Public Company News

Cell immunotherapy company Chimeric Therapeutics will launch the first-ever trials of its patented CORE Natural Killer cells with two complementary smart drug therapies — one to stimulate the body's uptake of the treatment and the other to attack the defence mechanisms of colorectal cancer cells. The trials will be conducted at the UH Seidman Cancer Center in Ohio, USA.

St George Mining has tabled a flurry of exploration results across its WA portfolio, including the sighting of visual copper sulphides at its Paterson copper-gold project. The company has also identified a suite of priority drill targets at its Ajana and Mt Alexander nickel-copper-PGE operations through geophysical surveys.

Metal Hawk's dominant partner IGO Limited will inject another $4 million into the duo's Goldfields joint venture nickel operation. The stage 2 earn-in deal will give IGO an additional 24 per cent stake in the partnership. After spending $3 million at stage 1, the latest move will lift IGO's interest from 51 per cent to 75 per cent.

CZR Resources has been cleared to fast-track drilling after receiving heritage approval that it hopes will lead to a 1.6km expansion of its strike length at the northern extension of its Robe Mesa iron ore project in WA's Pilbara region. The deposit forms part of CZR's Yarraloola iron ore project, 120km south-west of Karratha. The company says heritage clearance allows it to drill along strike to the north of Robe Mesa's current mineral resource.

DiscovEx Resources' JV partner, Carnaby Resources has added to its exploration target list in Queensland, with recent geophysical work across its Greater Duchess copper-gold project near Mt Isa lighting up two deposit-scale anomalies. The induced polarised hits are inside a 3km corridor between Carnaby's Nil Desperandum and Lady Fanny discoveries.

Multi-element explorer Askari Metals has turned up 31 gold nuggets using traditional gold loaming at its Horry copper and gold project 90km south-west of Halls Creek, in Western Australia's Kimberley region. A high-definition magnetic survey was also completed over the project, lighting up multiple structures similar to the source area of gold. The explorer now plans a drilling campaign as soon as possible.

American West Metals is hunting down a suite of exploration targets as part of a maiden drill program at its Storm copper project on Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada. The campaign could start as early as next month and will focus on its highly prospective zone 2750N that previously delivered a set of solid intercepts, including 110m at 2.45 per cent copper from surface and 3.07 per cent copper from 12.2m.

Grade control drilling results have shown shallow mineralisation continuity at Venus Metals and Rox Resources' Grace deposit that forms part of the joint venture's Youanmi gold project near Mount Magnet in WA. The partners say the latest results reconcile well with the area's resource model and further de-risk the deposit ahead of commercialisation.

Infinity Lithium Corporation has extended its Memorandum of Understanding with South Korean lithium-ion battery producer LG Energy Solutions for lithium hydroxide from its proposed San José project in Spain with the extension due to mature in December. The two companies originally signed a non-binding agreement in June last year that gives LG first rights to 10,000 tonnes per year of product, with additional volumes subject to negotiations and agreement.

Altech Chemicals is tantalisingly close to building a high-purity alumina coating pilot plant in the German state of Saxony after signing a final construction contract with developer Kuttner GmbH. The company's glazing process uses silicone particles and graphite to treat anode materials, boosting the endurance of lithium-ion batteries.

Meeka Gold continues to record high-grade assays at its Circle Valley project near Esperance in WA's south, including results up to 1748 parts per million total rare earth oxides. The assays also show values of up to 132 grams per tonne scandium — a valuable alloying metal used with aluminium the company says could provide a meaningful by-product for its operation.

Junior explorer Godolphin Resources will soon test the limits of its newly acquired Narraburra rare earths project about 15km north of Temora in central west NSW after securing government approval to launch a four-hole diamond probe. According to the company, the looming campaign is intended to sniff out mineralisation across a suite of prospective zones.