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STELLAR Resources says while parts of the exploration licences that contain the Coolybring and Hicks Hill magnetite deposits overlap the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA), the Department of Defence has placed no restrictions on its exploration activities.
30/09/2009 |
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ADELAIDE Resources has raised $2.3m to aggressively drill at Rover in the Tennant Creek hotspot, Northern Territory.
30/09/2009 |
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CQUNIVERSITY Australia has partnered with the Queensland Resources Council (QRC) to invest in scholarships worth up to $40,000 to tackle resources-sector skills shortages.
29/09/2009 |
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CAPITAL Mining is planning a drilling programme at the Mayfield copper project in New South Wales following the identification of an initial resource.
29/09/2009 |
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THE TASMANIAN Government has announced it will grant a special exploration licence to enable a search for geothermal resources in the state.
28/09/2009 |
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PTTEP Australasia has announced drilling of a relief well to stop the flow of oil, gas and water from the Montara well has commenced.
28/09/2009 |
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MEC Resources has advised that investee company Advent Resources is preparing to commence operations at PEP 11 offshore Sydney Basin following a successful drill test.
25/09/2009 |
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TORO Energy has commenced drilling program at its 100%-owned Lake Mackay uranium project in Western Australia.
25/09/2009 |
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AUSTRALIAN Bureau of Statistics figures released in late-September 2009 show spending on mineral and petroleum exploration in Western Australia is recovering after dipping badly in the wake of the global financial crisis.
24/09/2009 |
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BEADELL Resources has announced initial encouraging results from a round of drilling at its Tropicana East gold project in Western Australia.
24/09/2009 |
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THE CSIRO has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the China Geological Survey (CGS) which will assist Australian geological technologies entering or planning to enter the Chinese market.
23/09/2009 |
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DIATREME Resources has announced a 50% increase in the resource estimate for its heavy mineral sands Cyclone Deposit in Western Australia, following an extensive drilling program.
23/09/2009 |
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WORKPLACE Health and Safety Queensland has issued an alert regarding counterweights on mobile plant following a fatal accident.
22/09/2009 |
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CAMECO has announced that it has completed exploratory drilling at the Angela project, Northern Territory.
22/09/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore said the Department of Mines and Petroleum’s (DMP) latest mineral and petroleum statistics have revealed that Western Australia’s mineral and petroleum industry is growing in value.
21/09/2009 |
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PHOSPHATE Australia has released further strong phosphate assay results from drilling at the Highland Plains, Northern Territory.
21/09/2009 |
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CSIRO's hydraulic fracturing group are gaining greater understanding of hydraulic fracture mechanics and its application to an expanding range of industries.
17/09/2009 |
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THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) has blamed glamorised forensic television shows like NCIS for the lack of engineers in the mining industry.
17/09/2009 |
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PANAX Geothermal says it is close to putting drill to hole at the Penola geothermal project in South Australia.
16/09/2009 |
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MARMOTA Energy says that it plans to begin drilling for uranium at the Junction Dam project in October 2009.
16/09/2009 |
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BHP Billiton is the first company in the world to introduce remote blasting, instead of firing underground.
16/09/2009 |
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UNIVERSAL Resources has announced that a 15 hole, 1900 metre Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling programme is about to commence at three of its copper prospects in northwest Queensland.
15/09/2009 |
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TORO Energy has struck a joint venture with Cameco Australia to explore the Birrindudu prospect in the Tanami desert region, Western Australia.
14/09/2009 |
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WA:ERA (Western Australian Energy Research Alliance) has formed a strategic research alliance with CGGVeritas, in a bid to enrich global research in oil and gas.
14/09/2009 |
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THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) claims a substantial decline in mineral exploration in the first half of 2009 has reinforced the need for federal government incentives.
11/09/2009 |
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DPSA CEO Neill Clur has been named named 2009 Brisbane Owner Manager of the Year at the Australian Institute of Management's regional awards function.
11/09/2009 |
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GREATLAND Gold says it has received formal approval for drilling activities at the Firetower gold project from the Tasmanian government and will begin operations by the end of October 2009.
11/09/2009 |
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SOUTH Boulder Mines has reported that recent drilling at its Terminator deposit has added to the potential gold bounty in the Duketon greenstone belt in Western Australia.
09/09/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has defended the State Government’s approach to reforming the approvals system in Western Australia’s resources sector.
09/09/2009 |
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UNIVERSAL Resources has announced the commencement of exploration drilling at the Blackard copper deposit in North Queensland.
08/09/2009 |
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NORWEST Energy has announced that it has completed its Airborne Full Tensor gravity Gradiometry imaging (FTG) survey over the Northern Perth Basin.
08/09/2009 |
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BLEW Chip says it will use a Federal Government grant to revolutionise explosives used in the mining industry.
08/09/2009 |
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COMET Ridge has announced that it plans to commence drilling coal seam gas at the Galliee Basin, Queensland in the 2009 December quarter.
07/09/2009 |
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DISCOLOURED water seen west of Darwin is not an oil slick resulting from PTTEP Australasia's West Atlas drilling rig, but rather a natural phenomenon.
07/09/2009 |
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SHAW River Resources has successfully raised $5 million to accelerate exploration at the flagship Baramine Manganese Project (70% owned).
04/09/2009 |
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GUNNEDAH Shire Council has agreed to process waste from Shenhua Watermark’s produced from the miner's slim-core drilling activities at its waste management facility.
04/09/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND Mining Corporation (QMC) says that it plans to commence drilling at its Morris Creek prospect in Queensland.
03/09/2009 |
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QUEENSLAND Minister for Natural Resources, Mines & Energy has granted the vendors of the Galilee Basin Gas Project the five Authorities to Prospect (ATPs 991, 996, 999, 1005, and 1008).
03/09/2009 |
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MINES and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has granted the Gorgon Joint Venture five production licences for its biggest gas fields to supply the $50b Gorgon Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project.
02/09/2009 |
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THE DELAYED Boeing 747 carrying equipment to help in the clean-up of the West Atlas drilling rig’s oil and gas leak in the Timor Sea has arrived in Darwin.
02/09/2009 |
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MARMOTA Energy says that it has launched its exploration program on the Melton copper-gold-uranium project covering the northern part of the Pine Point Fault on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
01/09/2009 |
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THE NATIONAL Industry Skills Council, SkillsDMC, has awarded top honours to organisations and industry champions that look beyond the global financial crisis and commit to long-term workforce development.
01/09/2009 |