Specialists in mineral prospecting and project development
The Core Prospecting team are specialists in developing small mineral projects into successful long term producing assets, our team of skilled professionals have a vast range of mining and exploration experience spanning across the country and many commodities.
Fiddlers Creek
Fiddlers Creek Mine, held under PL006033 by Core Prospecting, has a long history of underground workings dating back to the 1850s. Once mined for silver, lead, and gold, the site is now in active decline development, with first ore achieved in early 2025. The current life of mine is estimated beyond 2030 with modern drill-blast methods driving the new development.
Wedderburn Milling Facility
The Wedderburn milling facility, located at the historic Hit and Miss mine site, has been active since the 1960s. Once home to the state’s largest open-pit gold mine, it has since operated under smaller syndicates until Core Prospecting acquired it in 2018. Now trading as Vanning Resources, the site has evolved from a pilot mill into a modern 42,000 TPA processing plant, with new approvals paving the way for toll milling, flotation recovery, and a large dry stack tails facility.
Latest News
Wedderburn Milling Facility Commission Begins
Crushing Circuit ✅ Grinding Circuit ✅ Gravity Circuit ✅ Float circuit, under construction.
New Underground Truck Commissioned
The New Underground Truck has arrived and now been commissioned underground, now hauling ore from our 1 Level North development to the Site ROM pad.
Fiddlers Creek Mine – First Ore
The first level brake through to historical workings has been completed, escape way established and first ore development completed.
Decline Development Commenced
Decline development has begun, full time handheld development commenced now at the Fiddlers creek mine. The Decline will be 2m wide by 2.5m high developed by Drill Blast Load Haul method. Current LOM 4.5 years.
Mill Construction Begins
Work has begun on the Hit and Miss to build the Wedderburn Milling Facility. The site is expecting to be operational in June 2025. The works will include the refurbishment of the primary crushing circuit, construction of the 5 T/H grinding circuit with Gravity and...
Fiddlers Creek Mine, Mining Work plan Approved
It has been several years of diligent work to gain full mining approvals for the Fiddlers Creek mine. Now we are preparing to build the project into a long term sustainable operation. Work will now commence on the new decline to gain access to the mining areas...