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QME2022

QME 2018: Think Innovation

BY ELIZABETH FABRI AN uptick in mining activity, advances in automation, and improved collaboration; the industry has many reasons to celebrate at this year’s Queensland Mining & Engineering Exhibition (QME). The biennial event is set to be one of its biggest to date – more than 35 per cent larger than QME 2016. Running across three days in July, QME is set to deliver another impactful year of presentations and networking opportunities for the mining industry and its supply chain. The free-to-attend trade event provides a platform for the industry to engage, interact and experience innovative new mining products and machinery; meet face-to-face with the industry’s leading suppliers; witness live demonstrations; network with peers, and of course, hear from the…

Evolution snaps up Connors Arc

Evolution snaps up Connors Arc

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 is in line with…