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West Australian
03-07-2025
- Business
- West Australian
BMG to test gold targets next to major Eastern Goldfields mine
BMG Resources has kicked off a 30-hole reverse circulation drilling program for a planned 3000 metres at its Bullabulling North gold project near Coolgardie in Western Australia's Eastern Goldfields. The program will follow up high-grade gold results from BMG's earlier scout drilling, which include 2m assaying an impressive 18.1 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 34m, 12m at 2.3g/t gold from 53m and 4m going 10.12g/t gold from 32m. Scout drilling also intersected 4m assaying 2.37g/t gold from 53m and 1m running 10.6g/t gold from 58m. Reconnaissance drilling at Bullabulling North has returned several near-surface intercepts of high-grade gold and identified four priority prospects in the tenement block: Poolmans, Peach, Grizzly and Flame. BMG's encouraging reconnaissance results are supported by historical assays from shallow rotary air-blast (RAB) drilling, which returned 5m at 2.5g/t gold from 36m, 2m running 5.7g/t from 49m, 1m going 3.02g/t gold from 37m, 2m at 1.71g/t gold from 41m and 3m at 5.9g/t gold from 27m. BMG has been further motivated by the project's proximity to explorer Minerals 260's 60-million-tonne, 2.3-million-ounce Bullabulling gold mine. The big mine sits about 14 kilometres south of the centre of BMG's Bullabulling North tenement block within an interpreted continuity of north-south striking greenstone lithologies. The two properties enclose the same or very similar prospective ultramafic rocks. A host of gold occurrences has been mapped along the greenstone trend over a total strike distance of almost 23km from Bullabulling North to about 6km south of the Bullabulling mine. Intriguingly, the narrow but strike-persistent greenstone belt traces a classic sigmoidal or S-shaped structural trend along the entire 23km strike, which offers a possible clue to the regional structural stress regime that might have opened conduits for mineralising solutions and gold deposition sites. That structural model suggests the Bullabulling mine sits on the southern maximum stress centre - the sharpest arc of the 'S' - while BMG's northern tenement block occupies the complementary northern stress centre. BMG has not failed to notice that Bullabulling has become one of the hot addresses in the Eastern Goldfields, following Minerals 260's acquisition of the Bullabulling gold mine, described as one of Australia's biggest near-term gold projects. The mine was formerly owned by privately held Norton Gold Fields, which is majority owned by China's largest gold producer, Zijin Mining Group. The April acquisition of Bullabulling following a $200 million capital raising propelled Tim Goyder's Minerals 260 to a current market capitalisation of just under $250 million. Apart from the Bullabulling North ground, BMG also holds two other strategically located tenement blocks within hailing distance of the Bullabulling gold mine. These include Bullabulling West, centred a mere 4.5km west of the Bullabulling gold mine, and Bullabulling East, a smaller holding on a separate thin greenstone belt, 11.5km east of the big mine. The company's tenement blocks west of Coolgardie are all well-situated, with two of them straddling the Great Eastern Highway. All of BMG's ground offers ready access to existing transport infrastructure, extensive access to experienced mining services and several processing facilities within trucking distance. Meanwhile at BMG's Poolmans prospect, multiple encouraging intercepts include 3m at 5.9g/t gold from 27m, 4m at 10.12g/t gold and 1m at 10.65g/t gold. Drilling at Poolmans will test the extents of gold lodes along strike and down-dip, and also for parallel structures. The company will also drill scissored pairs of holes to better define the strike and dips of possible multiple lodes. BMG expects analytical results in late July to early August. Is your ASX-listed company doing something interesting? Contact:
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Yahoo
$4k worth of equipment stolen in Clearfield County garage burglary
HUSTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WTAJ) — State police in DuBois are investigating a burglary in Clearfield County where thousands of dollars in tools and construction equipment were stolen from a residential garage. Troopers responded June 7 to a report of a break-in at a property along the 9700 block of Bennetts Valley Highway in Huston Township. According to investigators, the victim, a 45-year-old woman from Penfield, reported the theft likely occurred sometime between May 1 and June 7. Among the stolen items are a 2024 Cub Cadet zero-turn lawn mower with a 60-inch deck, four Stihl power saws, a Stihl weed eater, a Grizzly wood planer, and custom-cut oak floorboards. Other reported items include a yellow and blue roof scaffolding set, a 2024 yellow gas generator (brand unknown), a large dark-colored toolbox filled with miscellaneous tools (brand unknown), a torpedo heater (brand unknown), and a roofing shovel. Police said there was no sign of forced entry into the garage. The estimated total value of the stolen items exceeds $4,000. Anyone with information related to the burglary is asked to contact PSP DuBois at (814) 371-4652. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
05-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Asthmatic sharks and 18-foot bears: the movies that were inspired by ‘Jaws'
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Richard Dreyfuss (left) and Robert Shaw watch the shark emerge from the water in "Jaws." Getty Images/Getty Advertisement As part of our tribute to the 50th anniversary of 'Jaws,' here's a notebook on some of the movies its success hath wrought. (I'm saving the sequels to 'Jaws' for another notebook.) So that it doesn't feel like I'm picking on the much-maligned shark, baby or otherwise, I am splitting this into the two most popular pitches filmmakers threw out in the hopes of getting an 'homage' made. Let's start with: 'It's 'Jaws', but with a __________!' Spielberg's ordeal with Bruce, the faulty mechanical shark, initially put producers off financing shark movies. Instead, filmmakers had to search elsewhere in the animal kingdom for their man-eating predators. Boy, did they find plenty of suitable stand-ins! Advertisement In 1976, Louisville-based filmmaker William Girdler had the biggest success of his career with 'Grizzly,' the first official nod to 'Jaws.' Girdler was no stranger to being accused of ripping off popular movies — Warner Bros. sued over his 1974 film, 'Abby,' a.k.a. 'The Black version of 'The Exorcist.'' Because of its low budget, that movie made a lot of money before Warner Bros. had it pulled from theaters. Universal had no such power, as the makers of 'Grizzly' could plead plausible deniability: Its killer was an 18-foot grizzly bear. However, the similarities were so recognizable that the pundits referred to the movie as 'Paws.' Girdler's bear changed sizes multiple times throughout the movie, but is never seen at the advertised height. It was also played by an actual Kodiak bear named Teddy, who was 7 feet shorter than advertised. Like 'Jaws,' the bear's victims included scantily clad women and a kid. Also like 'Jaws,' there's a shot of a disembodied leg, watery jump scares, and the bad guy meets an explosive demise. Both films are surprisingly graphic for their PG rating (though 'Grizzly' is gorier). The most important thing to note, however, is that, like 'Jaws,' 'Grizzly' was a huge hit. I saw it in theaters, so I did my part for the box office grosses. Irish actor Richard Harris in a June 1982 file photo. PA I also saw 1977's 'Orca' in theaters. Its inclusion here is a bit of dirty pool on my part, because the Dino De Laurentiis production isn't exactly ''Jaws' with a killer whale.' It's more like 'Death Wish' with a killer whale. After killing a great white shark, a male orca sees his wife and baby brutally killed by heartless Richard Harris's boat crew. Advertisement The whale seeks a deserved revenge on Harris and the fishing village he inhabits, killing most of the crew and busting up fuel pipes. Targets includes Bo Derek who, like the guy in 'Jaws' and the kid in 'Grizzly,' winds up losing a leg. Eventually, the orca finds Harris and gets justice for everyone who hated Harris's Shelley Winters in the 1970 film "Bloody Mama," directed by Roger Corman. American International Pictures The same year, American International Pictures gave us 'Tentacles,' where beachgoers are attacked by — you guessed it! — a gigantic octopus. This sucker kills people real good, too. An all-star cast includes John Huston as a hero and Henry Fonda as the bad guy. Shelley Winters costars as Huston's sister. Bo Hopkins plays the Quint stand-in, an expert who sends his killer whales to turn that octopus into pulpo. Paul Bartel in the 1978 movie "Piranha," directed by Joe Dante. New World Pictures It's no surprise that two of the most entertaining 'Jaws' homages were written by legendary filmmaker John Sayles. In 1978, Sayles worked on 'Piranha' for Roger Corman's New World Pictures. B-movie mainstays Barbara Steele, Kevin McCarthy, and Dick Miller costar with a school of ravenous, genetically engineered piranha. Director Joe Dante doesn't scrimp on the gory mayhem; the piranha chew up an entire lake's worth of spring breakers and summer camp kids. Alas, the fishes couldn't devour the other Jaws rip-off that opened the same summer, 'Jaws 2.' Sayles also wrote 1980's Robert Forster vehicle, 'Alligator.' The script brings to life the urban legend about baby alligators flushed down the commode. This one grows to gargantuan size due to discarded growth hormones in the sewer. After chowing down on sewer workers and an obnoxious tabloid reporter (his demise is truly terrifying), the gator takes to the streets. Victims include cops and an unlucky kid tossed into a swimming pool (children do not fare well in these movies). Advertisement A maid at a swanky wedding gets bitten in the worst possible place by the gator before it suffers the same fate as the shark in 'Jaws.' Speaking of sharks, that leads us to the second movie pitch heard at studios everywhere: 'Jaws was a hit! Let's make another movie with a shark!' Ignoring the 'Jaws' sequels leads me first to 1977's 'Tintorera,' a Mexican film starring Susan George ('Straw Dogs') as a Brit touring in Mexico. You probably want to hear about the asthmatic tiger shark (it sounds like an obscene phone call) chewing up skinny-dippers, but trust me: The homoerotic throuple George forms with an American businessman and a Mexican swimming instructor is the real draw. This trashy movie is loaded with sex and full frontal nudity. No wonder the shark is panting! Four years later, an Italian film called 'Great White' opened to good business in American theaters. I remember seeing the poster and thinking 'wow, that looks a lot like 'Jaws'!' You know who else had that exact thought? Universal Pictures. They Samuel L. Jackson in 2019. Jordan Strauss/Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Fast-forward 18 years to the best film about a shark since 'Jaws,' Renny Harlin's 'Deep Blue Sea.' Mutant CGI sharks attack an underwater facility, but don't worry! Samuel L. Jackson is the star of this movie. He even gets a rousing speech about how he's going to kick some shark fin. That speech ends with one of the most shocking (and hilarious) jump scares ever shown to a stunned audience. Advertisement Another 21st-century badass, Jason Statham, takes on Bruce the Shark's ancestor, the megalodon, in 2018's 'The Meg.' Yet another research facility is in danger, this time from a 75-foot-long CGI effect. You get two Spielberg rip-offs in one film: 'Jaws' and 'Jurassic Park'! And just like those two movies, 'The Meg' spawned its own rip-off of a sequel. Last, but not least is 'Open Water,' an anticlimactic bore that made me think of Quint's magnificent speech about the USS Indianapolis shark attack. An unlikable married pair of scuba divers are left stranded in shark-infested waters. All the movie does is wait for them to get eaten. It's a long wait. Odie Henderson is the Boston Globe's film critic.
Hamilton Spectator
07-05-2025
- General
- Hamilton Spectator
Member of beloved grizzly bear family hit and killed in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park
MOOSE, Wyo. (AP) — A 5-year-old bear that was a member of a well-known and beloved grizzly family in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park died after it was hit by a vehicle, the same fate that befell his mother late last year, wildlife officials said Tuesday. Park rangers found the body of the male bear, known as Grizzly No. 1058, about 125 yards (114 meters) from Highway 26 near the Buffalo Fork River on Tuesday. The bear was one of four cubs that emerged in May 2020 with their mother, Grizzly No. 399, who was often called the world's most famous grizzly bear. Grizzly No. 399, who was beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers, was hit and killed by a vehicle in October on a highway south of Jackson, Wyoming. Park officials used wildlife tags to confirm the relationship between the two bears. Grizzly No. 1058 had been seen occasionally in the park since he was weened in 2022, but no sightings of him had been reported this spring. After he was hit by the vehicle, he made his way to a patch of willows, where he died. Park officials said Tuesday he may have been dead for several days before his body was found. At 28 years old, No. 399 was the oldest known reproducing female grizzly in the Yellowstone ecosystem. Each spring, wildlife enthusiasts eagerly awaited her emergence from her den to see how many cubs she had birthed over the winter — then quickly shared the news online. The bear had 18 known cubs in eight litters over the years, including the litter of four in 2020. She stood around 7 feet (2.1 meters) tall and weighed about 400 pounds (180 kilograms). Named for the identity tag attached to her ear by researchers, the grizzly was often seen near roads in Grand Teton, drawing crowds and creating traffic jams. The driver who struck and killed No. 399 was not speeding, and the bear's death was ruled an accident. Park officials have not released any additional details about the crash that killed No. 1058.
Scotsman
02-05-2025
- General
- Scotsman
There may be a new summer menace but it won't beat the midgie
Disturbing news reaches us from our friends at Glasgow University of a new summer menace. No longer are mosquitoes the bug of foreign holidays, requiring nets, lotions and those funny whirly things you burn. They are here. Everywhere. And they are just buzzing about it. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... The experts said little about the impact of these new flying pest on our native midge population. This is worrying. The mosquitoes have reached all our coasts, even in the far north We have been here before. An upstart Yankie incomer nearly drove our red squirrels into oblivion until a spirited fightback saw the native population rise. In the words of one official report, Scotland was described as the red squirrels 'stronghold', as if Squirrel McNutkin now paced the battlements, armoured up 'Game of Thrones' style, snarling 'Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough' at the advancing army of grey nut-nickers. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The midge could face the same threat from the mozzie and I for one am not cool with this. Don't get me wrong. I have no great love for the midgie. It is a pest, but it is our pest, and therefore we should cherish it. Other nations may have snakes, killer sharks and bears that do unmentionable things in the woods, but we have the ultimate blood sucking terror, the midgie. It's not so much an insect as a weather system, an all-encompassing cloud of mini-vampires, capable of penetrating the toughest of outdoor gear with ease. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Bites can appear on any part of the human body, including that bit in the very middle of your back that you can never reach under any circumstances and really starts to itch at about 2.30 in the morning. The high-pitched whine exactly matches the maddening frequency of two five-year-olds in the car constantly asking if 'we're there yet'. There's not a Scot in the world who hasn't taken a sharp breath, sooked a midgie up the nose and subsequently felt it slip down the throat. It is small, it is annoying, it is unbeatable. Oh, I know there's chat of a body lotion that keeps them at bay, but when I was young the only thing that saved us from the midgies was my dad smoking his pipe. It was a tough call. Bite now, itch later or choke under a cloud of rancid tobacco smoke. We should be proud of our home-grown predator. Hollywood bestowed immortal film glory on sharks, bears and crocodiles in Jaws, Grizzly and Rogue, but even they have shied away from the horror that is The Midgie. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The mosquitoes have reached all our coasts, even in the far north where, in the words of a scientist 'a member of the public in Shetland reported a mosquito which we were able to confirm'. No doubt they did, although you do have to wonder just how they did the confirming. Perhaps Shetland is awash with mozzie-spotters, like WW2 ARP wardens, ready to spring into action at the first hint of an incoming swarm. The lovely people at the Mosquito Scotland research project are still looking for help from us, so if you spot a mozzie, log on and let them know. But I'm telling you here and now, the only example they'll get from me will be bug bits splattered across the Sport Section of the Edinburgh Evening News. I stand by the midgie. Buzz off, mozzie.
