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Miners warn supreme court decision could cost industry millions The Shire of Mount Magnet in WA has won an appeal giving it the right to charge rates on occupied crown land. The decision has flipped a 40-year-old understanding that Local Governments are unable to levy rates on Miscellaneous Licences. Some industry stakeholders worry that the decision by the WA Supreme Court to uphold the appeal in the Shire of Mount Magnet v Atlantic Vanadium 2025 could open the door to a massive financial hit on WA’s resources sector. According to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) the decision paves the way for councils to lift rates in an area they were previously unable to. “If implemented across WA,...

Bravus cushions Queensland from the ground up Clermont’s littlest locals are playing on safer ground thanks to a helping hand from Bravus Mining and Resources’ Community Grant Program. Bravus Mining and Resources ESG, transformation and reputation head Kate Campbell says the business is delighted to support Clermont Kindergarten and Day Care Centre to buy 22 enormous soft fall mats to increase the use and improve the safety of the kindy’s outdoor play area. “Our Carmichael mine sits just 160km north of Clermont, so the people in the community are...

Australia’s first underground lithium mine Liontown Resources (ASX: LTR) has officially opened its Kathleen Valley lithium project 680km north-east of Perth, WA. The project is a globally significant, long-life operation and Australia’s first underground lithium mine that is expected to generate jobs and bolster local development. Liontown has already signed offtake agreements with some of the world’s leading electric vehicle (EV) and battery manufacturers including Tesla, Ford, LG Energy Solution and Beijing Sinomine. With these contracts, the company has secured demand for the project’s initial production and positioned itself as an emerging force in the global lithium supply chain. Boosted by a $15m interest-free loan from the...

Draft rehabilitation plan for Hazelwood mine Community members will have a say on the rehabilitation of the former Hazelwood Mine and help shape the Latrobe Valley landscape in Victoria for decades to come. Engie has prepared a draft Declared Mine Rehabilitation Plan (DMRP) for the site, which is now open for public consultation. Engie says the final rehabilitation plans for the site have evolved over several decades and are primarily centred around creation of a full lake in the mine void. A full lake and associated...

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...