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Lodestar Minerals Limited (ASX:LSR) has defined new areas of interest at its Darwin Iron Oxide Copper-Gold Project in northern Chile following a second site visit. The company speaks to Shae Russell about how the new areas include multiple historical workings, which follow a trend spanning 1km and include several magnetic anomalies in the east of the project. This is where elements at surface suggest a potential iron oxide copper-gold target, alongside a potential gold target. The company is defining priority drilling targets for a low-cost, high-impact drilling program, which will begin early next year. The drilling program aims to target the most obvious IOCG targets, as well as high-grade gold and copper mineralisation. Watch here to find out what 2025 looks like for the company. 🔑 Key topics discussed: How 2024 unfolded for Lodestar Minerals. Scale of historical Darwin workings being considerable. Defining priority drilling targets early 2025. 🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://buff.ly/4gsytT3 #copper #gold #IOCG #Chile

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Viking Mines (ASX:VKA) has had a successful year in 2024 and ticked off a lot of boxes. CEO Julian Woodcock speaks to Shae Russell about recent developments, the company's First Hit Gold Project, a recent acquisition and much more. Watch here to find out what 2025 looks like for the company. 🔑 Key topics discussed: How 2024 unfolded for the company. Recent developments and opportunities.. Defining priority drilling targets early 2025. 🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://buff.ly/4gOwUOV #gold #exploration #MiningAustralia

Dan Petrie is our Head of Data, a former data editor at Bloomberg LP, analyst at Macquarie Bank and contributing data expert to Google Digital News Academy. ‘Data’ Dan speaks to Shae Russell about the year that was, and how 2025 is shaping up with the world’s economy, President-elect Donald Trump, commodities markets, and more. Watch here to find out what Dan's views are on the year ahead. 🔑 Key topics discussed: What are the markets we are looking at going into 2025. Trump is coming into power next year and that will bring reform. Commodities have been slow to the Trump bump. 📺 Watch the full interview to gain insights into likely developments in 2025 and what awaits the world with Donald Trump reprising his role as US President.

“Look, it's good to get this piece of work completed in the lead up to the end of the year. It's a really important milestone for us. It sets the production and the economic parameters around the project that we envisage by mining down at Ravensthorpe and then processing at Forestania.” Those words from Medallion Metals Limited (ASX:MM8) Managing Director Paul Bennett form part of his outline of the company’s strategy to establish itself as a near-term gold-copper producer in the Forrestania region. 🔑 Key topics discussed: The first in a number of steps to be taken in 2025 around Forrestania. Applications for mining tenements totalling 32,000 hectares. Having its feet on the ground and the accelerator. 🎥 Watch the full interview here: https://buff.ly/4fwV9jq #gold #exploration

Black Cat Syndicate Limited (ASX:BC8) Managing Director Gareth Solly says this is a milestone for the company as it grows its gold production. Read more here. https://buff.ly/4iHYy1X #miningnews #asx #gold #preciousmetals

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (ASX:AGC) Managing Director Glen Diemar: “To aid our ongoing march towards new discoveries, we now have numerous systematic datasets.” Find out more here. https://buff.ly/4gqaow8 #gold #silver #miningnews #asx #exploration

Latitude 66 Limited (ASX:LAT) Managing Director Grant Coyle says the sale boosts funding for the company’s future exploration and development activities in Northern Finland. https://buff.ly/3BDoLOt #gold #acquisition #australia #miningnews #asx

Following initial drilling work at its Ravenswood Consolidated Project in Queensland, Sunshine Metals Ltd (ASX:SHN) intends to launch electromagnetic geophysical surveys at its Highway East and Truncheon targets. Managing Director Damien Keys speaks with Shae Russell about what 2024 has meant for the year ahead. Watch here to find out what’s so bright about Sunshine Metals. 🔑 Key topics discussed: The year that was for Sunshine. How 2025 is shaping up. Like the past, the future looks bright. 📺 Watch the full interview here: https://buff.ly/4furPKz #gold #copper #exploration #QueenslandMining

Did you know that Christmas trees, as well as the lights and ornaments we hang on them, rely on minerals mined from the Earth? With Christmas approaching this week, Mining.com.au is exploring the role the industry plays in Christmas. Read here to find out more: https://buff.ly/3VSPpd1 #christmas #criticalminerals #batteryminerals #essentialminerals