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When dirt looks the same data decides how geochemistry and machine learning are revealing hidden rare earth riches beneath Western Australia’s surface

If you think spotting a rare earth deposit is tough, try identifying one when it looks exactly like barren dirt.

How simulation is filling nickel and cobalt’s data gaps and giving miners a credible way to prove environmental performance to global markets

When reliable environmental performance data doesn’t exist, simulation can step in – and according to IGO Nova’s Zachary Hearne, it could give Australian producers a market advantage.

Back to basics: How Dyno Nobel cut development overbreak by 80 percent in North Queensland mine

At the 2025 AusIMM Underground Operators Conference in Adelaide, Dyno Nobel Senior Technical Consultant Ed Wargem delivered a message that cut through the noise of technical jargon and digital disruption: sometimes, the biggest improvements in underground development blasting come not from cutting-edge technology, but from going back to basics.

Metal Hawk strikes gold without a single drillhole as Siberian Tiger and Thylacine prospects spark WA exploration buzz

From grassroots geology to near-rig readiness, Metal Hawk Ltd’s Leinster South project is turning heads with a market-defying surge — all without a single drill hole in the ground.

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When dirt looks the same data decides how geochemistry and machine learning are revealing hidden rare earth riches beneath Western Australia’s surface

How simulation is filling nickel and cobalt’s data gaps and giving miners a credible way to prove environmental performance to global markets

Back to basics: How Dyno Nobel cut development overbreak by 80 percent in North Queensland mine

Metal Hawk strikes gold without a single drillhole as Siberian Tiger and Thylacine prospects spark WA exploration buzz