Announcements

Solara Minerals now has boots on the ground and is soil sampling at its newest Wilgeena gold project in Western Australia's burgeoning Murchison gold region. The company says it is targeting gold anomalism within its Peak Hill schists, host to its neighbouring 114,000-ounce Hermes South deposit as Solara looks to join the regions gold resurgence.

Neometals Limited has started drilling beneath and along strike of the historic Barrambie Ranges gold mine in WA's Murchison after a soil and mapping campaign defined multiple high-priority targets. The company says the 2,000-metre reverse-circulation program will test extensions of previously mined high-grade veins and add new data to its growing Barrambie dataset, which already includes a maiden resource at Ironclad and high-grade hits at Mystery.

Augustus Minerals has wrapped up a 1,173 sample auger soil program at its Music Well gold project north of Leonora in Western Australia, testing extensions at its Clifton Dodd's and St Patricks targets, while running first pass lines across the new Golden Dingo nugget trend Samples are at the lab with multi element results due in weeks, with a Heritage Survey Report pending to clear the path for the company's maiden drilling.

St George Mining has partnered with Brazil's Federal Centre for Technological Education in Minas Gerais for a new pilot plant at its Araxá project to advance high-grade rare earths and niobium processing. The collaboration establishes the St George Technological Centre at the Federal Centre for Technological Education's Araxá campus, focusing on sustainable innovation and downstream studies.

Javelin Minerals is pushing ahead with a new diamond drilling program to bolster its near-term plans to charge into production at the company's historic Eureka gold project, near Western Australia's historic Kalgoorlie mining hub. The drill program will provide valuable geotechnical and metallurgical data and test the potential at the project's northern end to boost indicated resources and add mineable ounces and longevity to the mining operation.

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.

Aurum Resources' infill drilling at its Boundiali BMT3 deposit in West Africa has grown its total Boundiali indicated gold resource by 53% to 0.92Moz gold, with the total project resource remaining at 2.41Moz. The drilling at BMT3 has enabled the conversion of 320,000 ounces of previously “inferred” gold to the higher-confidence “indicated” resource category.

Horizon Minerals has revealed a golden tempest of high-grade one-metre-plus drill hits from its latest drill program at the company's Burbanks gold project, 9km south of Coolgardie in Western Australia's fabled Goldfields. The company kick-started a 30,000-metre drilling blitz in late June, which has delivered multiple standout gold results, including a showstopping 1.55m slice grading over 3 ounces to the tonne gold .

Chilean mining expert David Fowler has joined the Norfolk Metals' board as a non-executive director to help develop the company's recently acquired Carmen copper project near La Serena in Chile. Norfolk has drilled 20 holes in its 50-hole maiden drilling program targeting a near-surface supergene copper resource at Carmen, which may be amenable to heap leaching.

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.

Octava Minerals has reported exceptional bio-leaching test results from its Byro critical minerals project in WA's Gascoyne region, reinforcing its potential as a significant source of rare earth elements, lithium and vanadium. The testwork, conducted by the CSIRO and European bio-mining specialist BiotaTec, demonstrates high recovery rates for critical minerals essential for magnet production and battery technologies.

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.

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.

Chariot Corporation has thrown its hat in the ring for a dual listing on the United States OTCQB Venture Market, as the Trump administration moves to secure its domestic lithium stakes in nearby players. Chariot's decision comes hot on the heels of growing buzz from US investors eyeing the company's Wyoming and Nevada lithium projects and several successful Australian OTC listings successes.

Terrain Minerals has kicked off a maiden scout soil sampling program at its Carlindie lithium project in WA's Pilbara region, targeting 15km of interpreted lithium-bearing pegmatite structures about 30km east of Wildcat Resources' Tabba Tabba deposit. The low-cost program aims to generate drill-ready targets from the region's felsic-hosted lithium potential within 14 days, with results expected in four weeks to inform the design of follow-up drilling next year.

Altech Batteries has signed a collaboration agreement with Chinese battery producer AMPower to sell its sodium nickel chloride battery systems in Australia, Europe and the US. Altech has fast-tracked market entry for its fireproof, long-life alternatives to lithium-ion batteries, while advancing its CERENERGY energy storage facility project in Germany. Co-development of small and medium-sized systems will follow while protecting IP on both sides.

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.

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.

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.

Estrella Resources has kicked off RC drilling at its Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste, targeting a 500-million-tonne resource. Approvals have been secured and drilling is imminent, as the company eyes an early offtake deal. Estrella's environmental impact statement and management plan have been given the green light, paving the way for it to launch its maiden drilling campaign in about two weeks.

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.

Aurum Resources has nailed stellar gold hits in infill drilling at its Boundiali project in Cote d'Ivoire, including 1 metre assaying a bonanza 152.35g/t gold, in a 12-hole campaign targeting a pre-feasibility study in the first quarter of 2026. Potential exists for significant resource growth as mineralisation remains open along strike and at depth.

Terrain Minerals' latest drilling results shine with 13m at 8.13g/t gold, including 2m at 48.22g/t and 1m at 18.04g/t at its Monza and Lightning targets in the company's Smokebush project, about 350km north of Paynes Find in WA. Eighty per cent of the reverse circulation drill holes jagged gold, with multiple thick zones, while IP surveys point to a possible big system that remains open along strike and to depth.

The US Government's plan to take a direct stake in Lithium Americas' Thacker Pass mine has sent shockwaves through the battery metals market. With lithium now squarely a matter of national security, ASX-listed Chariot Corporation has landed in the spotlight. It holds one of the biggest lithium land packages in the US and a tier-one scale project portfolio.

Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Everlast Minerals, after the newbie blasted onto the boards with a $6 million oversubscribed IPO for its Bangladesh mineral sands play. Finder Energy's Timor Sea oil farm-in with national heavyweight TIMOR GAP slashed the funding hurdles for first gushers, Environmental Clean Technologies zapped into the forever chemicals fight by grabbing Rice University's flash heating tech, and Swift Networks' tie-up with aged care giant Opal HealthCare unlocked screens and upsold cash amid regulatory rewrites.

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.

Siren Gold's Langdons project in New Zealand's Paparoa goldfield has dazzled with assays up to 38.5g/t gold and 5.7% antimony from open-pit channels samples, and 37.8g/t gold and 20.9% antimony in adit mullock. The results confirm previous sample analyses, including a bonanza-grade 506g/t gold and 6% antimony from open-pit mullock. Multiple mineralised structures span a 400m strike, while soil geochemistry flags extensions under cover.

Rio2 Limited has inked deals with two water suppliers in Chile's Copiapo region to study piping desalinated water from the coast up to its high-altitude Fenix Gold mine in the Atacama Desert. The move paves the way for an ambitious expansion that could see the project churn out 300,000 ounces of gold a year for the next decade, firmly positioning Rio2 as a major player in the Americas.

Middle Island Resources has begun field exploration at the company's Bobija polymetallic project in western Serbia, targeting exposed barite-sulphide mineralisation in the historic open-pit mine. Initial rock chip and channel sampling aims to validate previous sample results up to 5.24g/t gold and 120g/t silver, while soil sampling is planned to chase up areas defined by anomalous stream sediment results.

Lindian Resources has engaged DRA Pacific for its Malawian Kangankunde rare earths project stage 2 study, targeting 50,000-100,000pa concentrate. Lindian is positioning itself as a key player in the global rare earths market, under recently appointed executive director Zac Komur, with stage 1 development on track, funded by a $91.5 million placement, targeting first production in the fourth quarter of 2026.

Red Metal's 44 per cent stake in Maronan Metals looks set to shine after its partner unveiled a barnstorming preliminary economic assessment for the Queensland-based Maronan project. The study paints a picture of a long-life polymetallic mine, powered by a juicy silver core expected to deliver 53 per cent of revenues, while future expansion potential looms large across the broader resource base.