Octava Minerals’ Federation project, 12km west of the town of Zeehan in Western Tasmania, comprises two exploration licences covering about 121 square kilometres. Credit: File Octava Minerals (ASX: OCT) has landed some exceptional high-grade indium results up to 860ppm by having a re-look at some old rock chip samples from its Sweeney’s prospect within the company’s Federation copper-zinc-silver project in western Tasmania. A fixed-loop electromagnetic (FLEM) geophysical sur

Mount Ridley Mines has lit up a 33-kilometre run of untested rare earths and gallium targets across its vast Grass Patch Complex north of Esperance. Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has lit up a 33-kilometre run of untested rare earths and gallium targets across its vast Grass Patch Complex north of Esperance in WA after completing a fresh review of modern geophysical datasets. The company says the work has outlined multiple new structural and lithological corridors

Green360 Technologies has trucked about 60 tonnes of its Eco-Clay partial cement replacement product for trials to two major concrete plants in Melbourne. Credit: File Green360 Technologies (ASX: GT3) has taken a major step towards commercialisation of its highly-reactive “Eco-Clay metakaolin” product, delivering about 60 tonnes of the product to two commercial concrete batching plants operated by a national concrete supplier in Melbourne for full-scale trials in low-carbon c

Corazon Mining’s two gold projects sit near multiple renowned open-pit and underground gold operations in the Gascoyne region of WA. Credit: File Gold-focused explorer Corazon Mining (ASX: CZN) has locked-in a strategic partnership with the local Marputu Aboriginal Corporation to secure access to its promising Two Pools gold project in the Gascoyne region of WA. A newly-signed land access agreement delivers a win-win outcome for both outfits, with Corazon now moving to fast-

Venus Metals owns 50.17 million shares and a one per cent net smelt royalty over Rox Resources’ 2.2-million ounce gold mine in the Western Australia’s Murchison region. Credit: File Venus Metals (ASX: VMC) has urged shareholders to sit on their hands and ignore the noise after private company QGold launched an unsolicited, low-ball takeover bid for the Western Australian exploration company this week. The 17-cent cash offer, unveiled in a bidder’s statement yesterday, landed

TMK Energy’s Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project adjacent to coal mining operations in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has crept closer to the magic moment when its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam project in Mongolia finally gives up its gas. The latest pressure build-up test, run over four days, showed the reservoir pressure in the upper coal seams at the LF-06 pilot well has continued to fall towards the all-important gas desorption point, exactly as the company’s la

Aguia Resources Santa Barbara high-grade gold vein in the mine workings ranges from 0.3 to 0.5m wide and to 1m wide in places. It is developed along a strike distance of about 200m and has been mapped over 7km of strike. Credit: File Aguia Resources (ASX: AGR) has appointed Tim Hosking as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the resignation of William Howe as Managing Director and CEO. The leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for

True North Copper drilling for copper from its latest phase-two drilling program at its Aquila prospect, part of the company’s Mt Oxide project in northwestern Queensland. Credit: File True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has put another serious run on the board at its exciting new Aquila copper-cobalt discovery within its Mount Oxide project in Queensland, stretching the mineralised strike to more than 900m and confirming what management says is the emergence of a multi-deposit cop

Kaiser Reef’s Union Mine waste dump with planned drill holes. Credit: File Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) is working on a plan to turn historic waste dumps into cash at its Union Hill site within the company’s Maldon Gold project in Victoria. The Maldon gold project hosts a remarkable historical production legacy of 1.75 million ounces on mining licences, offering immense potential for renewed exploration to expand resources and reserves through exploration and future development. C

Kalamazoo Resources Executive Chairman, Luke Reinehr. Credit: File Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has moved quickly to expand the growth picture around its 1.44‑million‑ounce Ashburton gold project 35 kms south east of Paraburdoo in WA, outlining fresh underground potential and a broadened pipeline of brownfields and greenfields targets across a seven‑kilometre structural corridor – neither of which were included in the recent scoping study. A recent re‑optimisation of the M

The staged deal will streamline Noronex’ portfolio and strengthen its balance sheet for upcoming exploration. Credit: File Noronex Limited (ASX: NRX) has struck a binding agreement to sell its Witvlei copper project in Namibia for $4.5 million in staged payments, a move the company says will sharpen its focus on the Kalahari Copper Belt while strengthening its cash position for 2026 exploration. The asset is held through joint-venture vehicle Larchmont Investments Pty Ltd (L

Altech Batteries’ scanning electron microscope image of its alumina-coated silicon spheres (white) distributed through graphite in voids between the graphite flakes (dark grey). The white sphere in image centre-left measures about 6.5 microns in diameter. Credit: File Perth-based Altech Batteries (ASX: ATC) is riding high on unsolicited but welcome industry buzz, with a leading global electric vehicle battery manufacturer kicking the tires on the company’s game-changing “Sil

Southern Hemisphere Oxide copper at Ferro South. Credit: Files Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH) has discovered outcropping high-grade copper at its recently discovered Ferro South prospect in central Chile. A portable XRF recorded 15 per cent copper indicating a higher-grade zone than previously mapped. It suggests Ferro South may host a robust near-surface copper system with potential for open-cut mineralisation. Visible minerals identified by the onsite geologist incl

Reverse circulation drill rig in progress at Estrella Resources’ Werumata Limestone prospect in Timor Leste. Credit: File Estrella Resources says (ASX: ESR) it is on track to unearth a monster 500m tonne limestone resource at its Werumatamata project in Timor Leste after drilling logged large sheets of valuable mineralisation up to 87m thick. The company says the average width logged within the limestone blanket at the project is 55m and it also encountered an unexpected bonu

Viridis Mining has secured a $46m funding package to fast-track the development of its Colossus rare earths project in Brazil. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has shifted into a higher gear after converting its landmark memorandum of understanding with Brazilian financial heavyweights Régia Capital and ORE Investments into a fully binding US$30 million (A$46 million) funding deal. With the first US$5 million already banked, the company says the strategic

Eclipse Metals historic open pit Ivigtût cryolite mine in southwest Greenland Eclipse Metals (ASX: EPM) has wound up a pivotal 503-metre diamond drilling program at its flagship Ivigtût cryolite and critical minerals project in southwest Greenland, delivering visual confirmation that the historic Ivigtût cryolite mine is far more than a relic and is a polymetallic cousin to its nearby Grønnedal resource, one of the Western world’s most promising rare earths systems. Two diamo

St George Mining executive chair John Prineas. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has unleashed a fresh suite of standout rare earths and niobium numbers from its maiden diamond drilling program at the company-defining Araxá project in Brazil – and the new results could reshape the scale of what is already one of the Western world’s most significant critical-minerals discoveries. The latest six holes lit up the lab sheets with exceptional and consistent grades and thick

Old workings at Litchfield Minerals’ Oonagalabi copper-zinc project, 120 kilometres north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Litchfield Minerals (ASX: LMS) has pulled back the curtain on what may be one of the Northern Territory’s most promising emerging base-metals systems. New induced polarisation (IP) survey results have outlined multiple fresh, high-priority targets across its Oonagalabi copper and zinc project, hinting at a large intrusion-related sulphide syst

Chariot Corporation signing its Nigerian small-scale mining agreement. From left to right: Ronald Onosode, COO of Continental Lithium; Shanthar Pathmanathan, Chariot Corporation Executive Chairman and MD; and Lanre Afebuameh, President and Vice Chairman of Continental. Credit: File Perth-based lithium explorer Chariot Corporation (ASX: CC9) has moved decisively to unlock near-term cash flows from its Nigerian lithium portfolio, signing a binding agreement to formalise small-s

Jaén Province, Andalucía in Southern Spain is home to Osmond Resources’ world class Orión EU critical minerals project. Osmond Resources (ASX: OSM) has planted another big flag in the ground at its Orión EU critical minerals project in southern Spain, as the company’s second drill hole also returned more thick, high-grade titanium, zirconium and rare earth mineralisation from the same quartzite layer that got tongues wagging last week. The result tightens the screws on what i

Whitebark Energy has kicked off a series of studies on its Warro gas field in WA to better understand the commercial potential of its huge onshore gas resource in the Perth Basin. Whitebark Energy (ASX: WBE) has kicked off a series of studies on its Warro gas field in WA to better understand the commercial potential of its massive onshore gas resource. Several leading industry firms have now been tasked with completing four technical and commercial studies to unveil the true

The results of Proteomics OxiDx blood testing trials are being presented today in Sydney at the Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) Annual Scientific Meeting. Proteomics International (ASX: PIQ) has delivered another strong data set from its precision diagnostics pipeline. The company has revealed that its unique, majority-owned “OxiDx” blood test for Thoroughbred racehorses shows a strong correlation between horses racing with low levels of oxidative stress and those th

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