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EXCEPTIONAL women in leadership positions have today been recognised in the NSW Women in Mining Awards 2020. The yearly awards, run by the NSW Minerals Council, recognises and celebrates the contributions and achievements of women and gender diversity champions in the NSW mining industry. NSW Minister for Mental Health, Regional Youth and Women Bronnie Taylor said the awards are a wonderful opportunity to highlight the outstanding women in the mining industry. “ are a shining light for women and girls interested in joining this important industry,” she said. NSW Minerals Council chief executive Stephen Galilee said the awards showcase some of the highly skilled women who are helping to keep the world-class mining industry in NSW operating during the...

BY ELIZABETH FABRI   CHINA Molybdenum Company (CMOC) and Sumitomo have greenlit a new $200 million block cave mine at their Northparkes copper and gold project in Central West NSW.   The mine – E26 Lift 1 North (E26L1N) – was expected to enter production mid-2022 and produce about 40 million tonnes of ore over 10-years. E26L1N would include 11km of underground development, an underground primary crusher, conveying systems and associated infrastructure. CMOC executive chairman and chief executive Steele Li said the joint venture partners were “really excited to see this project come to fruition and to watch Northparkes continue to develop and grow”. “Northparkes plays a pivotal role in our strong and long-term presence in Australia as an internationally...

BY ELIZABETH FABRI   ASX-listed Australian Mines has identified large-scale cobalt-in-soil anomalies at its Thackaringa project near Broken Hill, NSW.   Recent surface geochemical sampling at Target Area A uncovered three zones of elevated levels of cobalt that are reportedly similar to the Pyrite Hill and Big Hill prospects at Cobalt Blue’s identically named Thackaringa project. Australian Mines said with the anomalous zones partially buried by a shallow alluvial cover, surface expressions of cobalt mineralisation greater than 15ppm (grams per tonne) were considered significant. “This technique, for example, has been successfully used by Alloy Resources on its Ophara CobaltGold project directly to the west of the Australian Mines’ Thackaringa Project, as well as being the documented geochemical signature of the...