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Gold's stubborn strength is pushing spreadsheets ahead of drill holes. And Dollar Bill sees more moves forming, with some left-field possibilities. There's Kingsgate/Emerald in South East Asia, Capricorn and Bellevue - despite their distance - and perhaps some Leonora adjacency tidies make sense. There may be more on the home front, while in Africa, Perseus and West African Resources look like a regional fit.

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.

Estrella Resources has drilled thick supergene manganese at its Ira Miri prospect in Timor-Leste, estimated at up to 12.87m at 80% oxides. The zones remain open to the northwest and southeast and follow the trend of the Noni Formation. Step-out drilling continues and assays are expected in 6-8 weeks, as manganese demand surges for the steel and battery markets.

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.

If you've been watching the order book chatter, you'll have noticed the market is starting to remember how to take a risk without immediately breaking out in hives. Dollar Bill reckons that stellar day-one IPO pops for Virgin and GemLife weren't miracles - they were signals that investors will fund a credible equity story at a fair price.

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.

Aguia Resources has struck more bonanza-grade gold at its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia. The latest batch of diamond assays confirms the continuity of the project's high-grade veins. Standout assays dropped numbers up to 85g/t gold, including a hit of 18.9g/t gold and 22.5g/t silver over 0.35m vein, reinforcing a mineralised system that is starting to take shape.

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.

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.

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.

St George Mining has won stellar rare earths and niobium results from drilling of its East Araxá zone, 1km east of the main Araxá resource in Brazil, with grades up to 16.87% TREO and 4.06% niobium from surface. Thick intercepts and high Nd:Pr ratios signal major expansion potential for the project, supported by a US alliance, positioning Araxá as a key critical minerals source outside China.

Neometals Ltd has struck gold in the archives, uncovering a cache of 2271 unreported historic drill assays from its Barrambie gold project in Western Australia's goldfields, including a bonanza 3-metre run at 95.7 grams per tonne gold. The discovery will guide an upcoming drilling program. Neometals is set to get the drill rod spinning before the end of the year.

Larvotto's IP survey at Hillgrove's Freehold prospect, in NSW, has confirmed historic antimony-gold associations and uncovered untested extensions 350m east of historic mining. The company has already launched exploratory drilling on the new targets. Additionally, a $388,662 R&D tax rebate recognises the company's metallurgical innovations for gold and antimony recovery from ore and legacy tailings, which could boost output while bringing environmental benefits.

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%.

Peninsula Energy has rolled out the first drum of uranium yellowcake from its Lance project in Wyoming, aligning with the United States Energy Secretary's push to boost the nation's uranium reserve. Peninsula, now ramping up under new leadership, is poised to meet rising US nuclear demand. The company and fellow uranium producers Cameco Corp and Boss Energy have seen share price gains in the wake of renewed uranium interest.

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.

Estrella Resources has hit manganese at its Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste, including 2.5m at 70% manganese oxides. The company has LiDAR and drone-borne geophysical surveys underway to guide its exploration and drill targeting. Estrella has completed LiDAR surveys at its Werumata limestone project and is waiting on approvals to drill.

Neometals will divest its 50% stake in a lithium battery recycling joint venture to diversified infrastructure company SMS Group for $8.9 million in cash and a capped $12.5 million revenue fee. The move, set for Q3 2025, will free capital for projects such as its Barrambie gold-titanium-vanadium projects, aligning with the company's risk-reduction strategy amid Europe's electric vehicle sales slowdown.

Lindian Resources has appointed mine development specialist Zac Komur to lead its giant Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, where early site works are on budget and ahead of schedule. Stage one construction is fully funded for Q4 2026 production. Stage two studies and downstream partnerships are moving ahead, supported by a $91.5 million placement, positioning Lindian as a key rare earths supplier.

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.

Altech Batteries' CERENERGY prototype cells have delivered more than 650 cycles with no capacity loss, 92 per cent energy efficiency and near-100 per cent Coulombic efficiency, outperforming conventional batteries. Its 60kWh battery pack also showed 88 per cent efficiency over more than 110 cycles with no degradation, confirming its safety under extreme conditions. A €46.7M German grant will support Altech's 120MWh Saxony facility to advance production of grid-scale energy storage.

Ora Banda Mining's Davyhurst mineral resources have reached 26.8 million tonnes at 2.4g/t gold for 2.11M ounces, up 160,000 ounces, including 25% and 14% growth at its Riverina and Sand King underground resources, respectively. The company's ore reserves have grown 24% to 3Mt for 236,000 ounces. A $73 million FY26 drilling program will target mine life extensions at Riverina, Sand King and other key prospects.

Aurumin Limited has divested its non-core assets for $6 million to fund its Sandstone gold project in WA's Mid West region. Sales to Newcam, Yilgarn Iron and Sierra include its Johnson Range, Mt Dimer and Sandstone non-gold rights. The funds will drive drilling to upgrade resources at Aurumin's Shillington, Two Mile Hill and other deposits, aligning with partner Brightstar Resources' pre-feasibility study to advance the 885,800-ounce Sandstone project towards production.

Corazon Mining has applied for a contiguous 99-square-kilometre exploration licence to expand its Two Pools gold project in WA's Murchison region to 296 square kilometres. The company is targeting a northwest-plunging mineralised trend, identified through geophysical analysis, which has been thinly explored with limited shallow drilling and holds significant potential for deeper gold mineralisation.

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.

American West Metals has confirmed multiple large-scale copper targets at its Storm project in Nunavut, Canada. A standout is a colossal 16km-long anomaly at just 200m depth - interpreted within the same host rocks that carry Storm's existing copper sulphides. The results catapult Storm into rare company and point to a pipeline of discovery-ready prospects.

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.

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.

Thunderbird Resources has landed a major boardroom coup, with seasoned geologist and dealmaker Michael Haynes stepping in as executive chairman. Haynes, who recently led New World Resources to a $245 million buyout, brings serious M&A credentials and exploration nous to the table. With full control now in his hands, the market will be watching closely for the next phase of Thunderbird's evolution.

Terrain Minerals has fired the starter's gun on an induced polarisation geophysical survey at its Wildflower gold prospect in WA's Yalgoo-Singleton Belt, aiming to sniff out deeper sulphide-hosted gold beneath a string of shallow oxide hits. The program comes hot on the heels of a recent 11m hit grading 6.03g/t gold and 43.5g/t silver strike just down the road at the company's Lightning and Monza prospects.

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.