Tag: NST
Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest gets a taste for gold
Follow the rich is always a good investment strategy, as was shown last year when iron ore billionaire Gina Rinehart moved early into oil and gas, and why another iron ore billionaire’s sudden interes...
Mining’s fork in the road: back the bold or follow the cautious
The old saying about fortune favouring the bold is being put to the test in Australia’s mining industry, with one gold producer choosing to expand in a climate of high and rising costs, while another ...
Lions at home, lambs away – Aussie gold stocks in North America
Lions at home, lambs away – while that’s a comment normally reserved for sporting teams (think of England cricket), it also applies to a surprising number of mining companies struggling to master inte...
Evolution Mining beefs up Kalgoorlie presence with $400m deal to buy Northern Star assets
Evolution Mining (ASX: EVN) will become one of the largest tenement holders in the Kalgoorlie region with the purchase of the Kundana assets now controlled by Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST).
Th...
Gold’s divided market, sliding majors and rising juniors
Most of the big names in Australian gold mining have had a rough ride recently as the gold price has struggled to reclaim last year’s all-time high, but it’s a different story at the small end of the ...
Copper theft on the rise as market tightens and metal prices vault higher
It is not often the activity of criminals provides an investment idea, but when they start stealing copper wire from power stations, or from building sites, then you know it’s time to brush up on copp...
What are the ASX stocks vulnerable to a ‘short squeeze’?
Could the ASX become subject to the same trading shenanigans in the US which put a rocket up the share price of struggling video outlet operator GameStop and then the silver market.
It’s certainly ...
Looking elsewhere for golden value on the ASX
The gaze of ASX gold watchers has averted from the exploration minnows to the top end of town, after the stunning ‘merger of equals’ of Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) and Saracen Minerals (ASX: SA...
Northern Star and Saracen merge to create a top 10 global gold company
Northern Star (ASX: NST) is setting out to create a new Australian gold major by acquiring 100% of fellow Western Australian miner Saracen Mineral Holdings (ASX: SAR) through an agreed scheme of arran...
Kalamazoo Resources acquires Ashburton project and 1.65Moz gold from Northern Star
Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has snapped up the Ashburton gold project on the edge of Pilbara Craton from Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST).
The 217sq km project currently holds a JORC Code (201...
Horizon Minerals and Northern Star swap gold tenements, while Focus Minerals considers Coolgardie offer
Emerging mid-tier gold producer Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has reached an agreement with Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) to stage a cash-free “strategic swap” of tenements in the Western Australia...
Echo Resources’ board welcomes Northern Star’s takeover offer
Echo Resources’ (ASX: EAR) board has “unanimously recommended” Northern Star Resources’ (ASX: NST) all cash off-market takeover offer that values Echo at $242.6 million.
Under the offer, Echo share...
Gold outshines battery metals at Diggers & Dealers with bullish outlook, despite cautions
While the overarching theme at Diggers & Dealers was battery metals last year, gold outshone other commodities with the metal’s price commanding all-time highs and analysts and miners alike foreca...
Auris Minerals cements 70% interest in Cheroona JV in WA’s Bryah Basin
Copper and gold explorer Auris Minerals (ASX: AUR) has bedded-down its 70% stake in the Bryah Basin-based Cheroona joint venture with Northern Star Resources (ASX: NST) retaining the remaining 30%.
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Barrick Gold and Newmont Mining mega merger could put Australian assets on the market
Barrick Gold’s hostile US$17.8 billion (A$24.8 billion) takeover bid for US rival Newmont Mining could result in the disposal of Australian mines worth around US$4.5 billion.
If the all-share takeo...
