Initial results from the recent resource extension drilling program at Aditya Birla Minerals’ Mt Gordon project in Queensland have provided great encouragement for company officials about the future of the operation. One intersection returned more than 8% copper.
Minotaur Exploration is entering into a joint venture (JV) with Falcon Minerals to explore for copper-gold mineralization on two Falcon tenements in the Cloncurry region of northwest Queensland. The JV expands Minotaur’s operations within Australia’s premier iron oxide copper-gold province.
Chinalco Yunnan Copper Resources, operator of the Mary Kathleen JV with Goldsearch Ltd (30%), has completed a successful first pass diamond drill program at its Blue Caesar prospect revealing broad zones of near-surface sulphide mineralization. Blue Caesar is about 400 metres northwest of the 27.7 million tonne Mt Elaine copper-gold JORC inferred resource.
The AMEC Convention 2013 will be held from September 3-4 at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Organized by the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC), Australia’s peak industry body for mineral exploration and mining, the AMEC Convention 2013 is the key industry event in Australia.