The Mount Garnet Mine is an historical and intermittently operated polymetallic operation located about 100km south-west of Cairns within the Herberton mineral field. The site has a long history of mining dating back to the late 1800s, when copper and silver were first discovered, helping establish the township of Mount Garnet as a regional mining […]

The Khartoum Project is a tin-tungsten and critical minerals exploration project located about 13km north of Mount Garnet and 100km south-west of Cairns. The project lies within the historical Herberton–Mount Garnet mineral field, a district known for tin, tungsten and base-metal mining dating back to the late nineteenth century. The project consists of several exploration […]

The Gunnawarra Project is a nickel-cobalt-copper exploration project located about 15km south of Mount Garnet and about 130km south-south-west of Cairns. The project is held by Ark Mines and lies within the Greenvale Nickel Province, a region historically known for significant nickel and cobalt production. The project area covers several exploration permits and is considered […]

Koba Resources has kicked off a systematic soil sampling programme across its Mount Garnet and Stannary Hills tin-tungsten projects in North Queensl…

Results from an induced polarisation (IP) geophysical survey have boosted Koba Resources’ confidence as it heads into a 3000m drill program at its M…

Former employees of failed North Queensland miner Aurora Metals are still waiting for outstanding superannuation payments almost three years after t…

The State Government is moving to fast-track Ultra HPQ’s $515 million Sugarbag Hill ultra-high-purity quartz sand development, declaring it a prescr…

Former Aurora Metals managing director Ralph De Lacey has been fined $80,000 after being found guilty of a string of environmental breaches. The…

Rock chip sampling has returned extremely high-grade tin assays as Koba Resources prepares to drill at its Stannary Hills project, about 100km south…

Rock chip sampling has returned extremely high-grade tin assays as Koba Resources prepares to drill at its Stannary Hills project, about 100km south…

The company run by failed Far North Queensland mining executive Ralph De Lacey has millions of dollars in superannuation debts outstanding that form…

Former Aurora Metals managing director Ralph De Lacey has been found guilty of a string of environmental breaches. The charges centre on tailings…

Copper is the focus of almost three quarters of all successful projects under Queensland’s latest Collaborative Exploration Initiative (CEI) grants…

Ballymore Resources has snagged $600,000 from the Queensland Government to fund new geophysical surveys at its Dittmer and Ruddygore projects. Ba…

DevEx Resources’ latest air-core drilling campaign at the Kennedy project has significantly expanded the footprint of total rare earth oxide (TREO)…

The focus now shifts inland to where the rain is moving, warns State Disaster Co-ordinator Shane Chelepy, after Tropical Cyclone Kirrily made landfa…