Ben Packham

Canberra

Foreign Affairs and Defence Correspondent at The Australian

Foreign affairs and defence correspondent @australian.

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Articles

ADX Austrian prospects host 29Bcf of gas

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Megan Neil |Lydia Lynch |Ben Packham |James M Gerrard

Special Report: ADX Energy has progressed its shallow gas ambitions in Austria with the maturing of seven prospects with mean prospective resources totalling 29 billion cubic feet of gas to drill-ready status.
ITM on tail of Reynolds Range antimony

1 week ago | theaustralian.com.au | Megan Neil |Lydia Lynch |Ben Packham |James M Gerrard

ITM identifies up to 12.35g/t gold and 5.4% antimony in historical drillingResults add to project’s gold and antimony prospectivity with new structures emergingMapping and sampling planned ahead of drillingSpecial Report: iTech Minerals has identified gold and antimony in data from historical drilling and rock chips at Falchion prospect of its Reynolds Range project in the NT.
StockTake: West Coast Silver

4 weeks ago | theaustralian.com.au | Ros Thomas |Greg Sheridan |Chris Uhlmann |Ben Packham

StockheadStockhead’s Tylah Tully breaks down the latest from West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE), who have started drilling to test extensions of known high-grade mineralisation at its Elizabeth Hill project in Western Australia. This is West Coast's maiden campaign at the project after only recently acquiring it, but the company believes there could be a lot of silver at play. Watch the video for more.
NNL boosts Finnish gold haul

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Robert Gottliebsen |Jack Quail |Ben Packham |James Fanelli

Nordic Resources adds Angesneva resource within the Kiimala Trend project area to its Finland gold inventory Angesneva adds 147,000oz, starting from surface, increasing total gold resources in the country to 961,800oz Proposed 2025 drilling to test the parallel structures at Angesneva and potentially bring Vesipera, another advanced prospect at Kiimala, to JORC compliance Special Report: The “secondary” Kiimala Trend gold project in Finland is looking to be worth every penny Nordic Resources...
Long Shortz: GTI Energy

2 months ago | theaustralian.com.au | Elizabeth Meryment |Sarah Ison |Greg Brown |Ben Packham

StockheadTylah Tully chats with GTI Energy (ASX:GTR) executive chairman and CEO Bruce Lane about the company’s progress on its Lo Herma scoping study. Lane also dives into US developments related to the uranium sector and potential policy changes that would incentivise domestic production, all paving the way for the company's Wyoming-based project's success. Watch the video to hear all about it.
Explorers Podcast: Akora Resources

2 months ago | theaustralian.com.au | Barry FitzGerald |Barry Fitzgerald |Robert Gottliebsen |Amanda Hodge |Ben Packham

StockheadStockhead’s ‘Garimpeiro’ columnist Barry FitzGerald is back in the studio for another instalment of The Explorers Podcast. In this episode, Barry FitzGerald looks to Madagascar to talk to AKORA Resources (ASX:AKO) managing director Paul Bibby about its iron clad ambitions to get to production after a pre-feasibility study pointed towards a robust direct shipping ore operation.
FTA now a ‘no-brainer’ to counter US tariff turmoil: EU envoy

Mar 20, 2025 | bilaterals.org | Ben Packham

Negotiations EU-ANZ The Australian | 20 March 2025 FTA now a ‘no-brainer’ to counter US tariff turmoil: EU envoy by Ben Packham The EU’s top diplomat in Australia has called for the urgent resumption of stalled free-trade talks between Canberra and the 27-nation bloc, saying that an Australia-EU FTA is a “no-brainer” as Donald Trump’s tariffs wreak economic chaos across the world. Drawing a contrast with the US under President Trump, the EU ambassador to Australia, Gabriele Visentin, said...
Security ban slapped on DeepSeek AI app for government devices

Feb 5, 2025 | stockhead.com.au | Ben Packham

Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek has been banned from Australian government systems and devices, following an assessment by intelligence agencies that the software poses an “unacceptable risk” to national security. The move, set in motion by a Home Affairs’ protective security order, is similar to the government’s ban on TikTok on official devices.
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Feb 5, 2025 | stockhead.com.au | Ben Packham

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How RBA viewed implications of a Trump victory

Nov 24, 2024 | futures.tradingcharts.com | Jack Quail |Ben Packham

Nov 25, 2024 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) --It has been revealed that the Reserve Bank had felt in October that a 'clean sweep' by Donald Trump in the US presidential election would have significant implications for the Australian economy.