Australian mining news

Cavalier Resources has reported high gold recoveries of up to 93.2% from initial bottle roll tests on oxide samples taken from the Crawford Gold Project in the Leonora region.

A team of experts from the three companies will work together to design electrification for the Cosmos Nickel Project and will consider mine hauling operations, power distribution, energy efficiency, and power management.

The plant is located near the Port of Bunbury and close to one of the world’s largest hard rock lithium deposits, the Greenbushes mine, in Western Australia.

Only 2% of this highly prospective, giant mineral system has been drilled to date – demonstrating enormous potential for additional discoveries through future drilling currently being planned.

Thiess, Caterpillar, and Hastings Deering will provide 21 autonomous haul trucks, 3 autonomous drills, and a private LTE network for the complex to enable full operations to commence in late 2023.

Cobra has announced rare earth results from Reverse Circulation (RC) and Aircore (AC) drilling, which will support further Rare Earth Elements (REE) resource growth at the Wudinna Project in South Australia.

Of the 22 samples collected, all returned elevated gold and 15 returned assays greater than 1 g/t gold including five samples over 100 g/t with a peak value of 186.6 g/t.

TOMRA Mining has invested its business in Western Australia with a new office in Perth, Area Sales Manager, and dedicated sales and service team.

Epiroc has agreed to purchase the key assets of Schramm Australia, a leading manufacturer of products for reverse circulation drilling.

The results from the programme confirm both the widths and grades of mineralisation previously reported by Newmont between 1979 and 1982.