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DroneShield will help create a new version of Intelligent Security Integration’s flagship Rapid Scout HQ vehicle that could be the first non-military vehicle with a suite of counter-drone multisensory detect and defeat solutions. Rapid Scout HQ vehicles and their associated Rapid Scout surveillance sensors are designed for use where traditional CCTV has limited or no coverage.

St George Mining has successfully drill targeted high grade nickel-copper sulphide ores at the Investigators prospect, 100km west of Leonora in the northern Goldfields region of Western Australia. A 7.55m intersection of disseminated and massive sulphide mineralisation was intersected after a strong off-hole EM conductor suggested it was there. Preliminary XRF assays average an exceptional 8% nickel and 7% copper in the massive sulphides.

Ironbark Zinc has chartered the world’s largest icebreaking ship to demonstrate its proposed logistical solution and validate the shipping route for its giant Citronen zinc project in Greenland. It has also received an encouraging level of interest from a broad range of potential investors and is arranging site visits as part of the due diligence process.

Tyranna Resources has been steadily increasing its equity in the Western Gawler Craton JV with partner WPG Resources who owns the nearby Challenger gold mine. The parties are now in discussions about toll treating ore from their Jumbuck project at Challenger, creating a possible fast track to production for the junior explorer Tyranna. Drilling will commence at the Campfire Bore prospect soon ahead of a feasibility study.

Western Australia’s proposed Lithium Valley concept that could see Western Australia grab a larger share of the $213bn lithium-based battery value chain is under threat from the Federal Government’s proposed moves to limit R&D funding. Limiting the annual R&D rebates to $4m could make Australia noncompetitive with other parts of the world, according to Lithium Australia.

BlackEarth Minerals has reported consistently high grade assays and wide ore thicknesses from a resource definition drilling program at its Razafy graphite prospect in southern Madagascar. Results of up to 42m @ 7.1% total graphitic carbon from 4m down-hole, included 7m @ 10.7% TGC from just 18m. Geological data and results are being collated ahead of a maiden resource estimate due in August.

Venus Metals has announced exceptional upgrades from preliminary metallurgical test work on vanadium ore samples taken from its Youanmi project in the Murchison region of W.A. Results show that vanadium pentoxide grades effectively double from about 0.7% in-situ to 1.4% with simple crushing and magnetic separation of ore composites into concentrates. The company reports that ongoing test work is underway to increase recoveries of vanadium, titanium and iron.

ASX listed security surveillance company Spectur has started to receive sales orders for its unique thermal, solar powered security cameras. The company said this week that it had received its first thermal camera order from an international logistics company based in Victoria. Significant interest has also been flooding in from other Tier 1 companies and Spectur has now started commercial manufacturing of the cameras.

Southern Gold has been granted two interesting looking exploration tenements over the large Beopseongpo gold-silver epithermal target in South Korea’s Jeolla Province, which hosts the operating Eunsan-Moisan gold mine. Recent rock chip sampling at Beopseongpo, which has a strike length of 4km, returned grades of up to 21.8g/t gold and 19g/t silver from float material and 3g/t gold and 1g/t silver from outcrop.

Lithium Australia has commenced production of lithium-iron-phosphate battery cathode material after commissioning its innovative pilot production plant in Brisbane, with commercial samples to be delivered to international battery makers in the fourth quarter. The production of battery cathode materials closes the loop for Lithium Australia who is also a lithium explorer and mineral processing technologist.

Hot Chili has reported shallow, high grade copper drilling results from its maiden RC drilling program at the El Fuego project area in central Chile. Assays showed intersections up to 19m @ 2.0% copper from 61m depth and 15m @ 1.7% copper from 80m down-hole at the San Antonio copper mine prospect. The ore system strikes over 700m and has a higher grade plunge component.

Artemis Resources has beaten Rio Tinto to a 600km2 exploration licence application that is located just 40km east of Newcrest Mining’s Telfer copper-gold mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The prospect, which will take Artemis’ Pilbara landholdings up to about 2400km2, also hosts the northern extension of the same geological structure that hosts London listed Greatland Gold’s Haverion copper-gold discovery.