Northern Star today reported its financial results for the six months to December 31, 2018. The results reflected a combination of the strong performance at Northern Star’s Australian mines and the significant investment the Company made in its next round of growth, particularly at the Pogo gold mine in Alaska.

Bardoc Gold Limited announced today that it has received highly encouraging initial results from a program of extensional drilling at the Zoroastrian deposit, part of its 100% owned 2.6Moz Bardoc Gold Project, located 55km north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia.

High-grade hits of up to 17g/t Au confirm down-plunge extensions as successful testing of new exploration model opens up an important new resource growth opportunity

International lead and zinc smelting company, Toho Zinc will invest $90M for a 40% ownership interest in Galena’s currently wholly-owned subsidiary AMPL, which owns Abra Base Metals Project in Western Australia. Toho and Galena each have a right to off-take their percentage share of Abra production on arms-length, benchmark terms, and then on-sell to third-parties.

RNC Minerals announced a new high-grade gold discovery at its Beta Hunt Mine.
Over the past week, approximately 9,250 ounces of high-grade gold was produced from a 44 m3 cut (130 tonnes) on 15 level at the Beta Hunt Mine (equal to over 70 ounces/tonne or 2,200 grams/tonne).
The high-grade gold (coarse gold and large gold-containing specimen stones) includes approximately 190 kg of specimen stone, the largest of which is 95 kg with an estimated gold content of 2,440 ounces and a second large specimen stone of 63kg with an estimated gold content of 1,620 ounces.

Bellevue today announced their latest drill results which confirms the significance of the new >800 metre strike length discovery in the Tribune Footwall directly below the Bellevue underground workings - The Viago Lode.

4.3 m @ 58.8 g/t gold a result of over 250 gram metres (refer figure 1).
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Northern Star Resources announced today that the Company yesterday hit its production rate target of 600,000ozpa. Production for the June quarter to date is 150,000oz. This takes the total for the financial year to date to 540,000oz, meaning Northern Star is on track to beat the top end of its FY2018 guidance of 540,000-560,000oz. All-in sustaining costs will be within the guidance range of A$1000-1050/oz.

The BHP last night approved US$2.9 billion ($4 BILLION AUD) in capital expenditure for the South Flank project in the central Pilbara, Western Australia.
BHP President Operations, Minerals Australia, Mike Henry, said the South Flank project will fully replace production from the 80 Mtpa (100 per cent basis) Yandi mine which is reaching the end of its economic life.

Mineral Resources Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. to acquire the assets that were used, to run its Koolyanobbing iron ore operation in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia. The assets that MRL will acquire include Cliffs’ tenements and all remaining iron ore as well as the fixed plant, equipment and non-process infrastructure items on those tenements. In addition, MRL will assume ownership of Cliffs’ fixed infrastructure assets at the Port of Esperance, which include the railcar dumper and two large storage sheds.

Joint venture partners Tawana Resources and Alliance Mineral Assets announced today a 105% Reserve upgrade for the Bald Hill Lithium‐Tantalum Mine located in the eastern goldfields of Western Australia The Reserve upgrade reflects pit design changes resulting from increases to Indicated Resources following infill drilling completed in the second half of 2017. The Total lithium Resources of 26.5Mt at 1.0% Li2O now supports 9 years of production. The JV partners are currently reviewing options for significant expansion in processing capacity and concentrate production.