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Oresome opportunity for Queensland students Queensland Minerals and Energy Academy (QMEA) has seen twenty Year 10 students from across the state attend its first engineering camp this week. The Oresome Engineering Camp for Year 10 students was jointly facilitated by The University of Queensland (UQ) and the QMEA, the education arm of the Queensland Resources Council (QRC). Running over the school holidays at The University of Queensland (UQ), the three-day camp saw students work with university and industry experts to investigate, create and complete a series of engineering projects. The projects included designing an emergency services vehicle and an autonomous mining truck. [caption...

WA exploration supercharged by next-gen tech The WA Government has unveiled a next-generation spectral scanner to accelerate resource discovery across the state. Developed by CSIRO, the new HyLogger 4 system replaces the ageing HyLogger 3. It captures high-resolution data from drill core samples, allowing users to rapidly analyse geology and improve resource targeting. Since its commissioning in 2009, the HyLogger 3 processed more than 600,000m of drill core from more than 2,000 drill holes across WA. Though the HyLogger 3 offered reliable mineralogical data, the updated HyLogger 4 delivers higher-resolution capture and enhanced analytical capabilities, improving the detection and understanding...

High-grade antimony identified in Victoria High-grade antimony sampling results have returned from the Comet discovery at Adelong Gold’s (ASX: ADG) Lauriston gold project, opening up multi-commodity development opportunities. These results provide further evidence of Lauriston’s strong geological parallels to major Victorian gold-antimony systems. This is the first time antimony assays have been systematically undertaken on Comet drill core, despite stibnite veining being observed in core logging. Adelong Gold managing director Ian Holland comments on the results. “The presence of these high-grade antimony zones at Comet, confirmed by sampling undertaken on previous drilling, underscores the strong...

Capricorn Metals snaps up Claw gold project BPM Minerals (ASX: BPM) has entered into a binding agreement to sell its WA Claw gold project to Capricorn Metals (ASX: CMM) for a consideration of $1.5m. Capricorn has paid a $100,000 cash deposit with a further $500,000 cash consideration on completion. Milestone payments totaling $1.5m will also be paid by Capricorn, comprising $750,000 in cash upon the announcement of a JORC compliant mineral resource estimate in excess of 75,000oz of gold on the project and $750,000 in cash upon the announcement of a...

Northern Star delivers golden results Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) has reported total gold sold for the June quarter was 444koz, bringing the total gold sold during FY25 to 1634koz. The majority of the total was supported by Northern Star’s Kalgoorlie production centre, which totalled 832koz of gold sold for FY25 and 118koz for the June quarter. The company’s FY25 total sales are within its revised group guidance range of 1630-1660koz with an all in sustaining cost (AISC) expected to fall between $2100-2200/oz. The Yandall production centre in WA reported production that fell in the mid-point of...

Fleet Space pioneers multiphysics exploration Fleet Space Australia has launched ExoSphere MT as part of its AI-powered mineral exploration platform ExoSphere. Featuring next-generation magnetotellurics (MT), ambient noise tomography (ANT), active seismic and gravity surveys, the platform enables companies to acquire, process and integrate high-resolution 3D exploration data into AI-powered insights. MT is a passive geophysical method that uses naturally occurring variations in the Earth’s electromagnetic (EM) fields — produced by solar winds and thunderstorms — to measure the electrical resistivity and conductivity of subsurface materials. Uniquely suited to image crustal...

BUMA wins multi-million-dollar contract extension BUMA Australia has been awarded a two-year contract extension at the Goonyella Riverside coal mine in central Queensland, a joint venture between BHP (ASX: BHP) and Mitsubishi Alliance. The contract will see BUMA, a wholly owned subsidiary of PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama, continue to deliver mining services at the project through to September 2027. BUMA will continue to deploy three prime fleets throughout the contract period to the Goonyella project. Since 2022, BUMA Australia has provided labour, supervision, technical expertise and mobile plant services for pre-strip operations and coal mining at...

Golden road ahead for Gruyere Gold Road Resources (ASX: GOR) has lifted production to 72,980oz at the Gruyere joint venture in WA for the June 2025 quarter. This follows Gold Fields’ $3.7b takeover bid aimed at consolidating Gruyere. Gold Road anticipates Gruyere’s full year production will be at the lower end of guidance of 325,000-255,000oz. June quarter sales totalled 37,741oz at an average price of $5131/oz with about 2027oz gold doré and bullion on hand for Gold Road.

PLS partnering for better health in the Pilbara With over 800 people affected by epilepsy in the Pilbara region of WA, PLS has invested to help extend Epilepsy Action Australia’s ‘Equip’ program to where it is needed most. In 2024, PLS awarded a community grant to Epilepsy Action Australia (EAA) to help improve access to epilepsy education, resources and support services in the Pilbara region. With support from the company’s community grants program, Epilepsy Action Australia rolled out the Equip program...

Empowering the Hunter region’s next generation Downer has announced a new scholarship for local students studying at the University of Newcastle in NSW aimed at enabling regional communities to thrive. The Downer Empowering Women in STEM scholarship has been established to support female undergraduate students studying science, technology, engineering or mathematics. The scholarship aims to: Develop and attract the advanced skills that will be needed in the future technology-led energy and utilities sectors Support regional female students financially while encouraging them to...

WA Premier takes green iron to Japan WA Premier Roger Cook is travelling to Japan to support continued collaboration on the clean energy transition between the nation and WA. Japan is a significant investor in WA with longstanding partnerships in the state’s resources sector. In a series of high-level meetings with government and industry stakeholders, Mr Cook will reinforce WA’s relationship with Japan. An important discussion topic for the trip will be WA’s continued resources exports that will contribute to Japan’s energy transition. Opportunities for mutually beneficial co-operation across areas such as green iron, ammonia, carbon...