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    Maritana Minerals and Black Swan: restart economics and project focus for mine teams

    April 14, 2026|

    Reviewed by Joe Ashwell

    Maritana Minerals and Black Swan: restart economics and project focus for mine teams

    First reported on Australian Mining

    30 Second Briefing

    Horizon Minerals has formally rebranded as Maritana Minerals after shareholder approval at an extraordinary general meeting, aligning the company identity with its Black Swan nickel project strategy in Western Australia. The move consolidates focus on the Black Swan asset near Kalgoorlie, where existing processing infrastructure and historic nickel resources are being evaluated for restart economics under current price and cost conditions. For contractors and service providers, the rebrand signals a clearer pivot from gold-centred exploration towards nickel sulphide development work around the Black Swan plant and associated underground and open-pit targets.

    Technical Brief

    • Extraordinary general meeting approval provides corporate authority to update all existing project and tenement documentation.
    • Rebranding requires revision of JORC reporting, ASX releases and technical study titles to the new issuer name.
    • Corporate renaming will flow through to all environmental approvals, licences and heritage agreements as they are updated.
    • Existing contracts and MOUs for drilling, studies or site works may need novation to Maritana Minerals.
    • For consultants, tender and proposal documentation must now reference Maritana Minerals as the contracting entity.
    • Similar corporate refocus events often precede updated feasibility workstreams and revised capex/opex guidance to the market.

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