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.

Viking Mines has produced 62.5 per cent tungsten trioxide concentrate at a 59.8 per cent recovery rate from 1.2 per cent tungsten trioxide ore from its Linka project in Nevada Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has delivered a step-change processing breakthrough at its flagship Linka project in Nevada, producing a premium tungsten concentrate from a combined gravity separation and flotation circuit. The company says metallurgical testwork returned a world-class concentrate grading

Critical Resources says its sulphur-free solid-state battery electrolyte has matched key sulphide-class battery performance at room temperature, opening a cleaner path towards scale-up.

Pacgold Ltd has fired up the drill rig at its Vertigo deposit in South Australia, kicking off multiple follow-up resource growth campaigns as production ramps up at its fresh White Dam project.

West Wits Mining has completed its 1 West decline and struck high-grade historic stopes at Qala Shallows in South Africa, potentially shaving a year off development as it eyes a faster gold production ramp-up.

Horizon Gold is eying a potential three-million-ounce gold inventory at its historic Gum Creek project in WA, armed with a fully funded 80,000m drill blitz, underground upside and a booming A$6300 gold price.

Critica Limited has upgraded feedstock 14-fold at its WA Jupiter rare earths project to a three per cent TREO concentrate during pilot beneficiation work in Vietnam, rejecting 95 per cent of the feed mass.

Novo Resources has reclaimed full ownership of its highly prospective Egina gold project in WA’s Pilbara after Northern Star walked away from the earn-in, handing back a treasure trove of exploration data.

Perth biotechs Avicena Systems and Syngenis Laboratories are teaming up to fast-track high-volume pathogen detection technology aimed at protecting Australia’s agriculture, trade and health systems.

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Viridis Mining and Minerals has produced the first mixed rare earth carbonate at its Colossus demonstration plant in Brazil, marking a key step towards offtake deals, DFS completion and planned 2028 production.

Terrain Minerals has extended its ongoing IP geophysical survey over three historic Mid West prospects in WA to sniff out new gold drill targets, ahead of a July maiden resource for its Lightning gold project.

Aguia Resources has secured final approval to commercialise its phosphate in Brazil, enabling sales and deliveries through a discounted campaign designed to accelerate cash flow into July 2026.

PLC Resources has wrapped up its first drill test at the Rochefort gold prospect in WA's Murchison region, intersecting quartz veins, sulphides and alteration ahead of assays due within six weeks.

Critical Resources has defined a fresh 600-metre arsenic soil anomaly and bagged high-grade rock-chip assays up to 5.42 grams per tonne gold during early fieldwork at its Lammerlaw project in New Zealand.

ClearVue has struck a manufacturing and distribution deal with Aria Glass Industries to produce and sell its solar glazing products in India, opening a significant new growth market.

Infini Resources has completed a project-wide geophysics blitz at its Portland Creek uranium project in Newfoundland, fine-tuning targets across a 6km mineralised corridor ahead of Phase 3 drilling.

Viking Mines has signed drill contractor DrilCor for a 63-hole maiden drilling program at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada, marking the final operational step before breaking ground in late June.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has reported an 80% response rate from five Crohn’s disease patients treated with its StemSmart cell therapy, with all patients improving and no serious adverse events.

Solis Minerals has moved a step closer to maiden drilling in Brazil’s red-hot Lithium Valley after locking in land access, securing a driller and confirming fertile lithium markers at two priority targets.

Western Mines Group has intersected 230 metres of nickel mineralisation grading 0.3 per cent nickel from only 90m depth at the company’s Mulga Tank project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields.

Forrestania Resources has secured the Newington gold project in a $1.5M all-scrip deal, adding 10 granted tenements across 212km² and 33km of strike in WA’s prospective Southern Cross Greenstone Belt.

Augustus Minerals has kicked off follow-up drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora in WA after strong maiden hits and a recent $2.5M raising to help fast-track the next phase of exploration.