Matt Birney

Kula Gold continues to plumb the depths of the Crayfish gold target at its 100 per cent owned Marvel Loch project in the prolific Southern Cross goldfields in Western Australia. Diamond drilling has just commenced at the newly discovered prospect, extending recently drilled RC holes aimed at unravelling the geological secrets of gold-bearing rocks and structures.

Wiluna Mining Corporation has posted an impressive 28 per cent increase in its measured and indicated resource to now stand at a healthy 2.73 million ounces grading 4.46 grams per tonne gold at its namesake WA gold operation. The company’s total mineral resource at the project now clocks in at 36 million tonnes grading 3.9g/t gold for 4.51 million ounces of the previous yellow metal.

Buru Energy has completed drilling at its Rafael 1 exploration well with early indications highlighting the company has found wet gas rich in LPG and condensate. The crucial wireline logging and flow testing will follow. Since its last report, Buru says it has continued to encounter good to excellent gas shows in the much-vaunted Ungani Dolomite equivalent section from 3,857-3,977 metres depth.

Todd River Resources looks on track to extend its growing list of nickel, copper and platinum group element targets in Western Australia’s South West mineral field with the company kick starting an 8,000 metre aircore and RC drilling program along the eastern trend of gabbroic and ultramafic intrusions in the Berkshire Valley.

Askari Metals has completed its inaugural field program at the Callawa copper project that sits strategically close to Rio’s extraordinary Winu copper discovery in the Pilbara– and the early results haven’t disappointed. Rock chips grading 6.78 per cent copper, 4.35 per cent, 2.02 per cent and 1.85 per cent copper were discovered in the first pass in what is generally recognised as copper-gold “elephant country”.

Galan Lithium is probing deeper into its Greenbushes South project in WA’s South West with a successful geophysical pilot study indicating possible pegmatites at depth. A soil sampling program is underway and conservation management plans have been submitted for a widened exploration program. The Greenbushes South lithium project is a joint venture between Galan Lithium who holds 80 per cent and Lithium Australia who has 20 per cent.

ASX-listed Infinity Lithium is ticking off the milestones at its San José lithium project in Spain with the successful completion of the next phase of test work triggering the second investment by EIT InnoEnergy of €200,000. Under an agreement struck last year, the third and final payment of €200,000 is payable upon the completion of the bench scale test work slated for the first quarter of 2022.

Tambourah Metals has swooped on additional land near Chalice Mining’s spectacular Julimar nickel-copper-PGE discovery in WA to become the second largest landholder in the Julimar region with a sizeable 1,127 square kilometres. The company has picked up two new exploration licences that it says are prospective for nickel, copper and platinum group elements in the region.

Novo Resources looks set to commence phase two mechanical sorting trials on its Pilbara gold deposits. The company says its ore sorter will be installed adjacent to the Golden Eagle processing facility in Nullagine and it expects trials to commence early next month. Following testing, Novo will relocate the unit and has plans to commercialise some of its lower grade Pilbara conglomerate gold deposits courtesy of the ore sorter.