Esmarie Swanepoel

Apex cancels Wiluna sale

ASX-listed Apex Minerals on Monday announced that it had terminated the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ever Prosperity Investment for the sale of its Wiluna gold mine, in Western Australia. Apex had agreed to a 60-day extension of the due...

Minotaur looks at WA nickel

Minerals explorer Minotaur Exploration and its subsidiary Minotaur Gold Solutions on Monday entered into a sales and purchase agreement with fellow-listed Breakaway Resources to buy the Scotia project, in Western Australia (WA). The Scotia project...

Maiden resource declared at Hatch Point

ASX-listed junior Potash Minerals has declared a maiden Joint Ore Reserves Committee- (Jorc-) compliant resource of 902-million tons, grading 20% potassium chloride (KCI) at its Hatch Point project, in the US. The mineral resource estimate was...

Globe gets new CEO

ASX-listed Globe Metals & Mining has appointed Alistair Stephens to the role of CEO, effective immediately. Stephens is a geologist with more than 30 years of experience in the resources sector, and has held a number of board and senior...

Viento awarded Fortescue contract

Iron-ore major Fortescue Metals has awarded a A$15.4-million contract to fellow-listed Viento Group for the Solomon tailings storage facility. Construction of the facility was expected to start this month, and would likely be completed by late...

EPA approves port plans for IOH

The Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has given its blessing to ASX-listed Iron Ore Holdings (IOH) to develop an iron-ore export facility near Dampier. The multi-user port will include a 1.5-km-long trestle jetty, a...

Galaxy pleads with shareholders to take part in raising

The directors of lithium miner Galaxy Resources have appealed to shareholders to take part in the proposed A$47-million capital raising to fund the ramp-up of its Jiangsu plant, in China. In January this year, Galaxy lost a A$66.2-million...

Intrepid shareholder Quantum sets out plan to win back Tujuh Bukit

Investment firm Quantum Pacific Capital on Monday laid out its plans for gaining back control of the Tujuh Bukit project, which Intrepid Mines lost last year, proposing a new board and renegotiating with the project owners. PT Indo Multi Niaga...

ZYL shifts focus to mineable assets as it plots future

South Africa-focused coal explorer and developer ZYL said on Monday it would would launch a review of all its assets as it moved to progress to a company with operational mines. Non-executive chairperson Yuzheng Xie told shareholders on Monday...

Marengo delays FS results, looks for new power partner

ASX- and TSX-listed Marengo Mining has been forced to consider alternate sources of power for its proposed Yandera copper/molybdenum/gold project, in Papua New Guinea, after the preferred third-party supplier decided to withdraw from the supply...