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88 Energy’s PEL 93 acreage in Namibia’s Owambo Basin is 100km west of ReconAfrica’s Kavango West 1X discovery well, where recent testing has flowed natural gas to surface. Credit: File 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has pushed ahead with exploration across its sprawling 18,500-square-kilometre PEL 93 acreage in Namibia’s onshore Owambo Basin, with its joint venture (JV) partner now seeking a two-year licence renewal, including plans to prepare for and drill at least one exploration

Mineralised outcrop at Aguia Resources’ Lucena phosphate project located in the state of Paraíba, north-east Brazil. Credit: File ASX-listed Aguia Resources (ASX: AGR) is dusting off a massive phosphate project in Brazil, with a new government initiative aimed at weaning the agricultural powerhouse off imported fertiliser providing the perfect tailwind to revisit the asset. The company has announced it will re-assess its Lucena phosphate project, which already hosts a w

Viridis Mining and Minerals’ representatives delivering refined mixed rare earth carbonate from its Colossus rare earths research and processing Centre to senior representatives of MagBras and CIT SENAI ITR in Lagoa Santa. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has taken a significant step in its strategy to build an integrated rare earths supply chain in Brazil, delivering a first batch of refined mixed rare earths carbonate (MREC) from its flagship Colossus p

Lindian Resources’ recently acquired processing infrastructure within the SARECO mixed rare earths carbonate (MREC) facility. Credit: File In a savvy strategic move, Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has executed an exclusive option to secure a substantial heavy rare earth minerals stockpile in Kazakhstan. The material could become a ready-made feed source for its recently acquired Summit Atom Rare Earth Company's (SARECO) hydrometallurgical processing facility in the central

Great Southern Mining’s drill rig in action at the company’s Mon Ami gold project near Laverton in WA. Credit: File Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) has struck shallow gold 200m north of its 100 per cent-owned Mon Ami project, 12km south of Laverton in Western Australia. The results raise the prospect of a northern extension to its 1.56-million-tonne resource grading 1.11 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 55,500 ounces. The 10-hole, 1392m reverse-circulation (RC) campaign

Barkly Rare Earths is exploring for rare earths and base metals in the Northern Territory. ASX-listed Barkly Rare Earths (ASX: BAK) has announced a stunning 99 per cent extraction of high-value magnet rare earth oxides (MREO) from a single-stage metallurgical test on material from its namesake project in the Northern Territory. The result, from a caustic conversion and hydrochloric acid leach test, represents a massive leap forward from the 74 per cent MREO extraction a

Trenching underway at Infini Resources’ Portland Creek uranium targets in Newfoundland, Canada, where structural complexity, magnetic destruction and uranium anomalism converge. Credit: File Infini Resources (ASX: I88) has materially expanded exploration at its Portland Creek uranium project in western Newfoundland, Canada, committing to 5000 metres of diamond drilling backed by 1000m of trenching. The bigger tilt follows completion of the company's 2026 airborne magnet

Kaiser Reef has kicked off underground diamond drilling at its Union Hill gold mine, part of the Maldon gold project in Victoria. Credit: File Profitable, multi-asset gold producer Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU), with operations on both sides of the Bass Strait, has fired up an underground diamond drill rig at its Union Hill gold mine in Victoria, kicking off a campaign to test the potential of one of Australia’s highest-grade historical goldfields. The mine forms part of the c

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… X2M Connect. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File Markets were in Limbo for most of this week, with investors anxiously waiting on the world’s biggest company to eventually set the mood. Nvidia earnings loomed like a grand final for the AI, with punters largely sitting on their hands to see whether the world's most important stock could once again justify its astronomical valuation. It did, with Nvidia smashing expectatio