In May 1999 WME acquired all the shares in the unlisted company Bronzewing Gold Ltd. The company's status changed to West Australian Metals Ltd in January 2002.
2009 Resources Rising Stars
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Name ASX Code | Overview |
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 | ATLAS IRON LIMITEDAGO | Atlas is an emerging producer and aggressive explorer focused on the discovery and development of iron ore projects. With a growing number of high quality iron ore projects and one of the largest landholdings in the Pilbara (8,900km2) located close to infrastructure, the Company has created a successful business by targeting resources and reserves capable of being mined with relatively low capital expenditure. Atlas became the Pilbara's fourth largest iron ore producer in October 2008, with initial production from its Pardoo project, located 75km east of Port Hedland. The Company is also conducting a definitive feasibility study on mining additional resources at Abydos, 130km south of Port Hedland, with production expected to commence in late 2009. |
 | BC IRON LIMITEDBCI | BC Iron’s competitive edge over other iron ore juniors in the Pilbara is that our Nullagine resource comprises an outcropping, low contaminant ‘First Class’ sinter feed that is located close to accessible transport infrastructure. These attributes position BC Iron favourably to rapidly transform the project into production and cashflow . |
 | Breakaway ResourcesBRW |
Breakaway Resources aims to become one of Australia's leading mining and exploration companies. 2009 has seen Breakaway sharpen its focus on priority exploration projects within the Eastern Goldfields of Western Australia; an area we believe offers the most attractive opportunities for future exploration success. |
 | Centaurus Resources LimitedCUR | With field offices in Australia and Brazil staffed by our highly experienced people our local knowledge of the environments in which we operate is second to none. This experience creates direct value for our shareholders through enabling faster more targeted exploration and through our ability to quickly capitalise on opportunities in our areas of expertise as they present themselves. Our key focus in 2009 is the execution of our Carbon Steel Strategy in and around the Iron Quadrangle in Brazil. This includes defining a JORC compliant resource at the Passabem and Itambe Iron Ore Projects and moving these projects towards our goal of early production. Additionally Centaurus is rapidly defining the exciting potential of the Ponte de Pedra managanese project. |
 | Cortona Resources LimitedCRC | Cortona Resources Limited is a dynamic Australian gold company who maintain a portfolio of advanced gold projects in WA and NSW. Cortona’s principal focus is to continually expand its gold resource inventory with the primary objective of becoming a successful and profitable gold producer at a time when demand for the metal is strong and the price is at historic highs. The Company’s Directors possess a range of technical and corporate skills including a strong background in gold exploration, and are highly motivated to achieve success. |
 | Gindalbie is well advanced towards achieving its vision of becoming a substantial independent Australian iron ore producer by the middle of next decade. The cornerstone of this strategy is the development of the A$1.8 billion Karara Iron Ore Project in Western Australia’s Mid West region through a joint venture with AnSteel, one of China’s leading steel and iron ore companies. Karara will deliver a diversified product mix including high grade magnetite concentrate, blast furnace quality pellets and Direct Shipping Ore (DSO) hematite to world markets from the end of this decade. Gindalbie has an aggressive growth strategy to increase production of both magnetite concentrate and DSO quality hematite from Karara and other deposits in the Mid West region to a targeted level of more than 32Mtpa by the middle of next decade. |
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 | Integra Mining LtdIGR | Integra Mining ("Integra") is an aggressive Australian gold explorer with a proven discovery track record, a substantial gold resource base and a strong platform for building a significant new mid-tier Australian gold production house. Since listing on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2001, Integra has steadily built up its mineral portfolio through a series of acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances – predominantly in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia, where it controls a consolidated tenement package of approximately 2,200 square kilometres. |
 | Kagara LtdKZL | Diversified S&P ASX 200 Australian resources group.Low-cost producer of zinc and copper concentrates in the Mt Garnet-Chillagoe area, |
 | Marengo Mining LimitedMGO | Marengo Mining Limited, a diversified metals company, has established a strong position in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the rapidly-developing Yandera Copper-Molybdenum Project. Marengo represents an excellent leveraged opportunity for these commodities in a country with a demonstrated capacity to host world class mineral deposits. |
 | Mundo Minerals LimitedMUN | Mundo Minerals Limited is an emerging international gold company focused on the exploration & development of a portfolio of high-quality, medium-sized gold assets in South America. Mundo Minerals is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX Ticker: MUN). Mundo Minerals has a clearly established goal of developing an asset base within five years that will provide a sustainable and profitable production profile of more than 200,000 ounces of gold per annum, with a resource base approaching 3.5 million ounces. |
 | Pioneer Resources LimitedPIO | Pioneer is a specialist exploration company with a strategically located tenement portfolio, largely located within 200km of Kalgoorlie WA. The Company believes that medium to long-term growth will be delivered via genuine discovery, and following recent success at its emerging Lignum Dam Gold Project, the Company's priority has shifted towards this emerging gold project. |
 | Syndicated Metals LimitedSMD | Syndicated Metals Limited ("Syndicated", "the Company") listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) in December 2007 with the ASX Code "SMD". The Company has a base metal focus with its principal projects in the Mount Isa region in Northwest Queensland, one of the world's premier base metal mining provinces. Our vision is to deliver superior returns to shareholders through the discovery and development of mineral deposits. |
 | SandfireSFR | Sandfire Resources was established by experienced, successful geologists for the purpose of generating and testing new exploration targets in under-explored geological provinces. The Company listed on the ASX in March 2004 and is continuing to evaluate current projects and pursuing new opportunities that fit with the strategy of identifying and evaluating greenfields exploration concepts. |
 | Talisman Mining LtdTLM.AX | Talisman Mining Ltd is an Australian exploration company with key interests in Iron Ore, precious and base metals in the northwest of Western Australia. Talisman is managed by a team of professionals in mineral exploration, mining and corporate management. The Company is continuing its evaluation of the Wonmunna iron ore project, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia; assessing and evaluating its extensive other exploration projects which are prospective for iron ore, gold and base metals; and continuing to evaluate other suitable opportunities as they become available. |
 | TNG LtdTNG | "TNG is an Australian mining and exploration company with a portfolio of quality exploration projects in Western and Northern Australia. The company's core focus is exploration at its 100% owned Manbarrum zinc-lead-silver project and its Mount Peake project". |
 | Westgold Resources LimitedWGR |
Westgold Resources Limited is an Australian Securities Exchange listed gold and base metals exploration company (code WGR). Its principle focus is on exploring and developing a new mineral field at its Rover Project near Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. At Rover the Company has a large 12,000 square kilometre land holding, including temement applications, which includes three advance prospects, Explorer 108 (Zinc, Lead and Copper), Rover 1 (Gold and Copper) and Explorer 142 (Gold and Copper). The Company is the first in 25 years to obtain access to conduct exploration at these highly mineralised prospects. |
 | West Australian Metals LtdWME | West Australian Metals Ltd ("WME") was incorporated in New South Wales in 1978 as Buddha Gold Mines NL, later changing its name to South West Goldmines NL and finally to West Australian Metals NL in June 1990. |