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A track-mounted diamond drill rig has arrived at Orbit Resources’ Lewis Ponds gold-silver-base metals project in New South Wales.

Orbit drilling set to grow 1.7Moz NSW polymetallic resource

Orbit Resources has kicked off a new drilling campaign at its 1.7-million-ounce gold equivalent Lewis Ponds project in NSW, after new assays confirmed a sizeable mineralised zone outside the current resource.

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Kaiser Reef has completed a high-resolution helicopter-supported magnetic and radiometric survey over its Maldon gold project in Victoria.

Kaiser airborne survey homes in on rich Victorian goldfield

Kaiser Reef has wrapped up a high-res heli-mag survey at its Maldon gold project in Victoria. The data will help target drilling in a field that historically produced 1.75 million ounces at 28g/t gold.

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Drilling activities underway at Forrestania Resources’ British Hill project located in WA’s prolific Yilgarn mineral field.

Forrestania drills up 175koz gold bounty at WA British Hill

Forrestania Resources has hit a stunning 29m at 3.91g/t gold at its British Hill project in WA, extending mineralisation at depth below the existing resource, freshly upgraded by 39 per cent to 175,690 ounces.

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Drilling at KalGold’s Pinjin project in WA’s southern Laverton Tectonic Zone, where multiple exploration fronts are converging at Kirgella Gift, Providence, Lighthorse and the LTZ Flexure prospect.

KalGold wraps up key WA gold drilling program with assays pending

KalGold has wrapped up a 3194-metre RC drilling blitz at its Lighthorse gold discovery near Kalgoorlie, with encouraging geology seen in the visuals. Assays are expected back from the laboratory within weeks.

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The Ora Banda district in Western Australia where Dynamic Metals has increased the footprint at its Lady Jane gold project.

Dynamic grows WA gold footprint as Pilbara flurospar plans take shape

Dynamic Metals has expanded its Lady Jane gold project in WA’s Ora Banda district to 100 square kilometres and has lodged a key access plan for on-ground exploration at its rare fluorite project in the Pilbara.

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Elk Range Mining has started a maiden diamond drilling program at the Friday gold project in Idaho, USA.

Freshly-listed Elk Range gets rods spinning at Idaho gold play days after ASX listing

Elk Range Mining has kicked off a maiden diamond drilling campaign at its Friday gold project in Idaho, USA, just days after a successful $10 million capital raising and listing on the ASX.

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Mount Ridley’s flagship Grass Patch project is located 25 kilometres north of the deep water port of Esperance in Western Australia.

Mount Ridley puts patent shield around critical minerals process

Mount Ridley Mines has lodged a patent for its “Selectro” leach process after it recovered up to 83 per cent heavy rare earths and notably, 56 per cent gallium where conventional methods recovered none.

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Rio2 Limited’s Condestable copper-gold-silver mine in Peru produced 9.3 million pounds of copper for the June quarter.

Rio2 quarterly shows dual-mine production muscle in South America

Rio2 Ltd bagged 13,539 gold ounces and 9.3Mlbs of copper in South America for Q2. The company generated US$76.2M in EBITDA as it ramped up its Fenix gold mine and banked cash from its Condestable copper mine.

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Quartz outcrop at Dalaroo Metals’ Watheroo copper-nickel- PGE project in Western Australia.

Dalaroo soil survey stretches WA copper-nickel target

Dalaroo Metals has expanded a copper-in-soil anomaly at its WA Watheroo copper-nickel-PGE prospect by two square kilometres. Sampling hit 284ppm copper and 176ppm nickel, firming up a big, Julimar-style target.

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Kaiser Reef Limited Porcupine Flats processing plant, where the freshly outlined A1 tailings resource will be processed

Kaiser Reef eyes golden clean-up from historic Victorian mine waste

Profitable gold producer Kaiser Reef Ltd has defined a 3100-ounce gold resource in tailings at its A1 mine in Victoria and is drilling for more at Maldon, backed by a hefty $37.2 million in cash.

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Microbial growth growing inside a petri dish

From petri dish to patient:biotech’s formidable obstacle course

A biotech breakthrough can be worth billions – if it survives the journey. Bulls N’ Bears follows the trek from a promising discovery through to a product doctors can actually use.

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Diamond drill core from hole PDG-05 showing the lighter coloured pegmatite sections at Solis Minerals Mandacaru lithium project in Brazil.

Solis drills Brazil lithium, kicks off Peru copper

Solis Minerals reports its Brazilian lithium drilling has hit pegmatites from shallow depths, with assays pending. The company has also kicked off a 2500m drilling campaign at its Cinto copper project in Peru.

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