OD6 Metals' phased strategy for a rare earths line break
OD6 Metals: A tactical rare earths playbook
Lithium has long dominated the commodity investment spotlight, but there’s another string of elements quickly gaining traction as more investors begin to understand their importance to the modern world: rare earths.
Governments across the Western world continue to highlight the importance of rare earths against the backdrop of rising geopolitical unrest and the growing need to secure a steady supply of rare earths from somewhere other than China.
As such, demand for these elements is growing exponentially.
In such a climate, it would sure pay to have one of the largest rare earths resource bases in one of the world’s premier mining jurisdictions.
Astute Metals’ shrewd strategy for 2024 Red Mountain drilling
Newly appointed Executive Director of Astute Metals (ASX:ASE) Matt Healy explains how the company is getting ready to tackle some strategic scout drilling early in 2024 to follow up on its latest round of ‘outstanding’ rock chip assays at its Red Mountain project in Nevada. With lithium grades of up to 2,190 parts per million (ppm) found in rock chip samples, Astute plans to use its winter hiatus in Nevada ‘wisely’ to optimise the design of the upcoming drilling work.
Terra Uranium fulfils expenditure commitments to 2025
Terra Uranium (ASX:T92) has met mandatory expenditure commitments through to the end of 2025 for all of its assets in the Athabasca Basin in Canada.
Addressing shareholders at the company’s annual general meeting (AGM), Executive Chairman Andrew Vigar says the Canadian-focused explorer also accomplished an aggressive program during its first year of listing, which should have taken 2 or more years, as previously announced.
Namely, its Hawkrock, Pasfield and Parker projects have transitioned from a ‘conceptual’ stage to being drill-ready within a one year period, he says.
Pasfield and Parker both boast 7 targets, while HawkRock has 4, encompassing 18 drill-ready targets in unexplored areas within the prolific uranium terranes.
Bindi uncovers potential copper porphyry system
Bindi Metals (ASX:BIM) has prioritised the extension of soil sampling and is planning for a regional drilling program at the Tea Tree prospect, part of its Biloela Copper Project in Queensland.
The works program follows the company uncovering a potential ‘extensive’ copper porphyry system through the aforementioned soil sampling program and a gradient array induced polarisation (IP) survey.
Bindi reports results from both sampling and the survey demonstrate ‘extensive’ anomalism at Tea Tree.
The results also highlight a 2km long copper-gold-zinc (Cu-Au-Zn) soil anomaly associated with a 1km long gradient array IP chargeability anomaly and an intercept of 25m @ 1.3 grams per tonne (g/t) Au, 1.5% Cu, 0.6% Zn which remains open.
Redstone plans follow-up exploration dive at Attwood Lake
Redstone Resources (ASX:RDS) is looking to hone in on high-grade pegmatites at its Attwood Lake Project in Ontario after initial sampling hinted at ‘elevated’ lithium mineralisation across the property.
A helicopter-supported phase one exploration program focused on mapping and sampling for lithium- and rare earth-bearing pegmatites.
Particular attention was paid to the largest accessible pegmatite bodies across the project, from which 209 rock samples were collected and sent to ALS Global Laboratories in Thunder Bay.
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In today’s Mining Minute, Alchemy Resources (ASX:ALY) CEO James Wilson joins Mining.com.au live from the company’s Karonie project, where it has boots on the ground to assess the region’s lithium potential.
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Cazaly tops up coffers amid Equinox exit
Cazaly Resources (ASX:CAZ) has accepted a ‘compelling’ offer from Kobala Investments for the latter to purchase all 15 million of Cazaly’s shares in Equinox Resources (ASX:EQN).
Under the agreement, both Kobala and Cazaly have agreed on a settlement date on or before 7 January 2024 for net proceeds of just over $2.15 million.
Cazaly, which has a $13.43 million market capitalisation, says it has undertaken its financial and other due diligence on Kobala and will retain its royalty on all future production from the Hamersley Iron Ore Project of US$0.30 per tonne.
Western Mines confirms 370m of Mulga Tank nickel mineralisation
Western Mines Group (ASX:WMG) has confirmed almost 370m of nickel mineralisation at its Mulga Tank Project in Western Australia.
The $16.7 million market capitalisation company announces today (30 November) it has uncovered ‘broad’ zones of nickel sulphide mineralisation from a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at the project.
The RC drilling program comprised 22 drillholes designed to test the extent of shallow disseminated nickel sulphide mineralisation observed across the centre of the Mulga Tank Ultramafic Complex.
Euro Manganese inks US$100 million finance deal
Euro Manganese (ASX:EMN) has signed definitive agreements with OMRF for US$100 million in non-dilutive financing for the Chvaletice Manganese Project in the Czech Republic.
OMRF is managed by global asset management firm Orion Resources Partners Group.
Stifel Nicolaus Europe is acting as financial advisor to the company while Norton Rose Fulbright is acting as legal counsel.
Euro Manganese, which has a $42.28 million market capitalisation, says the funding package is expected to close before the end November 2023. Funding will be split into two US$50 million components and deployed towards development works at the project.
Astute Metals (ASX:ASE) General Manager of Exploration Matt Healy gives the market an overview of what the company has unearthed from its lithium project in Nevada.
Speaking from China, Metro Mining (ASX:MMI) MD and CEO Simon Wensley discusses what the company has in store after a record calendar year in production and sales of bauxite from its mine in Far North Queensland.
Bindi Metals (ASX:BIM) Executive Director Henry Renou explains how the company could be on the verge of uncovering a potential copper porphyry system at its project in Queensland.
With another $4.2 million added to its balance sheet, Cazaly Resources (ASX:CAZ) MD Tara French discusses where the company is looking to spend funds across its suite of REE and lithium projects.
Barton Gold (ASX:BGD) MD and CEO Alexander Scanlon discusses what the company has in its pipeline after unveiling the sub-surface architecture of the Tarcoola Goldfield in detail for the first time in history.
Aruma Resources (ASX:AAJ) MD Glenn Grayson discusses what the company is looking to dive into at its project in WA after making a 'very anomalous' gold discovery.
Helix Resources (ASX:HLX) Executive Technical Director Dr Kylie Prendergast discusses the 'positive' early results returned from the company's Bijoux prospect, as well as the next phase of exploration it plans to tackle.
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