Drill Result Muddies Ausquest Prospects

IN THE iron ore game, it's all about location. Without a railway and port system worth billions of dollars, it's impossible to ship the bulk commodity to Asian steelmakers. So, back in November, when tiny West Australian explorer AusQuest announced it had picked up prospective iron ore acreage just 5 kilometres from Rio Tinto's Tom Price mining centre in the Pilbara, it sounded almost too good to be true. And it got even better: Rio agreed to take up a $1 million share placement in AusQuest in ...

The Very Best Dungog Has To Offer

HISTORIC Wakefield, one of Dungog's finest acreage properties, will be auctioned by Dillon and Sons First National Real Estate on July 8.