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More than 350,000 Australians have turned to the innovative micro-investment technology platform and investment fund, Raiz Invest, to help them with their investments and savings. Micro-investing fintech Raiz Invest (ASX: RZI) has capped off a bumper financial year, swinging from a $400,000 loss in 2025 to bank a maiden net profit after tax of $3.5 million in 2026. Total revenue grew by more than 21 per cent to a hefty $29.2 million, while funds under management (FUM) sur

WA Gold Limited’s RC drill rig operating at Abercromby, near Wiluna, earlier this year. Credit: File WA Gold Limited (ASX: WAU) has fired up the drill rig at its 100 per cent-owned Abercromby gold project in Western Australia’s storied Wiluna-Agnew greenstone belt, launching a significant resource development program aimed at delivering a maiden ore reserve. The new program is a critical step in the company's strategy to progress Abercromby towards a final investment de

Moonlight Resources’ reverse circulation drilling at its Peak Downs copper prospect within the Clermont project in central Queensland. Credit: File Moonlight Resources (ASX: ML8) has put a modern stamp on a 160-year-old copper field, with its first drilling at the Peak Downs prospect in central Queensland returning broad, shallow mineralisation and strengthening the case for a potential resource. Peak Downs forms part of the company’s 100 per cent-owned Clermont project.

Viking Mines’ Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada, USA, showing historical mine workings and stockpiles. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has secured a vital approval from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), giving it the go-ahead to collect a 1,000-short-ton (907-tonne) bulk sample from its Linka tungsten project in Nevada. The move is a significant step in the company’s strategy to fast-track its American tungsten assets towards production. The approval allows Viking to begin

This edition of The Cap Raise Crucible features WAM Leaders, WIA Gold and Medallion Metals. Credit: File If the August 5–20 capital raising fortnight proved anything, it was that Australia’s capital markets have lost none of their appetite for writing sizeable cheques. Across the ASX, the cash calls came thick and fast as companies and funds chased fresh cash for everything from building gold mines and drilling copper projects to acquisitions, artificial intelligence infras

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Estrella Resources copper mineralisation in hydrothermally altered porphyritic rock at the Laleno Dome in Timor-Leste. Credit: File Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has cranked up the intrigue at its Laleno Dome in Timor-Leste after finding visible copper mineralisation within what it believes could be a porphyritic intrusive, adding a crucial new clue to its search for a potentially large hydrothermal copper system. The find came during inspections of sites selected for i

Mount Ridley Mines’ Grass Patch project near Esperance in Western Australia, home to the world’s largest publicly reported JORC-compliant scandium resource. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has super-sized its scandium footprint at Grass Patch near Esperance in Western Australia, lifting the inventory to 946 million tonnes and claiming the global crown for the largest publicly reported JORC-compliant resource for the metal as its home-grown processing technology g

Xpedra Resources' readily accessible, open grazing land at its Springfield gold deposit and Springfield North prospect. Credit: File Xpedra Resources (ASX: XPD) has hit broad zones of gold in its deepest drilling to date at the company’s Springfield gold deposit, 10km south of Gulgong in New South Wales, confirming the mineralised system has legs at depth. Assays from the four deepest holes drilled so far at Springfield have all returned significant gold intercepts. The

TMK Energy gas flare at LF-07 in the Gurvantes XXXV project in the Gobi Basin, Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has locked in contractor Major Drilling to kick off a new work program at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia, as it looks to chase a major lift in gas flows and demonstrate the commercial chops of its independently certified 1.2 trillion cubic feet of gas contingent resource. Notably, the resource figure is derived from just 60 sq