.

Rio Tinto will spend $9.2 million exploring Antipa Minerals’ Citadel project in Western Australia this year, following a review of the joint venture agreement that considered the impacts of COVID-19.

Gold producers and explorers are undertaking capital raisings and project expansions amid recent record prices.

Antipa Minerals has secured its third farm-in deal, with IGO to invest up to $30 million to explore the company’s tenements in the Paterson copper-gold province.

Rio Tinto said today it was planning a small-scale start-up mine at its Winu project in the Pilbara and sees potential for large-scale mining of its copper and gold deposits in the area.

High-quality copper prospects are becoming harder to find, but juniors are poised for the challenge.

Antipa Minerals has secured $22 million from a share placement, which will be used to fund ongoing exploration across the company’s gold and copper tenements in WA.

Antipa Minerals has appointed Mark Rodda as executive chair, effective immediately.

Our weekly appointments wrap includes Blair Marsh, Mark Reed, Mark Rodda, Gary Mack and Mark Olson.

Antipa Minerals has finalised the $17 million cash sale of its non-controlling stake in the Citadel joint venture project with Rio Tinto Exploration.

West Perth-based junior Antipa Minerals has announced plans to proceed with drill testing at the Wilki gold project in Western Australia’s north.