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Herd on the TerracePremiumExplorers dig deep to weed out COVID charlatans

With COVID-19 spreading in our former bubble, forget any old-fashioned notions that mining industry shindigs are taking a laissez-faire approach when it comes to compliance.

White Cliff advances WA gold and lithium hunt

ASX-listed explorer White Cliff Minerals has wrapped up an RC drilling program at the company’s Cracker Jack prospect, part of its larger Reedy South gold project in WA’s Murchison Goldfields.

Matt Birney

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Tambourah onto nickel-copper-PGE gravity targets

Tambourah Metals has identified multiple airborne gravity anomalies indicative of denser rocks that may host nickel-copper-PGE mineralisation at its Bolgart and Tolarno projects near Julimar in WA.

Matt Birney

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Antilles tables high grade maiden resource in Cuba

Antilles Gold and its Cuban government-owned joint venture partner, GeoMinera have produced an impressive 720,000 ounce high grade maiden gold and silver resource estimate for its La Demajagua deposit in Cuba.

Matt Birney

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MarketsASX rallies after 10-month low

The ASX jumped sharply after plunging to a 10-month low in the prior session, the first day in the green all week.

Rebecca Le May

Done dealsCommentsPremiumRinehart reveals buyers for big chunk of cattle empire

Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has sold a vast bundle of agricultural interests across the country and is close to finalising a deal for three other holdings.

Adrian Lowe

Disgruntled shareholderCommentsPremiumImage directors face exit vote

Chinese-backed Murray Zircon has called for an extraordinary meeting of shareholders of Image Resources to remove three members of the WA mineral sands miner’s board and replace them with its own nominees.

Stuart McKinnon

Out of this worldToyota plans 'lunar cruiser' moon vehicle

Toyota and Japan's space agency are working on a vehicle designed to explore the moon's surface with a launch set for the late 2020s.

Yuri Kageyama

‘major commitment’ Rinehart to sponsor Aussie Olympians through to 2026

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting will sponsor the Australian Olympic Team through to 2026, an agreement hailed by the Australian Olympic Committee as a ‘major commitment to Australian Sport.’

Charlotte Elton

Early oil shows promising for Calima in Canada

The pace of activity at Calima Energy’s Alberta operations has not slowed, with two wells being drilled, a third in its final stages and early oil shows while flowing back frac fluid from yet another two wells.

Matt Birney

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Housing‘Great contradiction’ in housing boom

Sydney home prices have shot up dramatically over the past year, exposing a ‘great contradiction’ in the housing market.

Anton Nilsson

Investors reactPremiumNewcrest slumps despite higher output

Shares in Newcrest Mining slumped to a three-year low after the gold producer disappointed the market with lower than expected production and higher costs in the December quarter.

Stuart McKinnon

Almost redundantVideoPremiumWA border delay makes 'little difference': UWA professor

Western Australia's border closures could soon prove redundant given there is already a high level of COVID-19 immunity within the population, an expert says.

Michael Ramsey

No-vax shiftCommentsPremiumBusinesses ‘thrown under bus’ with jab compliance burden

Employers enforcing WA’s double-jab requirement fear they’ll be worse off as staff who refuse end up working with bosses who won’t check amid questions about how the rule will be enforced.

Adrian Lowe

CNBCCommentsPremiumAtlassian soars on forecast-busting result and rosy outlook

Atlassian shares rose in extended trading after the provider of collaboration software reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that topped estimates and raised its forecast for subscription revenue.

Jordan Novet

BusinessMore to vegan economy than replacing meat

A vegan economy leader says savvy investors can avoid firms that exploit animals or harm people and the planet, and make money in the process.

Marion Rae

NEGATIVE RESULTSCommentsPremiumTwelve doctors cleared of COVID after partying at Perth club

All 12 doctors at a private Perth hospital who were isolating after being casual contacts of a COVID case at the Hip-E Club have tested negative.

Peter Law

Driver crisisCommentsPremium‘Dog eat dog’: Ramelius says WA truckie shortage ‘parlous’

Ramelius Resources boss Mark Zeptner has described the shortage of truck drivers in WA as “parlous” with the State’s delayed border re-opening and 14-day quarantine periods worsening the crisis.

Stuart McKinnon

On the edgeWA businesses hours away from COVID clarity

The McGowan Government is expected to finally provide certainty to businesses around close contact definitions and isolation protocols.

Michael Ramsey

TravelBig hint on when tourists will be back

The pandemic has brought tourism to a standstill, but the Prime Minister has suggested the border could be open sooner than you think.

Courtney Gould

Tensions fuel riseLofty petrol prices tipped to move higher

WA motorists cringing at the price of petrol should brace for more financial pain as tensions in Europe and a recovering economy send oil prices higher.

Steven Deare

Stocks reboundUpbeat ASX on track to stop losing streak

A better end to the trading week is looming for ASX investors after the market recovered from four days of losses.

Steven Deare

PoliticsWhy PM backs minister in Covid blunder

An embattled minister has been supported by the Prime Minister despite criticism over his decision to ditch a Covid-19 meeting for the cricket.

Courtney Gould

CNBCCommentsPremiumYou’re wasting your time on these 3 habits at work

There’s a lot to love about working from home but it can be harder to focus and maintain a work-life balance when your home becomes your office. 

Morgan Smith