Andrew Todd

Dateline Resources has landed a cracking validation at its Colosseum gold-rare earths project in California, with a second geophysics survey confirming a standout carbonatite rare earths target. The fresh results double down on the project’s potential to deliver a major rare earths discovery. Drilling continues at the white-hot United States play.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Stakk Limited, after it inked a blockbuster Robinhood deal to power its banking push with embedded finance tech. Carnegie Clean Energy’s wave power whiz caught some US OTC buzz without a whisper of news, Lord Resources’ copper visuals at Ilgarari sparked a drilling frenzy in WA, and Kula Gold’s visible gold hits at Mt Palmer lit up the Southern Cross goldfields amid small-cap fireworks and resource blues.

Buru Energy has clinched the environmental nod from the Western Australian government for its Kimberley gas resource appraisal campaign in early 2026. The well environmental plan greenlights the company’s next steps in unlocking the project in the Canning Basin, paving the way to drilling in the first half of next year.

Octava Minerals is forging ahead on its dual-pronged assault on copper and critical minerals, announcing ambitious drill programs and geophysical surveys at its Sweeney’s copper-zinc-silver-tin prospect within the Federation project in Tasmania. With boots on the ground and rigs powering up, the junior explorer is progressing exploration at Federation’s Sweeneys prospect for the first time in four decades.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… 333D Limited, after it revealed a new Bitcoin moonshot policy to complement its digital asset management efforts. Imagion Biosystem’s cancer imaging comeback is close to starting a pivotal phase two cancer trial, Zenith Minerals turned up a potentially monster gold discovery in Queensland and Locksley Resources’ Trump-fuelled critical minerals bet added 249 claims to its California project.

St George Mining has forged a strategic alliance with United States-based magnet materials group REAlloys to commercialise its high-grade Araxá rare earths project in Brazil. The company’s memorandum of understanding with REAlloys opens the door to collaboration on metallurgical test work, tech reviews and processing optimisation with the industry specialist.

Dateline Resources has launched a 10,000m drilling assault at its 1.1-million-ounce Colosseum project in California, targeting both gold and rare earths discoveries through to the end of this year. The company says its program of infill and extensional drilling around Colosseum’s existing gold resources will feed into its ongoing and accelerated bankable feasibility study, due early next year.

Aurum Resources has nailed early diamond hole results at its Tchaga gold deposit in Cote d'Ivoire, signalling strong potential for resource growth at depth for its emerging asset. The first two diamond holes at Tchage, within its smaller 870,000-ounce Napie gold project, have extended known gold mineralisation to 340 metres below surface - nearly tripling the area’s previous known depth of mineralisation.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… 4DMedical Limited, after the lung imaging tech dynamo secured sweeping FDA and US Medicaid approvals. ABx’s ionic clay coup, SenSen’s AI urban edge and Middle Island’s takeover-tinted Serbian play showed juniors can steal the spotlight in a market spooked by US indicators. With gold blazing, biotechs bleeding and China’s military flexing, these Runners are riding a choppy terrain to small caps stardom.

Ora Banda Mining has intercepted even more bonanza grade gold at its Waihi deposit in the company’s Davyhurst project in Western Australia’s Goldfields, intercepting up to 159 grams per tonne of gold at depth. Hard on the heels of recent high-grade discoveries reported from its 7.5-kilometre-long Round Dam trend, early results are pointing at Waihi’s potential to become the company’s third underground gold mine.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Invictus Energy. The company’s stock soared after a Qatari-backed Sheikh made a major African gas grab for its monster Cobora gas project. Basin Energy was also in the spotlight after acquiring a Queensland uranium-rare earth double act while Ark Mine’s and TechGen also sizzled, all combining to take out this week’s Bulls N’ Bears Runners of the week.

Ora Banda Mining has ignited exploration near Menzies with a breakthrough at its Round Dam trend in Western Australia’s Goldfields. Early results from a 62,000m drilling assault have uncovered a potentially transformative gold system along the 7.5km Round Dam, just 3.5km from the company’s 1.2 million tonne per annum Davyhurst mill.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Kaili Resources, after its share price broke records by flying up 8333% in a day on news of it was drilling for rare earths in South Australia. Magnetite Mines flew too on its own SA rare earths project, also on the Lime Coast, Argent Biopharma acquired a set of cannabis biotech ahead of a targeted US listing and Octava revealed a microbe-based bioleaching breakthrough at its lithium-rare earths play in WA’s Gascoyne region.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… OD6 Metals, after it unveiled a low capex, lower-cost product from its mammoth Splinter Rock rare earth project near Esperance. Mount Ridley Mines rode the rare earths coattails based on its nearology to OD6 in the rare earths region, ActivePort Group launched an Australian first private cloud superhighway and Energy Transition Minerals shot up on a 60 Minutes story on its monster Greenland rare earths project.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Rhythm Biosciences, after it after it revealed promising results from a study of its simple bowel cancer diagnostic blood test. Roolife Group inked a blockbuster e-commerce partnership supply agreement with multi-national Eternal Asia Supply Chain Management, Waratah Resources unveiled a 208m intersection of high-grade gold in NSW land of the copper-gold giants, and Lindian resources secured a funding and offtake partnership with Iluka Resources to lock-in a domestic rare earths supply.

Lindian Resources has forged a multi-pronged major offtake agreement, cornerstone funding and strategic partnership with global critical minerals heavyweight Iluka Resources to push its world-class Kangankunde project in Malawi towards first production. The seismic deal for the company cements Kangankunde as one of the pre-eminent rare earths developments on the planet, as Iluka scrambles to lock in a strategic rare earths supply for Australia.

Aguia Resources is charging into the new financial year with its dual-commodity strategy, after delivering its first gold sales from its flagship Santa Barbara project in Colombia. The company says it is laying the groundwork for next up phosphate production in Brazil’s agricultural heartland, as it reported a promising start to its gold bullion journey.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Oliver’s Real Food, after the healthy fast food company unveiled a bounce-back profitable quarterly from last period’s losses. Black Dragon Gold progressed its monster Spanish gold project closer to development, BSA Limited unveiled a profitable period despite losing its NBN contract earlier this year and Beforepay is on a tear, reporting increased profits from its pay-on-demand lending app.

Legend Mining has lit up eight gold and base metal soil anomalies at its newly acquired Pinnacle Well project in WA’s northern Goldfields. Located near major gold and base metal operations, the project spans a 110sq.km block and features high-grade historical hits, quartz veining, gossans and key regional fault structures. Drill targeting is now underway.

Octava Minerals has clinched a $1.5 million raising to help the company secure the Federation copper-zinc-silver project in western Tasmania, tapping into a region famed for its mineral wealth and pro-mining jurisdiction. The project, stumbled upon decades ago by then operator and nearby tin prodigy Renison, has a promising set of high-grade historical intercepts at its Sweeney’s prospect that are untested since drilling in the 1970s.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… I Synergy Limited, after the company revealed a MoU with NASDAQ-listed Treasure Global to deliver its AI infrastructure to Malaysia. ActiveEX unveiled a promising maiden resource for its Queensland gold project. Vanadium Resources locked in an offtake with the Chinese for its South African iron-vanadium ore and Broken Hill Mines relisted on its eponymous mine in NSW.

American West Metals has intercepted visual copper sulphides and uncovered some 8km of outcropping copper at its giant Storm Copper project in Nunavut, Canada. The outcrops were identified across its Tornado area, adrift from the main resource, with the promising shows underscoring the vast potential of the district-scale 2200-square-kilometre address to continue to deliver high-grade copper discoveries.

Pilot Energy has kicked off a formal courtship process to secure farm-out partners at its expansive offshore gas permit in Western Australia’s North Perth Basin. The impressive 8605-square-kilometre licence, Australia’s largest offshore exploration permit, encompasses both proven oil and gas play fairways along WA’s Mid West coast.

Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… Lumos Diagnostics, after the company signed an exclusive diagnostics supply agreement for the US, valued at up to $487 million. Tali Resources bucked the IPO trend by flying out of the gates on day-one of listing on its West Arunta copper potential. Osteopore Ltd's 3D-printed implants got the nod for market distribution in Switzerland and ClearVue unveiled stellar trial results for its solar vaccuum-insulated glazing units in Hong Kong.

American West Metals has cemented an off-take partner for its flagship Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, finalising key milestones in a transformative partnership with UK-based trader Ocean Partners. American West says its binding off-take agreement and funding commitments will de-risk the project’s path to development as Canada’s next copper producing player.

Terrain Minerals has finally pulled the drill rig from the company’s Smokebush project on WA’s Yalgoo belt, after knocking out an expanded 5000-metre campaign at its high-grade gold and silver prospects. The expanded RC drilling program was designed to reveal the extent of gold and silver-bearing structures at the project, ahead of defining a maiden mineral resource at the early-stage Smokebush by the middle of next year.

Javelin Minerals has bolstered its plans for near-term mining at its Eureka gold project near Kalgoorlie, having significantly upgraded the project resource to the higher confidence indicated category. The company says its upgraded resources and grades could expand its plans to fast-track mining at the project to recover 34,000 ounces of gold by next year.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… Yandal Resources, after the company identified a gold discovery of potentially massive scale in one of WA’s prolific gold belts. Imagion shot up on positive talks with the US FDA on its Phase 2 breast cancer imaging technology, Falcon intercepted some of the highest grade gold in Australian drilling this year and Bayan scooped up a strategic rare earths project next to the world-class Mountain Pass mine.

Buru Energy has shed another non-core strategic asset, inking a deal to offload its hydrogen and helium subsidiary 2H Resources to Denver-based natural hydrogen hopeful Koloma Australia. The transaction is valued at up to a tasty $2 million in cash and comes as Buru narrows its focus on its flagship Rafael gas and condensate project in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

American West Metals has intercepted thick copper sulphides at depth at its Storm Copper project in Nunavut, Canada, with a diamond drill hole intersecting a lengthy 47 metres of visual copper sulphide mineralisation at its high-priority Cyclone Deeps target. The result reaffirms the potential for a large-scale, stacked copper horizon beneath the company’s flagship Cyclone deposit, setting the stage for significant resource growth across its massive 2200-square-kilometre tenure.

Novo Resources has delivered a suite of high-grade gold results from its maiden reverse circulation drilling program at its Tibooburra gold project in northwestern New South Wales. The company revealed standout intercepts, including an impressive 12m running 5.9 grams per tonne gold from just 16m in its first hole, followed by a thicker 17m grading 2.4g/t gold from 59m along strike.

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runners of the Week is… Santa Fe Minerals, after the company scooped up a gold exploration play in a red-hot West African jurisdiction. Long-suffering Energy World shot up after it wiped more than a half a billion dollars in debt off its books, Next Science sayonara’d a chunk of its med-tech assets for $76 million and Loyal Metals picked up an super-high-grade historic copper-gold asset in central Queensland.