James Pearson

Dateline Resources has delivered a set of thumping gold hits at its Colosseum project in California with broad, consistent mineralisation uncovered beneath and within the current pit shell. The results support a major upgrade to the company's resource base, reinforcing confidence in the geology and giving fresh momentum to its bankable feasibility study as it moves the historic mine closer to a modern restart.

Moonlight Resources is preparing to step onto the ASX with a $10 million float designed to fast-track a maiden resource at its Clermont gold project in Queensland while exploring a vast rare earths and uranium frontier in the Northern Territory. With strong technical leadership, inherited datasets and drill-ready targets, the company is positioning itself to ride the gold and critical minerals wave.

Larvotto Resources has come out swinging at its Hillgrove project in NSW, with first pass diamond drilling at the Freehold prospect delivering broad, high-grade antimony-gold zones alongside a surprise tungsten hit. The early numbers confirm continuity along multiple lodes and hint at the rise of a new underground mining hub just 1.2km from the company's existing processing plant.

Middle Island Resources has struck a multi-metal jackpot with a rich mix of gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc at its historic Bobija mine in Serbia. Channel sampling from the pit floor delivered standout hits including 8.25g/t gold and 499g/t silver across four channels. The results mark the company's first major exploration success in the Western Tethyan belt and set up a strong platform for drilling.

American West Metals has expanded its North American footprint by commencing trading on the OTCQB Venture Exchange under the ticker AWMLF. The move gives US investors direct access to the company behind Utah's West Desert critical minerals project which holds the nation's largest indium resource and has growing gallium potential, positioning it at the heart of America's minerals supply chain revival.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has reached another clinical milestone, with a fourth Crohn's disease patient now receiving its patented StemSmart stem cell therapy for the chronic bowel disease under Australia's Special Access Scheme. The company says data from the real-world program will directly inform the design of its upcoming phase two trial, slated to begin in the second half of 2026.

Neometals Limited has delivered a stellar set of early metallurgical results from the company's Ironclad gold deposit, part of its Barrambie project, achieving up to 98 per cent overall gold recoveries alongside gravity recoveries as high as 71 per cent. The results point to a simple, low-risk processing route and mark a major leap forward for the company's revived gold push in Western Australia's Murchison region.

Great Southern Mining has lit up its Duketon Gold Project in Western Australia with shallow, high-grade hits peaking at 23.9 grams per tonne gold across a 4.5km strike at its Amy Clarke prospect. The discovery sits just 8km from Regis Resources' Garden Well mill, adding another promising chapter to the company's growing Laverton-area gold portfolio.

Larvotto Resources has locked in PYBAR Mining Services to drive a four-year underground development campaign at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales. The deal covers 20km of decline and lateral work across the Metz, Garibaldi and Clarks Gully zones, marking another major milestone as the company accelerates towards production in 2026.

Rio2 Limited has hit a major funding milestone after receiving the final US$50 million instalment from Canadian-based Wheaton Precious Metals, completing a US$175 million financing package for its Fenix Gold project in Chile. The payment clears the way for the company to push hard on mine construction at one of the Americas' biggest undeveloped oxide heap-leach gold deposits.

Rio2 Limited is entering the home straight at its flagship Fenix Gold project in Chile's Atacama Region, with mine construction now 63 per cent complete and the first gold pour locked in for January next year. The company remains on budget to develop one of South America's largest heap leach gold projects, marking a defining chapter in its rapid transformation from explorer to producer.

Javelin Minerals has uncovered a set of big copper-gold targets at its Coogee project just 50 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in a move that could potentially turbo-charge the high-grade goldfield -

Javelin Minerals has taken another major stride towards gold production at its Eureka project near Kalgoorlie after sealing a crucial Land Use Agreement with Traditional Owners. The breakthrough gives the company clear tenure pathways as it races towards production in the June quarter of 2026. Combined with a mining and funding deal already locked in, Javelin says the runway to first gold and cashflow is considerably shortened

Dateline Resources is closing in on the final stretch of a bankable feasibility study at its 1.1million ounce Colosseum gold project in California. Meanwhile, a fresh round of drilling is now locked in to test high-impact gold and rare earths targets along the Walker Lane Trend, just 10 kilometres from the world-class Mountain Pass rare earths mine, owned by mining giant MP Materials.

Larvotto Resources has shot down a non-binding takeover proposal from its 10 per cent shareholder United States Antimony Corporation, saying the all-scrip bid materially undervalues the company. With financing secured, first production from its Hillgrove gold/antimony mine locked down for 2026 and exploration success still rolling in, the board says Larvotto is only just beginning to realise its true worth.

St George Mining has extended the boundaries of its world-class Araxá rare earths and niobium project in Brazil after a second diamond hole returned 87.7m at 2.95 per cent total rare earth oxides (TREO) and 0.41 per cent niobium oxide from just 2m depth. The result confirms strong continuity of mineralisation west of the current 40 million tonne resource grading 4.13 per cent TREO.

Larvotto Resources has unveiled a batch of cracking results from its first diamond holes at the company's Blacklode prospect in New South Wales, returning thick zones of gold and antimony almost at surface. The standout hit of 15 metres at 5.24 grams per tonne gold equivalent from 42 metres, including 4.2 metres at 14.46g/t, puts Hillgrove squarely on the radar for serious expansion.

Great Southern Mining has secured up to $337,500 in exploration funding under the WA Government's coveted Exploration Incentive Scheme to back two high-impact drilling campaigns. The cash injection will help the company chase depth extensions to its high-grade Duketon gold system and test platinum group element horizons at the East Laverton project's Diorite Hill complex.

Dateline Resources has zeroed in on the hottest gold prospects at its Colosseum gold project in California, after a detailed 3D geophysical study by Vox Geophysics' Dr Kate Selway ranked six breccia pipe targets by their strength and depth. The review pinpointed three standout zones west and south of the current pits, primed for drilling as Dateline moves toward feasibility.

Middle Island Resources has appointed dealmaker Daniel Raihani as its new non-executive chairman to steer the company through its next growth phase. The move comes as Middle Island prepares to seal the deal to buy Konstantin Resources and kick off a maiden drilling program targeting copper, gold, silver, zinc and lead at Konstantin's Bobija project in Serbia.

Aguia Resources has made a major geological breakthrough at its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia, unveiling a potentially massive stockwork vein system linking its key deposits. Along with a sweeping reset of its mining management and an upgraded processing plant, the changes are delivering double-digit feed grades, higher recoveries and the company's first doré bars, marking a powerful new chapter for the ASX-listed explorer.

Estrella Resources has rolled out a string of new manganese-rich hits from its Ira Miri prospect in Timor-Leste, stretching the mineralised strike to almost 100 metres and it is still open both ways. The latest round of diamond drilling logged spectacular visual grades of up to 90 per cent manganese oxide as the company continues to shape what it believes could be a new manganese province.

Peninsula Energy has turned the corner at its flagship Lance uranium project in Wyoming, completing a $69.9 million equity raise and firing up production of its first yellowcake. The milestone, which saw some big names enter its register caps a full operational and financial reset, positioning the company as a key supplier into a resurgent US nuclear industry.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has turned the rigs back on at its Pinjin project, launching a fresh diamond drilling campaign across its Kirgella Gift and Providence deposits in Western Australia's Laverton Tectonic Zone. Backed by $130,000 of WA State government co-funding, the four-hole, 1070m program is targeting structural sweet spots where converging gold plunges could drive resource growth.

ASX-listed Triangle Energy has banked a trifecta in the Philippines, bagging two offshore and one onshore petroleum exploration licences, which the company says have handed it a commanding position in some of the region's most prospective, underexplored terrain. With contingent resources in the hundreds of billions of cubic feet and gas-hungry markets on tap, Triangle is now sitting on what could be Southeast Asia's next major gas story.

Larvotto Resources has peeled off another impressive set of drill results from its Eleanora-Garibaldi zone at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales. The company has notched up standout intercepts such as 30m at 3.29g/t gold equivalent and 5.4m at 11.99g/t gold equivalent, with several zones still open at depth. The hits are expected to underpin upcoming resource and reserve upgrades.

Larvotto Resources has fired the starting gun on an upgrade at its Hillgrove processing plant to 525,000tpa, after inking a project delivery contract. The deal locks in scope, governance and timelines for the work, with early works already underway. Commissioning is targeted for late 2026, at which point the company expects to play a starring role as a key Western supplier of strategic metal antimony, with gold providing an extra kicker.

Siren Gold has expanded the geochemical footprint at its Langdons gold–antimony project in New Zealand to reveal a completely new mineralised zone south of Liberty Reef with extensions detected beneath. The discovery, paired with a newly granted five-year exploration permit, clears the way for a maiden drilling program as the new soil samples and earlier high-grade rock-chip results continue to underscore the project's remarkable potential.

Dateline Resources' share price roared to fresh highs after the company shifted gears at its Colosseum project in California, with a high-powered drilling blitz targeting gold extensions and rare earths upside. A second rig is en route and samples are already in the lab, as the company fast-tracks its bankable feasibility study to deliver near-term production at one of America's most intriguing critical mineral prospects.

In a bold decision that could accelerate the path to production, Lindian Resources has decided to run its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi under an owner-operator model. By ditching contract miners and putting its own team in the driver's seat, the ASX-listed junior aims to sharpen efficiency, cut long-term costs and stamp more control over one of the world's most anticipated rare earths developments.

Toronto-listed Royal Road Minerals has welcomed Rio2 Limited onto its register after the Chile-focused developer picked up a 15 per cent stake in Royal Road in an on-market trade worth C$4.6 million (A$5 million). The deal propels Rio2 into substantial-holder territory and locks in boardroom rights, setting the stage for a heavyweight partnership between two hungry gold players both gearing up for serious growth on multiple fronts.

Thunderbird Resources' joint venture partner Mustang Energy has kicked off a 2000m diamond drilling campaign at the duo's Surprise Creek uranium-copper project in Canada's Athabasca Basin. The program aims to unlock a high-grade prize at the world's premier uranium address. Past results at site hit 2.1m at 4.37 per cent uranium, just 57m below surface, and rock chips grading up to 7.98 per cent.