EV no trivial matter for Kula
May 1 - 7, 2013
WHAT a right old mess Kula Gold finds itself in as it Woodlark Island gold project heads towards development.
Fertiliser still a safe bet
April 17 - 23, 2013
THE fundamentals would suggest Potash West (ASX: PWN) has a fertiliser project of note in a world where increased demand for fertilisers looks a one-way bet.
Parry confident about Hillside path to production
April 10 - 16, 2013
MARK Parry, Rex Minerals’ managing director, doesn't sound too frazzled with the languishing share price of the company he leads. It’s not that he doesn’t care, of course he does, but Rex is far from being the only resource equity in the overloaded boat going out with the tide. And while most stocks just have to accept their fate in such a market, Parry and his team can at least potentially deliver Rex a significant market re-rate if they can nail down financing (for the Hillside project), as confidently expected, late this year.
Head start for Hera
March 13 - 19, 2013
JUST as the goddess, Hera is one of the most powerful women in ancient Greek mythology, Hera the orebody is the powerhouse among YTC Resources’ assets.
Royal courts study backing
February 20 - 26, 2013
YOU would expect nothing else than the managing director of a large undeveloped magnetite project to be bullish on the iron ore price. And so Marcus Flis, the managing director of Royal Resources (ASX: ROY) doesn’t disappoint. Still, if he’s right, Royal will make riches fit for a king, and if he’s wrong it could be a right royal doozy – to put it nicely.
Azure targets new pot of gold
February 13 - 19, 2013
MEXICO-focused Azure Minerals enjoyed a strong uptick in investor interest in January after high-grade drill results from its Promontorio copper project. An imminent new resource potentially doubling the fundamentals of the proposed development could help the re-rating continue, while the wildcard remains La Tortuga, a big porphyry target set to be drilled later this year.
The right stuff
December 12 - 18, 2012
FOR those who like their rare earths profitable, there are one or two key reasons, according to proponents, why Tanzania-focused Peak Resources (ASX: PEK) stands in the queue well ahead of most other potential producers.
Out of the woods
December 5 - 11, 2012
LONDON-listed Ariana Resources has this week succeeded where several before it have failed in securing crucial permits, including those from the forestry department, to clear the path forward to development at its Red Rabbit project in Turkey.
Analysts cautious on Hillside
November 28 - December 4, 2012
ANALYSTS can see the undoubted positives of Rex Minerals’ proposed Hillside copper project in South Australia – location, location, location in particular – but they aren’t yet completely sold on the projected operating costs and are less than impressed with the news on sustaining capital.
Toro can't help but be bullish
November 21 - 27, 2012
WHILE most of it many uranium peers last decade have well and truly fallen by the wayside, Toro Energy has kept the course and is now on the cusp. Well thereabouts at least! And unlike the rather typical scenario whereby developers finally get into production just when the cycle is ending (no matter whatever the commodity in question), Toro may start its mining life at just the right moment.
Multi-commodity venture looks sound
November 7 - 13, 2012
NOVEMBER 12: FOLLOWING completion of the bankable feasibility study, the numbers look good for Venture Minerals developing the Mt Lindsay tin-tungsten-magnetite project in Tasmania, with funding the obvious remaining hurdle.
Hillside story still one of the best around
November 7 - 13, 2012
NOVEMBER 5: THE devil is in the detail and as all the details aren’t yet on the table, there’s still the chance of a scare or two. Even so Rex Minerals’ Hillside project displays the hallmarks of an operation-in-waiting ... though whether it ends up in the hands of an established producer rather than being an independent mine in its own right is open to debate.
Twenty years later
October 17 - 23, 2012
WHILE it still feels a bit like waiting for the veritable Second Coming, the development of the world class Tampakan copper-gold deposit on Mindanao in the religious hotspot that is the Philippines could become a smidgen clearer this month. With the emphasis on smidgen!
A safe bet
October 10 - 16, 2012
EXPLORING for copper and gold in Mexico is like shelling peas for Tony Rovira compared to some of the work he’s done in Australia in the past – including helping to find the rich Cosmos nickel deposits in Western Australia. But getting recognition at home for Mexico’s appeal as a mining investment hotspot is not so straightforward despite the weight of statistical evidence he’s got at his disposal.
BOO could sharpen Image parameters
September 19 - 25, 2012
POTENTIAL mineral sands producer Image Resources probably hasn’t threatened any speed records moving its North Perth Basin project toward becoming a mining venture, but with promising ground picked up last year and a new managing director installed a few months back, the company would now seem to be very much reaching the home straight ... aka development stage.
Burton keen to shine a light on Mount Peake
September 19 - 25, 2012
VANADIUM, iron, titanium; flagship project with a three-year development horizon; and new processing technology a feature of the blueprint. For many juniors, this would be a doomsday scenario right now. But Paul Burton is out selling it with gusto, and not without some very good reasons it seems.
A job (very nearly) well done
August 22 - 28, 2012
THE executive at the helm of one of the Australian resource sector’s bigger emerging successes of recent years points to some obvious and critical (yet evidently oft-overlooked) factors key to project development success.
Didipio cash to start rolling in
August 8 - 14, 2012
AUGUST 8: CEO Mick Wilkes acknowledges that mentioning the Didipio gold-copper project in the company of investors invariably causes a “rolling of the eyes”. But scepticism about the long awaited and oft-stymied project in the Philippines owned by OceanaGold should now be fast dissipating, with first ore and very sizeable cashflows imminent.
Hillside the pick of the crop
August 1 - 7, 2012
EVENTS elsewhere around the world continue to ram home just why Rex Minerals (ASX: RXM) looks certain to become a major copper producer at the Hillside project in South Australia over the course of the next few years.
If you’re out that way …
July 25 - 31, 2012
A PUBLIC viewing platform is one novel feature of this new bridge (pictured) built by Rio Tinto to allow it to expand production from its nearby Mesa A iron ore mine in northern Western Australia.