Exploration & development

New Acland Coal requests Judicial Review of the Queensland Land Court’s recommendation in respect of the New Acland mine Stage 3 mining lease applications.

Preliminary engineering design work commences on Crown Mountain coking coal project in the Elk Valley coalfield, British Columbia, Canada.

Potash Ridge Corp. has made the final instalment to the Utah SITLA pursuant with the terms of converting its Exploration and Option Agreement for the Blawn Mountain property into a Mining Lease.

Kalium Lakes Ltd has signed a Letter of Intent with EcoMag Ltd to trial the recovery of Hydrated Magnesium Carbonate.

Allegiance Coal announces the results of the staged production pre-feasibility study of its Telkwa metallurgical coal project in northwest British Columbia, Canada.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection issued the final reclamation and mine permit for its Low Volatile Berwind mine.

An ABS report on mineral and petroleum exploration for the March 2017 quarter shows that an increase in NSW expenditure on mineral exploration bucks Australian trend.

The government of Alberta has given its approval for a drill programme at its Palisades property.

Jameson Resources awards initial preparation of application for EA certificate for Crown Mountain coal project in British Columbia, Canada.

Kalium Lakes Ltd (KLL) has released an update on current test pumping and brine analysis results for the Beyondie SOP Project.

Acacia Coal has commenced the process for transferring the key project licences for the Riversdale Anthracite Colliery from project vendor, Rio Tinto.

RPMGlobal, as part of a consortium, have been chosen to conduct a feasibility study for Barapurkuria Coal Mining Co. Ltd as part of the government of Bangladesh’s ‘Energy Security’ Program.

Gensource Potash Corporation has announced the results from the detailed feasibility study for its Vanguard One Potash Project in Saskatchewan.

The Mineral Resource Authority of Mongolia (MRAM) reserve council has approved the registration of the Nuurstei coal project.

Potash Ridge Corp. has engaged Novopro Projects Inc. to act as its lead Owner's Engineer to advance the potassium sulfate project through final engineering and construction completion.