Viridis Mining and Minerals has won the support of Export Finance Australia, securing a Letter of Support for up to $US50 million($A77M) to assist with the development of its mammoth Colossus rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has won the support of Australia’s export credit agency, Export Finance Australia (EFA), securing a Letter of Support (LOS) for up to $US50 million ($A77 million) towards a financing package to develop th

Altech Batteries’ CERENERGY sodium nickel chloride solid state (SCSS) 60 KWh ABS60 battery pack, showing cross-section of vacuum-sealed pack and cell frames. Credit: File Altech Batteries’ (ASX: ATC) shares surged after receiving conditional binding approval for a €46.11 million (A$80.49M) German government grant to support its groundbreaking CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony, Germany. On turnover of 76 million – the biggest trading volume in mo

Olympio Metals undertaking channel sampling alongside old workings at its Bousquet gold project on the world-class, gold-rich Cadillac Break in Quebec, Canada. Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) soared today after revealing it had nailed high-grade gold results from maiden diamond drilling at the company’s Bousquet gold project in Canada, confirming multiple gold-bearing structures at the CB-1 target and a potentially large mineralised system at nearby Paquin. At one stage today, the

St George Mining’s Araxá project in Brazil (outlined in red), which sits adjacent to Brazilian heavyweight CBMM’s world-class pyrochlore-laden niobium mine. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has again lifted the bar at its Araxá project in Brazil, delivering another round of standout drilling results that continue to expand and enhance its already world-class rare earths and niobium resource. The latest diamond drilling assays from St George’s 100 per cent–owned Araxá

Pilot Energy’s solar site at Three Springs in Western Australia. Credit: File Pilot Energy (ASX: PGY) has taken another decisive step in its clean energy transition, striking a binding agreement with renewables partner SN Energy to jointly develop a hybrid solar and battery storage project at its Three Springs site in Western Australia. Under a binding heads of agreement, the parties will co-develop a hybrid solar and battery energy storage system (BESS) at the solar develop

Rock chips collected from a historic stockpile at Locksley Resources’ Mojave project in California returned 409 g/t silver, displaying gossanous textures indicative of weathered sulphides. Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY) has delivered another eye-catching result in California, uncovering a significant high-grade silver corridor at its Mojave project, adding a powerful new dimension to the company’s critical minerals story. The company has identified a consistent northwest–south

Estrella Resources’ new chief executive officer Robert Mencel. Credit: File Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has refreshed its senior leadership ranks, appointing experienced mining executive Robert Mencel as chief executive officer, as it gears up to advance its emerging limestone and manganese projects in Timor-Leste. Mencel’s appointment marks a key step in Estrella’s transition from explorer to developer, with the company positioning itself for more advanced project evaluat

Flaring at TMK Energy’s Lucky Fox 4 gas well adjacent to a coal stockpile in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy’s (ASX: TMK) Mongolian coal seam gas play is starting to hum, with the company clocking another monthly rise in production. For the fifth month in a row, gas output climbed at the company’s 100 per cent owned Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project, with December flows recording the strongest showing yet and carrying strong momentum into 2026. The monthly year-end numbe

Dateline Resources has secured the services of two experienced North American executives, George Brack (L) and Phillips Baker Jr (R), who are joining the company as non-executive directors. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has further bolstered its board with the appointments of two highly experienced North American mining professionals as non-executive directors. George Brack and Phillips Baker Jr have joined the aspiring miner at a pivotal time, as it progresses i

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Charger Metals NL. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File New year, new Runners. Yet as we turn the page into 2026 with pledges of self-improvement, weight loss or something else forgotten by February, inevitably some things never seem to change. ASX Runners are one such staple and these days demand for those commodities that feed the new economy another. Copper, the red metal d’jour was one of the stars of the show in 2025 with supp

Venus Metals Corporation’s recently-defined gold exploration target looks bound to offer greater exploration prospects and success potential than the company’s scalding solar system namesake. Credit: File Venus Metals Corporation (ASX: VMC) has defined a new exploration target for deeper mineralisation beneath its Bellchambers gold deposit, about 25 kilometres south of Sandstone in Western Australia’s Murchison goldfield . Independent consultancy Widenbar and Associates (WAA

Earth moving equipment being used for artisanal mining activities at the Fonlo project in Nigeria. Credit: File Chariot Resources Limited (ASX: CC9) has executed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Shanghai GreatPower Nickel & Cobalt Materials Co. Ltd., a prominent China-based battery materials producer, to explore collaboration across its prospective Nigerian lithium portfolio. The MOU outlines potential offtake for up to 200,000 tonnes per annum of spodume

Flagship Minerals has received its second $1.25 million tranche from Shandong Xinhai Mining Technology & Equipment after Xinhai completed its due diligence on Flagship’s Chilean Pantanillo gold project.

Three calls and three hits for Dollar Bill - what’s next? Credit: File Bulls N’ Bears Dollar Bill reckons any “I told you so” column is a dangerous path to tread. It tempts fate, offends modesty, and invites the gods to short your next position. But sometimes, in a rank display of self-indulgence, Dollar Bill likes to glance at the scoreboard. After all, a record’s a record and for the past few years Dollar Bill’s been humming the market tune at least a bar or two ahead of th

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West Wits Mining image illustrating underground drilling of the Kimberley Reef ore body, in the Qala Shallows mine. West Wits Mining (ASX: WWI) has locked in a key new strategic tenement which should lay the groundwork for the long-term expansion of operations at its new Qala Shallows Kimberley Reefs underground gold mine near Johannesburg in South Africa’s famed Witwatersrand Basin. At Qala Shallows the company has commenced mining the upper reaches of the Kimberley Reefs o

Venus Metals drilling for resource infill and extensions and new targets at its Bellchambers gold project near Sandstone WA’s Goldfields. Credit: File Venus Metals Corporation (ASX: VMC) has kicked off preparations for a pre-feasibility study (PFS) over its Bellchambers gold project, about 23 kilometres southwest of Sandstone and 70km northeast of the historic Youanmi gold project in Western Australia. The Bellchambers gold deposit occupies a 415 hectare granted mining lease

The Santa rally – real or imagined? Credit: File Bulls N’ Bears’ Dollar Bill was splayed out on the chesterfield at the Club holding high court when he heard an occasionally sensible bloke drain his glass and then offer an explanation on the ASX’s recent strength - and his expectation of more to come. With a straight face he said, “You can bet on the Santa Claus rally, particularly when Jupiter is in a favourable position.” Jupiter? Favourable position? Dollar Bill has heard

Dollar Bill: The algorithm ate my broker – but should it? Credit: File Bulls N’ Bears Dollar Bill has enjoyed (but often ignored) the advice of the same broker for nearly thirty years. George was an old university friend and never much good at anything but somehow turned a shared love of cheap wine and bad poetry in the back room of the Club into a career dispensing financial advice to a tight circle of members. None of us really cared that he was a Muppet, because he was our

Dateline Resources’ 1.1 million ounce Colosseum gold mine in San Bernadino County in California, USA. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has taken a major step forward in de-risking its fully-owned 1.1 million ounce Colosseum gold and rare earths project in California via the execution of an option agreement that secures critical water rights and near-mine infrastructure. The agreement provides access to approximately 27 acres of paved industrial land at the base of C

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