Project will seek to produce data to reduce the cost of geophysical characterisation of the subsurface and develop a safer resource extraction process.

Landmark 39% increase follows the integration of the Ngungaju lithium resource and successful development drilling programs.

New draft laws put greater emphasis on agreement between Indigenous groups and developers, but the government retains the final decision in heritage disputes.

Operations had been suspended at Prominent Hill when a 43-year old man died on Sunday after being crushed by machinery.

Call it cross-pollination: Mining companies in Australia are taking up projects in Canada and Canadian mining companies are enthusiastic about projects in Australia.

Prominent Hill is forecast to produce up to 70,000 tonnes of copper and 135,000 ounces of gold in fiscal 2021.