Viridis Mining and Minerals’ 5000-square-metre demonstration plant (pictured) in Brazil has produced its first mixed rare earth carbonate, underpinning a new strategic partnership with Solvay to advance commercial supply from Colossus. Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has put wings under its giant Colossus rare earth project in Brazil after inking a strategic non-binding partnership with global rare earths separation leader Solvay, which, if consummated, would suppo

Drilling at KalGold’s Pinjin project in WA’s southern Laverton Tectonic Zone, where multiple exploration fronts are converging at Kirgella Gift, Providence, Lighthorse and the newly targeted LTZ Flexure prospect. Credit: File Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX: KAL) has opened a fresh exploration front in its hunt for gold at the company’s Pinjin project, bringing forward drilling at a previously untested target within Western Australia's prolific Laverton Tectonic Zone. The Pinji

Forrestania Resources’ MacPhersons Reward project, which Beacon Minerals previously mined between 2023 and 2026. Credit: File Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has officially smashed through the psychological one-million-ounce global gold resource ceiling following a high-confidence asset upgrade. The milestone arrived courtesy of a freshly minted JORC resource estimate at its newly acquired MacPhersons deposit near Coolgardie, which has delivered 73,800 ounces of gold and ser

Dalaroo Metals soil geochemical sampling has defined a 4.3km gold anomaly at the company’s Bondoukou project in West Africa, landing a peak soil result of 2188ppb gold. Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has lifted the profile of its Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, after unearthing a massive 4.3km gold anomaly at its Gold Ridge prospect, with a peak soil result of 2188 parts per billion (ppb) gold from phase one geochemical sampling. The anomaly sits within

A drill rig in action at Zenith Minerals’ Dulcie gold project in Western Australia. Zenith Minerals (ASX: ZNC) has tightened the geological picture at its flagship Consolidated Dulcie gold project in WA’s Southern Cross-Forrestania gold belt. A 10-hole RC drilling campaign has now confirmed the continuity of mineralisation, extending gold lodes well beyond existing resource boundaries. The company says the best results have immediately upgraded the geological understa

St George Mining has brought lithium-ion battery heavyweight ATL onto its register. The ATL battery product family (pictured) includes high energy density, high power, fast charge and arbitrary-shaped cells. St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) is bringing global battery heavyweight Amperex Technology Limited onto its share register in a $2M deal that gives the group a strategic stake in the company as part of a restructure of the pair’s existing Lithium Star joint venture. Unde

TMK Energy’s Lucky Fox - 07 pilot well at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in Mongolia’s South Gobi Basin. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has added fresh operational and corporate firepower to its Mongolian gas ambitions by appointing an experienced oil and gas veteran to the role of production manager as its Gurvantes XXXV pilot project gathers momentum towards development. The appointment signals TMK’s shift from proving gas resources to building a future-produc

Assay results are expected shortly for the Wallace North prospect (pictured) within True North Copper’s broader Cloncurry copper project. True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has delivered a suite of broad, shallow copper and gold assay results from a recently completed exploration and resource extension drilling program at its Great Australia Mine in North-West Queensland. The company says the results continue to demonstrate strong continuity of mineralisation outside the exis

FMR Resources and Southern Hemisphere Mining conducting diamond drilling at the company’s Llahuin project in Chile Credit: File While the latest drill results from FMR Resources (ASX: FMR) and Southern Hemisphere Mining’s (ASX: SUH) Southern Porphyry joint venture in Chile may not have delivered headline-grabbing grades, they have provided something potentially just as valuable for porphyry explorers – a clearer path towards the heart of a large copper system. Final assays f

Venus Metals has sold its net smelter royalty over Rox Resources’ Youanmi gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region. Venus Metals (ASX: VMC) surged as much as 44 per cent to 31 cents a share on the best volume in five months after revealing it had converted a passive royalty interest into substantial cash, with a clear intention to put that cash back in investors' pockets. The company has sold its one per cent net smelter royalty over all gold production from

Newly appointed Raiz Invest chief executive officer, Craig Keary. Micro-investing disruptor Raiz Invest (ASX: RAIZ) has ticked off a major leadership transition, locking in financial services and digital platform heavyweight Craig Keary as its new chief executive officer. The new hire comes as the multi-award-winning fintech business primes its operations for a major new strategic growth push across the Australian wealth sector. Keary assumes the top job immediately,

Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts recently reported to the ASX. Credit: File Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts recently reported to the ASX, led by GoldArc Resources’ 106g/t gold in WA, Raptor Metals’ 2.06 per cent copper equivalent in Canada, and Western Yilgarn’s shallow 105.5g/t gallium north of Perth. So let’s dive in. GOLDARC RESOURCES (ASX:GA8) Project: Mt Stirling gold deposit, Leonora district, Western Australia. Hit: 1m

Bulls N' Bears Mining & Exploration Chronicle 586 has been unearthed Bulls N' Bears Mining & Exploration Chronicle - your essential wrap of what's moving on the ASX in mining and exploration. In this edition: Marmota uncorks bonanza gold hits in South Australia Read more: https://tinyurl.com/mtzsjr26 Not subscribed yet? Fix that here and get every edition straight to your inbox - https://bit.ly/46LCixx #MiningNews #ASX #BullsNBearsWA #TheWestAustralian #BullsNBearsChronicle T

The US-Iran rollercoaster rolls on, with every day a new revelation and a new reality. As the week started, investors saw a potential peace deal quickly escalate to war and attacks by the United States by lunchtime, only for the following day to see it back to promises of a deal by President Trump, followed by yet more war. By Thursday, investors didn’t know which way was up, with the ASX opened relatively flat before conceding a whopping 1.5 per cent by midday after Iran f

Solis Minerals’ 93,000-hectare Brazil Lithium project in Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Solis Minerals (ASX: SLM) has emerged from the market with a heavily reinforced balance sheet and a clear mandate to drill its flagship Brazil Lithium project after securing firm commitments for a $6 million placement. The company will issue just over 63 million new shares at 9.5 cents apiece, a relatively modest discount to its previous closing price. According to management, the fresh

Bulls N' Bears Chronicle 82 has been unearthed! Bulls N' Bears Public Companies Chronicle 82 has been unearthed! Read it here: https://tinyurl.com/3c77f2p5 Subscribe to get it emailed directly to your inbox. https://bit.ly/46LCixx #PublicCompanies #ASX #BullsNBearsWA #BullsNBearsChronicle Click the company name below to visit the URL hosting its articles - $NSB #NeuroScientificBiopharmaceuticals $CPV #ClearVueTechnologies $CRR #CriticalResources #SyngenisLabs $FLG #Flagship

Diamond drilling underway within the Walkers pit at Aureka Limited’s Comstock gold project in Victoria. Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has officially got the drill rods spinning at its historic St Arnaud Comstock gold project in Victoria, wheeling a diamond rig into the old Walkers pit to unlock near-term production potential. The fresh program has been designed to build out a fast-tracked pathway towards first production as the junior explorer runs the slide rule over the p

Marmota Ltd has reported impressive one-metre gold hits up to 41g/t at its Greenewood discovery in SA. Phase three of the campaign is underway to test southward extensions towards its nearby Mainwood prospect.

Forrestania Resources has delivered gold hits up to 15.85g/t gold from drilling at its Lady Lila project in WA, driving the company closer to a critical one-million-ounce global gold resource milestone.

Xpedra Resources has continued to define a broad, shallow gold system at its Springfield project in NSW, with new assays returning an impressive 52-metre intercept grading 1.35g/t gold from just 20m.