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Business · 19 Oct 2026Great Southern Mining Reports High-Grade Gold Hits at Amy Clarke Prospect

Great Southern Mining has reported high-grade gold intercepts from maiden reverse circulation drilling at its Amy Clarke prospect within the Duketon gold project near Laverton in Western Australia. The best result returned 5 metres grading 6.71 grams per tonne gold from 51 metres, including a 3-metre section at 10.4 g/t gold. The drilling tested zones along a 4.7-kilometre mineralised corridor and extended known mineralisation down-dip by up to 50 metres.

Australia · 18 Oct 2026Two arrested after Greenpeace activists occupy Woodside gas platform off WA coast

Two Greenpeace activists have been taken into police custody after occupying a Woodside gas platform about 200 kilometres off Western Australia's coast, disrupting operations at the company's Scarborough natural gas project and drawing a response from the Australian Border Force and federal and state agencies.