Gold Mining Journal is Australia’s only dedicated gold mining industry magazine.
Published quarterly, the magazine offers comprehensive coverage of the gold industry both in Australia and worldwide.
In addition to contributions from respected columnists, widespread news coverage on the gold sector is provided by Gold Mining Journal’s journalists, who frequently visit mines in Australia and around the world with mining company executives.
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Volume 1, Issue 163
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NEWS 6
After smashing through $US5,000/oz at the start of the year, gold had slumped below $US4,300/oz by the end of March quarter as investors began to digest the wider ramifications of the developing conflict in the Middle East. However, according to BDO global natural resources and energy leader Sherif Andrawes, the true impact of the oil shock on the gold sector will not be known until at least the end of June, Michael Washbourne reports.
COVER 20
The high-grade Lady Julie discovery is now officially destined for the Laverton mill after unheralded explorer Magnetic Resources agreed to a $640 takeover bid from Genesis Minerals. Magnetic managing director George Sakalidis sat down with GMJ editor Dominic Piper to explain the science-based thinking behind the company’s discovery success and why the Genesis deal is set to deliver a massive boon for some of its original shareholders.
ASIA-PACIFIC 26
In our annual review of the region, we drop into New Zealand where Santana Minerals is preparing for a decision to be handed down on its Fast-Track approval for the Bendigo-Ophir project later this year. Despite some public stoushing with the likes of actor Sam Neill, the company remains confident of building what is considered the country’s best gold discovery in a generation, having recently raised $130 million to begin early site works and order long-lead items. We also catch up with other ASX-listed companies operating in PNG, Indonesia and Thailand.
REGIONAL ROUND-UP 40
Toubani Resources has declared FID on what will be Mali’s first major gold mine in more than a decade. Elsewhere in Africa, we dissect Perseus Mining’s investment in Aurum Resources and touch base with new Ivorian explorer Skylark Minerals. The rest of our look around the regions takes us to Chile with the impressive Tesoro Gold and its 2 moz El Zorro project, and Finland where Nordic Resources is finding more gold outside of the resource at Kopsa.
Cover image:
Magnetic Resources managing director George Sakalidis
