Manuka Resources (ASX: MKR) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Manuka Resources is a mineral exploration and development company focused on gold, silver, and critical minerals in Australia and New Zealand.
Manuka Resources
Manuka Resources is a mineral exploration and development company focused on gold, silver, and critical minerals in Australia and New Zealand. The company holds key precious metal assets in the Cobar Basin of central west New South Wales, including the Wonawinta Silver Project with its fully permitted carbon-in-leach processing plant, as well as the historic high-grade Mt Boppy Gold Mine. Through its subsidiary Trans-Tasman Resources, Manuka Resources is also advancing the offshore Taranaki VTM Project in New Zealand's Exclusive Economic Zone, targeting vast titanomagnetite iron sand deposits rich in iron, vanadium, and titanium.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Manuka Resources
- Silver processing infrastructure: Centralized carbon-in-leach processing plant located in the Cobar Basin of central west New South Wales with a processing capacity of one million tonnes per annum, converting silver and gold ores into commercial metal unrefined bars.
- Silver ore extraction: Open-pit mining operations targeting shallow silver deposits in central west New South Wales, producing high-grade silver ore and stockpiled materials feed directly into the nearby dedicated mineral processing facility for refining and commercial distribution.
- Gold deposit development: High-grade gold mining operations located in the Cobar Basin, extracting gold ore through open-cut methods and transporting raw material to regional processing facilities for crushing, grinding, leaching, and precious metal recovery.
- Offshore iron sand extraction: Marine titanomagnetite iron sand mining in the Exclusive Economic Zone of New Zealand, utilizing specialized vessel-based extraction systems to harvest seabed deposits and produce high-density bulk iron ore concentrate for international export.
- Critical minerals processing: Advanced metallurgical extraction targeting vanadium pentoxide and titanium dioxide co-products contained within marine titanomagnetite deposits, supporting critical mineral supply chains through processing technologies designed for offshore resource recovery.
- Regional mineral exploration: Active resource exploration and drill testing across extensive landholdings in the Cobar Basin of New South Wales, focusing on defining additional gold, silver, lead, and zinc mineralization to extend current mine life reserves.
Manuka Resources executive team
- Mr. Dennis Peter KarpExecutive Chairman
- Mr. Haydn John Lynch BEconChief Operating Officer
- Mr. Alan John Eggers B.Sc, B.Sc (Hons), F.S.E.G., M.Sc., MAIG, MAusIMMExecutive Director
- Ms. Eryn Kestel B.Bus, CPACompany Secretary