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06Apr

David Flanagan – Never a dull Moment

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Our esteemed patron Mr David Flanagan, WASM Graduate, Chancellor of Murdoch University and non-executive director of Northern Star Resources, has been appointed as the Executive Chairman of Battery Minerals, effective on April 24th. David and his team are set to take the company from the explorer level to developer, a role perfectly suited to the former Atlas Iron Managing Director who relishes a challenge.

Battery Minerals

Battery Minerals Limited successfully listed on the ASX in October 2012 (originally known as Metals of Africa).

Within a two-year period, the company has made a greenfields graphite discovery at Montepuez, proved up Joint Ore Reserves Committee (JORC) compliant Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, and delivered a Definitive Feasibility Study which outlines a highly economic operation.

While developing its Montepuez project the company has also simultaneously produced a Pre-Feasibility Study for its spherical graphite processing facility, which according to the study will add an additional $ $377.1 million to the total net project value (NPV).

The spherical graphite processing facility is already producing test batches and the company is now looking to secure offtake partners to deliver long-term supply of anode material.

 

06Apr

WASM Alumni Review

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The council for the WASM Alumni is delighted to announce the release of the very first edition of it’s new magazine, WASM Alumni Review.

The magazine will be released four times a year with the next edition scheduled for the 1st of June. The WASM Alumni Review will focus on the graduates of WASM, their exploits and achievements along with news from the industry, research and from the alumni itself.

 

Enjoy the read: WASM Alumni Review

06Apr

WASM team scoops bronze in international geoscience awards

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The Imperial Barrel Award (IBA) is an annual competition for geoscience graduate students from universities around the world, simulating the exploration work undertaken by geologists and geophysicists in the oil industry.

The team of Kirk Gilleran, Mike Maher, Jerome Paz, Jiaojing Bi and Elena Alganaeva were awarded the Stonely Medal, and US$5000, for finishing third in the competition.

Chevron Professor of Petroleum Geology within the Department of Applied Geology, Chris Elders, who travelled with the team, said the group received their award at a glittering awards ceremony in Houston on Sunday evening.

“The team placed third after giving an outstanding presentation on their evaluation of the hydrocarbon prospectivity of the Taranaki Basin to a team of judges from Chevron, Shell, Saudi Aramco, Anadarko, ExxonMobil and Schlumberger,” Professor Elders said.

“Twelve teams – from Canada, the US, Nigeria, Hungary, Columbia, Oman and Australia – made the final out of 60 that took part in the competition worldwide.”

Second place went to Eotvos Lorand University in Hungary, with first place awarded to the home team from the University of Houston.

The team won the right to compete in Houston after winning the Asia Pacific Region heat of the competition – the second time Curtin had won the Asia-Pacific competition in four years of competing.

“To see the team go on to do so well in the international finals is a great credit to the team, the Department of Applied Geology and Curtin’s reputation for Petroleum Geoscience,” Professor Elders said.

06Apr

WASMA Gold Sponsor Ramelius Finds New Ore Reserves

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LONGER LIFE: Exploration drilling has extended the life of the Vivien gold mine which employs about 50 workers in the northern Goldfields.

Gold miner Ramelius Resources told the stock market this morning it has found new ore reserves which will take until at least late 2019 to mine out.

Work has progressed nearly 300 metres below the surface since Ramelius began underground mining in May 2015.

Underground drilling searching for deeper extensions at Vivien will resume later this month.

Vivien, 15km west of Leinster, was expected to produce 109,000 ounces over an initial 30-month mine life.

The latest drilling has boosted reserves to 123,000 ounces, which comes after production of 32,410 ounces as of December 30.

Previous mining of the Vivien open pit produced 35,600 ounces between 1997 and 1998, while the leases produced 76,000 ounces between 1902 and 1911.