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We’ve ranked the top 101 Mineral companies in Western. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Mineral Companies & Startups (Western)
Vimy Resources
Vimy Resources is a resource development company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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AVZ MINERALS
AVZ Minerals is a mineral exploration company focused on developing the Manono Lithium and Tin Project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Founder(s): Jan de Jager, Nigel Ferguson
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Project Management
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Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia
Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia is a supplier of lithium products.
Founder(s):
Location: Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Chemical, Mineral, Mining
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Tietto minerals
Tietto minerals developing and exploring gold projects in Ivory Coast and Liberia.
Founder(s): Caigen Wang, Ugochukwu Daniel Ejekwu
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Liontown Resources
Liontown Resources Limited battery metals exploration and development company that has expertise Lithium-Tantalum Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Battery, Mineral
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Hot Chili
Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) is an explorer, developer, and mining company that focuses on copper-gold projects.
Founder(s): Christian Ervin Easterday
Location: Applecross, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Industrial, Mineral, Precious Metals
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Eagle Mountain Mining
Eagle Mountain Mining Limited is a metal mining & exploration company that deals with exploration, development & mining of copper & gold.
Founder(s): Charles Bass, Rick Crabb
Location: Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Boss Energy
Boss Resources Limited is an minerals exploration company with uranium province, gold and oil shale projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Galaxy Resources
Galaxy Resources is an Australian company that is involved in lithium production facilities, brine assets, and hard rock mines.
Founder(s):
Location: Applecross, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Chemical, Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology, Precious Metals
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Sierra Rutile
Sierra Rutile is a leading mineral sands company, operating world-class assets in Sierra Leone.
Founder(s):
Location: Freetown, Western Area, Sierra Leone
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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New Century Resources
New Century Resources is an ASX-listed mineral exploration company.
Founder(s): Patrick Walta
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Horizon Minerals
Horizon Minerals is an emerging mid-tier gold producer with high quality projects located in the heart of the West Australian goldfields.
Founder(s):
Location: Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Millennium Minerals
A Western Australian gold producer .
Founder(s): Peter Cash
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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MZI Resources
MZI Resources is a mineral sands company
Founder(s):
Location: East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Peninsula Energy
Peninsula Energy Limited (PEN) is an uranium mining company that is commenced in-situ recovery uranium operations.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Energy, Mineral, Precious Metals
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Walkabout Resources
Walkabout Resources Ltd is an innovative African focussed energy minerals developer majorly engaged in graphite mineral.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Energy, Mineral, Mining
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Greenland Minerals
Greenland Minerals is an Australian exploration company.
Founder(s): Simon Cato
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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New World Resources
New World Resources is a company focused on the exploration and development of mineral resources projects in North America.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Caravel Minerals
Caravel Minerals is a copper exploration and development firm pioneering the discovery of a new copper porphyry district.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Wolf Minerals
Wolf Minerals is specialty metals producer from its operations at Drakelands, a major global tungsten mine in the United Kingdom.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency, Mineral
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Peel Mining
Peel Mining Ltd is an Australian company focused on exploring and developing precious base metals resources.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Auroch Minerals
Auroch Minerals is a company that seeks to create a portfolio by discovering, exploring and ultimately developing minerals.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Black Rock Mining
Black Rock Mining interest in Tanzania’s Mahenge Project which hosts a multi-generational resource graphite flake resource.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Titan Minerals
Titan Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration company majorly engaged in gold mining projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Star Minerals
Star Minerals is a gold explorer, with an advanced development-ready project and extensive land holdings.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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American Pacific Borates
APBL has an experienced and knowledgeable board and management team that is firmly committed to the Fort Cady project growth.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Blackham Resources Limited
Blackham Resources Limited is an Australia-based company. The Company is engaged in mineral exploration and development.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining Technology, Trading Platform
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Zenith Minerals
Zenith Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration company exploring & developing high-quality lithium, gold and base metals projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Venture Minerals
Venture Minerals Limited is a mineral exploration company striving to discover and develop world class mineral deposits.
Founder(s): Andrew Radonjic
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Predictive Discovery
Predictive Discovery is operates as a gold exploration company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Carawine Resources
Carawine Resources is a exploration company focus on mineral deposits within Autstralia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Avanco Resources
Avanco Resources Limited is a Brazilian focused exploration and development company
Founder(s): Tony Polglase
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Advanced Materials, Mineral, Natural Resources
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Bryah Resources
Bryah Resources operates as a mineral exploration company in Western Australia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Ironbark Zinc
Ironbark Zinc Ltd is a resources firm that aims to deliver shareholder value through the development of base metal mining operations.
Founder(s): Jonathan Downes
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Podium Minerals
Podium Minerals is an exploration and resources development company focused on platinum group metals, gold & nickel-copper sulphides.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Antipa Minerals
Antipa Minerals is a mineral exploration company
Founder(s): Roger Mason
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Prospect Resources
Prospect Resources is an Africa-focused battery minerals company.
Founder(s): Sam Hosack
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Strike Resources
Strike is an international mineral exploration company with a focus on developing its Apurimac Iron Ore Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Capricorn Metals
Capricorn Metals is a fast-growing gold firm that is well advanced to begin establishing a new, large open pit mining project in Australia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Australian American Mining Corporation
The Australian American Mining Corporation is a US-focused uranium and gold exploration company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Manufacturing, Mineral, Mining
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Jindalee Resources
Jindalee Resources Limited is a company to create wealth for shareholders through the discovery of mineral deposits.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Ardiden Limited
Ardiden is an Australian mineral exploration company seeking to generate shareholder wealth by identifying
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Industrial, Mineral, Wealth Management
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Redstone Resources
Redstone Resources Limited was established in 1999 and began acquiring mineral exploration properties in the West Musgrave region.
Founder(s): Anthony Alexander Ailakis
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Natural Resources, Renewable Energy
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Great Southern Mining
Great Southern Mining Limited is a mineral exploration company that deals with the exploration & mining activities of gold-silver deposits.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Azure Minerals
Azure is an ASX-listed mineral exploration company developing mining projects in northern Mexico.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining Technology, Natural Resources
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Fraser Range Metals Group
Fraser Range Metals Group is an early stage explorer for gold & base metals at Mt Adrah in the Lachlan Fold (NSW) & the Fraser Range (WA).
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Sovereign Metals
Sovereign Metals Ltd is focused on exploration and development of the large and highly prospective, 100% – owned rutile located in Malawi.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Gold Road Resources
Gold Road Resources Limited is a mid-tier gold producer that involves in the exploration & mining of gold deposits.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Vulcan Energy Resources
Vulcan Energy Resources Ltd is a junior mineral exploration company that is exploring and developing battery metals projects in Europe.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Energy, Mineral
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Ausdrill
Ausdrill is a diversified mining services company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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NKwe Platinum Limited
NKwe Platinum Limited is a PGM exploration and development company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Barminco Ltd.
Barminco engages in hard rock underground mining, setting industry benchmarks in safety, service, and knowledge.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Ferrum Crescent
Ferrum Crescent is an Australia-based company, which is principally engaged in the exploration for minerals.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Manufacturing, Mineral, Mining
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Trigg Mining
Trigg Mining is a resources exploration company that explores essential potassium fertiliser, sulphate of potash (SOP) for food production.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Agriculture, Mineral, Mining
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Cougar Metals NL
Cougar Metals NL is a mineral exploration & drilling company dealing with gold, lithium, graphite & nickel drilling projects & business.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Falcon Minerals
Falcon Minerals is a mining and metal company.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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GRD Limited
GRD Limited is an engineering and project development company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Industrial Engineering, Mineral
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Gryphon Minerals
Gryphon Minerals is a producer of gold and focus on advancing its 100%-owned Banfora Gold Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Golden State Mining
Golden State Mining Limited is an exploration & mining company that deals with gold & base metals exploration & mining business.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Surefire Resources Nl
Surefire Resources NL is a base metals focussed company that specializes in project development from resource through to operations.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Ragusa Minerals
Ragusa Minerals is a gold exploration and development company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Celsius Resources Ltd.
Celsius Resources Ltd. principally engaged in the business of mineral exploration.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Strike Drilling
Strike Drilling is an air core and reverse circulation drilling services company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Tian Poh
Tian Poh is an mining industry involved in the exploration of coal and copper assets in Mongolia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology
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Aruma Resources
Aruma resources is a mineral exploration company specializing in exploration and development of gold projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology, Precious Metals
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Manas Resources
Manas Resources is a gold exploration and mining company with assets in West Africa.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Firebird Metals
Firebird Metals is engaged in mining exploring activities
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology, Precious Metals
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Miramar Resources
Miramar Resources is a mineral exploration company focused on gold exploration projects
Founder(s):
Location: South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Athena Resources
Athena Resources is an exploration mining company specialized in mineral and mining operations.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology, Precious Metals
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Ardea Resources
Ardea Resources is a focused developer and explorer. High quality suite of development and exploration assets.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Fenix Resources
Fenix Resources Ltd is a mineral exploration company working on high grade iron ore in their flagship Ridge Iron Ore Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Castillo Copper
Castillo Copper is based on a metal explorer focusing primarily on copper, then on nickel, zinc & cobalt, embarking on a strategic shift.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Lanka Aluminium Industries
Lanka Aluminium Industries manufactures and sale aluminium extrusions products.
Founder(s):
Location: Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka
Industries: Manufacturing, Mineral
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Alto Metals
Alto Metals Limited is a WA-based Australia-based company concentrating on gold mining, offering competitive returns to shareholders.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Medallion Metals
Medallion Metals focuses on exploration of minerals like gold, silver, copper, lead and others.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Helix Resources
Helix Resources Limited is a minerals exploration company that aims to identify, acquire, and develop projects in prospective jurisdictions.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Ora Banda Mining
Ora Banda Mining (ASX: OBM) is a uniquely positioned gold exploration and development company, and owner of the Davyhurst Gold Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Apollo Consolidated
Apollo Integrated is a gold exploration company that owns an promising tenement portfolio and is positioning itself as one of the new wave.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Sunshine Gold
Sunshine Gold is focused on developing gold and copper projects
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Mining Technology, Precious Metals
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Peregrine Gold
Peregrine Gold are into mineral exploration.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Battery Minerals
Battery Minerals is an advanced stage mineral exploration and development company focussed on its Montepuez and Balama Graphite Projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Kalamazoo Resources
Kalamazoo Resources is a gold and copper exploration, development and production company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Catalyst Metals
Catalyst Metals Limited is a mineral exploration firm listed on the Australian Stock Exchange which holds stakes in advanced gold projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Jadar Resources
Jadar Resources is a mining company with diversified asset portfolio across gold, silver, lithium and borate with projects at varying stage.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Venus Metals Corporation
Venus Metals is a mineral exploration and production company focusing on Australian gold and battery-associated metals exploration projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Gwr Group
Gwr Group Limited is a resource house/company that provides mineral exploration, mining & development business.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Corazon Mining
Corazon Mining is an explorer of base metal with projects in the Lynn Lake mining camp of historical nickel-copper, a nickel producing area.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Hawkstone Mining
Hawkstone Mining Limited is an exploration & mining company that is investing in lithium exploration projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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Taruga Minerals
Taruga Minerals Ltd is a mineral exploration company focusing on acquiring & developing prospective Cobalt, Copper & Lithium projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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Technology Metals Australia
Technology Metals Australia Ltd is a minerals exploration company focused on developing its 100% owned flagship Gabanintha Vanadium Project.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining
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VATUKOULA GOLD MINES
VATUKOULA GOLD MINES is a gold producer based in the Pacific Island of Fiji.
Founder(s):
Location: Tavua, Western, Fiji
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Firefly Resources
Firefly Resources Limited is a company focusing on exploring and developing high-grade gold projects in Australia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Cauldron Energy
Cauldron Energy is a Perth-based resource development company poised for growth with a suite of uranium and base metal projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Thundelarra
Ora Gold is a gold mining company, the key goal being Western Australia (WA) and the new geographical focus.
Founder(s):
Location: Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Precious Metals
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Helios Energy
Helios Energy is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas properties.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Energy, Mineral, Oil and Gas
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Critical Resources
Critical Resources is a highly prospective base metals exploration company.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining, Natural Resources
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Hexagon Energy Materials
Hexagon Energy Materials Limited is an energy materials business firm aiming in downstream graphite & rare earths processing to cash-flow.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Energy, Mineral
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Sirius Resources
Our vision is to provide multiple returns on your investment through the discovery of high value mineral resources.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Mining Technology
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BPM Minerals
BPM Minerals is into mining exploration activities with three projects in Western Australia.
Founder(s):
Location: Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Infrastructure, Mineral, Mining
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Poseidon Nickel
Poseidon has developed the Windarra Nickel Project and recently purchased the Lake Johnston and Black Swan Nickel Projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral, Precious Metals
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Zinc Of Ireland Nl
Zinc of Ireland NL is a Perth-based zinc exploration company creating and delivering value from its high grade Irish-Type zinc projects.
Founder(s):
Location: Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Industries: Mineral
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