Shares in Castle Minerals have risen by as much as 150 per cent today, after the junior gold explorer signed a $US11.7 million ($17.2 million) farm-out agreement for two of its licences in Ghana.
Rhinohide is seeking to raise up to $500,000 via equity crowdfunding platform Equitise, after raising $791,000 from private investors earlier this year, as the vehicle protection panel business looks to launch in the US.
PCF Capital has struck a joint venture deal with Zhaojin International Mining, as the Hong Kong-based company looks to invest in the Australian gold sector.
Australian Finance Group has signed a binding agreement to acquire Melbourne-based Connective Group in a cash-and-scrip deal worth around $120 million that will create an entity with over 6,575 brokers.
Nine looks set to take sole ownership of Macquarie Media, with an offer unveiled on Monday that values the 6PR, 2GB and 3AW talk radio owner at $275.4 million.
AGL Energy is set to continue its rapid expansion into the WA market, after it struck a deal to purchase WA’s third-largest electricity retailer, Perth Energy, for up to $93 million.
Canadian company Stantec has disclosed it paid C$135.8m ($147 million) for Perth-based Wood & Grieve Engineers, which it acquired in March, nearly 60 years after the Perth-based company was established.
AMP has posted a $2.29 billon first-half loss on the back of a $2.35 billion impairment ahead of a large-scale overhaul of its slimmed down operations.
West Perth-based Serpentine Technologies is seeking to raise $7 million to fund its acquisition of K-TIG and enable growth of the company’s welding-as-a-service business model.
HBF has sold the Friendlies Pharmacy master franchise, under which 31 Western Australian pharmacies currently operate, to Pharmacy 777 and agreed to partner with the buyer to provide preventative health services to its members across the stores.
WA-based juniors Titan Minerals, Coziron Resources, Galan Lithium, Anglo Australian Resources, and Big River Gold have announced share placement activity on the ASX today.
A medical startup supported by Curtin University and angel investors led by Ian Brown has raised more than $1 million, shining a light on the commercialisation process for university technology.
Liontown Resources, Genesis Minerals, Peak Resources, and Marindi Metals have all made capital raising announcements today as they seek to advance exploration projects.
Botanix Pharmaceuticals is set to raise $40 million via a share placement, less than two months after it released studies suggesting its cannabis compound could be used as an antimicrobial to mitigate superbugs.
A $1 billlion-plus lithium refinery planned for the Pilbara has been put on hold and a second refinery under construction in the South West has been reduced in size as local company Mineral Resources and its US partner restructure their joint venture after a sharp fall in lithium prices.
Perth-based gold producer Resolute Mining is adding a fourth mine to its portfolio after striking an agreement to acquire privately owned Toro Gold, which owns the high-margin Mako mine in Senegal.
Greenland Minerals has secured $7 million via a share placement, with the funds raised to advance the development of its Kvanefjeld rare earths project.
Silver Lake Resources is set to acquire EganStreet Resources in a scrip deal worth $52 million, as the gold miner seeks to bolster its Deflector operations with a new ore source.
Mineral Resources has secured Chinese regulatory approval for its $US1.15 billion Wodgina stake sale, and was the best performer among the ASX 200 today, despite the miner also releasing weak quarterly results.
