Financial Planning
As global demand for clean energy technology intensifies and geopolitical tensions rise, the importance of critical minerals has reached new heights.
At this year’s AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference (MREC2025) in Perth, one presentation stood out not just for its rigour, but for its challenge to long-standing assumptions in resource modelling.
In the remote Altai Mountains of eastern Kazakhstan, a centuries-old underground mine is undergoing a transformation.
When Sweden-based miner Boliden set out to futureproof its Renström underground operations for autonomous mining, it quickly ran into a persistent problem: water.
In a standout session at the AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference, six of the industry’s most experienced and outspoken minds came together for a dynamic panel discussion titled “Myth-Busting.
The increasing adoption of underhand stoping supported by cemented paste backfill (CPB) is offering mining operations both productivity gains and geotechnical stability—but not without cost.
A pre-feasibility study expected within weeks is poised to confirm the scale, low-cost profile, and near-term development potential of a Western Australian gold project with a consolidated landholding in one of the world’s most productive gold provinces.
TG Metals is charging into the second half of 2025 with a decisive pivot from lithium to gold, showcasing the Van Uden Gold Project at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up.
While many Western critical minerals hopefuls scramble to decouple from China, Firebird Metals is doing the opposite — and for good reason.
When Torque Metals' managing director Cristian Moreno took the stage at the RIU Sydney Resources Round-up in May 2025, he didn’t mince words: “We are not lithium.
