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Today's upgrade boosts the resource estimate by 33% and provides momentum for the Mt Webber DSO project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, which remains on target for mining development in late 2012 or early 2013.

Peak Resources is on track to become the next major rare earth supplier from the Ngualla project in Tanzania. The company has produced two refined rare earth products at ANSTO Minerals - which importantly are in saleable form and available for evaluation by target customers.

The completed Scoping Study for the Mansa manganese project has demonstrated positive project economics as the project moves closer to production in a matter of weeks. Budgeted costs of delivering a CIF product are between $190 and $210 per tonne, in line with its expectations.

The start of the second phase drilling at Mt Forrest iron project puts Mindax on the path to potentially expand both the iron base as well as life of the mine. Importantly, it also has promise for the proposed partnership with Hong Kong-based Perpetual Mining, that could see the company invest $52 million.

The $5.1 million received is part of a planned $10 million investment by Owen Hegarty's EMR Capital in Highfield Resources to develop its advanced potash projects in Spain.

Having made inroads to access the eastern area of the high grade silver Bonanza Zone at the New Departure project in Montana, Black Mountain is on the cusp of first cash generative silver production.