A Flow Through Share Scheme is essential to the mining industry, The AusIMM President-Elect Greg Chalmers writes.
Australian gold production is on the way up, but according to mining consultants Surbiton Associates, the results for the latest quarter are still among the lowest of the last 20 years.
Lindsay Gilligan is a finalist in the 5th Annual Prospect Awards for his dedicated service to the mining industry as a geologist.
South Australian Minister for Mineral Resources Development Paul Holloway has announced that spending on mineral exploration in that State rose to a record quarterly high of $95.2 million in the June quarter.
The South Australian Government will invest $14.1 million in the next four years to ensure the State realises the full potential of the mineral exploration boom.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Geological Survey Director Lindsay Gilligan has been awarded a Public Service Medal for his service geoscience, mineral resource assessment and enhancing mineral exploration.
The NSW Department of Primary Industries’ Geological Survey Director, Lindsay Gilligan was recently honoured in the 2008 Queens Birthday Awards with a prestigious Public Service Medal.
ABS figures recently released show mineral exploration expenditure in Victoria reached its highest level on record in the December 2007 quarter.
SOUTH Australia’s mineral exploration expenditure rose for the sixth consecutive quarter in the December quarter of 2007, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
FIGURES released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the 2005-061 financial year indicate record levels of mineral exploration investment in South Australia and the state attracting its highest ever reported share of Australia’s mineral exploration.