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Maritana Minerals’ rapidly developing Black Swan processing hub, 40km northeast of Kalgoorlie and 75km northeast of Burbanks near Coolgardie in WA, with the new construction camp in the foreground. Credit: File Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has hit more high-grade gold from its phase two diamond drilling campaign at the Burbanks project, nine kilometres south of Coolgardie, with a standout intercept of 0.48 metres at a solid 25.19 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 224.63m.

Solid State batteries may benefit from Critical Resources’ breakthrough of successfully depositing a complete cathode, solid-state electrolyte and conductor in one step. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has brought in the heavy hitters, launching a collaborative research project with Australia’s national science agency, the CSIRO, to help optimise and scale up its novel Dry Supersonic Deposition (DSD) battery manufacturing technology. The project, co-funded through CSIRO’s

A reverse circulation drill rig in action at Barkly Rare Earths’ flagship Barkly Project in the Northern Territory, where a 10,000m campaign is targeting shallow growth around its existing 40Mt resource. ASX-listed Barkly Rare Earths (ASX: BAK) has pushed past the 1000-metre mark in a 10,000m resource expansion drilling campaign at its flagship namesake project in the Northern Territory, completing 45 holes as it chases shallow growth around its 40-million-tonne (Mt) infe

St George Mining chairman John Prineas (right) at a signing ceremony for the Minas Gerais Rare Earths Processing Centre, with Australian Ambassador to Brazil Sophie Davis, Invest Minas President Ms Pedrosa and Secretary of State Ms Corrêa da Costa. Credit: File St George Mining (ASX: SGQ) has struck a landmark deal with the State of Minas Gerais and a major Brazilian industrial player, the Lima & Pergher Group, to pioneer a new rare earths processing centre in the South A

Broken Hill Gold’s RC drill rig at Icebreaker, where shallow gold-copper mineralisation sits close to the company’s existing White Dam mining and processing infrastructure in South Australia. Credit: File The latest assays from Broken Hill Gold’s (ASX: BH6) Icebreaker prospect in South Australia have given fresh legs to the theory it may have stumbled onto a significant new gold-copper system just metres beneath an existing oxide resource. The company, formerly PacGold,

MEGA Resources excavator for use to develop Forrestania’s Johnson Range gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has moved a big step closer to becoming a gold producer, awarding a two-year mining contract with a base value of roughly $145 million to MEGA Resources for its Johnson Range project in Western Australia. The move signals a clear transition from project planning to execution. In a dual dose of news, the company also det

More than 350,000 Australians have turned to the innovative micro-investment technology platform and investment fund, Raiz Invest, to help them with their investments and savings. Micro-investing fintech Raiz Invest (ASX: RZI) has capped off a bumper financial year, swinging from a $400,000 loss in 2025 to bank a maiden net profit after tax of $3.5 million in 2026. Total revenue grew by more than 21 per cent to a hefty $29.2 million, while funds under management (FUM) sur

WA Gold Limited’s RC drill rig operating at Abercromby, near Wiluna, earlier this year. Credit: File WA Gold Limited (ASX: WAU) has fired up the drill rig at its 100 per cent-owned Abercromby gold project in Western Australia’s storied Wiluna-Agnew greenstone belt, launching a significant resource development program aimed at delivering a maiden ore reserve. The new program is a critical step in the company's strategy to progress Abercromby towards a final investment de

Moonlight Resources’ reverse circulation drilling at its Peak Downs copper prospect within the Clermont project in central Queensland. Credit: File Moonlight Resources (ASX: ML8) has put a modern stamp on a 160-year-old copper field, with its first drilling at the Peak Downs prospect in central Queensland returning broad, shallow mineralisation and strengthening the case for a potential resource. Peak Downs forms part of the company’s 100 per cent-owned Clermont project.

Viking Mines’ Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada, USA, showing historical mine workings and stockpiles. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has secured a vital approval from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM), giving it the go-ahead to collect a 1,000-short-ton (907-tonne) bulk sample from its Linka tungsten project in Nevada. The move is a significant step in the company’s strategy to fast-track its American tungsten assets towards production. The approval allows Viking to begin