Bulls N' Bears

Reverse circulation drilling at Viridis’ Mining and Minerals’ Colossus rare earths project in Brazil.

BULLS N’ BEARSBrazil flags Viridis rare earths project for global climate fund

Viridis Mining and Minerals says its Colossus rare earths project in Brazil has been selected for a government-backed platform designed to connect priority climate projects with global capital.

Doug Bright

St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas (right) checking diamond drill core from its high-grade Araxá REE-niobium project in Brazil.

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George adds mine planning firepower for Brazilian rare earths push

St George Mining has strengthened its ranks by hiring a seasoned in-country geologist as it accelerates planning and development of the company’s world-class Araxá rare earths-niobium project in Brazil.

Michael Busbridge

Horizon Minerals’ Black Swan nickel processing plant, which is soon to be refurbished and converted to a gold-processing plant.

BULLS N’ BEARSHorizon banks ounces as WA Black Swan gold hub gathers pace

Horizon Minerals has pocketed another $10 million from its Phillips Find JV after toll treating 225,988 tonnes for 14,095 ounces of gold, adding more serious muscle to its developing Black Swan processing hub.

Doug Bright

Aguia Resources Santa Barbara high-grade gold vein in the mine workings ranges from 0.3 to 0.5m wide and up to 1m wide in places.

BULLS N’ BEARSPlant tune-up lifts Aguia gold output in Colombia

Aguia Resources says production, grades and recoveries have all improved at its Santa Barbara gold mine in Colombia. February delivered record output and metallurgical recoveries consistently above 85%.

Rowena Duckworth

Lithium spodumene at Chariot Resources’ Nigerian lithium projects in the state of Oyo.

BULLS N’ BEARSChariot soars after clearing key hurdle for Nigerian lithium portfolio

Chariot Resources soared more than 50% after the government approved the transfer of six licences into a joint venture with local partners, clearing a key regulatory hurdle for its Nigerian lithium portfolio.

Andrew Todd

St George Mining will soon join the Australian S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Index.

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George storms into All Ords on Brazilian rare earths boom

St George Mining has clinched a spot in the ASX All Ordinaries after a meteoric rise driven by its world-class Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil, with its market value rocketing to $500m.

Doug Bright

Gateway Mining has identified a 15km corridor beside Benz Mining’s impressive 500,000-ounce Glenburgh gold project in WA’s Gascoyne.

BULLS N’ BEARSGateway maps 15km corridor next to proven WA gold deposit

Gateway Mining has identified a 15km gold exploration corridor at its Glenburgh South project in WA’s Gascoyne region, mirroring the structure that hosts Benz Mining’s Glenburgh gold deposit.

Rowena Duckworth

Dalaroo Metals’ Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire features extensive artisanal near-surface gold mining along a 600-metre-long strike.

BULLS N’ BEARSScout sampling leads Dalaroo to high-grade gold in West Africa

Dalaroo Metals has landed significant grades from scout rock-chip sampling at its Bondoukou project in West Africa, with four of six quartz samples returning grades between 3.59 and 17.95g/t gold.

Doug bright

Auric Mining’s Starter pit at the company’s Munda gold project near Widgiemooltha in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric delivers golden surprise as WA Munda outstrips forecasts

Auric Mining’s Munda starter pit near Widgiemooltha in WA has smashed previous production forecasts delivering more than 8,400 ounces of gold and boosted the company’s cash and bullion to a hefty $41 million.

James Pearson

TMK Energy’s decision to drill its seventh well – LF-07 – last year has paid off in spades, with the well becoming the star performer at the company’s Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in southern Mongolia.

BULLS N’ BEARSTMK smashes out new Mongolian gas record

TMK Energy has smashed out a new gas production record, significantly increasing its previous best daily tally at the company’s Pilot Well project, part of its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia.

Craig Nolan

Pacgold’s White Dam heap leach gold mine in South Australia, which has historically produced 180,000 ounces.

BULLS N’ BEARSOld heaps, new gold: Pacgold readies SA White Dam re-crush

Pacgold is mobilising crushing equipment to its White Dam gold operation in South Australia to re-crush the heap leach pad, aiming to recover additional gold and support near-term production and cash flow.

Rowena Duckworth

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… OD6 Metals.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: OD6 Metals, Regener8, BluGlass & Lindian

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… OD6 Metals, after the critical minerals outfit bagged the high-grade Quinn fluorspar project in Nevada to help tackle America’s 100% reliance on imported fluorine.

Andrew Todd

Kalamazoo Resources’ recently-appointed CEO Andrew McDougall.

BULLS N' BEARSKalamazoo names veteran miner to drive WA Ashburton gold push

Kalamazoo has named ex-Westgold chief technical officer Andrew McDougall as chief executive officer as it advances its 1.44-million-ounce Ashburton gold project towards a bankable feasibility study.

Doug Bright

Drilling in progress at Southern Hemisphere’s joint venture Southern Porphyry project in Chile.

BULLS N’ BEARSSouthern Hemisphere zeroes in on monster Chilean copper porphyry

Southern Hemisphere and FMR have started drilling a fourth deep hole at their Llahuin copper project in Chile, using key structural clues from previous drilling to pinpoint a massive porphyry source.

Andrew Todd

A diamond drill rig in action at Dynamic Metals’ Cognac West gold project near Widgiemooltha in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSDynamic probes deep gold-copper targets near Widgiemooltha

Dynamic Metals has kicked off diamond drilling backed by WA government funding at its Cognac West prospect near Widgiemooltha, chasing gold and copper beneath earlier RC hits in a structurally complex corridor.

James Pearson

Blasting underway at the high-grade Crown Prince deposit, adjacent to Premier1’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSPremier1 fires up gravity hunt for WA Murchison gold prize

Premier1 has launched powerful gravity surveys at its Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, with the program designed to pinpoint the prospect’s maiden drill targets.

Andrew Todd

Patriot Resources has ownership of the 31-million-ounce silver equivalent Tassa project in Peru. Home to the llama, Peru is also one of the largest global producers of silver from epithermal deposits.

BULLS N’ BEARSPatriot unlocks promising recoveries at Peruvian silver project

Patriot Resources has confirmed silver recoveries averaging 85.05% from historical metallurgical tests at its Tassa project in Peru, upping confidence in the economics of its 31.39Moz silver equivalent resource

Rowena Duckworth

The diamond drilling rig on site at Great Southern Mining’s East Laverton project in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSGreat Southern chases platinum group elements with deep WA drilling

WAN - Great Southern Mining is probing deep at its East Laverton project in Western Australia, kicking off government co-funded diamond drilling to target a platinum group elements discovery.

Andrew Todd

Dateline Resources’ Music Valley project in California will soon echo to the sound of a high-resolution, helicopter-borne geophysical survey.

BULLS N’ BEARSDateline fast-tracks new US play in heavy rare earths push

Dateline Resources has wasted no time advancing exploration at its recently acquired Music Valley heavy rare earths project in California, mobilising airborne geophysics and specialist field teams.

Doug Bright

Dollar Bill thinks investment diversity may not be all it’s cracked up to be.

BULLS N’ BEARSBig, fat and bloated. Index funds rule the roost, but should they?

Half of all equity market investments now hug index funds that are becoming big, fat and bloated. Far from being diverse, Dollar Bill reckons these funds are trading off the huge multiples of just a narrow few.

Dollar Bill

Castle Minerals has expanded its landholdings in Western Australia’s gold-rich region of Meekatharra to complement the company’s Polelle and Wanganui projects.

BULLS N’ BEARSCastle builds big footprint in gold-rich Meekatharra region

Castle Minerals has upped its patch of prime ground in WA’s gold-rich Meekatharra region, bolstering its landholdings with an additional 68 square kilometres, bringing the total to a sizeable 184sq km parcel.

Craig Nolan

BULLS N’ BEARSTaruga set to unlock copper-gold targets in PNG

Taruga Minerals has engaged specialist aeromagnetic consultants to unlock the geological understanding of its PNG copper-gold project, by generating a structural framework to prioritise high-potential targets.

Michael Busbridge

ADX Energy conducting flow tests on the company’s Welchau-1 gas-condensate discovery in Upper Austria.

BULLS N’ BEARSADX Energy points to mammoth Austrian gas upside

ADX Energy has lifted its Austrian Welchau-1 resource to 387BCF of gas and 31MMbbl of liquids, with the main gas-condensate target sitting just 600m below the current well depth.

James Pearson

St George Mining has been furiously drilling out its Brazilian Araxá rare earths and niobium project in the lead up to its latest resource upgrade.

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George hikes Brazil resource 75% in major rare earths boost

St George Mining has hiked its already giant rare earths and niobium resource in Brazil by 75 per cent to 70.9 million tonnes, including a 218 per cent increase in the measured and indicated category.

Doug Bright