Page 3 - pd301-Feb22-mag-web_Neat1

contents

PAYDIRT (ISSN 1445-3436) NEWS
Published by 8
Paydirt Media Pty Ltd. It’s set to be a big year for Australian nickel
A.C.N. 063 985 133 miners, developers and explorers with several
corporate deals being executed in December
Head Office: and January. IGO and Western Areas finally
Suite 9, 1297 Hay St, West Perth went public with their merger proposal while
Western Australia 6005 Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals outbid BHP
P.O. Box 1589, West Perth for Canadian group Noront. BHP subsequently
Western Australia 6872 sated its nickel appetite with a $US40 million
Phone: (+61 8) 9321 0355 investment in the Kabanga nickel project in
Facsimile: (+61 8) 9321 0426 Tanzania
mailbox@paydirt.com.au
www.paydirt.com.au
12 SITE VISITS
The Paydirt team has been out and about in
Editorial: the last few months, visiting gold, nickel and
Editor: Dominic Piper lithium projects in Western Australia. Michael
Journalists: Michael Washbourne, Washbourne headed to Nexus Minerals’ 12
Fraser Palamara Wallbrook gold project near Carosue Dam,
Art director: Nick Brown Fraser Palamara joined Estrella Resources
Contributors: Brendan Ryan for a tour of its Carr Boyd nickel project near
(Johannesburg) Kalgoorlie and Dominic Piper ventured to
Leinster with Liontown Resources for the
Advertising:
Advertising manager: Richa Fuller signing of its Native Title agreement with the
Tjiwarl traditional owners
Subscriptions: Vidy Suastika
Phone: (+61 8) 9321 0355
Facsimile: (+61 8) 9321 0426 22 COVER

Pre-press and printing: More than 100 floats made it to the ASX in 2021
Vanguard Press, 26 John St, as investors flocked to new listings. It was the
Northbridge WA 6003 busiest IPO market in a decade. The spotlight
Member of: now moves to how these newcomers will perform
in future years. As Michael Washbourne found
out, there is no perfect recipe for success but
there are a few vital ingredients in the mix

58 SKILLS
Paydirt Media 22
Executive chairman: Bill Repard Miners are feeling the pressure of labour
Finance manager: Giovanny Jefferson shortages caused by the pandemic. But even
Accounts/administration: when the COVID-19 cloud lifts, companies
will have to work smarter and harder to attract
Anjali Mediratta a new generation of employees who are
Conferences: Mitchelle Matambo, demanding so much more than salary from
Christine Oelschlaeger, their employers. Paydirt looks at the dilemma
Melita Fogarty facing Australia’s resources sector
February 2022 VOLUME 1. ISSUE 301 $11.95
PAL1000 Gold Assay System
• High quality
• Proven technology
• Onsite gold assays
• Rapid turnaround MINING SERVICES
• Large sample size 64
• Single operator
• Low CAPEX/OPEX
• Robust Up to 400
SAMPLES per
FAST, HIGH-QUALITY, 12-hour shift Things rarely stay still in the modern fast-paced
LOW-COST GOLD ANALYSIS
MPC’S PAL MACHINE OPERATING NOTES Australia’s Paydirt February 2022
The PAL1000 is an ideal tool for rapid turnaround gold assays, The PAL 1000 is fully enclosed for
delivering a large number of assay results at low cost. safety and noise reduction with safety mining services sector. Whether its innovative
interlocks.
Short pulverizing/leach times of 1-hour have assays reported
within 2 hours. Operating parameters such as grinding
media charge, reagent dose rate,
Large sample size capability makes the PAL100 ideal for coarse gold
E
analysis, reducing the nugget effect. sample size, run time and speed can
all be varied onsite to suit sample
requirements.
TECHNICAL NOTES Endless energy:ndless energy:Endless energy: processing, assaying or drilling technology or a
The PAL1000 contains 52 sample pots, each capable of processing
up to 1kg ore samples.
T
Samples are completely pulverised (typically >90% passing 75um) and
simultaneously leached with MPC’s uniquely formulated Assay Tabs™. The new faces powering the IPOhe new faces powering the IPOThe new faces powering the IPO
Once leaching is complete, leach solution is collected and analysed
for gold by AAS. Silver and Copper analysis can also be performed.
The pots and grinding media are washed before returning the media 92 Energy
to the pots for the next sample. By simply adding water, ore samples shift to net zero emissions, mining services and
and Assay Tabs™, the unit ready for the next run. • Grade Control
• Mill Samples
• Exploration l New floats: The Class of 2021 New floats: The Class of 2021
l
l Skills: Hard borders, millennials, FIFO Skills: Hard borders, millennials, FIFO managing director
l
For your onsite gold analysis needs, contact your PAL’s at: 01 technology companies are playing a leading
Mineral Process Control (MPC) Pty Ltd l Site visits: Liontown, Nexus, Estrella Site visits: Liontown, Nexus, Estrella ISSN 1445-3436
l
30 Furniss Rd, LANDSDALE, WA, 6065 771445 343007
TEL +61 8 9303 2334 WEB www.mpcwa.com EMAIL info@mpcwa.com Siobhan Lancaster
role in innovation within the sector. We provide
9
our regular wrap of what’s happening in the
Member of: space
58
Registered by Australia Post PP 643938/0071.
No pages or articles in this publication may be
reproduced in any form without the consent of the
publisher. This includes photographs either taken
by Paydirt Media staff or provided by other parties.