Richard has been in mining and finance journalism for 25 years, spending the bulk of his career in Australia but visiting and covering projects and other aspects of the industry all around the world in that time. He spent eight years developing the weekly Australasian-focused HighGrade.net before joining Mining Journal, and prior to that ran Mining Journal owner Aspermont’s mining publishing business out of Perth, Western Australia, for more than a decade.
Junior back on a familiar road to iron ore riches
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Foundation asset at Koppamurra is the only known ionic clay-hosted deposit in Australia
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New copper-gold project is small, but it fills a gap
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Subdued demand set to finally stunt surge in domestic REE output
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Kyrgyzstan turns the screw as rumours fly of bid action
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Copper closing in on real record territory
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Gold in ground evaporates and Smarts Underground timeline slips
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WA gold explorer steps up regional search on fertile belt
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