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Labyrinth Resources has struck visual gold in exploration outside its resource at its namesake project in Canada, giving confidence there is plenty more of the rich, high-grade goodness to be found in the Quebec deposit (reports Stockhead).

Taxpayer loan for Australia’s first refinery highlights size of the prize for successful explorers. Plus, last week’s column on DGO-De Grey proves very timely, Calidus re-rates and Sovereign’s monster find yet to be appreciated.

Government money without strings attached always sounds too good to be true but it could be the next Australian mining company share price driver, just as the big picture of the global economy darkens.

Raleigh Finlayson started looking for his next venture in Australian gold mining around the same time his peers were declaring the sector to be out of vogue (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Hot consumer demand for larger ceramic tiles in new kitchens and bathrooms combined with a government scramble to secure “critical minerals” is driving minerals sands prices to levels not seen in at least a decade,

Strandline Resources has raised A$50 million in a strongly supported placement to institutional, professional and sophisticated investors (reports MiningNews).

Developer Bellevue Gold expects to be able to beat rising costs as it develops its flagship mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields (reports MiningNews).

Calidus Resources A$106 million Warrawoona project in the Pilbara remains on track for first gold within weeks (reports MiningNews).

Prime Minister Boris Johnson ramped up plans to build new nuclear power stations and offshore wind farms as he seeks to shore up the UK’s energy supplies in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (reports Bloomberg).

With uranium trading within spitting distance of the magic US$60/lb mark which could incentivise new production, companies are starting to revive efforts to deliver the energy commodity (reports Stockhead).