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Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) have found a coal borehole is releasing the same amount of greenhouse gases as 10,000 cars.  The researchers used advanced gas detection technology to determine 235t of methane were released per year from the abandoned borehole at a farm in the Surat Basin revealing a potentially underreported source of methane in the atmosphere.  With an estimated 130,000 similar boreholes across Queensland, where the quality of sealing by coal explorers is unknown, sealing high-emitting sites could offer a cost-effective way to reduce emissions.  UQ associate Professor Dr Phil Hayes says although it looks like a patch of bare ground in a cattle paddock, the borehole qualified as a methane super-emitter.  “This was the first long…

North Stawell Minerals (ASX: NSM) has secured a Victorian diamond drilling company’s service to commence drilling to investigate the high-grade gold results intersected at the Darlington prospect in Victoria.  A diamond rig is scheduled to commence drilling in the second half of September with the company scheduled to commence 600-900m of planned drilling.  Drilling will target extensions of a recently drilled brecciated, quartz-sulphide vein with multiple occurrences of visible gold that returned 2.3m at 29.2g/t gold from 108.2m from drill hole NSD057, including 0.8m at 82.3g/t gold from 108.2m.   Historic production from the Darlington mine, 200m north of the target, includes 2347oz gold at 18.2g/t gold.  Other recent drilling intercepts on the Darlington mine include 4m at 10.77 g/t gold from 60m…

Anglo American Dawson Mine workers and contractors have raised more than $40,000 to help regional families while they access vital cancer treatment.  The funds raised will sponsor three accommodation rooms for 12 months at the Cancer Council Queensland’s Rockhampton lodge where some of the mine’s current and former employees have stayed during their own treatment journey.   In the past year, Cancer Council Queensland provided more than 25,000 nights of accommodation – 1700 at the Rockhampton hub – for rural and regional Queenslanders who needed to travel for treatment.   Dawson Mine general manager Matt Stevens says the site conducts skin checks every year and is working on other early prevention activities to ensure teams stay on top of their health.  He…

Seven wind turbines destined for Gold Fields’ landmark $296m St Ives renewable energy project have been unloaded at Geraldton Port in WA. The cargo includes 80m long turbine blades — weighing more than 24t each and reaching a combined length of 1.7km if laid out end-to-end — and is now ready for transportation by road to the St Ives gold mine near Kambalda. Gold Fields principal specialist and project director Simon Schmid says arrival of the wind turbine components marked a major milestone for the project team and partners. “We’re excited to have our turbines onshore in WA, marking another significant step towards delivering this industry-leading renewable energy initiative,” he said. “We expect that transporting all components will take about…

NRW Holdings (ASX: NWH) has executed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of Fredon Industries for an enterprise value of up to $200m on a debt free cash free basis. The acquisition provides core capabilities, with a proven delivery platform with scale to access opportunities driven by energy transition, electrification, automation and digital innovation, according to NRW. NRW chief executive and managing director Jules Pemberton comments on the acquisition. “Fredon represents a strategically and financially compelling acquisition for NRW, with the potential to drive further growth across the business and create long-term shareholder value,” he said. “Fredon hold strong market positions across its divisions, supported by longstanding tier-one client relationships and an experienced management team providing a full spectrum of…

Pearl Gull Iron (ASX: PLG) has executed a binding asset sale and purchase agreement (with Buccaneer Resources, Crestlink and JCA WA Nominees.  Under the agreement, Pearl Gull Iron Company will sell 100% of its interest in the tenements which comprise its Cockatoo Island project (including mining lease 04/235), together with all mining information, plant and infrastructure and the benefit of certain contracts relating to those tenements for $4.5m in cash, a 4% equity interest in Crestlink and a royalty payable on materials extracted from the Cockatoo Island project.  Cockatoo Island is situated off the Northwest coast of WA and has a rich history of high-grade iron ore mining since the 1950s.   Pearl Gull Iron’s tenements are prospective for iron ore…

The release of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) June 2025 quarterly data for mineral exploration and expenditure show some solid numbers, along with reason for concern.  There was significantly stronger performance of gold exploration during the June quarter, with expenditure up 36% from the March 2025 quarter to $400.1m.  An extra $100m, or a jump of 35%, was spent on gold exploration compared to the previous corresponding period.  AMEC chief executive Warren Pearce says gold has been on an incredible run of late and these stats back it up.   “It’s also a sizeable indicator that things are starting to improve,” he said.  “In fact, gold was responsible for 40% of all exploration activity recorded across the quarter.”  Iron…

Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) is progressing its ongoing exploration drilling program at the Eleanora and Golden Gate prospects within the Hillgrove antimony-gold project in NSW. The diamond drilling at Eleanora continues to provide thick high-grade gold-antimony downhole intercepts with best results such as ELG225 with 28.1m at 5.68 g/t gold from 186m. Other results include ELG225 3.3m at 11.49g/t gold from 167.2m, ELG228 18.4m at 6.26 g/t gold from 86.6m and ELG228 2.0m at 23.61g/t gold from 117m. The company says this demonstrates the potential of other high-grade shoots that remain underexplored. For Golden Gate, the results are defining multiple lodes with continuity building between GGL009 and new intercepts in GGL010 and the western Golden Gate North Reef. The results…

Brightstar Resources (ASX: BTR) has received results from a reverse circulation (RC) and diamond drilling program targeting infill and extensional resource drilling at the Yunndaga deposit. The drilling program has presented visible gold intersected in three separate diamond drill holes, with tests pending and has returned further significant RC intercepts such as 8m at 6.67g/t gold from 245m (YNRC2053) and 4m at 6.73g/t gold from 46m (YNCR25056). The Yunndaga deposit provides a current resource of 3.4mt at 1.4g/t gold for 156koz. It is located within the .6moz at 1.4g/t Menzies gold project. The results confirm the presence of high-grade mineralisation in typical Menzies-style lodes, with nuggety high-grades and classic pinch-and-swell morphology. This highlights the potential of Yunndaga to accommodate a…

Engineering and geology students will dig, pan and muck their way across Langley Park in Perth, WA, this weekend in the 2025 AusIMM Asia Pacific Mining Games Competition. This year’s games, formerly known as the National Mining Games Competition, will be the biggest in the event’s history, with 34 teams from 14 student chapters of AusIMM competing in a series of challenges based on old-school techniques. The games will also go public for the first time, with the event held on Perth’s doorstep to accommodate the hundreds of competitors and showcase WA as a mining hub. The 2025 event is being organised and hosted by student chapters from The University of Western Australia (UWA), Curtin University and the WA School…

New Murchison Gold (ASX: NMG) has returned encouraging drill intersections from the Abbotts Greenstone Belt in WA.  The company has been undertaking regional exploration on its extensive 677km2 exploration tenure which covers the majority of the Abbotts Greenstone Belt in the Murchison Region of WA.   Following its recent commencement of operations at the Crown Prince gold mine, NMG is advancing its pipeline of prospects within the belt.  The belt contains several large-scale gold prospects defined by broad gold anomalism up to 5km strike length in places.  The best intersections reported from drilling at regional prospects include:  20m @ 3.36g/t gold from 49m, including 1m @ 39.37g/t gold from 53m in NGGSRC984 (Airstrip) 5m @ 5.95g/t gold from 41m, including…