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         PAYDIRT (ISSN 1445-3436)                  SITE VISITS
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         Paydirt Media Pty Ltd.                    Paydirt journalists Michael Washbourne and
         A.C.N. 063 985 133                        Fraser Palamara travelled to Northern Australia
                                                   in late June with Northern Minerals and Core
         Head Office:                              Lithium, respectively, to take a peek at two of
         Suite 9, 1297 Hay St, West Perth          the country’s emerging battery minerals plays.
         Western Australia 6005                    Northern Minerals has already dabbled in
         P.O. Box 1589, West Perth                 production of a heavy rare earth concentrate
         Western Australia 6872                    via the operation of a remote pilot plant in
         Phone: (+61 8) 9321 0355                  WA’s Kimberley region, while Core is seeking
         Facsimile: (+61 8) 9321 0426              to leverage off the proximity of its project to
         mailbox@paydirt.com.au                    Darwin as the company looks to develop the
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                                                   Northern Territory’s first lithium mine

         Editorial:                          18    COVER
         Editor: Dominic Piper                     It has been a transformational 12 months for
         Journalists: Michael Washbourne,          Firefinch with two major corporate deals putting   8
         Fraser Palamara                           the Mali-focused company on course to create
         Art director: Nick Brown                  an incredible amount of shareholder wealth in
         Contributors: Brendan Ryan                both the gold and lithium space. Fresh from his
         (Johannesburg)                            trip to Africa and a stint in hotel quarantine, new
                                                   Firefinch managing director Michael Anderson
         Advertising:
         Advertising manager: Richa Fuller         spoke to Paydirt editor Dominic Piper about
                                                   the company’s plans to ramp up production
         Subscriptions: Kate Blanchard             at the Morila gold mine and advance its new
         Phone: (+61 8) 9321 0355                  partnership with Ganfeng Lithium at Goulamina
         Facsimile: (+61 8) 9321 0426

         Pre-press and printing:             24    AfRICA dOwn undER
         Vanguard Press, 26 John St,
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                                                   The opportunity to reinvest in Tanzania after a
                                                   four-year standoff is certain to be one of the major
                                                   talking points of this year’s Africa Down Under
                                                   conference in Perth on September 2-4. New
                                                   President Samia Suluhu Hassan has certainly
                                                   shifted the discourse over foreign investment in
         Paydirt Media                             the East African country since taking on the role   18
         Executive chairman: Bill Repard           following the death of John Magufuli earlier this
         Finance manager: Giovanny Jefferson       year. As part of our 52-page preview to the world
         Accounts/administration:                  renowned event, we take a look at the Tanzanian
         Anjali Mediratta                          companies hoping to emerge from a prolonged
         Conferences: Namukale Nakazwe,            slumber as well as the success Australian-based
         Christine Oelschlaeger,                   gold explorers and miners are having in West
         Mitchelle Matambo, Melita Fogarty         Africa
                                             78    BASE METALS

                                                   Shares in Rumble Resources soared almost
                                                   700% earlier this year after announcing a major
                                                   zinc-lead discovery in the Earaheedy Basin.
                                                   The company has now set itself the task of
                                                   proving up what would be the largest zinc-lead
                      Cover image:                 find ever made in Western Australia. Michael
                      Firefinch managing director
                      Michael Anderson             Washbourne sat down with Rumble managing
                                                   director Shane Sikora to discuss how the
         Member of:                                company plans to take this discovery forward
                                                   as part of our review of the hottest stories on   24
                                                   the base metals scene

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