Barry FitzGerald has covered the resources industry for over 30 years. The inaugural winner of the Diggers & Dealers Media Award in 2003, Barry is one of Australia's most established and respected industry journalists. Putting aside the pen and picking up the microphone, Barry chats fireside with a different leader in the mining industry each week.
Moonlight advances gold and copper strategy at Clermont project
Moonlight Resources is advancing an ambitious exploration campaign across its Clermont project in central Queensland, with drilling accelerating at the Leo Grande gold deposit, Goldfinger prospect and Peak Downs copper project. In this episode, managing director Greg Starr discusses the upcoming maiden gold resource, high-grade historical results, copper exploration potential and why Moonlight believes its portfolio offers multiple pathways to discovery, resource growth and future development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
49 Metals pursues high grade Nevada gold discovery potential
49 Metals is exploring for the next significant gold discovery in Nevada’s prolific Walker Lane trend, where recent drilling at the Gold Mountain project has returned high-grade gold intercepts and strengthened confidence in a large epithermal system. In this episode, CEO Phil Carter discusses the company’s exploration strategy, resource growth potential, heap leach development pathways and why 49 Metals believes it has substantial leverage to ongoing drilling success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Silver Mines advances Bowdens toward development amid silver strength
Silver Mines has unveiled a definitive feasibility study for the Bowdens project, one of the largest undeveloped silver assets in the world. In this episode, managing director Jo Battershill discusses the project's expanded reserve base, 26-year mine life, strong silver leverage and pathway to development. The conversation also covers permitting progress in New South Wales, financing plans and regional exploration opportunities that could further enhance the long-term growth story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stelar Metals targets major tungsten opportunity at Hill of Leaders project
Stelar Metals is advancing the Hill of Leaders project in the Northern Territory, targeting exposure to one of the world’s fastest-rising critical minerals markets. In this episode, executive chairman Stephen Biggins discusses high-grade tungsten results, the upcoming maiden bedrock drilling campaign, the project’s scale potential and why tightening global supply following Chinese export restrictions is creating renewed interest in Western tungsten discoveries. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Barry Fitzgerald sits down with Pivotal Metals managing director Ivan Fairhall to discuss a Canadian copper project moving into its next phase. They explore resource growth, an imminent scoping study, exploration upside and why quality pre-development copper assets could become increasingly valuable in today's market. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Evion Group builds a US Fluorspar growth story
Barry Fitzgerald sits down with Evion Group managing director David Round to discuss why the company is expanding beyond graphite into another strategically important critical mineral. They explore growing demand, US government interest, downstream processing opportunities and how multiple projects could reshape the company's growth story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jameson advances Crown Mountain toward key permitting and development milestones
Jameson Resources is advancing the Crown Mountain project in British Columbia, one of the world’s most advanced undeveloped premium steelmaking coal assets. In this episode, interim chairman and managing director Michael Gray discusses the project’s strong economics, upcoming permitting milestones, growing interest from Asian steelmakers and why tightening global supply of premium hard coking coal could create a significant opportunity as Crown Mountain moves toward development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Stellar advances Heemskirk amid growing global tin supply pressures
Stellar Resources is advancing the Heemskirk tin project in Tasmania following a major resource upgrade that has strengthened its position as one of the world’s most significant undeveloped high-grade tin assets. In this episode, managing director Simon Taylor discusses the upcoming pre-feasibility study, support from strategic investor Metals X, exploration upside at Ringville and why tightening global tin supply could create a compelling backdrop for long-term project development. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
PTR advances Rosewood toward major titanium development opportunity in South Australia
PTR Minerals is advancing the Rosewood titanium project in South Australia, where a maiden resource has revealed one of the highest-grade large-scale titanium mineral sands discoveries globally. In this episode, CEO Peter Reid discusses Rosewood’s exceptional leucoxene-rich resource, low-cost development potential, improving titanium market dynamics and why PTR believes the project could become a major long-life supplier into critical global titanium markets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Kaoko Metals targets high-grade copper-silver discovery in Namibia
Newly ASX listed, Kaoko Metals is advancing a portfolio of copper, silver, gold and tungsten projects in Namibia, a jurisdiction attracting growing attention from explorers and investors alike. With exploration programs underway across the underexplored Kaoko Belt and Karibib region, the company is positioning itself to test a series of prospective targets. Managing Director and CEO Gerard O’Donovan joins Barry Fitzgerald to discuss the projects, the geology and the opportunity emerging in Namibia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
FIN Resources targets high-grade gold growth in Canada
Barry Fitzgerald sits down with FIN Resources geology manager Xavier Braud to discuss the Cabin Lake gold project in Canada’s Northwest Territories. The pair explore recent exploration success, the growing target pipeline, and how modern geophysics is helping unlock the potential of a large, underexplored high-grade gold system Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lithium Plus Minerals advances Bynoe towards lithium development
Lithium Plus Minerals is advancing their flagship Bynoe lithium project in the Northern Territory, with a scoping study underway to assess a low-capex direct shipping ore (DSO) development pathway. Barry Fitzgerald sits down with General Manager of Exploration and Development Dr. Bryce Healy to discuss the project’s resource, proximity to Darwin Port, and plans to position the company for a recovering lithium market. The conversation also explores exploration upside across the broader Bynoe district, along with emerging gold and critical minerals opportunities elsewhere in the portfolio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nordic Resources targets Kopsa resource growth with high-grade hits
Barry Fitzgerald sits down with Nordic Resources Executive Director Robert Wrixon to discuss recent high-grade drilling at the Kopsa project in central Finland. The pair explore how the results could support resource growth beyond the current estimate, upcoming resource updates and development studies, and the broader potential of the company’s Finnish gold-copper portfolio. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Perpetual Resources adds historic Nevada Tungsten Mine to portfolio
Perpetual Resources is broadening its critical minerals ambitions with a move into the US tungsten sector. In this episode, management discusses the strategic rationale behind the acquisition, what attracted the company to the historic Nevada asset, and how it could complement the broader growth strategy amid increasing focus on secure Western supply chains. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mont Royal advances Ashram Rare Earths Project with key PEA milestone
Mont Royal’s (ASX:MRZ) Ashram rare earths project in Canada has delivered an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA), marking a key milestone in its development pathway. Managing director Nick Holthouse discusses the project’s growing interest from government and industry as Western nations seek to secure alternative rare earth supply chains outside China, with rising strategic attention and support building around the asset. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Waratah targets Australia’s next major multi-million-ounce gold discovery story
Waratah Minerals is rapidly emerging as one of the ASX’s most compelling gold exploration stories, with drilling at the Spur and Consols project pointing to a potentially multi-million-ounce system in New South Wales. In this episode, executive chairman Andrew Stewart discusses the aggressive 80,000-metre drilling campaign, exceptional metallurgical results, exploration upside across a six-kilometre corridor and why Waratah is prioritising long-term scale over short-term milestones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Great Divide Mining advances Challenger with gold offtake deal
Great Divide Mining is advancing toward gold production at its Challenger gold mine in New South Wales after securing a gold concentrate offtake agreement, providing a pathway to near-term cash flow. CEO Justin Haines discusses the company's transition from explorer to producer, plans to expand mining activities and the potential to unlock value from historical workings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Green & Gold Minerals chases copper, gold and indium upside
Green & Gold Minerals (ASX: GG1) is drilling across multiple Queensland projects as it pursues copper, silver, tin, gold and the critical mineral indium. In this episode, director Ted Boulton discusses high-grade rock chip results, the growing significance of indium in AI and semiconductor markets, exploration plans at Herberton and Chiligo, and the company's strategy to advance Mount Wondoo toward production while targeting new discoveries and resource growth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
MinRex advances Serbian gold project amid growing development momentum
MinRex Resources is advancing its Serbian growth strategy with drilling underway at the high-grade Tlamino gold project. In this episode, CEO Max Piirto discusses plans to upgrade and expand the Barje resource, the potential for new discoveries along the broader epithermal system, and the company’s exposure to the prolific Timok copper-gold district. With assays, resource updates and economic studies approaching, MinRex is entering a catalyst-rich period. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Redcastle Resources enters new gold chapter as it transitions to producer
Redcastle Resources is advancing its gold ambitions in Western Australia's Goldfields, with development activities underway and exploration continuing across a growing project portfolio. In this episode, managing director Ron Miller discusses transition from an explorer to producer, recent progress, upcoming milestones and the broader opportunity emerging across the company's highly prospective ground position. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
