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Critica has appointed global commodities executive Hannah Badenach to its board. Credit: File Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has appointed seasoned global commodities executive Hannah Badenach to its board in a move that looks to be less about finding minerals and more about selling them. The appointment comes as the company pushes both of its key critical minerals projects towards commercial reality. The Hong Kong-based specialist brings more than 20 years of experience in com

Aurum Resources' staff at one of the many areas of extensive artisanal gold mining projects within the company's Boundiali gold project in Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. Credit: File West African gold explorer Aurum Resources (ASX: AUE) has delivered the best-ever drill result from its flagship 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali gold project in Côte d'Ivoire, with a stunning 28.8-metre intercept averaging a hefty 22.92 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from 204m downhole. The eye-waterin

A gold separation tank set for Broken Hill Gold’s White Dam heap leach project in South Australia, where mining activities are slated for a fast-tracked restart. Credit: File Broken Hill Gold (ASX: BH6) has just banked its third gold pour from existing heap leach ore at its White Dam project in South Australia, producing a 5.43-kilogram doré bar containing an estimated 174 ounces of gold from remnant ore. The cash flow from the pour will be ploughed back into a signific

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has appointed Southern Star Research to run its phase two clinical trials on its StemSmart treatment in refractory Crohn’s disease. Credit: File Perth-based NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals (ASX: NSB) has appointed leading Australian clinical research organisation (CRO) Southern Star Research to manage its planned phase two clinical trial for refractory Crohn’s disease in Australia and the United States. The appointment is a key oper

Augustus Minerals’ reverse circulation drilling at its Music Well project in WA’s gold-rich Leonora-Laverton gold district. Credit: File Augustus Minerals (ASX: AUG) has defined at least two higher-grade gold shoots at its Music Well project in Western Australia’s prolific Leonora-Laverton gold district, with both remaining open along strike. The interpretation comes from a combination of recent diamond and reverse circulation (RC) drilling, assays and soil sampling. Au

Diamond drilling at Flagship Minerals’ Khao Soon tungsten project in southern Thailand. Flagship Minerals (ASX: FLG) has unveiled a massive JORC exploration target for its wholly-owned Khao Soon tungsten project in southern Thailand, outlining between 22 and 40 million tonnes of resource at a substantial grade of 0.15 to 0.3 per cent tungsten. However, as Khao Soon sits outside its core gold and copper strategy in South America and Canada, the company is now weighing up

Marmota Limited’s drilling pattern at Mainwood in South Australia’s Gawler Craton is beginning to take shape, with the gold-rich Greenewood deposit just over two kilometres to the north. Credit: File Marmota Limited (ASX: MEU) has come out swinging from a maiden drilling program at the company's Mainwood prospect in South Australia, with the first assays returning a suite of high-grade, near-surface gold intersections. The initial results from the prospect, which could re

Chingeni substation (pictured) is the connection point for Lindian Resources Kangankunde project’s dedicated 33kV grid supply. ESCOM has inspected, commissioned, and energised the 27 km line to site. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has flicked the switch on grid power at its massive Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, hitting a critical milestone two weeks ahead of schedule and about 20 per cent under budget in a major de-risking event for the aspiring pr

Diamond drill rig and support equipment at Southern Hemisphere Mining’s Ferro South prospect in Chile, where a new program is targeting a recent copper discovery. Credit: File Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH) has kicked off a diamond drilling campaign at its newly discovered Ferro South zone, part of the company’s 100 per cent-owned Llahuin copper-gold-molybdenum project in Chile. The company's initial 2000-metre program, set to run over ten weeks, has been designe

Larvotto Resources’ overhead view of the ball mill ore feed belt at its Hillgrove gold-antimony processing plant in New South Wales. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has significantly expanded the mineralised envelope at its producing Hillgrove antimony-gold project in New South Wales, with drilling intersecting thick high-grade zones outside its existing resource model envelope at the Clarks Gully prospect. The latest diamond drill holes have returned impressive intercept