Quartz-scheelite vein at Critical Resources’ Granite Creek project, New Zealand, which returned 16.63 per cent tungsten trioxide. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has revealed a high-grade tungsten system in New Zealand, with first-pass sampling delivering a stunning channel sample result of 0.41m grading 16.63 per cent tungsten trioxide. The work was conducted at its Granite Creek tungsten target, part of the company’s Croesus project near Barrytown on the South Island’s

Aircore drilling at Gateway Mining's Great Western prospect in WA, where maiden drilling has confirmed a 10km gold-silver system. Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has delivered the first drilling confirmation that its Great Western prospect at the Yandal gold project in Western Australia hosts a large-scale gold-silver hydrothermal system, with maiden drilling defining a gold-mineralised structure stretching four kilometres along a key geological contact at the Great Western fle

Rock chip sample averaging 14.55g/t collected from the northeast end of the Jaws prospect at Manhattan Gold Corporation’s Hook Lake project, Nunavut Territory, Canada. Manhattan Gold Corporation (ASX: MHC) has kicked off a comprehensive exploration program at its Hook Lake project in Nunavut, Canada, launching a 4000-metre reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign, marking the first modern drilling on the ground in more than 30 years. The campaign is being driven by a

European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela, fourth from left in the back row, receives a presentation on the latest status of the Colossus rare earths project and its role in diversified supply chains. Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) aptly named Colossus rare earths project in Brazil has landed on the radar of Europe’s critical minerals powerbrokers after hosting European Union Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Síkela du

King River Resources’ LiDAR image over the Mindoolah Main Reef open pit, historic waste dump and nearby stockpiles, looking southwest. It is often said that some of the best real estate for finding gold is right next door to where it has already been discovered. Better still is to look beneath an old mine or rummage through the waste piles left behind by old-timers who chased only the richest ore in a far lower gold price environment. After years of waiting for the righ

Production drilling rig at Kangankunde's stage one pit marks a key mining-readiness milestone as Lindian shifts the giant Malawian rare earths project from construction towards production. Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) is rapidly transforming its giant Kangankunde project in Malawi from a construction site into an operating rare earths mine, with key milestones now ticked off, bringing it to the final run before commissioning and production. With the haul road to the sta

Soil sampling at MetalsGrove Mining’s Zuénoula project in Côte d’Ivoire has identified targets for a 10,000-metre auger drilling program set to mobilise at the end of June. MetalsGrove Mining (ASX: MGA) is set to kick off a significant 10,000-metre, two-rig auger drilling program at its Zuénoula gold permit in Côte d’Ivoire, with mobilisation slated for the end of this month. The campaign will test seven potential drill targets identified from a string of impressive soi

Reverse circulation drill rig at Gateway Mining’s Yandal gold project 85 kilometres northeast of Wiluna in WA. Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has bagged a new high-grade gold discovery at its sprawling Yandal gold project in Western Australia, with maiden drilling at its Cowza prospect hitting a previously untested and highly prospective geological contact. The company’s first-pass air core drilling at Cowza, 4.5km south of its recent Celia South discovery, returned a strong

ADX Energy's HOCH-1 well flares gas during Phase 1 testing in Upper Austria, where a stable, water-free flow from the Zone 1 reservoir has opened the door to a broader shallow-gas growth story. ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has delivered the first real evidence that its Austrian shallow-gas strategy may have commercial legs, with its HOCH-1 discovery well roaring to life and flowing gas at a stable, water-free rate of 2.7 million cubic feet of gas per day (MMcfd). The 11-hour t

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Norfolk Metals' Ciclón copper project in northern Chile, where the company has defined an 11.8 million tonne JORC resource ahead of the planned completion of its transformational acquisition. Norfolk Metals (ASX: NFL) has taken a major step towards reinventing itself as a Chile-focused copper developer. The company has substantially de-risked its transformational Ciclón acquisition by landing a JORC-compliant resource of 11.8 million tonnes grading a high 2.88 per cent co

Outcrop from within the anomalous target area in the northwest of the Music Valley project area in California. Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has expanded its district-scale Music Valley heavy rare earth project in California, staking an additional 66 claims to lock up another 1300 acres of prospective ground. The move follows recent fieldwork that confirmed strong evidence of the recognised host rock for heavy rare earth element (HREE) mineralisation in the region. Th

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Norwood Systems. Perfect timing. As news landed that the US was inching towards a peace deal with Iran and the FIFA World Cup kicked off, the long-awaited SpaceX IPO finally launched, in what can only be described as a roaring success. The float was always expected to be enormous, but few anticipated quite how quickly investors would lose their minds. Shares issued at US$135 (A$190) apiece at IPO opened at US$160

West Wits Mining has nailed down a $96.7 million finance package to fire up its Qala Shallows gold mine in South Africa. West Wits Mining (ASX: WWI) has kicked the door down on its project funding, executing definitive loan agreements for a ZAR1.115 billion (A$96.7 million) finance package to drive its Qala Shallows gold project in South Africa toward steady-state production. The deal, struck with South African banking heavyweights Absa Bank and Nedbank CIB, completes t

Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill intercepts reported last week to the ASX. Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits looks at notable drill hits recently reported to the ASX, led by Aruma Resources in Ontario, with McLaren Minerals in Western Australia and BMC Minerals in Yukon. It has been a thinner-than-usual week for Big Hits. However, the best of the bunch still delivered a useful spread of copper-silver, heavy minerals and polymetallic results across Canada and Austral

Giant semi-submersible platform at the Gumusut- Kakap’s 150,000 barrels per day deepwater field 100 kilometres south west of Triangle Energy spinout Tetragon Energy’s Sandakan Basin permits. Triangle Energy (ASX: TEG) has tightened its grip on its West Australian turf, moving to 100 per cent ownership of its key onshore Perth Basin permits, L7, or Mt Horner, and the adjacent EP 437 acreage. The consolidation comes after subsidiaries of Strike Energy and Echelon Resource

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Kuniko Limited’s Silica Hill prospect in the revered Lachlan Fold Belt of New South Wales. To play in a land of the giants, you need the right address, the right backers and, most importantly, the right results. ASX-listed junior Kuniko Limited (ASX: KNI) appears to be ticking all three boxes as it methodically pieces together an emerging precious metals and polymetallic puzzle in the revered New South Wales’ Lachlan Fold Belt. This is a region that hosts some of Austral

A bird’s eye view of True North Copper’s historic Taipan open pit, which will now be expanded by its Mongoose acquisition to the immediate northwest. True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has consolidated the groundholding at its flagship Cloncurry copper project in northwest Queensland, securing the adjacent Mongoose resource after Glencore opted not to exercise its right of first refusal. The deal sees True North pick up ASX-listed Renegade Exploration’s interest in the Carpen

Aureka Limited diamond drilling underway in June at the company’s Irvine gold project north of the Resolution Lode, targeting one of the exploration target areas identified in the updated JORC. Aureka (ASX: AKA) has added more ounces to its Victorian gold story after lifting its global inferred JORC resource 26 per cent to 454,800 ounces, driven by a strong upgrade at its flagship Irvine project in the historic and richly endowed Stawell gold corridor. The company says

Forrestania Resources’ soon-to-be refurbished centrepiece, the 3.2 million tonnes per annum Lake Johnson gold processing plant, 185km southwest of Kalgoorlie in WA. By almost any measure, Forrestania Resources’ (ASX: FRS) transformation from a small-cap explorer into a major emerging gold producer with a sprawling multi-hub footprint across Western Australia’s premier mining belts in barely three years represents an extraordinary evolution. Now it has its foot on almost

Litchfield Minerals exploration is supported by BHP’s nine month Xplor program. Litchfield Minerals (ASX: LMS) says its BHP Xplor-backed technical work has changed the way it looks at its Harts Range ground in Australia’s Northern Territory, shifting the story from a handful of separate copper and nickel prospects to a potentially much bigger belt-scale mineral system. The company says the work it has completed through the global miner’s Xplor program has tied together