New South Wales has seen a 25 per cent decrease in the number of applications for exploration licences since September 2012, according to the Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC)...
Category - Exploration
In a welcome piece of news for Western Australia’s resources sector, during the December quarter of 2014, the state government received the highest number of mining proposals since the final...
A peak mining and exploration industry body has voiced strong opposition to Western Australia’s new fee structure for assessing mining proposals and programmes of works. CEO of the Association...
Western Australia’s resources industry has had some small changes made to it, with charges for exploration and ‘low-impact’ prospective work waived, courtesy of a new fee system...
Doray Minerals has got its second wind after the company secured a fresh injection of funds for its Andy Well Gold Project in Western Australia. As part of the refinancing package, Westpac Banking...
South Australia’s peak mining body is urging the government to pass new exploration incentive legislation quickly to support an ailing junior mining sector. The government’s proposed Tax...
The South Australian resources sector has received a boost with today’s announcement that OZ Minerals will relocate its head office from Melbourne to Adelaide. OZ Minerals currently operates...
The NSW minerals industry will extend its 30-year partnership with the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service for a further three years with a further contribution of $270,000. “The service the Westpac...
Junior exploration companies will benefit from the Plan for Accelerating Exploration (PACE) initiative, which is to co-fund selected drilling projects to stimulate the next crop of greenfield...
The Exploration Development Incentive, designed to give tax breaks to junior mineral explorers, was legislated in federal Parliament yesterday. The Government says the new legislation is aimed at...
The humble spinifex plant may hold the key to helping explorers discover rich new mineral deposits in Queensland’s north west. A $400,000 study funded by the Qld Government and conducted by HDR Salva...
Western Australia had a growth spurt overnight and is now officially larger than before with State Parliament approving legislation to extend WA territorial waters to include three rocky outcrops in...
