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Industry Roundup: Rethinking Headspace SPME: Parallel Extraction for MS Workflows
News|Articles|October 26, 2026 Author(s)Terry Bates , John Chasse Quantera Analytical’s Terry Bates discusses parallel headspace extraction for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) and direct analysis in real time–mass spectrometry (DART–MS) analysis. For decades, headspace solid-phase microextraction (SPME) has been the workhorse sample preparation technique for gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC–MS) analysis of trace-level volatiles in food, beverages, and fragrances.
The Crucial Role of Human-Centered Thinking in AI Development
In the age of rapid technological advancements, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) has been nothing short of revolutionary. However, as we delve deeper into the realm of AI, it becomes increasingly evident that the success of this technology is deeply intertwined with human-centered thinking and design. The Evolution of AI and Human-Centered Design The history of AI dates back to the mid-20th century, with the term "artificial intelligence" being coined at the Dartmouth Conference in 1956.
Antilles mine plans boosted by more Cuban copper hits Original
Antilles Gold believes new copper intervals have confirmed the near-term development potential of its El Pilar oxide copper-gold deposit in Cuba and says production could start as early as 2025. The company has completed 3000m of diamond drilling from a 7000m program and results reveal copper intersections of 13m at 2.12 per cent copper from 80m and 5m grading 1.46 per cent copper 40m.
Final permits green light Galan Lithium constructionBulls N’ Bears Original
Galan Lithium’s Hombre Muerto West (HMW) lithium brine project in Argentina is now full steam ahead after securing all permitting required to clear the way for construction. The vital approvals from the “Catamarca Ministro – Ministerio de Mineria (Mines Department Minister) clear the way for the development of ponds, plant, a laboratory, a 200-person camp, power supply and other infrastructure to support production.
Alto adds lithium blue sky to Sandstone gold project Original
Alto Metals is planning to turn the ground at its Indomitable prospect into Swiss cheese in an aggressive hunt for gold extensions – particularly at depth – at the site near the Western Australian town of Sandstone. The company says recent drilling results at its prospect has demonstrated the potential for a significant high-grade gold system.
Penny’s gold mine looms as prosperous find for Horizon Original
Horizon Minerals is charging towards a resource estimate upgrade after completing 2552m of drilling in eight holes at its wholly-owned and fully-permitted Penny’s Find underground gold mine, 50km north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. The latest results show its high-grade gold lode is open at depth plunging northward, with intercepts including 3.2m at 4.19 grams per tonne gold from 318.3m, 1m grading 7.49g/t from 363.9m and 0.78m going 12.85g/t gold from 331.48m.
Dart homes in on Victorian lithium pegmatites Original
Dart Mining has ploughed through 2200m of a 3000m diamond drilling program at its lithium-caesium-tantalum (LCT) pegmatite project in Victoria’s Dorchap Range. Drilling has been completed at the company’s Eagle, Fergusson’s and Blair’s dykes, while a 10th hole is being drilled at Boone’s dyke and the final three holes of the 13-hole program will soon begin at the Rhoda Creek dyke.
Aruma hunting unconformity rare earths in Pilbara Original
Aruma Resources has kicked off its hunt for rare earths at its Saltwater project in Western Australia’s emerging Pilbara province. The company’s fieldwork will consist of detailed mapping and extensive surface sampling through an 80km strike length of what it has identified as a prospective horizon, with work to start at a 15km-long priority radiometric target.
Conico JV adds scandium into Mt Thirsty cup Original
Conico Limited has revealed more shallow, thick and high-grade nickel-cobalt-manganese-scandium results from the remaining five drill holes at its Mt Thirsty joint-venture (JV) project, 15km north-west of the Western Australian town of Norseman.
Vulcan set to herald birth of new European lithium era Original
Vulcan Energy Resources is a step closer to becoming the world’s first integrated lithium chemicals and renewable energy producer after installing a key piece of plant at its zero-carbon lithium project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley brine field. Uniquely, the project will produce clean geothermal power for its own use and for sale into the market, in addition to lithium hydroxide.
Octava drilling for lithium elephants in Pilbara
Octava Minerals has started its maiden drilling program at its Pinnacle Well prospect in an area in Western Australia’s Pilbara region known as “lithium elephant country”. Drilling at the prospect, which is part of the company’s Talga project, will test a significant lithium-soil and rock-chip sample anomaly, including a 1.5km pegmatite which is showing visible lithium mineralisation.
Castle drilling to set graphite production studies in motion Original
Castle Minerals has launched a 35-hole, 4100m RC resource upgrade drilling campaign at its Ghanaian Kambale graphite deposit that boasts a JORC resource of 15.6 million tonnes at 9 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC) for 1.41 million tonnes of graphite. The company says a material volume of mineralisation confirmed by first-pass drilling could be added to its resource estimate with only a modest infill program.
Paddy’s Lode looms as gold game-changer for Venus, Rox
Venus Metals Corporation has revealed what it believes could be “game-changing” high-grade drill results in its joint venture (JV) with Rox Resources after uncovering the faulted extension – now known as Paddy’s Lode –of the 4-million-ounce Youanmi gold deposit. The initial JV discovery hole returned a bonanza 28m at 34.81 grams per tonne gold and further diamond drilling has now intersected a high-grade lode 200m further south.
Emu hails discovery of new WA rare earths region Original
A new rare earths zone appears to be emerging in Western Australia’s Great Southern region, with Emu NL reporting an intriguing discovery in the town of Jerramungup, 450km south-east of Perth. The company says it found significant rare earths mineralisation in a maiden five-hole drill campaign at its project known as Viper, while drilling around the historic Netty mine looking for copper and precious metals.
Venture reaches for lithium, copper future in $4.5m deal Original
Venture Minerals and SensOre have inked a farm-in agreement to explore the former’s Golden Grove North project with artificial intelligence technology to define the operation’s potential for lithium and copper.
Lithium Energy jumps on back of giant US$10.6b merger Original
A stakes-raising US$10.6 billion (AU$15.8 million) merger this week has boosted the prospects of Lithium Energy, which has continued its run of massive lithium brine intersections at its Solaroz project in the world-class Salar de Olaroz lithium brine basin in Argentina. The company says the show-stopping deal between Australian giant Allkem and US group Livent also shines a bright light on its neighbouring operation.
Iron ore drilling reveals nickel sulphides for Macarthur Original
Macarthur Minerals has identified the potential for a significant komatiite-hosted nickel sulphide mineralised system at its wholly-owned Lake Giles project, 150km north-west of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. The company has a significant database of drilling results from iron ore exploration and a review has revealed 319 holes with results greater than 0.1 per cent nickel, including 150 holes with more than 0.2 per cent nickel.
Quantum JV gains key rights to grid energy storage battery Original
Quantum Graphite’s half-owned joint venture (JV) company has gained original equipment-manufacture (OEM) intellectual property rights to Sunlands Co.’s thermal energy storage (TES) battery cell being aimed at revolutionising the grid-connected energy storage market. The company says the new JV company’s name will be changed from Quantum Sunlands Partnership to Sunlands Power.
Brightstar sets sights on extending Laverton gold deposit Original
Brightstar Resources has extended its 252,000-ounce Cork Tree Well gold deposit, 30km north of Laverton in Western Australia’s Northern Goldfields, with a successful 6000m, 30 RC hole-drilling campaign. Assays confirm gold-mineralised extensions along strike and at depth with mineralisation still open at depth and along strike to the north.
Infinity continues forward moves at Spanish lithium project
Infinity Lithium is pushing closer towards mining licence and environmental authorisation submissions for its San José lithium project in Spain following positive government permitting recommendations. The finalisation of the Extremadura regional government’s Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Document (EIA), compiled by its General Directorate for Sustainability, classes the project as compatible with environmental and land use requirements.
Reserves boost pumps up CZR iron ore project in Pilbara Original
CZR Resources has cranked up its Pilbara-based Robe Mesa iron ore reserves by a massive 230 per cent to 27.3 million tonnes at 55 per cent iron, or 62.2 per cent iron after calcining. The company’s boosted reserves underpin an initial eight-year mine plan production of 3.5 million tonnes per annum with a cash cost (C1) of $57 a tonne and an impressive internal rate of return of 70 per cent at an iron ore price of $131.1 per tonne.
Panton PGM hunt hotting up for Octava in Kimberley
Octava Minerals’ joint venture (JV) partner Future Metals, which operates their Panton North project in WA’s Kimberley region, is set to start exploration drilling on an interpreted extension of the neighbouring 5-million-ounce Panton platinum group metals deposit. The hulking deposit sits in the Future ground that adjoins Panton North.
Askari to hit Namibian lithium targets after raising $2.5m Original
Askari Metals will accelerate lithium exploration at its Uis project in Namibia after meeting the conditions for $2.5 million in strategic equity investment by global battery materials supplier Huayou International Resources. Huayou will subscribe for 4.5 million fully-paid ordinary shares in Askari at an issue price of 55 cents per share and will receive one free attaching option for every three shares purchased.
Infinity to drill EM anomaly and ultramafic nickel target Original
Infinity Mining will kick off a maiden 1700m RC drilling program at its Brisbane nickel-chromium prospect in Western Australia’s Pilbara region early next month. The company has released plans to drill 10 holes across its ultramafic basal contact target where previous rock chips returned up to 0.764 per cent nickel and 0.892 per cent chromium.
New gold resource boosts Meeka project in Murchison
Meeka Metals has bumped its total Murchison gold project resource up to 12.7 million tonnes at 3 grams per tonne for 1.215 million ounces of gold after revealing an initial oxide gold resource from its St Anne’s deposit. The St Annes resource of 270,000 tonnes at 2.8g/t gold for 25,000 ounces is viewed by the company as conservative as it is entirely constrained by a price of $2600 per ounce of gold pit shells and all in the indicated resource category.
Aruma gets good sighter on Mt Deans lithium potential
Aruma Resources has produced lithium concentrate from early metallurgical testwork at its Mt Deans project, 10km from the WA town of Norseman. Floatation works have recovered 80 per cent of the lithium into 25 per cent of the mass, with capture of tantalum, tin, potassium, rubidium and caesium giving the prospect of valuable additional by-products. Initial testwork was undertaken on RC drill chips and the company indicated a possible slimes increase and a reduction in the recovery of metals.
Horizon targets high-grade gold resource growth Original
Horizon Minerals is targeting extensions to its known resource at depth and in a new lode system to the north at its high-grade Penny’s Find gold deposit, 50km north-east of Kalgoorlie. The company plans to drill 2400m of RC with diamond core tails and aims to increase its existing resource of 270,000 tonnes at 4.99 grams per tonne gold for 43,000 ounces, with 81 per cent in the indicated category.
Assays indicate major lithium resource upgrade for Latin Original
Latin Resources is closing in on a major updated resource estimate at its Colina lithium deposit in Brazil, with eight drilling rigs now smashing out 65,000m in its current campaign. The Colina deposit already has a resource of 13.3 million tonnes at 1.2 per cent lithium oxide.
Pegmatite targets galore boost Everest’s Mt Edon project Original
Everest Metals believes the identification of a raft of new pegmatites has significantly boosted the potential of its Mt Edon mining lease near the former Western Australian gold rush settlement of Paynes Find. The company last month completed Deep Ground Penetration Radar (DGPR) survey over 21 line kilometres and interpretation of the results shows 133 pegmatite-like anomalies prospective for lithium-tantalum and rare earths mineralisation that extends to depths greater than 50m.
Browns Range rare earth project on track for Northern
Northern Minerals’ definitive feasibility study for its Browns Range rare earths project in WA is on track to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year, as it continues to develop mining, metallurgical processing and plant and engineering design studies. The mining strategy has been determined as an open pit to 125m depth, followed by an underground mine at its Wolverine deposit. Dysprosium and neodymium are key drivers of Northern Minerals’ Browns Range project.
Javelin orders more drilling to probe Malamute project
Javelin Minerals has ordered more air-core drilling at its Malamute rare earths and metals project, about 10km south-east of Tottenham in central New South Wales. The company will drill 18 new holes to follow up a 40-hole air-core program in 2019 that intersected significant lateritic material overlying ultramafic and mafic rock units within the Minemoorong Ultramafic complex. The intrusive forms a prominent egg-shaped magnetic anomaly that sits almost entirely within Javelin’s ground.
Vulcan to fund lithium hydroxide plant with $265m cash injection Original
It is looking increasingly likely that Vulcan Energy may be able to build its proposed €322m (AU$530m) lithium hydroxide plant in Germany without putting its hand in its pocket. A freshly signed term sheet with big European chemical and energy producer Nobian GmbH will see Nobian tip €161m (AU$265m) into a 50/50 JV vehicle which Vulcan says should be enough to secure debt funding for the remainder of the capex required to build the plant.
Western Mines continues run with long nickel intersection Original
Current market darling Western Mines Group has continued a strong recent share price run after completing 400m of drilling at hole MTD026 at its Mulga Tank nickel-copper-platinum group element project, 150km north-east of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. After starting the month at a share price of just 12 cents, it hit a company high of 90 cents in today’s intraday trading on the back of its latest news.
Infinity drills set to spin off back of Govt grant Original
Infinity Mining will conduct a maiden drilling program at its Brisbane nickel prospect in the Pilbara region, following a successful bid to secure $117,810 in WA Government grant funding. The company, which has committed to funding the remainder of the $268,720 project, previously took 35 rock-chip samples from across the basal contact of the magnesium-rich ultramafic intrusive rocks of the Dalton Suite, returning up to 0.764 per cent nickel and 0.892 per cent chromium.
Westgold quarter produces 60,512 profitable ounces of gold Original
Westgold Resources produced 60,512 ounces of gold in the last quarter at an all-in sustaining cost (AISC) of $2094 an ounce and the company has revealed cash and liquid assets of $168 million at the end of the period. Management says it sees opportunities in “every one of our mines”. It says production is on track to be at the upper end of guidance with costs in the mid-range. The company has reported a positive mine operating cash flow of $32 million, up $8 million on the previous quarter.
Castle sharpens focus on Woodcutters lithium targets Original
Castle Minerals has defined five priority lithium targets through soil sampling at its Woodcutters project, which sits midway between Western Australia’s Bald Hill lithium-tantalum mine and the Buldania lithium deposit, some 75km north-east of Norseman. The anomalies within the State’s lithium corridor are in a favourable geological setting, 25km south-west and along strike from Bald Hill. Castle is now rallying to the site to map and sample outcropping pegmatites.
New Dart data shows Rushworth structure akin to Fosterville Original
Dart Mining has used Airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data to identify several historic surface gold workings and says it confirms the structural model at its wholly-owned Rushworth Goldfield tenements in Victoria. The data was collected from a 72-square-kilometre area across the entire goldfield and has generated a substantial number of gold targets for follow-up geological investigation.
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