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The upgraded 486,000oz Mt York deposit remains open in most directions, with potential to add further ounces both along strike and at depth. Image: Kairos Minerals.     BY REUBEN ADAMS   DRILLING at Kairos Minerals’ Pilbara gold project 100km south of Port Hedland has delivered a massive 290 per cent resource increase for the Mount York deposit resource to 486,000oz – with strong potential for further growth.   The updated indicated and inferred resource for Kairos’ Pilbara gold project, including Mt York, Iron Stirrup and Old Faithful, has been boosted by 150 per cent to 14.4 million tonnes at 1.3g/t gold for 643,000oz. Each of the deposits remain open both along strike and at depth, providing outstanding opportunities to...

SERVICE body manufacturer XL Industries took its name from the letters in ‘excellent’, a standard the company has held itself to in the 20 years since its establishment. XL makes service bodies for a wide range of end users world-wide, manufacturing mine-compliant service bodies to uncompromising standards. XL’s service bodies are designed to handle tough mining conditions – each of the company’s designs can be supplied with or without Roll-over Protection (ROP) bars – and are fully compliant with BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance safety standards. The XL ROP service body weighs less than 300kg, lighter than similar aluminium bodies on the market, which allows operators to carry an extensive  range of equipment and tools without exceeding a vehicles load rating....

Queensland Government invests up to $30m in sapphire glass production The Queensland Government is set to invest up to $30m to Alpha Sapphire, a subsidiary of Alpha HPA (ASX:A4N) for the production of sapphire glass. The investment, which is through the $100m Queensland Critical Minerals and Battery Technology Fund (managed by the Queensland Investment Corporation), will accelerate the delivery of two purpose-built furnaces used to ‘grow’ sapphire glass at Alpha HPA in Gladstone, Queensland. These units, Phases A and B, will allow Alpha HPA to produce more than 4tpa of sapphire glass from high purity alumina (HPA). Due to its durability, sapphire glass is ideal for use in micro-LEDs...

BY AMY BLOM   MAMMOTH gold specimens found at RNC’s Beta Hunt mine in WA Goldfields could be among the largest ever discovered, with the potential to turn the miner’s fortunes around.   The Toronto-based company recently announced 9250 ounces of high-grade gold had been produced from a single cut about 500 metres underground over one week. The high-grade gold included about 190 kilograms of specimen stone, the largest of which was 95kg with an estimated gold content of 2440oz. A second piece came in at 63kg with an estimated gold content of 1620oz. Early estimates from RNC have put the total yield at about $C15 million in cash. RNC followed it up its success just two weeks later when...