Hammer Metals is pulling together a $6 million war chest to back an aggressive Mount Isa region copper exploration program following its Trafalgar discovery. It has received firm commitments to raise $5 million under a share placement and will also launch a share purchase pla...
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A Grosvenor mine team has commenced a re-entry process to the underground workings at the Moranbah district longwall operation, almost a year after the explosion that left five men seriously injured. The Queensland Coal Mining Board of Inquiry that is tasked with investigating that May 6, 2020 incident and a string of other methane exceedances at underground coal mines is due to provide a rep...
Cracow gold mine owner Aeris Resources has announced a 324 per cent increase in gold ounces at the site’s combined Klondyke and Royal deposits. The company is now working to schedule the upgraded deposits into Cracow’s life of mine plan. “We have always been confident that there is more gold to be found at Cracow, either from exploration activities, including drilling, or by cha...
Decades of Queensland’s exploration data now available to all explorers is expected to encourage the resources sector to grow. Resources Minister Scott Stewart says data sharing will help drive positive investment across the state and in turn Queensland’s economy. “Data and the sharing of that information is what will drive our world-class resources sector in the near future – it is ...
Key generator Stanwell Corporation has outlined its plans for transitioning to a renewable energy future, including new job descriptions for its coal-fired power plants. At the Central Queensland Energy Futures Summit in Gladstone this week, Stanwell chief executive officer Richard Van Breda discussed the company’s plans to shift towards renewable energy and storage in the coming years. Its...
A big stick could be wielded to help keep Queensland local government rate rises levied on high-paying commercial and industrial tenants, including miners, under control. It comes from pressure brought about by a group of peak industry bodies which is concerned that councils’ ability to introduce rate rises outside of budgets will affect their members. The Queensland Resources Council (QRC)...
Bravus Mining and Resources has passed the milestone of 10 million tonnes of overburden shifted as it works to reach the coal seam at its Carmichael mine pit. The company shared images on social media this week, along with the statistics that this amount of earth and rock could fill the Queensland Country Bank Stadium eight times, or fill 4000 Olympic swimming pools, or fill a block around the...
QX Resources has started a 1500m reverse circulation (RC) drill program at its Lucky Break gold project in Queensland’s Drummond Basin. Non-executive director Roger Jackson said the drilling followed extensive planning and detailed analysis of historical data over many months. The first-pass, high-impact drill program was testing some exciting targets in and around the historical Luc...
The Granite Belt Irrigation Project is releasing tenders within the next five weeks for design and construction of key water infrastructure assets. The irrigation project will include a 12,000 megalitre dam at Emu Swamp, south-west of Stanthorpe, and 126km of pipeline. The Irrigation Distribution Network and Associated Works Design and Construct Tender will open on April 30 for eight weeks...
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