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Craig is a senior analyst for Bulls N’ Bears. He worked in mining production in both open pit and underground mining for a total of 8 years. Prior to this, he worked in the Investment industry for 5 years, and mortgage lending for 18 years. In his spare time he enjoys trading shares and various commodities, watching sporting events, and keeping fit.

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Runners of the Week Bulls N' Bears 03 Oct 2025

ASX Runners of the Week: Tambourah, Nelson, CGN and Dart

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This week's Bulls N' Bears Runner of the Week is… Tambourah Metals. Its share price surged after outstanding gold drilling results at its WA gold project. Nelson Resources' share price ran hard after the company locked in a mining agreement for its Yarri project, CGN Resources nabbed land in a prime WA gold area and Dart Mining unveiled a stunning antimony hit from its latest Queensland drilling program.

251002_Chariot_BullsNBearsWA_WAN-BN-EC Bulls N' Bears 02 Oct 2025

Chariot highlights 32 drill-ready targets at US lithium play

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Chariot Corporation has zeroed in on a compelling series of drilling targets, kicked up from its successful surface sampling program at the company's Resurgent lithium project, straddling the Oregon-Nevada border in the US. The company is poised for a potential blockbuster discovery, with Resurgent situated on the same renowned ancient geological caldera as Lithium Americas' groundbreaking Thacker Pass and McDermitt projects.

Larvotto's Hillgrove project is near the town of Armidale Bulls N' Bears 30 Sep 2025

Larvotto eyes new gold-antimony targets from high-tech IP survey

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Larvotto Resources has struck geophysical gold at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales, with a groundbreaking induced polarisation survey at the undrilled Kiarra Prospect revealing resistivity highs that scream untapped potential. Historically, mineralisation found at the site has shown a strong correlation with resistivity highs, with the geophysical anomalies interpreted as potential lode extensions.

Map showing Thunderbird Resources' Springfield gold project location Bulls N' Bears 22 Sep 2025

Thunderbird jags high-grade gold deposit with NSW project grab

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Thunderbird Resources is forging a golden path in NSW'S renowned Lachlan Orogen, acquiring the drill-ready Springfield gold deposit and kicking-off a $2.2 million placement to fuel its exploration blitz. The binding agreement to acquire Springfield with its impressive series of existing drill hits, sets in train a boost to the company's growing portfolio of gold projects.

Larvotto Resources Hillgrove plant upgrade Bulls N' Bears 18 Sep 2025

Larvotto powers into plant upgrade for antimony-gold production

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Larvotto Resources has launched a bold refurbishment of key infrastructure at its Hillgrove processing plant near Armidale in NSW, as the company looks to ramp up commissioning of the facility in July next year. Refurb works have officially kicked off at the company's antimony-gold project, marking the start of a comprehensive plant upgrade to transform the historic processing facility into a modern production powerhouse.

Javelin Minerals' Eureka pit Bulls N' Bears 17 Sep 2025

Eureka moment as Javelin locks in MEGA WA gold mining deal

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Javelin Minerals has locked in a profit-sharing mining agreement with renowned contract firm MEGA Resources to mine 39,000 ounces of gold from its Eureka gold project near WA's historic Kalgoorlie mining hub. In a huge win for Javelin, full-service contractor MEGA will fully fund the operation, covering the full spectrum of mining activities, project financing and haulage services.

AGUIA_DBPLANT_BULLSNBEARSWA Bulls N' Bears 16 Sep 2025

Aguia Resources has delivered a powerful update for its Brazilian Tres Estrades project, with its pre-tax free cash flow rocketing by 150%.

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Aguia Resources has delivered a powerful update for its Tres Estrades phosphate project in Brazil, with a revised economic study pointing to pre-tax free cash flow rocketing by 150 per cent to $411 million (US$274 million). It reveals a favourable scenario for the company, with both pre-tax NPV and EBITDA soaring by more than 70%.

Dateline_Argos_BullsNBearsWA Bulls N' Bears 16 Sep 2025

Dateline pumps up its US minerals mix with huge strontium addition

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Dateline Resources is continuing to flex its muscles in the high-stakes arena of US critical minerals by snapping up the promising Argos strontium project, near its groundbreaking Colosseum gold-rare earths project in California. In a powerhouse move that catapults its American footprint into overdrive, the company has sunk its teeth into the US's largest known strontium deposit.

Ora Banda Mining_gold_BNBWA Bulls N' Bears 09 Sep 2025

Bonanza-grade gold hits boost Ora Banda WA underground mine plan

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Ora Banda Mining has jagged bonanza-grade gold hits outside its Sand King life-of-mine plan and boosted its mining inventory at the underground mine northwest of Kalgoorlie. Step out drilling produced several stunning hits. The two best results were 1.7m at 1371.2g/t gold, including 0.4m going 5545g/t, and a pearler intersection running 5.6m at 346.3g/t gold, including a superb 3.5m slice grading 551.5g/t.

Beetaloo Energy's Carpentaria-5H well flaring gas Bulls N' Bears 08 Sep 2025

Beetaloo observes significant gas during NT well clean-up

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Beetaloo Energy has observed significant gas flowing while running clean up at its Carpentaria-5H well in preparation for an upcoming IP30 flow test, after recently undertaking successful stimulation of the well. The company is nearing the pointy end of identifying just how productive its Carpentaria-5H horizontal well may be, as it zeroes in on the Northern Territory's extensive Beetaloo Basin to prove up a massive gas resource.

ALTECH_PROTOTYPE_BULLSNBEARSWA Bulls N' Bears 02 Sep 2025

Altech sodium battery eligible for €46.7M German grant

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Altech Batteries has been approved as eligible for a proposed €46.725 million (A$83.55 million) German government grant to further develop the company's groundbreaking CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony. The grant endorsement recognises Altech's vision to redefine energy storage with a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries, using the humble power of table salt, reflecting Europe's plan to transition to renewables.

Terrain Minerals Lightning prospect Bulls N' Bears 02 Sep 2025

Terrain jags electrifying 22-metre gold hit at Mid West prospect

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Terrain Minerals has revealed a striking gold interval of 22 metres grading 2.71 grams per tonne gold at its Lightning prospect, part of the wider Smokebush Project in Western Australia's Mid West region. The latest drilling program followed up a compelling 600m-long induced polarisation anomaly from geophysical data and formed part of the company's exploration strategy.

Rio2 site works BNBWA use Bulls N' Bears 01 Sep 2025

Rio2 leaps onto Canada’s Toronto stock exchange main board

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Rio2 Ltd has upgraded its share listing to the Toronto Stock Exchange, where its stock will begin trading on Wednesday. The exchange has the world's tenth-largest market capitalisation. The company is developing the Fenix Gold Project in Chile's Atacama region using a heap leach process to extract up to 4.8 million ounces of gold, to reach a projected annual production of 91,000 ounces of over the first 12 years.

ONE HUNDRED DOLLAR NOTE BULLS N BEARS 1440 x 960 Bulls N' Bears 19 Aug 2025

Petroleum tax refund boosts Pilot coffers by almost $4M

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Pilot Energy has received a $3.887 million Petroleum Resource Rent Tax refund after oil production ceased at its joint venture Cliff Head oil field. The refund, paid via operator Triangle Energy Operations, was attributed to funds spent on abandoning, decommissioning and rehabilitating the Western Australian offshore production site. Pilot is cashed up after also raising $6.8 million in a recent share and convertible note issue.

Lithium is a vital component of electric-vehicle batteries Bulls N' Bears 18 Aug 2025

Lithium set for higher pricing after Chinese crackdown

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The critical battery mineral – lithium - may be set for sustained higher pricing after a Chinese crackdown on illegal mining activity removed a chunk of supply from the market and triggered a price surge. The price touched its peak for this year of US$970 (A$1485) per tonne of the industry-standard 6 per cent spodumene concentrate, putting a welcome smile on the faces of lithium players.

Triangle Energy gas within areas of high amplitudes Bulls N' Bears 18 Aug 2025

Triangle, Athena boost UK gas resources near Shetland Islands

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Triangle Energy and its joint venture partner Athena Exploration have substantially boosted gas resources at their UK North Sea permit, marking a significant milestone for the two companies. The marked increase in both contingent and prospective resources positions the partners among the top three holders of undeveloped gas resources in the UK west of the Shetland Islands and in the southern North Sea.

Lindian Resources' Kangankunde project in Malawi. Bulls N' Bears 11 Aug 2025

Lindian triples rare earths mining area at huge Malawi project

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Lindian Resources can now significantly increase its rare earths mining area by almost three-fold at its Kangankunde project in Malawi after receiving departmental approval for its stage two modular expansion plan. It is a further positive step forward in the company's plans to supercharge its stage-two expansion of the world-class rare earths project that boasts a massive high-grade rare earths deposit.

Javelin Minerals' Eureka open pit Bulls N' Bears 04 Aug 2025

Javelin tweaks mine plan to boost WA gold recovery to 39,000 ounces

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Javelin Minerals has tweaked its mining plan to boost the expected gold recovery at the company's Eureka project to 39,000 ounces, following a 27 per cent jump in the resource's higher confidence indicated category. The lift to indicated resources was accompanied by a 32 per cent bump-up in grade to 1.98 grams per tonne gold, providing a significant uplift in the expected cash flow from mining the project.

Map showing Aurumin and Brightstar's Sandstone projects Bulls N' Bears 21 Jul 2025

Aurumin gives nod to Brightstar merger for Sandstone gold consolidation

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A compelling link-up between Aurumin Limited and Brightstar Resources will see the consolidation of their respective Sandstone gold assets into a major gold resource. The two companies have entered a scheme implementation deed, paving the way for a scrip-based deal that will enable Brightstar to acquire Aurumin via one Brightstar share for every four Aurumin shares.

Historical workings at the Kookabookra gold project Bulls N' Bears 21 Jul 2025

Thunderbird nabs more high-grade gold at NSW project

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Thunderbird Resources' latest assay results confirm significant high-grade gold from selective rock chips and grab sampling at its Kookabookra project in northeastern New South Wales. Results from 39 rock chip and grab samples returned impressive high-grade gold results of 11.65g/t and 5.29g/t at its Bear Hill prospect, along with rock-solid 32.1g/t finds at the company's Columbo and 20.7g/t at its German Reef prospects.

Xanadu_Kharmagtai_BullsNbearsWA_WAN-BN Bulls N' Bears 24 Jun 2025

Singapore-based Bastion Mining wins Xanadu copper-gold treasure

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Singapore mining entity Bastion Mining has declared victory in its battle for control of ASX-listed Xanadu Mines, announcing its off-market takeover bid is now unconditional after Bastion secured a 55.65 per cent stake in the Mongolian-focused copper and gold explorer. Bastion quickly accumulated the required 50.1 per cent of shares necessary for a successful takeover, after offering 8c per Xanadu share.

Cliff Head oil well is being repurposed as a carbon capture and storage facility. Bulls N' Bears 24 Jun 2025

Pilot, Triangle lock in Cliff Head transfer for carbon capture play

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Pilot Energy has locked in the purchase of the WA-based Cliff Head oil facility from former joint venture partner Triangle Energy and will repurpose the asset for carbon capture and storage. Pilot has acquired Triangle's remaining 78.75 per cent interest in the oil field to assume full ownership of its onshore assets as well as all its offshore assets within WA jurisdiction.

Aguia Resources_silver and gold targets_ BNBWA Bulls N' Bears 24 Jun 2025

Aguia starts Colombian gold exploration to lock in drilling targets

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Aguia Resources is set to kick off surface exploration at its prospective Atocha gold-silver project in Colombia, in a bid to generate new drill targets at the site where high-grade gold and silver have already been identified. Previous rock chip sampling returned grades of 19.9g/t, 14.65g/t and 14.2g/t gold and silver assays up to 3480g/t.

Lithium Universe_solar PV waste_BullsNBearsWA_WAN-BN Bulls N' Bears 18 Jun 2025

Lithium Universe snaps up global rights to PV solar recycling tech

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Aspiring mineral producer Lithium Universe has snapped up the global rights to an innovative microwave technology designed by Macquarie University in Sydney, to simplify the separation of silicon and valuable metals in solar photo-voltaic (PV) panels. The company has entered a binding agreement to acquire Macquarie-owned New Age Minerals, which holds the exclusive licensing agreement to use and commercialise the new-age recycling technology.

HORIZON_BOORORA_BULLSNBEARSWA Bulls N' Bears 18 Jun 2025

Horizon opens cash floodgates from WA gold projects

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Horizon Minerals has opened the cash floodgates from mining and processing gold-bearing ore from the company's two cash-generating mines, under separate toll treating arrangements in WA's renowned Goldfields region. Under its watchful eye, Horizon has witnessed a stream of cash pouring through its doors as the hauling and processing of ore achieves a continuous steady state.

Beetaloo_250617_Carpentaria-5H_BullsNBearsWA_WAN-BN-EC Bulls N' Bears 17 Jun 2025

Empire/Beetaloo stimulates gas extraction at massive NT project

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Empire Energy Group – under its new name Beetaloo Energy Australia - has kick-started hydraulic stimulation activities at the company's 3.3km-long Carpentaria-5H horizontal well in the Northern Territory's massive Beetaloo Basin. The company plans to run more than 60 stimulation stages along the longest horizontal well in the Beetaloo sub-basin and expects the program to take four weeks.

AGUIA_PHOSPHATE PROCESSING PLANT_BULLSNBEARSWA Bulls N' Bears 17 Jun 2025

Aguia locks in $4M loan to kick-start Brazilian phosphate production

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Aguia Resources has locked in a $4 million loan from a government-owned Brazilian bank to refurbish its leased processing plant and kick-start mining operations at the company's Tres Estradas phosphate project. The 20-year loan will cover an initial $118,000 capital expenditure required to kick-off mining activities and fund the estimated $1.97M needed to bring the plant up to speed to process an expected 100,000 tonnes annually.

Ora Banda Mining's underground Sand King mine Bulls N' Bears 10 Jun 2025

Davyhurst drilling program nails high-grade WA gold for Ora Banda

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Ora Banda Mining has nailed high-grade gold hits at the company's Davyhurst project in WA's Goldfields from an infill drilling program at its Riverina deposit and exploration drilling at its Waihi and Little Gem prospects. Multiple hits exceeded 100g/t gold at Riverina, including 1m at 129.5g/t, 4.3m going 24.6g/t, with a pumped-up 0.3m slice grading 229g/t, and 4.7m running at 12.5g/t with a 0.5m section returning 108g/t.

Runners of the Week Bulls N' Bears 06 Jun 2025

ASX Runners of the Week: Eclipse, Bryah, Bastion & Codeifai

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This week's Bulls N' Bears Runner of the Week is… Eclipse Metals. Its share price surged after unveiling a beefed-up rare earths resource in Greenland. Bryah Resources share price ran on a major shareholder's plans for a boardroom revolt, Bastion Minerals is readying up for a JORC-compliant resource reveal and Codeifai Limited received a $570,000 kick into its kitty to help drive growth of its SaaS technology revenue.

Site for the Bécancour Canadian lithium refinery. Bulls N' Bears 02 Jun 2025

Lithium Universe on spodumene hunt to feed Canadian lithium refinery

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Lithium Universe is on the hunt for a minimum 10 years' worth of spodumene supply from local producers to feed its future Canadian lithium refinery, which it expects to kick-start the conversion of the battery mineral at the refinery in 2028. The company is seeking a large supply to help lock in its required project finance, having reached a final investment decision earlier this year for the project to kick into gear.

Strickland_250527_Gradina core_BullsNBearsWA_ WAN-BN-EC Bulls N' Bears 27 May 2025

Strickland nails more Serbian gold with 10g/t hit at Gradina prospect

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Strickland Metals has nailed more high-grade gold with hits of 4m at 10.1g/t and 8m going 6g/t from a first hole in a recent drilling program at the company's Gradina prospect, part of its huge 7.4-million-ounce gold-equivalent Rogozna project in southern Serbia. The results from the deposit's northern end extend the known high-grade mineralisation across 1km of strike and 900m vertically.

Horizon Metals_Black Swan _BullsNBearsWA_WAN-BN Bulls N' Bears 26 May 2025

Horizon to bump up kitty with $30M capital raise

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Horizon Minerals has locked in a $30 million raise at 4.3 cents per share, aiming to bolster the company's finances to complete refurbishment studies on its Black Swan processing plant in WA and fund new drilling programs. The funds raised from local and offshore institutional investors will support drilling and engineering studies for Black Swan, prior to an expected influx of cash from its two gold mining operations.

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