Sarytogan Graphite’s massive graphite project is situated in central east Kazakhstan and was first explored in the 1980s before the company’s 100% owned subsidiary Ushtogan LLP resumed exploration in 2018. Sarytogan Graphite (ASX: SGA) has awarded the engineering contracts for the definitive feasibility study (DFS) at its massive namesake graphite project in Kazakhstan to global heavyweights Wood and WSP, locking in a clear runway to mid-2026 completion and construction in 2

Stunning shows of visible gold in drilling at Aureka Ltd’s Comstock prospect in Victoria. Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has hit visible gold in seven separate spots within a single diamond drill hole at its emerging Comstock prospect at the St Arnaud project in western Victoria, setting up massive anticipation around the final assay results. The multiple gold shows point to the fresh high-grade potential north of an existing 56,500 ounce inferred resource at Comstock, with the c

ClearVue Technologies shaded solar power generating outdoor carpark roofing is but one example of the seamless integration of the company’s products into urban infrastructure. In a sector where buildings aren’t just structures anymore but power plants in disguise, ASX listed ClearVue Technologies (ASX: CPV) is turning heads with a commercialisation pipeline that’s exploding faster than a solar flare. Since unveiling its revamped management team in June 2025, ClearVue says it

Well test flaring showing natural gas flowing to surface at Whitebark Energy’s 100%-owned Warro gas project in Western Australia. Whitebark Energy’s (ASX: WBE) shares soared as much as 85 per cent to 13 cents a share on massive turnover today after revealing it had cracked the code to a huge onshore gas field at the company’s 100 per cent-owned Warro project in Western Australia’s Perth Basin. After years of being viewed as the giant that wouldn’t awwaken, the field has been

Flow testing at ADX Energy’s exciting Welchau-1 gas discovery in Upper Austria is due to restart in the new year. Credit: File ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has pulled the trigger on a major drilling and testing offensive in Upper Austria, clearing the final hurdles to restart flow test operations on its exciting Welchau-1 gas discovery after overcoming some legal challenges accessing the ground. Welchau-1 is just the opening act in a big drilling assault planned by the company acros

Diamond drilling at Aurumin’s Two Mile Hill deposit. Credit: File Aurumin Resources (ASX: AUN) has kicked off a 7,400-metre multi-rig drilling blitz at its Central Sandstone gold project in WA’s Mid West, targeting resource upgrades and new ounces across the high-grade Shillington-Two Mile Hill complex and nearby McIntyre and Old Town Well deposits. The program comprises 30 reverse-circulation (RC) holes for 5,000m and 10 diamond holes for 2,400m, focused squarely on buildin

Visible gold in drilling from Advance Metals’ Myrtleford gold project in Victoria. Advance Metals (ASX: AVM) has struck visible gold at its Myrtleford project in Victoria’s fabled goldfields, pushing its high-grade system down a further 140-metres, past the 500m mark in vertical extent. The visible gold chunks are the deepest results at its Happy Valley deposit within Myrtleford and leave the mineralisation entirely open in every direction. The company says its latest diamon

First The Louvre; now how to spot a heist on the ASX. Credit: File The ladder. The smashed window. The stolen jewels. Dollar Bill expected to see a Bond villain, not a few men dressed in high-viz scooting past outside the famous Louvre Museum in Paris with backpacks stuffed full of priceless treasures. Yet there it was: four thieves, an electrically powered ladder on a truck, through a second-floor window into the Apollo Gallery and out again. It was all done in seven minutes

True North Copper drilling at its Cloncurry copper projects in northwest Queensland. Credit: File True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has fired first shots in its assault on its Salebury iron oxide copper gold (IOCG) targets near the behemoth Ernest Henry IOCG mine in Northwest Queensland. Three maiden reverse-circulation holes have been drilled for 963m into what the company says is the outer halo of an apparent IOCG system. True North says that broad alteration, copper sulphide bl

Part of Lindian Resources’ proposed processing plant under design for the company’s rapidly developing Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, East Africa. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has received a green light from Malawi’s government, confirming its Kangankunde rare earths are exempt from an executive order banning raw mineral exports as it will process the ore locally to produce monazite concentrate. The clarification arrives just a day after Lindian’s pr

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BNK Banking corporation has closed its second high-margin structured credit deal for the year. Hot on the heels of a convincing turnaround in its 2025 full year results, BNK Banking Corporation (ASX: BBC) has now cranked up its growth profile again after buying into the structured credit market for the second time this year. The deal has turbocharged the company’s rapid push into the niche high-margin space, which is becoming an increasingly lucrative corner of the lending w

Reach Resources’ Blue Heaven site where the company is set to undertake infill and extensional drilling to upgrade and if possible expand known resources. Credit: File With a myriad of listed companies now making serious money out of toll treating, Reach Resources (ASX: RR1) has moved to drill out its Murchison South gold project about 800km north of Perth in Western Australia. The company is set to mobilise a reverse circulation (RC) drill rig in mid-November for a ~5000m in

Terrain Minerals has uncovered a 66 square-kilometre shallow regolith clay basin prospective for rare earths at its Lort River project in the Albany Fraser belt of WA. Credit: File Terrain Minerals (ASX: TMX) has uncovered a 66 square-kilometre shallow regolith clay basin prospective for rare earths using airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey data at its Lort River project in the Albany Fraser belt of Western Australia. The AEM survey completed at Lort River, near the town o

A rock chip sample from an outcropping quartz vein at Taruga Mineral’s Thowagee South prospect in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. Assay results include 0.5g/t gold along with visible galena running at 2.4% lead. Credit: File Excitement is brewing in the Taruga Minerals (ASX: TAR) camp after recent geophysical survey work picked up a large new base metals and gold target at its Thowagee South prospect in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. The hunt kicked off after a 20

Olympio Metals has identified visible gold in diamond drill core at several of its drill sites along the famed Cadillac Break in Quebec. Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) has confirmed a major gold system is emerging from drilling results along the North Bousquet Fault at its Bousquet Project that straddles Quebec’s famed Cadillac Break, with new assays extending the Decoeur Prospect by over 400m to 1.7 kilometres. One hole returned 7.1m assaying 1.43 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from

Shotgun blasts and rifle rounds failed to cause any major damage to Altech Batteries’ sodium-nickel-chloride stainless steel casing during recent testwork on the high-tech battery. Credit: File Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) has run its sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) batteries through an explosive series of safety destruction tests, with the high-tech batteries coming up trumps with zero thermal runaway, fire or explosion. A full suite of extreme safety, self-destruction tests dem

Mount Ridley Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has added another string to its bow at the company’s Mt Ridley heavy rare earths project after unveiling a gallium resource of 838.7 million tonnes at 29.3 parts per million. The little-known critical mineral is prized by the US military as it has multiple applications in military technologies. Mt Ridley’s maiden gallium resource spans three deposits over its expansive 3400 square kilometres of tenure, 50 km northeast o

Estrella drills the first hole in the Werumata limestone project in Timor Leste, formally East Timor. Credit: File Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has flicked the switch on its first drilling campaign at the Werumata Limestone Project in Timor-Leste where it is chasing one of Asia’s cleanest, calcite-rich carbonate deposits. The maiden program includes six diamond and 26 reverse circulation (RC) holes, targeting the vast Baucau and Batu Putih limestone formations that dominate

The main pit at Javelin Minerals’ Coogee gold and copper project near Kalgoorlie was first mined by Ramelius resources in 2014 for 30,000 ounces of gold grading 4.01g/t. Javelin Minerals (ASX: JAV) has uncovered a set of big copper-gold targets at its Coogee project just 50 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in a move that could potentially turbo-charge the high-grade goldfield - already host a 127,000-ounce gold resource and more than 4000 tonnes of copper. At its Coogee West a

Visible gold in the hanging-wall at Kaiser Reef’s Maldon gold project in Maldon Victoria, about 135km northwest of Melbourne. Credit: File With its Henty gold mine in Tasmania now spitting out gold, Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) has turned its attention to what it believes may be a potentially second processing hub for the company – its Maldon gold project in Victoria. Management says it has nailed some solid high-grade gold hits from its latest diamond drilling program within the c

As part of the Lindsay’s gold project northeast of Kalgoorlie, the Parrot Feathers deposit is set to fall under Auric Mining’s control as its latest WA gold play. Credit: File Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) has confirmed it is moving forward in its plans to secure the Lindsay’s gold project and the Parrot Feathers open pit mine near Kalgoorlie, completing due diligence with the deal appearing to be going full steam ahead. The company first struck a $4 million deal for Lindsay’s bac

Marmota Ltd undertook intensive drilling at its flagship Aurora Tank project, uncovering extensive high-grade, near surface gold results. Marmota Ltd (ASX: MEU) has launched Stage 1 mine planning for its South Australian Gawler Gold Project, with initial focus on its advanced high-grade Aurora Tank deposit With block modelling completed and a maiden resource statement in its final stages, the company is pressing ahead to establish a viable gold production pathway in South Au

Commissioning of GAVAQ pilot processing plant in Hanoi, Vietnam Credit: FILE Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has ticked over a major milestone at its flagship Jupiter deposit in Western Australia, extracting a high quality mixed rare earth product (MREP) assaying at a whopping 84 per cent total rare earth oxide with 78 per cent recovery. Results from the metallurgical test work demonstrates that beneficiated Jupiter concentrate can be leached using conventional, scalable hydrometa