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Walkers Hammers and Total Rockbreaking Solutions have signed a distribution agreement with Steelwrist Steelwrist has appointed Walkers Hammers in Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania and Total Rockbreaking Solutions in Western Australia as its new authorised dealers for sales and support of Steelwrist products. Walkers Hammers and Total Rockbreaking Solutions provide solutions to Mining and Construction contractors and also all of the major Excavator manufacturers across many different applications including Civil, Demolition and Recycling. With extensive experience in the local markets and with a customer base and contacts across the machine dealer network, these partnerships promise to deliver knowledgeable and reliable service and exceptional products to the regions. Initially, the focus will be on the introduction of Steelwrist Automatic Oil products...

Adavale Resources to begin uranium drilling in South Australia Following drilling and survey contracts being finalised, Adavale Resources (ASX: ADD) is one step closer to drilling at the Marree Embayment in South Australia. Around 3000m of aircore drilling will target paleochannel extensions and uranium redox boundaries at the MacDonnell Creek and George Creek prospects. Both prospects highlighted uranium potential with historical drill intercepts of 1m at 263ppm triuranium octoxide and 0.65m at 235ppm triuranium octoxide. Heritage surveys have been designed to extend localised areas previously cleared at MacDonnell Creek and George Creek. Adavale executive director David Riekie commented on...

WHEN it comes to the impact of mining companies on the local community, Jack Campbell is one of the biggest supporters. Jack and his family have been part of the Narrabri Shire for generations, and together with his father, run the family business Namoi WasteCorp, started in the town 19 years ago. “Due to Whitehaven Coal and the mining industry in the area – the Narrabri underground longwall mine­­ – we have seen growth and found opportunities that would be unthinkable for small businesses in most small communities,” Jack said. “Namoi WasteCorp has provided waste collection and recycling services to all industries in the Narrabri shire since its inception, but now thanks to recent contracts awarded to us from mining...

Quartz vein outcrop on Connors Arc’s Aurora Flats. Image: Orion Minerals.   BY ELIZABETH FABRI   EVOLUTION Mining has agreed to acquire Orion Minerals’ Connors Arc gold exploration project, which is strategically positioned near Evolution’s existing Mt Rawdon, Mt Carlton and Cracow operations in central QLD.   The acquisition includes an upfront cash payment of $1.5 million, followed by two payments of $500,000, and a 2 per cent net smelter return royalty over gold produced from the project, with payments capped at $5 million. Evolution Mining vice president Discovery Glen Masterman said Connors Arc was a technically compelling project with multiple and extensive alteration zones, which could be indicative of multiple preserved epithermal gold systems.   “The Connors Arc acquisition...