Matt Birney

Junior explorer Strickland Metals says its recently acquired 346,000-ounce Millrose gold project on the north-eastern flank of the prolific gold-bearing Yandal-Millrose greenstone belt in WA provides an outstanding drill-ready opportunity to potentially grow its gold resource base in pursuit of possible early production in the region. The Perth-based company snapped up the project for $10 million from previous owners Millrose Gold Mines and Golden Eagle Mining.

Junior exploration company, Twenty Seven Co has uncovered numerous high-grade lithium and tin showings in the northern part of its 100 per cent owned Trident project near Broken Hill in New South Wales. A review of historical geochemical and sample data has returned lithium occurrences going as high as a dazzling 7.63 per cent lithium oxide.

Galan Lithium has partnered with leading sustainable supply chain traceability provider, London-headquartered international group Circulor Ltd as the ASX-listed lithium development hopeful seeks to become a preferred source of lithium carbonate supply to global markets. It says the collaborative partnership with Circulor will look to establish full lithium traceability and carbon dioxide and environmental, social and governance tracking for its lithium brine assets in Argentina’s “lithium triangle”.

WA-focused explorer, Kairos Minerals has returned the best high-grade gold hit in the history of its Mt York project in the Pilbara after striking a cracking 32m at 3.79 g/t gold. Described by the company as an exceptional intercept, it comes as part of an ongoing 20,000m drilling campaign seeking to add more gold to the 873,500-ounce resource base at the project.

Innovative project developer, Neometals and its partner, SMS Group, have moved a step closer to testing their lithium-ion battery recycling technology after successfully managing to integrate the first two stages of its showcase recycling demonstration plant in Germany. The duo, via their 50-50 Primobius joint venture, is looking to recover valuable materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt from end-of-life batteries.

Perth-based gold-miner Wiluna Mining is frantically ticking boxes as it gains momentum on the downhill run towards commissioning its 750,000 tonne-per-annum flotation plant as part of its major production ramp-up plan at its namesake project in WA. The company expects the plant to be in operation in December and is targeting increased production to 120,000 ounces per annum by the end of the 2022 financial year.

ASX-listed Calidus Resources has taken two crucial steps in its journey towards becoming Australia’s next gold producer completing installation of the mill at its Warrawoona project in WAs Pilbara region and signing a mining services agreement with Macmahon Holdings. Construction is now more than 60 per cent complete with the company on track to pour first gold in the June quarter next year.

ASX-listed Barton Gold is continuing its aggressive exploration approach at its 100 per cent owned Tarcoola and Tunkillia gold projects in the South Australia’s revered Gawler Craton. With the South Australian government contributing up to $300,000 courtesy of its “Accelerated Discovery” initiative, the company has commenced a high-resolution gravity survey designed to refine its new regional structural model and optimise future drill targeting.

Nickel exploration company, St George Mining says maiden regional drilling at two 100 per cent owned prospects near its exciting Mt Alexander nickel sulphide discovery in Western Australia’s north-eastern Goldfields has intercepted broad intervals of host rocks prospective for nickel sulphide mineralisation. The company believes its Mt Alexander tenure has potential to develop into a major multi-deposit nickel camp.