This week's appointments include Liz Westcott, Brandon Craig, Mark Cutifani, Dean Langenbach, Paul Everingham, Natalie Sangalli, Brandon McNee, Rob Cossart, and Ryan Lenegan.
Lycaon Resources' share price has surged 31 per cent to 31.5c on significant trading volume after it secured the crucial heritage clearance that will enable a maiden drilling campaign at its Stansmore niobium-rare earths project in Western Australia's West Arunta region. The company will use a $180,000 exploration incentive scheme grant from the WA Government to fund the program.
Significant copper-antimony assays from Aruma Resources' Fiery Creek project near Mount Isa in Queensland have sent the company's share price flying on the back of its biggest-ever intraday trading volumes. A surface sampling program at the project has revealed high-grade copper assays alongside significant grades of up to 1 per cent antimony, which is currently a hot commodity on the ASX.
The race is still on for companies trying to crack the exploration code within Western Australia's rugged Albany-Fraser Orogen in the ongoing mission to reproduce the area's renowned – and only – Nova-Bollinger nickel-copper find. Despite some firms claiming to have defined the geological silver bullet they believed would shoot them to fame, the search for the elusive prize continues.
Aruma Resources has acquired three new projects featuring copper and uranium in South Australia and Queensland, adding to the company's three-project rare earths and lithium portfolio in Western Australia. The new projects include the Wilan iron oxide-copper-gold-uranium project on SA's Olympic Dam doorstep and the Queensland-based Fiery Creek copper play and Bortala copper operation that both sit within the State's Mt Isa region.
ASX-listed K2fly's cloud-based software solution that audits mineral inventories has attracted as new customer, with Canadian company Lundin Mining committing to a new three-year, $661,000 agreement. The deal – which has an annual recurring revenue value of $180,000 – will provide Lundin with a total mineral resource governance solution to be delivered at the corporate level, covering all of the company's material reporting sites.
Mining software provider K2fly's shares hiked 85 per cent today after revelations emerged that the company is set to be taken over by globally-renowned, technology-focused investment firm Accel-KKR. Under the binding scheme implementation deed signed by the two companies, K2fly shareholders will be entitled to receive 19c per share – representing a massive 90 per cent premium on the company's previous closing price of 10c.
UPDATED: Anglo American has rejected BHP's request for extra time to finalise a takeover bid, saying BHP's latest proposal did not address high complexity and risk.
In this podcast, Mark Beyer and Mark Pownall discuss Forrest property buy; resource conferences; BHP; Anglo-American; Carolyn Turnbull's new job; Feral Brewing's new owner; and preview the next magazine.
Anglo American has rejected a third takeover proposal from BHP but left open the possibility of a deal by agreeing to a one-week extension to the bid deadline.
Mining software provider K2fly has recorded a remarkable 15 straight quarters of annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth, which it says has been driven by contract renewals from two major clients. According to its March quarterly report, the company delivered an ARR of $8.3 million in the first three months of the calendar year, representing a 19 per cent increase compared to the previous corresponding period.
UPDATED: BHP has confirmed mega-merger talks with UK-listed Anglo American, but a potential $60 billion deal which would build the world's biggest copper miner has been rejected by its target.
DiscovEx Resources will takeover a private company that has racked up a 650,000 ounce gold resource in Finland in addition to Europe's second largest undeveloped cobalt resource. It also has some stellar exploration hits including a 22m intersection grading 98 g/t gold. The Finnish turf is currently owned by Australian company Latitude 66 Cobalt, which the DiscovEx board proposes to acquire by way of an off- market takeover.
Software provider K2fly says cost management remains its major focus as the company's latest financial report today revealed a remarkable 14th consecutive quarter of annual recurring revenue growth. The ARR was at $8 million in the past quarter, up 16 per cent compared to the previous corresponding period (PCP) and revenue was at $3.4million, up 21 per cent from the PCP.
Software provider K2fly has initiated a sweeping strategic review of its operations in a swift boardroom move designed to maximise the full potential of its innovative resource governance software solutions. After posting 13 quarters of increasing revenue on the trot, K2Fly has vowed not to sit on those laurels and has appointed Argonaut PCF and Atrico as joint advisors to steer its review.
Software provider K2fly has revealed a steady stepladder towards profit-making after its latest financial year report showed healthy revenue of $12.8 million – a jump of 28 per cent on the previous period. The company's positive result was bolstered by a 25 per cent increase in annual recurring revenue up to $7.5 million, putting its three-year compound annual growth rate at 48 per cent.
