Mining

• Great Divide Mining disclosures mention no recently confirmed drilling or resource result as part.

• The company appointed former Fortescue chief executive Nev Power as non-executive chair of its board.

The answer, on the evidence so far, is that the dispute matters considerably for near-term volumes, but the company has left its full-year guidance unchanged and the outcome remains unknown.

Lynas mines rare earths at Mt Weld in Western Australia and processes them at Kalgoorlie and in Malaysia. It is described as the world's largest rare earths producer outside China.

Northern Star is one of Australia's largest gold producers, with three production centres: Kalgoorlie and Yandal in Western Australia, and Pogo in Alaska. It is also studying the Hemi project in the Pilbara.

• The company’s development path centres on exploration results, funding arrangements and regular activity disclosures to the market.

• The company’s corporate activity has included exploration-licence matters, a key element of its early-stage development.