Infini Resources’ Reitenbach Lake project in Canada’s world-class Athabasca basin. Credit: File Infini Resources (ASX: I88) has completed an advanced drill-targeting analysis at its expanded Reitenbach Lake uranium project, in Canada’s world-class Athabasca basin, confirming extensions of key conductive trends that align with uranium highs ahead of a maiden drilling campaign next quarter. The company’s airborne electromagnetic (EM) interpretation revealed conductive horizons

Diamond drilling at Aurum Resources’ Boundiali gold project in West Africa Aurum Resources (ASX: AUE) has continued to build momentum at its rapidly advancing Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, delivering another strong batch of high-grade drill results, further strengthening the case for a large-scale development. The latest assays came from infill and step-back diamond drilling at its BMT3 deposit and represent the final dataset to be included in the company’s upcomi

Castle Minerals has terminated an option and regained 100 per cent control of its prospective Polelle and Wanganui gold projects near multiple operating gold mines, offering strategic value in WA's goldfields.

Hastings Technology Metals has linked up with renowned minerals processing firm Enuo Holdings with a view to extracting valuable critical minerals such as niobium from its two WA projects.

Raiz Invest chief executive officer Brendan Malone. Micro investment manager Raiz Invest (ASX: RZI) is proving that small change can add up to big numbers. The Aussie micro-investing pioneer has clocked up a record $2.1 billion in funds under management (FUM) for the December quarter, up a punchy 28.5 per cent year on year, as customers kept tipping money into the platform despite jittery markets and Christmas cost-of-living pressures. Behind the slick app interface, Raiz op

Stockpiles from Auric Mining’s second mining campaign at Munda waiting for processing at Black Cat Syndicate’s Lakewood Mill near Kalgoorlie. Credit: File Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) has flicked the switch on the next stage of its Munda gold mining journey near Widgiemooltha in Western Australia, launching its second toll processing campaign and stepping firmly onto the production pathway just as the gold price hits its straps. The company has started treating Munda ore again at

Marcus Silberman has been appointed to the board of Viridis Mining and Minerals as a non-executive director. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has moved to strengthen its boardroom firepower with the appointment of seasoned global capital markets and mergers and acquisitions executive Marcus Silberman as a non-executive director, commencing next month. The appointment comes at a pivotal time for Viridis as it transitions from project development towards exe

Massive manganese outcrop in Litchfield Minerals’ Lucy Creek prospect in the NT. Litchfield Minerals (ASX: LMS) is planning to launch a high-resolution aerial geophysical survey to target multiple hydrothermal manganese occurrences at its Lucy Creek prospect in the prospective southern Geogina Basin, in the NT. The Lucy Creek project sits 320 kilometres north-east of Alice Springs and covers a vast 1600 square kilometre area. The historically underexplored intracratonic basi

The first official gold pour at the Fenix Gold mine in Chile. Credit: File After nearly a decade of persistence, planning and patience, Canadian listed Rio2 Ltd (TSX: RIO) has finally flicked the switch from developer to producer, pouring first commercial gold at its 100 per cent-owned Fenix gold mine in Chile. The milestone pour took place last Friday- January 23, 2026- delivering approximately 897 ounces of freshly smelted gold and officially ushering Rio2 into the ranks o

Dateline Resources is constructing road access at its Colosseum gold and rare earths project in the state of California, in the US, as it gears up for future production. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has revealed zones of elevated chargeability at both shallow and deeper levels in preliminary results from the latest ground- induced polarisation (IP) geophysical survey conducted at its Colosseum gold and rare earths project in California, the United States’ most

Moonlight Resources is set to resume drilling at its Clermont project in Qld. Moonlight Resources’ (ASX: ML8) first swing with the drill bit at its Clemont project in Queensland has struck thick, shallow gold, including two standout holes of 40m at 1.3 grams per tonne (g/t) from surface and a further 34-metre hit averaging 1.37g/t from only 6 metres downhole. That intersect also included a 10-metre core tipping in at 2.52g/t. Notably, both holes ended in mineralisation. Impr

Great Southern Mining’s drill rig in action at its Duketon gold project in WA. Credit: File Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) has continued to build a serious head of steam at its Golden Boulder discovery. The latest drilling has churned out shallow, high-grade gold from its Duketon gold project in the Eastern Goldfields, one of Western Australia’s most proven gold neighbourhoods. Conducted in late 2025, assays from the first 27 reverse circulation (RC) holes of the 56-hole p

Lindian Resources executive chairman Robert Martin, executive director Zac Komur and the Hon. Bright Msaka SC with students of the Kangankunde Primary School and members of the local community. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has continued to build strong community foundations alongside of development of its Kangankunde rare earths mine in Malawi. The company has launched Project Early Learning, designed to support access to safe, inclusive and supportive early educ

Drilling at Gateway Mining’s Yandal gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has fired up the drill bit at its flagship Yandal gold project in Western Australia, bringing forward exploration plans to accelerate definition of the emerging Haflinger discovery and line up follow-up reverse circulation (RC) drilling in the coming weeks. The rods off two aircore rigs are now turning, with the first rig focused on infill and step-out drilling aroun

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Noronex Limited staff undertaking spectrometric surveying at the company’s Etango North uranium project in Namibia. Credit: File Noronex Limited (ASX: NRX) is about to put steel in the ground at its Etango North uranium project, about 32km east-northeast of Swakopmund in Namibia, with the company appointing a drilling contractor for what will be its first-ever drilling campaign across the highly prospective ground. The move marks a major step forward for the explorer, which

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Australian Strategic Materials. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File Its not even Australia Day and 2026 has already delivered huge political shake-ups to an already tense global geopolitical environment. The big movements in world politics appear to have finally made it to Australia’s shores as the Coalition looks to finally split down the middle, perhaps this time for good. For the first time in nearly 40 years, Nationals’ leader

Dalaroo Metals is dashing to the starting line, fast-tracking a critical minerals exploration campaign in Greenland following strong maiden results. Credit: File Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has slammed its foot on the accelerator, unveiling plans for a high-octane 2026 exploration blitz on its flagship Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in Greenland, hot on the heels of some knockout results gathered from a maiden reconnaissance campaign last year. With global supply chains

Location of the IP survey lines in relation to Dateline Resources’ Colosseum open pit in California. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has given the market a clear signal that it means business, locking in a $35 million placement as the company looks to complete a bankable feasibility study (BFS) and fast-track its Colosseum gold project in California towards production. Under the term sheet, the company issued 112.9 million new shares at 31 cents each, representing

Drilling has restarted at Western Mines Group’s Mulga Tank nickel sulphide project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields. Credit: File Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) has kicked off its 2026 field season with the sound of spinning drill rods at its flagship Mulga Tank nickel-copper-cobalt-PGE project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. The company has launched the season with a multi-rig campaign designed to grow resources and continue the hunt for high-grade sulphide zones. Init

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Estrella Resources has begun bulk sample mining of up to 30,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese oxide ore at its Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste. Credit: File Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has fired the starting gun on what could be Timor-Leste’s first real economic bulk mineral extraction under the country’s modern mining code. Diggers are now turning the sod at the company’s Ira Miri manganese project, chasing up to 30,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese oxide ore. The new f

Kala Data’s modular data centre units undergoing final inspection prior to shipment to Pilot Energy’s Dongara project in Western Australia. Credit: File Perth-based Pilot Energy (ASX: PGY) is rapidly closing in on near-term cash flow after confirming that its modular data centre project at Arrowsmith, in Western Australia’s Mid West, is on track for commissioning in early 2026. The newly named Dongara Data Centre project will see an initial 1-megawatt (MW) modular data centre

Peninsula Energy is extracting uranium from roll-front deposits in Wyoming using in-situ leaching which involves extensive bore-field development to inject solvents into the deposits and deliver the uranium-rich solution back to the surface for stripping at a central processing plant. Credit: File Timing, as they say, is everything – and Peninsula Energy (ASX: PEN) appears to have found its groove just as the United States rediscovers its appetite for home-grown uranium. The