Develop has kicked off underground work at Bellevue Gold’s Bellevue Mine in Western Australia.

GR Engineering Services has been awarded a preliminary works agreement for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the one million tonnes per annum gold processing plant and associated infrastructure for the Bellevue Gold Project in Western Australia.

Australian Mines has successfully secured commitments from new institutional, sophisticated, and professional investors to raise about $3.7 million, via the issue of 32.2 million shares and  32.2 million attaching options.

Newcrest Mining will assume management of the Wilki Project in the Paterson Province of Western Australia, as part of its farm-in agreement with Antipa Minerals.

Quantum Graphite has executed a binding offtake agreement with Swiss-based global metal and minerals trader MRI Trading for the sale of 100 per cent of all of the flake graphite produced at its Uley 2, Stage 1 project in South Australia, for a period of five years.

With the focus, ‘Harnessing intelligence: Optimising our people, technology and partnerships’, Austmine’s roadshow will be held on June 2. 

The Chamber of Minerals and Energy of WA (CME) and its member companies have announced the introduction of industry-wide guidance for the consumption of alcohol at on-site accommodation facilities.

A Geoscience Australia-led team of researchers have made it easier for explorers to strike gold, by uncovering previously unknown patterns in global geology that can be used to explore for gold deposits.

Mineral Resources has inked a $60 million contract for Kerman Contracting to build the design and construction of the miner’s Port of Ashburton ore storage facility in Onslow, Western Australia.

Metso Outotec and Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have signed a global exclusive cooperation agreement on the delivery of SwirlFlow agitation technology for the bauxite and alumina sector outside of China.

Image Resources’ recent strategic acquisition of the McCalls Mineral Sands Project located northeast of Gingin in Western Australia is showing promise.

Develop has completed its acquisition of the Woodlawn zinc-copper mine in New South Wales, purchasing all the shares from former owner Heron Resources.

The Minerals Council of Australia says proposals to increase fuel tax on regional businesses would be devastating for communities, undermine their competitiveness and adversely impact thousands of jobs in regional Australia.

An extra $6 million over four years has been provided to the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia as part of the 2022-23 State Budget.

The first batch of battery-grade lithium has been produced by Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia (TLEA) from its plant in Kwinana, Western Australia, the first time the material has been produced in Australia in commercial quantities.

A rights issue for Magnetite Mines has raised $15.8 million, with the miner saying it demonstrated strong support from shareholders, directors, and new investors.

The Badja Project in Western Australia has continued to deliver on its significant gold prospectivity for owner Emu, after a major reverse circulation and aircore drilling program.

High-grade platinum, palladium and gold (PGM) strikes near the surface at the Parks Reef project in Western Australia have delighted owner Podium Minerals.

PVW Resources has completed its landmark $9.5 million share placement comprising 23.75 million shares at an issue price of 40 cents per share.