Pioneer Resources is an ASX listed (ASX code PIO) junior exploration company with a portfolio of lithium, gold, nickel and base metals projects in established mining and exploration regions in Western Australia. The Company also pursues joint venture and acquisition opportunities.
Pioneer has a large multi-commodity project portfolio with exposure to the commodities lithium, nickel, gold, copper and zinc.
Its projects include the Fairwater Nickel and Gold Project in the Albany-Fraser Mineral Province, in south eastern WA, plus the Golden Ridge Nickel and Gold Project, the Acra Gold Project, and the Juglah Dome Gold and Base Metals Project, all in the Eastern Goldfields of WA.
The Company has recently expanded its exploration portfolio to include a number of highly prospective Lithium tenements in Western Australia, and through a joint venture with International Lithium (ILC) in Canada, has exposure to Canadian pegmatite deposits.
The Company listed on ASX in December 2003 as Pioneer Nickel. In July 2009, it formally changed its name to Pioneer Resources.
In 2012, Pioneer sold its Western Mt Jewell Gold Project to KalNorth Gold Mines Ltd (ASX: KGM) (formerly Carrick Gold Ltd) for a cash consideration of A$8 million, to be paid in a number of instalments.