Regional diamond drilling at Larvotto Resources’ soon-to-be operational Hillgrove gold-antimony project in New South Wales. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has continued to stack gold and antimony hits at its Hillgrove project in New South Wales, this time confirming broad zones of high-grade gold-antimony-tungsten across multiple lodes at its expanding Freehold exploration prospect. The 4300m diamond drilling program targeted depth extensions of historically mined old workings

Terrain Minerals’ diamond drilling rig and support vehicles are mobilising to the company’s Lightning prospect, with both rig and crew arrival expected on site later today. Credit: File Terrain Minerals Limited (ASX: TMX) has kicked off a round of diamond drilling at its wholly owned Smokebush gold and silver project, about 350km north of Perth in Western Australia's prospective Yalgoo mineral field. The program will zero in on the company’s emerging Lightning prospect, now

Gas flaring from TMK Energy’s LF-07 well at the company’s Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in southern Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has continued its impressive run, notching up yet another new gas production record at the company’s Pilot Well project, which forms part of its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project in southern Mongolia. The company set a new daily production record of 674 cubic gas metres, or more than 23,800 standard cubic feet per day(scfd

Cross section of the Welchau anticline showing the 500m updip oil potential at ADX Energy’s Welchau 1 discovery in Upper Austria. Credit: File Perth-based ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has lifted the lid on what it now believes is a dual-prize appraisal opportunity at its flagship Welchau discovery in Upper Austria. New technical studies have identified both an updip light oil target and a shallower-than-expected gas-condensate accumulation within a connected petroleum system. The te

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Core from Strickland Metals’ Red Creek discovery at Rogozna in Serbia showing massive chalcopyrite mineralisation in contact with carbonate. Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) has lit up its Serbian Rogozna project with a fresh high-grade gold-copper discovery, immediately loading the war chest with a $55 million capital raise to accelerate drilling and development studies. The one-two punch signals a clear shift from discovery mode to development intent, with drilling success now

Viridis Mining and Minerals drilling at its Colossus project in Brazil. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has appointed Mr Ross Forzatti as chief operating officer, effective immediately, bolstering its executive team as the company accelerates towards a final investment decision (FID) for its Colossus rare earths project in Brazil, targeted for the third quarter this year. Mr Forzatti brings more than 24 years of hands-on experience in delivering major rar

Xpedra Resources’ new managing director Scott Funston. Credit: File Xpedra Resources (ASX: XPD) has recruited seasoned mining executive Scott Funston as managing director just as the company gears up to drill-test the long-overlooked Springfield gold deposit in central NSW. A chartered accountant by trade, the numbers man has spent more than 20 years getting dirt under his fingernails across the full mining lifecycle, from early exploration through to construction, productio

FMR Resources and Southern Hemisphere Mining conducting diamond drilling at the company’s Llahuin project in Chile. Credit: File Joint venture (JV) partners FMR Resources (ASX: FMR) and Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH) may have just unearthed the hot edge of a big copper system at their Llahuin project in Chile, with deep diamond drilling lighting up with visible chalcopyrite and molybdenite. Homing into exactly where the geophysics said the mineralisation would be, th

BMG Resources’ drill rig in operation at the company’s Abercromby gold project near Wiluna in WA. Credit: File BMG Resources Limited (ASX: BMG) has landed a timely $2.5 million placement at 2.1 cents per share, backed by cornerstone investor Tribeca Investment Partners - an internationally recognised firm specialising in high-growth resources plays - along with European strategic participants and strong retail support. The raise will fuel an expanded exploration push across

Locksley Resources’ Adit 2 at the company’s Desert Antimony Mine in the Mojave Desert in California, USA Locksley Resources Limited (ASX: LKY) has announced standout results from a targeted batch sampling program at its Desert Antimony Mine prospect within its Mojave project in California’s San Bernardino County. The batch sampling program builds on prior successes, including a 325-kilogram bulk sample with a head grade of 7.6 to 7.8 per cent antimony and initial flotation te

Noronex Limited managing director and chief executive officer Victor Rajasooriar. Credit: File Noronex Ltd (ASX: NRX) has secured 51 per cent ownership and control of a Namibian uranium play in one of the planet’s hottest uranium belts just 6 kilometres along strike from the world class Etango uranium deposit. Noronex will make a payment to a private vendor of A$67,500 in cash and A$67,500 in Noronex shares issued at $0.0148. The payment secures Noronex’s right to earn 51% ow

True North Copper’s Cloncurry copper project - nearing production. Credit: File True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has beefed up its execution muscle at exactly the right moment, appointing seasoned mine builder Matt Varvari as general manager – operations as the company sharpens its focus on turning Cloncurry from a study-stage story into a development-ready copper asset. The timing is no accident. True North is moving deeper into pre-feasibility work following its scoping study

Drill pad preparation completed ahead of RC drilling at Premier1’s Mt Kersey gold prospect in Western Australia. Credit: File Premier1 Lithium (ASX: PLC) is about to put drill steel into the ground at its Mt Kersey gold prospect in Western Australia’s Murchison region, lining up a reverse circulation (RC) drilling program at one of the highest-priority targets within its newly consolidated Yalgoo Gold Project. The drilling follows Premier1’s recent 100 per cent acquisition of

Aureka Ltd has intersected multiple high-grade gold hits from recent core drilling at the company’s Irvine gold project in the renowned Stawell gold corridor in Western Victoria. Aspiring gold developer Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has unveiled further high-grade gold hits from recent drilling at the company’s flagship Irvine project, located within the renowned Stawell gold corridor in Western Victoria. The junior goldie, which holds a portfolio of exploration projects in the h

An aerial image showing part of Ora Banda Mining’s 18-kilometre-long Round Dam mineralised trend in WA. Credit: File Ora Banda Mining (ASX: OBM) has grabbed a saddlebag of stunning high-grade hits from reverse circulation drilling at the company’s Round Dam prospect, 15 kilometres south of the company’s highly successful Davyhurst gold operations. The company says the drill bit has now identified six subparallel, continuous gold targets along a trend, suggesting the emergenc

Venus Metals Corporation’s Bridgetown-Greenbushes project adjoins the eastern flanks of the tenure surrounding the Talison Lithium Joint Venture’s giant world-class Greenbushes lithium project in WA’s southwest. Credit: File Venus Metals Corporation’s (ASX: VMC) JV partner, IGO Limited, has launched a significant field program at the Bridgetown-Greenbushes project in Western Australia after receiving ministerial approval late last year for low-impact work in State Forest are

West Wits Mining’s portal for the new Qala Shallows underground gold mine in South Africa’s Witwatersrand Basin. West Wits Mining (ASX: WWI) has added 2.2 million ounces of gold to its existing mineral resource following the grant of a key tenement and lowering cut-off grades at the company’s flagship Qala Shallows underground gold mine in South Africa’s world-class Witwatersrand Basin. While the newly granted tenement boosted the inventory by 1.2 million ounces grading 4.38

Strickland Metals’ Rogozna project in Serbia. Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) has once again demonstrated the scale and consistency of its Rogozna gold and base metals project in Serbia, delivering another round of strong drilling results that continue to push mineralisation well beyond the current 1.2Moz gold resource at the company’s Gradina skarn deposit. The latest assays came from diamond drilling completed late last year and focused on the so-called “Gap Zone”, the area s

Litchfield Minerals’ Oonagalabi project in Australia’s Northern Territory looks set for a significant exploration boost, following the company’s acceptance into BHP’s prestigious Xplor development initiative. Litchfield Minerals (ASX: LMS) has secured a coveted spot in BHP’s elite 2026 Xplor accelerator program, marking a significant endorsement of its exploration efforts at the company’s Oonagalabi copper-zinc project in the Northern Territory. BHP Xplor is a globally compet

Lagoon and shoreline sediments at Dalaroo Metals’ Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in south-west Greenland. Credit: File Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has moved a step closer to de-risking its Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in southern Greenland after confirming the discovery of a zircon-dominated heavy mineral system, just as Western governments are scrambling to secure alternative supply chains outside China. Geochemical analysis results from surface and shallow au

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The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Apollo Minerals, which dusted off the historic high-grade Salau tungsten mine in France with a fresh five-year permit.

Horizon Minerals has generated another quarter of strong cash flows from gold sales, banking $23.3M from 3689 ounces sold and ending the period with a healthy $37.5M cash balance.