Commodities

According to reporting on the program, Buxton has contracted LSG Drilling for a small diamond core campaign. The rig was expected to mobilise in early November, with initial assays anticipated early next year. Further mapping and sampling are planned during the Arizona winter field …

Professor Serkan Saydam, chair of mining engineering at the UNSW School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering and deputy director of the university's Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research, has argued that the benefits of space mining should be weighed well before any resources …

The broader market was unsettled during the morning session as market participants at home and abroad awaited clarity on the outcome of the US midterm elections. Pre-election polling and prediction markets had pointed to a shift in support toward the Democrats, adding to uncertainty …

Lewis Ponds lies east of Orange in the central west of New South Wales and is wholly owned by Orbit through its exploration licences. The company describes it as a polymetallic, volcanic-hosted sulphide system containing gold, silver, zinc, lead and copper.

The Raven Silver Project lies in Sanders County, north-western Montana, near the town of Thompson Falls in the Thompson River mining district. It comprises lode claims covering the historical Raven mine, formerly known as Copper Mask, and the Silver King mine.

Black Canyon reported that reverse circulation holes drilled along the northern extension of the Wandanya trend intersected iron and manganese mineralisation outside the boundaries of the maiden mineral resource. According to the company's update, the iron mineralisation extends along a meaningful length of strike, …

The latest pullback in copper came as precious metals also softened, suggesting a broad-based retreat from metals rather than a story confined to any individual commodity. Election periods tend to bring a degree of caution to markets, as participants weigh the potential for shifts …