Author: Samantha Bawden

AusQuest commence major drilling program at Balladonia AusQuest (ASX: AQD) has announced the commencement of its drilling program at the Balladonia project located in the Fraser region of WA. The program targets a range of metals including copper, lead, zinc and silver. The drilling program is expected to take six weeks to complete. Initial assays are expected from late May to early June this year. AusQuest’s managing director Graeme Drew says the company is very pleased to be drilling again at Balladonia now that they have successfully defined some promising large-scale base metal targets. “Geological comparisons that have been made with productive base metal regions like Northwest Queensland...

BHP donates to Pilbara healthcare project BHP (ASX: BHP) has announced the 2025 beneficiaries of its largest ever Telethon donation, including a significant boost to the East Pilbara-based Upstream health project. The project, run by Puntukurnu Aboriginal Media Services (PAMS), aims to provide permanent and culturally appropriate child and maternal health care services throughout the region. PAMS is already having life changing effects on the local community. Jennifer Landi, Martu woman and single mother of five, praises the programs aid over multiple aspects of her life. “Raising a child on your own is already difficult, but caring for multiple children is incredibly overwhelming. “I’ve been doing this...

Great Boulder announces Ironbark progress Great Boulder Resources (ASX: GBR) has commenced a scoping study for its Ironbark gold deposit near Meekatharra in WA. Within the company’s flagship Side Well gold project, Ironbark hosts a mineral resource estimate (MRE) of 100,000oz at 3.3g/t gold. Assuming a toll treatment model at a neighbouring gold processing plant, the scoping study will explore economics of open pit mining. Engineering consultancy Entech estimates completion of the study within six to eight weeks. Negotiations for the Ironbark mining lease application are ongoing. A detailed flora and fauna survey is also being prepared. Great Boulder managing director Andrew Patterson says this...