Drill rig at Gateway Mining’s Yandal gold project. Credit: File Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) is about to plunge the drill bit into one of its most compelling new targets yet at the company’s Yandal gold project in Western Australia, with a large-scale maiden drilling campaign set to fire up in early March at the Great Western prospect. Detailed lithological and structural mapping has confirmed what the company describes as a “textbook” gold setting, with a differentiated doleri

Niobium pellets from St George Mining’s operated Araxá niobium–rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has snapped up prime industrial land next to its Araxá project in Brazil, clearing a major hurdle on the path to fast-tracked niobium and rare earths production in a red-hot critical minerals market. The land parcel, comprising 166 hectares, is less than 2 kilometres from the mining tenure and is zoned for mining and industrial use. Management

Previously released drill core from 544m downhole at American West Metals’ ‘Goldilocks Zone’ which assayed 95g/t In, 2.8% Cu, 0.5g/t Au, 39g/t Ag. The prospect forms part of the company’s West Desert critical minerals project in Utah, US. Credit: File American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has locked in drill contractors and will mobilise to its West Desert critical minerals project in Utah this month, setting up what management says will be the biggest work program at the asset si

Jumbo development drilling at Kaiser Reef’s Henty underground mine in Tasmania. Credit: File Profitable gold producer, Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) , has used the strong gold price to flick the switch on growth, unveiling a clear-eyed strategy to lift gold production, extend mine life and unlock district-scale upside across the company’s Henty mine in Tasmania and its Victorian operations at Maldon. The company’s plans centre on squeezing more ounces out of existing infrastructure

Aurum Resources staff at the company’s giant Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. Aurum Resources (ASX: AUE) has delivered another strong round of diamond drilling results from its ongoing 100,000-metre program at the company’s 2.41-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa. The latest assays from 30 holes for 7208m of drilling have wrapped up the final data batch for the company’s Boundiali mineral resource estimate (MRE) update, wh

Locksley Resources’ chief operating officer Danny George, along with Hazen researchers, proudly displaying pure metallic antimony samples processed from ore at the company’s Desert Antimony Mine project in California. Locksley Resources’ (ASX: LKY) recent metallurgical testwork has forged more than 99 per cent in pure metallic antimony from material sourced at its flagship Desert Antimony Mine in the US state of California. The company’s ongoing metallurgical optimisation pr

Flow testing has resumed at ADX Energy’s Welchau-1 hydrocarbon discovery in Upper Austria. ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has finally cracked the seal at its Welchau-1 well in Upper Austria, with early flow-testing delivering the company its first confirmed hydrocarbon gas to surface from its shallow Reifling Formation. After resuming testing following a prolonged regulatory delay, ADX has successfully triggered gas flows from a reservoir that previously refused to play ball. A modes

Sarytogan Graphite’s proposed onsite beneficiation plant layout for its world-class graphite project in Kazakhstan. Sarytogan Graphite (ASX: SGA) has landed a key milestone for its flagship graphite deposit in Central Kazakhstan, with a significant JORC-compliant upgrade to its mineral resource estimate, which includes a maiden measured reserve of 5.4 million tonnes at 28.3 per cent total graphitic carbon (TGC). For the first time, Sarytogan’s central graphite zone – the bac

A view of zone 3, part of Osmond Resources’ Orion EU critical minerals project in southern Spain. Osmond Resources (ASX: OSM) is looking beyond the drill bit and into the value chain, progressing multiple downstream product initiatives tied to its Orión EU critical minerals project in southern Spain. Orión EU hosts a suite of minerals listed by the European Union as critical raw materials, strategically important to the bloc’s industrial and defence supply chains. These incl

Critica Limited undertaking reverse circulation drilling at its 100 per cent owned Jupiter project in Western Australia. Credit: File Testwork from Critica Limited’s (ASX: CRI) giant clay-hosted Jupiter project in Western Australia has delivered its first high-quality mixed rare earth carbonate. Critically, the company has been able to upgrade key magnet elements neodymium and praseodymium (NdPr), dysprosium and terbium simply using a conventional sulphuric acid bake. The fi

A regional geology map showing surrounding mines and projects near Patriot Resources’ Tassa silver-gold project in southern Peru. Credit: File Patriot Resources (ASX: PAT) has uncorked a mighty maiden mineral resource of 31.39 million ounces of silver-equivalent from its polymetallic Tassa silver-gold project in Southern Peru. The company’s inferred maiden resource estimate clocked in at 18.53 million tonnes at 52.68 grams per tonne (g/t) for the 31.39 million-ounce silver-e

Golden light pours over Hot Chili’s massive 3.5-million-tonne copper equivalent Costa Fuego project in Chile. Credit: File Hot Chili (ASX: HCH) is turning up the heat at its La Verde copper-gold discovery in Chile, delivering another remarkable batch of shallow high-grade results that continue to firm up the case for a potential higher-grade starter pit within its flagship Costa Fuego development. Fresh assays from two diamond tail extension holes have reinforced the emergenc

Pressure testing at TMK Energy’s Gurvantes coal seam gas pilot well project in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has successfully navigated another milestone at its wholly owned Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas (CSG) pilot well project in Mongolia. The company’s latest pressure build-up tests at its Lucky Fox one and four wells, which were shut in for 14 and 8 days, respectively, have confirmed the reservoir pressure has continued to improve since earlier readings in

Drilling at Great Southern Mining’s Duketon gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Perth-based gold explorer Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) has continued to build scale and momentum at its Golden Boulder discovery in Western Australia’s gold-rich Duketon belt, extending known mineralisation to an impressive 3.5-kilometre strike along the interpreted Rosemont Shear Zone. The final assays from last year’s 56-hole RC drilling program have delivered a string of impres

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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Great Dirt Resources. Credit: Bulls N' Bears/File Friday the 13th has delivered once again. The market is looking bruised and battered to end the week, with US tech and the NASDAQ slipping again overnight, leaving the ASX in a panic this morning. Apple slid 5 per cent and dragged six of the Magnificent Seven down with it, as delayed January jobs data, courtesy of the government shutdown hangover, also landed mid-week and w

KalGold’s first diamond drilling at its Pinjin gold project in WA’s eastern goldfields has confirmed that gold mineralisation extends much deeper than has been previously tested. Credit: File Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX: KGD) has chalked up encouraging results from maiden diamond drilling of its Kirgella Gift and Providence deposits at the company’s Pinjin gold project, 140 kilometres northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s prospective Laverton Tectonic Zone. While go

The high-grade San Gabriel gold mine in Peru lies immediately adjacent to Patriot Resources’ recently acquired Tassa silver-gold project. Credit: File As the AI revolution juggernaut pushes on and the copper-silver data centre glut increases tensions, ASX-listed junior Patriot Resources (ASX: PAT) has masterminded a globally scaled copper-silver portfolio to ride the explosive wave of demand being driven by artificial intelligence and data centres. The company has stitched to

Horizon Minerals’ developing ROM ore pad at its Boorara gold project near Kalgoorlie. Credit: File Riding a red-hot gold market, Horizon Minerals (ASX: HRZ) has delivered a timely upgrade to its Kalgoorlie portfolio, boosting its global resource base to 34.3 million tonnes at 1.7 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 1.88 million ounces. The resource reshuffle has delivered a 16 per cent jump in tonnes, translating into a healthy 6.5 per cent increase, adding 114,000 ounces in cont

Minas Gerais Governor Romeu Zema addresses the St George Mining’s Open Day and Critical Minerals Forum at Araxá, watched by the company’s in-country leaders Thiago Amaral (centre) and Adriano Rios. Credit: File Brazil has rolled out the welcome mat for St George Mining’s (ASX: SGQ) Araxá project, with the State of Minas Gerais formally approving a preferential goods tax regime for the company’s Araxá niobium and rare earths project. The deal removes state goods tax of up to 1

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Kalamazoo’s Mt. Piper project tenements in Central Victoria lie about 4.5 kilometres north of the prominent Mt. Piper topographic feature. Credit: File Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has reported encouraging surface geochemical sample results from recent scout programs at three prospects within its Mt Piper gold project in Central Victoria. Rock chip and soil sampling has confirmed strong gold-antimony mineralisation and defined extensive anomalous trends over multiple kilom

A testing rig running tubing at ADX Energy’s Welchau-1 in Upper Austria. Credit: File ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has launched the next chapter at its Welchau-1 discovery in Upper Austria, kicking off flow testing on its prospective Reifling formation to confirm light oils and potential hydrocarbon flows. The company says it has completed all preparations to clear the wellbore, including acid stimulation and damage repair and the setup is now ready for action at its ADX-AT-II licen

Gold dore from Auric Mining’s second pour at Black Cat Syndicate’s Lakewood Mill near Kalgoorlie. Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) has kicked off the year in style thanks to its Munda gold mine in Western Australia, delivering the first pour from its second toll-treatment campaign and locking in 1147 ounces of solid gold. The $8 million gold haul was sourced from a second 65,000-tonne parcel of open-pit high-grade Munda material before being processed at Black Cat Syndicate’s current