Bulls N' Bears

BULLSN’BEARSImage to spit out $277m EBITDA a year with WA mineral sands

Image Resources has revealed a compelling prefeasibility study for its 100 per cent-owned Yandanooka mineral sands project north of Perth, showing an annual EBITDA of $277 million for more than eight years.

Andrew Duffy

Bulls N’ BearsGold, gold, gold: Precious yellow metal makes shares sing

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears top ASX runner is … Dalaroo Metals. Its share price rose more than 182 per cent to join Nimy Resources, Adherium and Firebrick Pharma.

Helen Barling

BULLSN’BEARSMore manganese for Estrella in Timor-Leste hills

Perth-based explorer Estrella Resources has uncovered another manganese prospect in Timor-Leste – just 12km from its Lalena prospect – with pXRF grades from float going as high as 27.9 per cent manganese.

Andrew Duffy

BULLS N’ BEARSSi6 to light up “Lithium Valley” with new Brazil drill blitz

Si6 Metals has detailed plans to kick off its third drilling program in Brazil’s renowned “Lithium Valley”, with 20 auger holes to be plunged as the company homes in on lithium and rare earths soil anomalies.

Andrew Duffy

Bulls N’ BearsOD6 testwork ups rare earths grades by 224 per cent

Metallurgical testwork on rare earths-rich clays from OD6 Metals’ Splinter Rock project in WA has revealed that simple beneficiation will significantly improve TREO grades by up to 224 per cent.

Helen Barling

Bulls N’ BearsGolden money tree growing for Tietto in West Africa

Tietto Minerals has notched up another quarterly production record at its Abujar gold mine in Côte d’Ivoire to deliver more than 37,100 ounces, timing its run perfectly to tap into an all-time high gold price.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSStrickland spins rods for Yandal gold hunt

A second drill rig has rolled onto Strickland Metals’ Yandal project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields to target high-grade gold intercepts from last year’s program, which pulled up 39m averaging 6.1 grams per tonne.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARS“World record”: Viridis hails Brazil rare earths recoveries

Viridis Mining & Minerals has banked what it says are “world-record” rare earths recoveries as high as 67 per cent in maiden bulk composite metallurgical testing of clays from its Colossus project in Brazil.

Andrew Duffy

Bulls N’ BearsHancock to tip US$120m into Titan till for Ecuador deal

Titan Minerals has nailed down a whopping US$120 million deal with mining giant Hancock Prospecting’s subsidiary Hanrine Ecuadorian Exploration in return for an 80 per cent interest in its Linderos copper play.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSUS heavyweights pile into $46.8m Empire cash raise

Empire Energy Group says it has received binding commitments to raise a hulking $46.8 million from new and existing institutional shareholders, including two United States-based oil and gas heavyweights.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARSStrickland stamps foot on Serbian gold giant

Strickland Metals has entered the lucrative Serbian gold game after acquiring the Rogozna project that already boasts a whopping resource of 5.44 million JORC-compliant ounces of gold equivalent.

Andrew Duffy

BULLS N’ BEARSHuge WA rare earths hits keep coming for Venture

Venture Minerals has continued to nail the big drill hits, with results of up to 26,958 parts per million total rare earth oxides and a 60m intersection grading 2014ppm at its Brothers project in WA’s Mid West.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARSThunderbird swoops on hot Canadian uranium basin

Thunderbird Resources has assembled a surprising array of interesting-looking uranium and lithium targets in some of the hottest mineral territories in the world, including Canada’s Athabasca uranium basin.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARSGold Mountain sampling lights up Brazilian lithium trail

Gold Mountain has revealed encouraging lithium results from a stream sediment sampling program at its Campo Formoso project in Brazil, overlying a granite of the same age that formed the known Jaguar pegmatite.

Anthony Deutschman

BULLS N’ BEARSEverest tags sizeable uranium and base metal targets in NT

Everest Metals Corporation has identified multiple uranium and base metal geophysical anomalies within its 100 per cent-owned Georgina and Amadeus projects centred on Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.

Steve Butler

BULLS N’ BEARSImugene cancer fight bolstered by strategic US partnership

Australian anti-cancer company Imugene has stamped a strategic manufacturing deal with Kincell Bio, with the latter agreeing to purchase the company’s North Carolina facility for US$6 million (AU$9.34 million).

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSMore thick WA nickel hits for Western Mines at Mulga Tank

Western Mines Group has continued to stump up thick nickel intersections from its Mulga Tank project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields region after unveiling a new suite of results from a phase-two drill program.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARSAskari delivers maiden gold resource at Burracoppin

Askari Metals has tabled a maiden resource of 1.32 million tonnes running at 1.52 grams per tonne gold at its flagship Burracoppin project in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, some 20km to the east of Merredin.

Steve Butler

BULLS N’ BEARSWestgold pumps up WA gold ounces in Murchison region

Westgold Resources has pumped up the gold volume at its Bluebird-South Junction project in WA’s Murchison region, updating its resource to 827,000 ounces – an increase of 134 per cent, or 474,000 ounces.

Craig Nolan

Bulls N’ BearsLycaon pockets crucial West Arunta mining entry permit

Lycaon Resources has secured the tick of approval from WA’s Aboriginal Affairs Minister to kick off exploration at its Stansmore project in the West Arunta region, near WA1 Resources’ notable niobium discovery.

Helen Barling

BULLS N’ BEARSAurumin chases magic million gold ounces at Sandstone

Aurumin is looking to join the ranks of WA’s coveted million-ounce gold club after completing its latest reverse-circulation drill program at its Central Sandstone project, 520km north-east of Perth.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARS88 Energy nails “milestone” second oil flow in Alaska

88 Energy has delivered a second light oil surface flow discovery peak of 50 barrels per day from the SMD-B reservoir within the Hickory-1 well at its Phoenix project in Alaska following a deeper oil flow.

Rohan Halfpenny

BULLS N’ BEARSImugene launches pivotal bile tract cancer expansion study

ASX-listed med-tech company Imugene has launched a pivotal expansion study targeting patients with bile tract cancer following encouraging results from its Metastatic Advanced Solid Tumours trial.

Steve Butler

BULLS N’ BEARSLithium rising from Venus gold play in Mid West

Venus Metals’ hunt for lithium at its Penny East project in WA’s Mid West region – within ground initially secured for gold and base metals prospectivity – has revealed encouraging soil geochemical results.

Anthony Deutschman