Superior Resources has released the latest assays from drilling at its Steam Engine project near Greenvale, including a one-metre intercept of 47.5 g/t gold at shallow depth. The company said the results further boosted the consistently strong intersections returned from the first batch of results from the Steam Engine and Eastern Ridge lodes. “We are pleased but not surprised with t...
New industry reporting practice directions, together with new data submission templates, are now available for minerals and coal, and petroleum and gas authority holders.The practice directions guide holders in lodging geoscience and tenure reports via the GSQ Lodgement Portal and using new data submission templates. The practice directions and templates will become mandat...
Port of Cairns will receive a $30 million boost to build two new wharves and advance the case for further growth as a defence vessel maintenance and shipbuilding hub. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the wharf construction work would deliver 150 new jobs at the Cairns Marine Precinct. The funding announcement came under the Cairns/FNQ Regional Recovery Action Plan. “Workin...
A review which may see the Northern Territory Government lift its ban on seabed mining is now open for public comment. A draft report lists the likely target resources as including aggregate sands or gravels, mineral sands containing gold, diamonds and rare earth minerals, offshore salt deposits, and mineral deposits (manganese, phosphate, bauxite) that are extensions of known onshore resource...
A class action lawsuit has been launched against Peabody Energy and two executives over the North Goonyella coal mine fire in Central Queensland. Law firm Labaton Sucharow has filed the action on behalf of Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System, arguing stockholders had been adversely impacted by the company’s actions from April 3, 2017 to October 28, 2019. However a Peab...
Critical minerals will be the focus of a technical workshop hosted by JCU’s Economic Geology Research Centre (EGRU) on October 9. The workshop – via Zoom from 3pm – will feature presentations by world experts on critical minerals geology from Australia, Germany and United Kingdom. Critical minerals – required for new technologies including energy storage –...
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has pledged $10 million towards the construction of the Great Barrier Reef Arena at Harrup Park in Mackay. It was part of the Mackay / Whitsunday Regional Recovery Action Plan she detailed while visiting the city yesterday. “This plan builds on our immediate commitment to keeping the region moving through extra support for businesses, workers and h...
The Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed that a La Niña has formed in the tropical Pacific, with climate models suggesting it’s likely to remain until at least the end of 2020. La Niña typically brings a wetter-than-average spring and summer to northern and eastern Australia as well as increased tropical cyclone numbers. The last La Niña event, in 2010-2012, resulted in one of Austr...
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