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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will hand down the 2022 Federal Budget later today as Australia continues its uphill battle for economic recovery. Below some resources CEOs with projects across the nation weigh in on their expectations for the 2022 Budget and how the government can most effectively address issues pertaining to their sector. Andrew Sparke, Executive Chairman of QMines Currently, there is no government support nor incentives for businesses in going green or carbon neutral, and, in some ways, it is disincentivised by the government with no fuel rebate when using 100% renewable fuel. There isn’t a proactive approach to addressing climate change but rather a reactive approach. If the Government expects businesses to be carbon neutral, then they should model…

AUSTRALIA’S biggest new gold mine, Gruyere, has hit commercial production ahead of schedule, with annual guidance for gold production predicted to be at the upper end on 75,000-100,000oz. The JV between WA company Gold Roads (ASX: GOR) and South African giant Gold Fields has been ramping up to be slightly ahead of the deadline since the ball mill was commissioned in early August. The $621m Gruyere mine, 200km north-east of Laverton, was Australia’s last major gold discovery since 2013, and took the JV just six years to reach commercial production. Commercial production was defined by the predetermined rate of 70pc throughput of nameplate capacity at a minimum average gold recovery rate of 85pc of expected mine metallurgical recovery. The company…

Lithium mica concentrates will be tested in a SiLeach pilot plant. Image: Lithium Australia. BY ELIZABETH FABRI LITHIUM Australia will commence testing lithium mica to determine if the material has potential to become base feedstock for its proposed large-scale pilot plant (LSPP) in WA. Lithium mica, long considered a waste material by the mining industry, will be sourced from one of two sites in the Eastern Goldfields, and tested at ANSTO Minerals’ (a division of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation) Lucas Heights laboratories in Sydney. Lithium Australia managing director Adrian Griffin said WA’s lithium fields hosted abundant pegmatites, many of which contained lithium micas. He said the company had already undertaken substantial bench-scale test work on lithium micas…

Hugh Morgan presenting at the Paydirt 2016 Africa Down Under mining conference at Perth in September. By Elizabeth Fabri A HIGH grade native nickel discovery made in West Africa is believed to be the first of its kind in the world. The Titan Nickel Project discovery, made by a private Australian company, was said to contain an ‘improbable’ kind of nickel that formed in small balls 0.1-5.0mm in diameter, compared to traditional nickel that needed to be refined from soil. Mining veteran Hugh Morgan, who heads the company, said the balls were hard and weakly ferromagnetic, and ranged in colour from bright silver and golden, to dark metallic grey. “What makes this nickel so unique is its genesis; it is…