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287,000 ozpa over 15 years, generating
free-cash flow of $US1.46 billion in un-
discounted, pre-tax cashflow, ready to be
developed at an estimated cost of $US348
million (plus $US42 million in contingency).
At the time of print, there was no formal
proposal on the table, however, the at-
tention Cardinal has received and WAF’s
success are just two examples of ‘Brand
Australia’ in West Africa.
“I think Australia has a very good brand
recognition and very good reputation here
and I think we can be proud of all the min-
Potential elephant-sized gold deposits keep attracting Australian investment into West Africa
ing companies. They operate to high ethi-
cal standards across the board whether it
amongst the mining industry in West for governance as well,” Barnes said. is local hire and training, or environmental
Africa and a sense of cohesiveness,” “I think despite the problems in Burkina, standards or meetings with government, I
Askew said. actual interest and investment from Aus- think that they all standout there,” Barnes
“I’d like to think that the WhatsApp group tralian companies across the region con- said.
and work with WAMS 2019 and other tinues to be strong. That is a message the “That is what we emphasise to all gov-
things have had an impact; that is a real mining sector in Perth and the high com- ernments in the region when we talk to
silver lining to the poor security situation.” mission here want to continue to promote. them and we also reinforce the impor-
Security matters aside, Barnes said We need to get that message across to tance of that to mining companies. I think
it was “otherwise positive” on a number the east coast of Australia that we have we need to continue to work on the brand
of fronts for differing reasons in different got enormous equities here and we have recognition and help companies realise
parts of the region. to continue to pay high level attention to they have a responsibility that goes be-
Barnes settled into his Accra posting not that.” yond their own immediate situation.”
long after the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak Helping Barnes with his messaging has Despite the willingness from Australian
gripped the likes of DRC, Guinea, Liberia been the success of mining companies mining companies to ensure the trickle-
and Sierra Leone. like Richard Hyde’s West African Resourc- down benefits of revenues extend far and
He said that those countries, with the es Ltd (WAF). wide within the communities they impact,
exception of Liberia, were in significantly It is a rare feat these days for an explorer sometimes that is not always the case
better shape now than six years ago and to take a project through to development; and it is perhaps a requirement of govern-
he applauded the push for democracy but WAF accomplished it in March, cel- ments to rectify they way funds are spent
across the region. ebrating its first gold pour – 23.9kg poured in ensuring everyone benefits.
“The appetite for democracy and the re- in the first smelt on site – at its Sanbrado Nevertheless, the path forged by Aus-
sistance to the opposition for coups, the mine on March 18. tralian mining companies in West Africa
zero tolerance for coups in Africa gener- While WAF was rejoicing amid torrid has opened the door for further opportuni-
ally I think is pretty clear and I think that market conditions, fellow West African ties to be explored and Askew encouraged
bodes well for the region. The democratic company Cardinal Resources Ltd had an investors to look beyond the mine gate.
institutions are perhaps not that strong, offer on the table for its Namdini gold pro- “I think Australian investment needs
but are probably a lot, lot stronger than ject in Ghana. to increase beyond mining,” Askew said.
they were some years ago. I think that is a On March 16, it was announced that “There is a lot that can be done in the ag-
positive trend and things will strengthen in after acquiring Gold Fields Ltd’s 16.4%, riculture sector, services and education.
that regard, which will probably be better Canada’s Nord Gold SE increased its Attracting more interest from Australia in
stake in Cardinal to those areas has been a hard sell for us.
19.9%. “Part of the reason for that is that if you
Nord Gold ad- are sitting in Australia running an agricul-
vised it was con- ture company there are other places in
sidering a non- the world that are a little easier to get to,
binding indicative places you understand a little better and
and conditional market access is easier. So, people tend
proposal to acquire to not come here but, there are opportuni-
all issued capital ties outside the mining sector. While there
of Cardinal it does is some understanding of the environment
not already own in West Africa, it is still not perfect in Aus-
for 45.78c/share in tralia, so there needs to be a better under-
cash. standing, better sensitivity to what is actu-
Cardinal has the ally occurring here to improve our footprint
While security situations in several West African countries remain 5.1 moz Namdini in the region.”
volatile, Cote d’Ivoire is experiencing a period of peace, allowing gold project, esti- – Mark Andrews
exploration to flourish mated to produce


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MACA on the road front of our thinking and will continue to be
with Atlas as we execute against the initiatives de-
tailed in our 2025 group strategy.”
MACA Ltd will upgrade a 22km section of
a public road near Atlas Iron Pty Ltd’s Co- AngloGold continues to
runna Downs iron ore project in the Pilbara, fly with RCubed
Western Australia.
The contract, which is expected to gener- AngloGold Ashanti Ltd will continue to
ate $38 million over an eight-month term, use K2fly Ltd’s RCubed resource and re-
also includes development of a 13km ac- serve reporting software for another three
cess road. years.
About 80 people will be employed during The world’s third largest gold miner is
the peak of the contract. Works will begin one of RCubed’s foundation customers SRG will provide specialist drill and blast
this quarter and are expected to be com- and it was AngloGold’s listing on the NYSE services to Saracen’s Thunderbox and Carosue
pleted later this year. which prompted development of the soft- Dam operations for the next five years
MACA has a longstanding relationship ware which supports reporting codes such
with Atlas, having previously provided as JORC, NI 43-101 and SAMREC.
services at Pardoo, Mt Dove, Abydos and AngloGold has used RCubed to create SRG has provided specialist geotech
Wodgina and is currently providing crush- its entire mineral resources and reserves services to the Super Pit – Saracen owns
ing services to the Mt Webber operations. report, from data collection through to pub- 50%, alongside Northern Star Resources
Meanwhile, the Perth-based contractor lishing, ensuring full resource governance, Ltd – for the past 20 years.
has also received notice of a 12-month ex- security and integrity of the data.
tension to its Eastern Ridge mobile crush- Four of the world’s top 10 gold min- Zenith bound for
ing contract for BHP Ltd. ing companies either use or implement
RCubed software to report their resources the Pacific
Perenti suspends Downer and reserves. Remote power solutions provider Zenith
The three-year extension of the contract
talks, for now is valued at more than $240,000. K2fly’s Energy Ltd is set to be acquired by Pacific
total contract value at the time of print had Equity Partners.
Perenti Global Ltd has shelved plans to exceeded $4.7 million, with the possibility Zenith has entered a scheme implemen-
acquire Downer EDI Ltd’s mining services of more contracts being added to the pipe- tation deed with Elemental Infrastructure
division due to current market conditions line over the next three months. BidCo Pty Ltd, an entity owner by funds
but remains open to resuming talks when managed or advised by Pacific Energy,
the economic climate improves. under which Elemental will acquire 100%
In a statement to the ASX on March 16, SRG set to drill and blast of the share capital of Zenith by way of a
Perenti said while it continued to believe the for Saracen scheme of arrangement.
potential acquisition had strategic merit, the Under the scheme consideration, Zenith
ability to structure and fund such a trans- SRG Global Ltd has been awarded a shareholders are set to receive $1.01/share
action in the current market would create new five-year drill and blast contract with in cash, which represents a 45.3% premi-
uncertainty and volatility that was not in the Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd, valued at um to the company’s closing share price on
best interests of shareholders. circa $70 million. March 6.
“We will maintain a watching brief on the The contract scope includes the provi- The scheme consideration values Zenith
situation and do not rule out re-engaging sion of specialist drill and blast services – equity at $150 million and enterprise value
with Downer if market conditions improve,” including production drilling – explosives at $250 million.
Perenti managing director Mark Norwell supply and management, as well as grade Zenith’s board has unanimously recom-
said. control drilling. mended that shareholders vote in favour
“It is important we maintain discipline Services will be provided to Saracen’s of the scheme in the absence of a superior
around our growth strategy. Creating value Thunderbox and Carosue Dam operations, proposal. An indicative timetable has the
for our shareholders is always at the fore- both in Western Australia. scheme being implemented in June 2020.



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Meanwhile, Zenith has negotiated with “We are proud to have had this opportu- pleting an independent due diligence re-
Billabong Gold Pty Ltd (a wholly owned nity to not only continue, but deepen, our view of the operations and preparing and
subsidiary of Superior Gold Inc) to add a partnership with Sierra Gorda,” Metso min- independent technical expert report in a
further 6MW of installed capacity at the Plu- eral services president Giuseppe Campan- form suitable for debt financiers.
tonic power station. elli said. An information memorandum was sent to
Once the expansion is complete later Metso has been systematically expand- selected lenders in December, with Jervois
this quarter, the Plutonic power station will ing its service offering in the important Chil- confirming it received indicative financing
have a total capacity of 12MW. Zenith’s to- ean and Pacific Rim mining markets. proposals the following month. It is expect-
tal build, own and operate capacity will also ed a final decision on a lender appointment
increase to more than 232MW. Barminco takes control of will be aligned to completion of the BFS,
due at the time of print.
Metso earns tick of Savannah gineer for financiers for over 50 years, in-
RPM has acted as an independent en-
approval in Chile Underground operations at Panoramic cluding significant base and precious metal
Resources Ltd’s Savannah nickel mine experience in North America.
Metso Corp has delivered the first year have transitioned to the stewardship of new Jervois hopes to secure a debt facility
of a performance solutions contract at the contractor Barminco Ltd ahead of schedule. available for drawdown by mid-2020.
Sierra Gorda SCM copper-molybdenum Barminco, a subsidiary of Perenti Global
mine in Chile. Ltd, rapidly mobilised key personnel and
Services provided include preventa- equipment to site, with the underground Rio Tinto partners
tive maintenance and calibration of Sierra transition and full operational handover tak- with SME
Gorda’s eight on-stream analysers. The ing place on March 1.
particle size analysers and chemical com- Further new underground fleet was ex- Rio Tinto Ltd and the Society for Min-
position analysers, which are a core portion pected to arrive at the Savannah mine, in ing, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) have
of the flotation process, play a vital role in Western Australia’s Kimberley region, be- joined forces in a multi-year partnership
controlling and optimising process perfor- fore the end of the month. that will provide valuable professional de-
mance. velopment opportunities for employees of
As part of the agreement, Metso’s re- Jervois ramps up debt the mining giant.
sponsibilities include performing mainte- The agreement will allow Rio Tinto em-
nance of the sample handling system, as financier search ployees to benefit from the full range of ser-
well as the maintenance and calibration of vices offered by SME, a professional as-
the analysers. Jervois Mining Ltd has appointed RPM sociation with 14,000 members worldwide,
The two-year contract, which will be re- Global USA Inc to act as an independent including access to high-quality technical
viewed next February, includes daily, week- engineer for prospective lenders as the content and trainings, and peer-to-peer net-
ly and monthly tasks as well as stringent company seeks to finalise debt financing working opportunities with thought leaders.
KPIs. Metso is evaluated on the ability to in- for its Idaho cobalt operations. Rio Tinto will also play an active role
crease uptime and measurement accuracy. The scope of work includes RPM com- across the SME network, with a particular
focus on promoting best practices in health
Metso is overseeing preventative maintenance and calibration of eight on-stream analysers at and safety and developing the next gen-
the Sierra Gorda SCM copper-molybdenum mine in Chile eration of mining professionals. The com-
pany has agreed to sponsor a competition
open to SME’s 77 university-based Student
Chapters, which challenges participants to
find a solution to a real-life situation.
Up to 150 Rio Tinto employees will be
awarded SME memberships which pro-
vides access to webinars and a digital li-
brary, including papers, articles and pres-
entations on topics ranging from safety to
geotechnical models.



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Chalice gets noticed
for Julimar

Chalice Gold Mines Ltd intersected 19m
@ 2.6% nickel, 1% copper, 8.4 g/t palla-
dium and 1.1 g/t platinum from 48m at Juli-
mar, 70km north-east of Perth.
The result was delivered from the first
RC drill hole into Julimar and saw the com-
pany’s share price reach an almost 12-
mont high of 30c/share.
In addition to drilling at Julimar, Chalice
has three rigs going at Pyramid Hill in Ben-
digo, Victoria.
The company has $23 million in cash
and investments.

Azure continues

discovery strike rate
Azure Minerals Ltd has made another
discovery at the Alacrán project in Mexico.
A programme of detailed mapping, sur-
face geochemical sampling and a ground
EM survey carried out over a gossan and
the area of the VTEM anomaly in early
2020 identified faults and shearing and
strong alteration within and around the
gossan, and sampling returned weakly
anomalous copper grades.
The company followed-up with four
angled RC drill holes to test both the EM
anomaly and beneath the gossan.
Both holes intersected wide zones of Azure has made another copper discovery at Alacrán, Mexico
breccia and strongly altered volcanic
rocks containing significant visual quanti- spectivity of this exciting project and the South Wales.
ties of disseminated chalcopyrite (cop- technical skills of our exploration team,” Az- Results from KDD007, 100m south from
per sulphide) mineralisation, returning ure’s managing director Tony Rovira said. the zone of gold copper mineralisation de-
the following 30m @ 0.68% copper from fined in holes KSDD003 and KSDD005,
22.5m (including 6m @ 2.3%) and 18m @ indicate a substantial improvement in
0.96% copper from 21m (including 1.5m More Boda results on grade and width of the porphyry minerali-
@ 7.03%). sation to the south, including a high-grade
“With this discovery of the buried cop- the way gold-copper chalcopyrite central zone
per mineralisation at Gregors, we are con- Alkane Resources Ltd announced fur- with intercepts of 1,167m @ 0.55 g/t gold,
tinuing to identify high-value precious and ther significant high-grade gold-copper 0.25% copper from 75m (including 512m
base metals targets, reinforcing the pro-
mineralisation at its Boda prospect in New @ 1 g/t gold, 0.44% copper from 688m,






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including 376m @ 1.3 g/t gold, 0.56% cop- Jervois wraps up ali were from the 2019/2020 drilling pro-
per from 768m, including 96.8m @ 3.97 g/t gramme and were released before Jervois
gold, 1.52% copper from 768m). drilling on a high paused all work to deal with the coronavi-
Meanwhile, KSDD006, 100m north of the rus situation.
zone of gold-copper mineralisation defined Drilling from the Kilembe copper-gold
in holes KSDD003 and KSDD005, exten- project in Uganda has continued to ex-
sive gold-copper mineralisation potentially pand prospective areas and improve un- Hot run continues at
of the upper levels of the Boda porphyry derstanding for Jervois Mining Ltd. Cortadera
system was intersected returning 267m @ Highlights from the western Ugandan
0.29 g/t gold from 268m and 341m @ 0.2 project included 6.1m @ 2.1 g/t gold, Hot Chili Ltd has delivered another ex-
g/t gold, 0.21% copper from 607m. 0.24% copper from 101.3m (1m @ 11.5 ceptional result from a 100m step-out drill
The drilling is part of a 5,000m diamond g/t, 1.36% from 102.2m), 1m @ 5.21 g/t, hole to the main porphyry of its Cortadera
programme to test the depth and strike ex- 0.73% from 39.3m, 8m @ 1.26 g/t, 0.15% copper-gold discovery in Chile.
tensions to the significant porphyry gold- from 64m, 6m @ 1.9 g/t, 0.43% from 70m The hit of 542m @ 0.5% copper and 0.2
copper mineralisation at Boda. Results hole (including 3.1m @ 2.72 g/t, 0.63% g/t gold from 422m down-hole, including
from KSDD008 and KSDD009 are expect- from 70.9m. a wide high-grade zone of 218m @ 0.7%
ed this month. The results from Kilembe and Bujag- and 0.2 g/t from 616m down-hole (plus
additional silver and molybdenum credits)
significantly extends the strike length of
the main porphyry’s vertically extensive
high-grade core.
It is the company’s sixth record drill
result delivered at Cortadera since July
2019, and importantly, it has significantly
extended the strike length of the largest
porphyry discovered to date – Cuerpo 3 –
by a further 100m.
The bulk tonnage high-grade core dis-
covered at Cuerpo 3 is continuing to ex-
pand in size and importance as a key
value driver in the development potential
of Cortadera.
All drilling, clearing and exploration op-
erational activities in Chile have been tem-
porarily suspended by Hot Chili, with the
company using the time to accelerate its
preparations towards the estimation of a
resource at Cortadera.









Hot Chili has suspended activities in Chile
and will focus on a resource estimation at
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coMInGs AnD GoInGs




ick Wilkes has stepped the boards of Mount Gibson of Gerard King from the board
Mdown as president and Iron Ltd, Red Metal Ltd and and the company undertak-
chief executive of Oceana- Lithium Power International ing a capital raising for up
Gold Corp after 10 years with Ltd. to $2.25 million for drilling at
the company during which the Camel Creek, Golden Cip
he led its transformation icky Binns and Peter and Big Rush projects.
from single-asset operator VSmith have been appoint-
to successful mid-tier gold ed non-executive directors by ark Eames has been
miner across three jurisdic- Evolution Mining Ltd, while Madded to the board of
tions. Chief operating officer Colin (Cobb) Johnstone has Magnetite Mines Ltd.
Michael Holmes has been Adam Smits stepped down after almost
announced as his interim re- dam Smits has joined seven years on the compa- ormer Jabiru Metals man-
placement and has been in- ALiontown Resources Ltd ny’s board. Faging director Gary Comb
vited to apply for both roles on as its new chief operating of- has joined Pacifico Minerals
a permanent basis. ficer. Smits most recently held etals Tech Ltd has ex- Ltd as executive chairman.
the same position at DRC- Mpanded its technical Richard Monti has stepped
focused Nzuri Copper prior team as it looks to accelerate down as non-executive chair-
to its sale to a large Chinese development of the Sturec man after more than 10 years
mining group. Prior to that he gold project in Slovakia. New in the role but will continue as
played a key role in the de- appointments include Quin- a non-executive director.
velopment of Perseus Mining ton Hills as technical advisor,
Ltd’s Sissingue project, TiZir while Juraj Tozser will man- rgent Minerals Ltd has
Ltd’s Grante Cote mineral age permitting and licencing Aappointed Stuart Hill to
sands project and Mineral and Vassilios Carellas has the dual role of non-executive
Deposits Ltd’s Sabodala gold been retained to assist in the director and chief consulting
mine. ramp-up of other geology- geologist. Hill was previously
based activities. exploration manager for Thor
HR Resources Ltd has Mining plc and chief geologist
Eappointed Peter Raven- hysical commodity digiti- with Tenant Creek Gold Pty
scroft as managing director. Psation firm InfiniGold has Ltd, Davenport Resources
Mick Wilkes Over a 40-year career, he has announced former JP Mor- Ltd, Orion Minerals Ltd, Bar-
progressed from technical gan managing director Jon doc Gold Ltd and Pilbara Min-
heffield Resources Ltd roles with De Beers and An- Deane as its new chief execu- erals Ltd. Meanwhile, long-
Snon-executive chairman glo American plc in southern tive. The organisation’s first serving director Tim Hronsky
Will Burbury and non-exec- Africa to leadership positions digital asset is the Perth Mint has retired.
utive director John Richards at Rio Tinto plc in the UK, GoldPass.
have swapped roles. Australia and Canada. etals X Ltd has promoted
Mchief operating officer
ichard Monti has been orian Resources Ltd has Mike Spreadborough to the
Rappointed non-executive Tappointed Peretz Schap- position of interim chief ex-
chairman of Alto Metals Ltd iro as a non-executive direc- ecutive, replacing Damien
following Terry Wheeler’s deci- tor. In other board changes, Marantelli. Prior to joining the
sion to step down from the role. Angus Middleton has re- company last year, Spread-
Monti, a former principal of placed Richard Mehan as borough was managing direc-
Ventnor Capital, was a found- non-executive chairman and tor of Nusantara Resources
ing director of Azimuth Re- Paul Summers has transi- Ltd and is also well-known
sources and the architect of the tioned to an executive director for his previous role as chief
company’s eventual $190 mil- role and will lead the compa- operating officer at Sandfire
lion takeover in 2013. Wheeler ny’s financing and corporate Resources Ltd. Spreadbor-
will remain on the board as a strategy. Peter Harold ough has also stepped down
non-executive director, while eter Harold has officially from Clean TeQ Holdings Ltd
Matthew Bowles is to transition ick Wilson has stepped Pbegun his new role as where he has served as an in-
to an executive position with Mdown as managing di- managing director of Posei- dependent non-executive di-
the company. rector and chief executive of don Nickel Ltd, having previ- rector since December 2016.
Helix Resources Ltd, but will ously held the same position
atrick McManus will retire continue as the company’s at Panoramic Resources Ltd
Pfrom the board of Parkway general manager, geology. for 18 years.
Minerals Ltd at the end of the Peter Lester has also as-
month. McManus was the com- sumed the role of executive agara Ltd founder Kim
pany’s inaugural managing di- chairman. KRobinson and former
rector and played a key role in Echo Resources boss Simon
the acquisitions of an interest in ussell Barwick has joined Coxhell will join Great North-
Davenport Resources Ltd and RRegis Resources Ltd as ern Minerals Ltd this month as
Consolidated Potash Corpora- an independent non-execu- non-executive chairman and
tion Ltd. He will be replaced by tive director. A mining engi- technical director, respec-
incoming non-executive direc- neer with 46 years of industry tively. Their appointments
tor Richard Beresford. experience, he also sits on coincide with the retirement
Mike Spreadborough
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utonomous solutions specialist RCT The pink CAT R2900G will soon be
Aand Westgold Resources Ltd marked integrated into Westgold’s operations
the completion of a major automation
project at the miner’s West Australian op-
erations with a show of support for breast Starlight operations. of the automated fleet to not only protect
cancer awareness. RCT Kalgoorlie branch manager Rick machine operators on mine sites, but
In recent months, RCT commissioned Radcliffe said he was pleased to help promote healthy living into the future.”
its ControlMaster® Guidance Automa- Westgold promote a worthy cause. Westgold plant manager Barry Jas-
tion technology on 10 of Westgold’s un- “Breast cancer can affect anyone and tremski said employee wellbeing was the
derground loader fleet, including CAT have terrible consequences on individu- company’s top priority.
R2900Gs and Sandvik LH517s. als and their families so it is important to “It is our hope the loader will serve as
The final loader – a CAT R2900G – always be vigilant about possible symp- a visual reminder to our workforce about
was painted pink and will soon be inte- toms among yourself and your loved the need to maintain their health and to
grated alongside other automated min- ones,” he said. seek medical advice if they need to,” he
ing equipment at Westgold’s Big Bell, “It is very rewarding to know that the said.
Paddy’s Flat, Comet, South Emu and pink loader is now working with the rest


InDeX


Adani 32 EcoGraf 47 Mineral Resources 41 Sandfire 44, 56
African Rainbow 7 EHR 56 Minbos 48 Saracen 52
Albemarle 13, 41 Encounter 10 Metals Tech 56 Semafo 50
Alita 40 Evolution 56 Metals X 56 Seriti 7
Alkane 26, 54-55 Exxaro 7 Moho 30 Sheffield 56
Alto 56 Mount Gibson 27, 56 Sky 26
Altura 40, 46 Focus 28 Solgold 11
Anglo American 7, 56 Fortescue 8, 9 New Century 34 South32 7
AngloGold 29, 52 Newcrest 6, 10 St George 10
Antipa 10 Galaxy 41 Newmont 10, 11, 20 Stavely 44-45
Argent 56 Glencore 7 Nord Gold 51 Sundance 6
Atlas Iron 52 Great Northern 56 Northern Star 28, 52 Superior Gold 53
Azure 54 Greatland 10 Nusantara 56
Talison 41
Barrick 47 Helix 56 OceanaGold 56 Teck 35
Bellevue 27 Horizon 21, 28 Orion 56 Thor 56
BHP 7, 9, 12, 13, 14, 16, 20, 24, 52 Hot Chili 11, 56 Tianqi 13, 41
Blackstone 13, 43 Pacifico 56 TiZir 56
IGO 10, 13, 16, 29, 30 Panoramic 53, 56 Torian 56
Cardinal 51 Parkway 56
Catalyst 29 Jervois 53, 55 Perseus 56 Venture 44-45
Chalice 29, 54 Petril 48
Chevron 9 Kirkland Lake 20, 29 Pilbara 4, 40, 56 West African 51
CITIC 9 Poseidon 56 Western Areas 30
Clean TeQ 56 Liatam 40 Woodside 9
Cobalt Blue 13 Liontown 56 Ramelius 30
Cobre 44 Lithium Power 56 Red River 36-37 Yara Pilbara 9
Lucapa 6 Red Metal 56
Davenport 56 Regis 26-27, 56
De Beers 56 Magnetite Mines 56 Renascor 47
De Grey 45 Mincor 16 Rio Tinto 9, 10, 13, 24, 53, 56
Diatreme 38 Mineral Deposits 56 Roy Hill 9



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