11+ hour, 17+ min ago  (531+ words) June 19, 2026 " 4: 51pm West Wits Mining has kicked the door down on its project funding, executing definitive loan agreements for a ZAR1. 115 billion (A$96. 7 million) finance package to drive its Qala Shallows gold project in South Africa toward steady-state production. The deal, struck…...

18+ hour, 37+ min ago  (166+ words) The Australian Workers" Union has today applied for a protected action ballot order, as tensions over the pay and conditions experienced by workers at BHP"s port operations at Port Hedland in the Pilbara ramps up. The proposed strike action…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (544+ words) June 18, 2026 " 6: 02pm Aureka has added more ounces to its Victorian gold story after lifting its global inferred JORC resource 26 per cent to 454, 800 ounces, driven by a strong upgrade at its flagship Irvine project in the historic and richly endowed Stawell gold…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (411+ words) June 18, 2026 " 6: 00pm Fresh from assuring Australia she stands for the little, hard-pressed people, Pauline Hanson accepted another gift from billionaire Gina Rinehart on Thursday. This time it wasn't a shiny new plane. It was, and it is something of an effort…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago  (46+ words) Billionaire Gina Rinehart gives One Nation leader Pauline Hanson a toy bulldozer at News Corp's summit in Townsville. Updated June 18, 2026 " 2: 53pm, first published 2: 37pm...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago  (599+ words) June 18, 2026 " 1: 58pm In a savvy diversification move, Flagship Minerals has planted a copper flag in Canada by acquiring the Whipsaw project in British Columbia and gaining exposure to a potential billion-tonne-scale system in a tier-one jurisdiction. The company says its shiny…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago  (578+ words) June 17, 2026 " 5: 13pm Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting has confirmed it is cutting jobs at its iron ore operations in Western Australia as the company looks to extend the life of its Roy Hill mine by a decade. The move comes less than…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (741+ words) June 17, 2026 " 3: 14pm Golden Dragon Mining has made a strategic move to bolster its position in Western Australia's prolifically gold-productive Murchison goldfields, lodging a new exploration licence application adjacent to the northeastern margin of Westgold's revered 2. 3-million-ounce Big Bell gold mine, 26km northwest…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago  (629+ words) June 17, 2026 " 1: 47pm Recently listed Barkly Rare Earths has pocketed its second government grant in as many weeks, this time securing up to A$115, 000 in co-funding from the Northern Territory Government to support expansion drilling at its namesake rare earths project in…...

2+ day, 18+ hour ago  (324+ words) Hundreds of jobs have been slashed at Hancock Iron Ore's Pilbara operations amid rising tensions with the unions. The decision comes a year after a merger between Roy Hill and Atlas Iron, which placed both under the unified banner of…...