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EMERGING miner Kentor Gold has poured the first gold doré bar from its wholly-owned Murchison gold project in WA. The bar weighed 1.13kg and was estimated to be approximately 90 per cent gold. Kentor managing director Simon Milroy said this was a big milestone for the company as it joined the ranks of gold producers. “The plant is settling down nicely, with the mill continuing to achieve higher throughput than designed on a consistent basis,” he said. “Initial gold production is sourced from the Burnakura plant’s gravity circuit. “Gold loadings on the CIL circuit’s carbon are building steadily.” Murchison, about 50km south of Meekatharra, comprises two deposits – Burnakura and Gabanintha – and is the first of...

Lithium hydroxide plant expansion paves way for WA's multi-billion dollar processing industry The WA Government has welcomed Albermarle’s announcement that it will expand its lithium hydroxide plant in Kemerton from two processing trains to four, making the plant the biggest and most advanced lithium hydroxide processing facility outside of China. As the State looks to ways to participate in the global battery and critical mineral supply chains, the four processing trains will double the plant capacity to 100,000tpa of lithium hydroxide product, at a cost of more than $1.5b (US$1b), paving the way for WA to...

PERTH-based explorer Trafford Resources has doubled its South Australian Gawler Craton landholding following its acquisition of a 51 per cent interest in a joint venture surrounding Kingsgate Consolidated’s Challenger gold mine. Trafford purchased fellow gold explorer Southern Gold’s share in the Challenger JV with Dominion Gold, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kingsgate. Trafford will control a further 5652 square kilometres of highly-prospective exploration licences on the Gawler Craton once final documentation for the sale and purchase of the 51 per cent JV interest has been completed using $500,000 cash and 3 million Trafford shares. Once Trafford enters into a feasibility study on the project, it will issue a further $1 million worth of Trafford shares to Southern Gold. “Together with its...

WA’s first electric hybrid wheel loader arrives at Onslow iron project WA’s first electric hybrid wheel loader has arrived on site at Mineral Resources’ (ASX: MIN) Onslow iron project. The hybrid loader, which is set to undertake load and haul activities at the project, features the full regenerative SR hybrid drive system which feeds power back into the kinetic energy storage system during braking or retarding. This process helps deliver up to 45% less fuel consumption than comparably sized mechanical drive wheel loaders. Loader fit out was completed at the Komatsu workshop in Welshpool with CSI Mining Services, a subsidiary of Mineral Resources, constructing the loader...