The Curtis Nugget, the largest in Queensland, was discovered in Gympie, Queensland in 1868 by Curtis and Brigg on a lease close to the initial claim of the discoverer of the Gympie Goldfield, James Nash. The claim where the Curtis nugget was found had been pegged earlier by George Curtis »
MINES AND MININGThe Brisbane CourierJune 30th 1923 The Cloncurry Field There is no question that the future of the Cloncurry copper field is of vital moment, not only to Queensland, but to Australia. Here we have some of the richest copper deposits in the British empire, but, possibly, through lack »
Below is an exceptional article from the Queenslander of 1924. A remarkable record so soon after the discovery of Mt Isa and replete with the excitement of such a significant discovery. At the time of writing a mere 145 tons of ore had been shipped. The original has been transcribed »
Some countries are patient and like golden eggs, some however like Turkey and seems that Queenslanders like Turkey a great deal indeed! »
Hungarian National Asset Management Inc., (“MNV”) has announced the public tender for the Recsk Deposit and assets in Hungary. The Recsk Cu-Au-Pb-Zn-Ag-Mo property in Hungary hosts arguably one of the largest and highest-grade undeveloped copper-gold porphyry and skarn systems in Europe. With 240,000 metres of drilling, two 8 metre internal »
Natural Resource Governance Institute has issued a report on revenues received from listed mining companies in Ghana. As many who have done the cashflow analysis have long known that a free carried interest, funded out of cashflow is a less than effective tool for garnering rent from resource projects. Projects »
To the Daily Alta California, it was “the great discovery of the age”. After emerging from the underground at the California Mine on the Comstock Lode Dan de Quille called it “the richest mineral discovery in the world’s history” and he named it The Big Bonanza. In a field »
Ivanhoe Mines has released its much anticipated DFS on its US$1.544 billion Platreef 4 Elements (4E-platinum, palladium gold and rhodium) project in South Africa (DFS yet to be released on Sedar). Key features of the Platreef DFS include: Indicated Mineral Resources at a 2 g/t 4E COG are 346 million »
Exciting news for Barrick and Antofagasta, after years of frustration. B&A reportedly spent US$500 million on this project and were refused a mining lease and licence to operate by the Government of Baluchistan. Compensation for loss is going to be a most interesting hearing. This is a remarkably robust project »
