Mineral explorers in the Northern Territory can now access a new guide designed to make exploration simpler and more attractive to investors.
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Relief for Queensland explorers with government’s new package
The Queensland Government has joined other Australian states in extending financial support for explorers in a bid to increase job opportunities in the resources sector.
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What’s needed to help mining minnows get off the ground
An insight into the steps needed to reinvigorate the junior miner sector.
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Photo Gallery: Sydney 2014 Resources Round Up
The Australian exploration community has demonstrated great resolve in a tough year, with an excellent show of enthusiasm at the Sydney 2014 RIU Resources Round Up.
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Australian Mining Prospect Award Winners: Explorer of the Year – Sheffield Resources
Emerging minerals sands company Sheffield Resources took home this year’s Australian Mining Explorer of the Year award for its Dampier heavy minerals sands project in Western Australia.
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Waratah Coal’s rehabilitation efforts fail ‘environmental duty’
Clive Palmer’s Waratah Coal has been slapped with an Environmental Protection Order over failures to meet its environmental duty to rehabilitate almost 300 exploration holes drilled on private properties.
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Ausdrill halves profit forecast
Downgrading its profit forecasts by half, mining service company Ausdrill is the latest contractor to be hit by the weaker mining market.
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Northern Star uncovers coal in the Pilbara
Northern Star Resources has struck coal while looking for gold in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
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QLD exploration falls 30%
Queensland’s exploration scorecard is reflecting a difficult year for the state’s explorers with minerals exploration falling 31 per cent to $732 million for 2012-13.
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QLD grants 1400 exploration permits in a week
The Queensland government has approved 1400 exploration permits in seven days as it attempts to bolster the state’s mining sector.
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WA mining lab fire, workers evacuated
A fire in an extraction filter at a commercial laboratory in Maddington has prompted the evacuation of about 50 workers.
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Boart revises earnings expectations down
Drilling company Boart Longyear has slashed its full-year earnings forecasts as the mining sector continues to soften.
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Hundreds of juniors at risk of collapse, WA government steps in
Hundreds of mining juniors and explorers are at risk of going under before the year’s end, a new report has warned.
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Paris of the south
One junior is utilsing a slowdown in the majors' plans to grow its own prospects. Alex Heber writes.
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Green state backflips on mining
Tasmania reassesses mining and finds support in unexpected places. Alex Heber reports.
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Victoria gives a leg up to explorers
In an effort to get a piece of the mining action, Victoria is making it easier for explorers to establish themselves in the state.
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Budget kicks juniors while they’re down
Changes to exploration deductions and thin capitalisation rules announced this week in the budget has got industry leaders warning it will further exacerbate mining investment issues and hit the smaller miners where it hurts.
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Finding the way from explorer to producer
Tough economic times have hit Australia’s shores and miners are no longer equipped to bear the brunt, but as one mining executive explains, even at the darkest hour there is opportunity. Alex Heber reports.
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Sirius Resources becomes Australia’s latest billion-dollar company
Strong performer Sirius Resources has become Australia's newest billion-dollar company.
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Mining Australia tomorrow begins with exploring Australia today
Australian exploration has slipped behind other global exploration destinations. Alex Heber investigates what this trend means for Australia's mining future.
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