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Aerial view of Octava Minerals' Byro critical minerals project in Western Australia's Gascoyne region, where the company has outlined a conceptual exploration target of up to 7.4 billion tonnes. Octava Minerals (ASX: OCT) has put some serious numbers on the board at its 100 per cent-owned Byro critical minerals project in Western Australia's Gascoyne region, unveiling a mammoth exploration target of between 4.9 billion and 7.4 billion tonnes of mineralised black shale.

Quartz-hosted galena, sphalerite, chalcopyrite and pyrite from Aureka Limited's Comstock gold and silver project in Victoria, grading 0.3m at 1.91g/t gold and 650g/t silver from 192m. In a move likely to de-risk its path to becoming a gold producer, Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has sidestepped the need to build the company’s own processing plant by signing a toll milling agreement with Core Prospecting, the owners of the Wedderburn gold processing mill in Victoria. Just 45

Diamond drilling rig on the drill pad at Solis Minerals’ Mandacaru lithium project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Solis Minerals (ASX: SLM) has fired up the drill rig at its Mandacaru lithium project in Brazil, kicking off a 10-hole, 2000-metre diamond drilling campaign designed to test a compelling pegmatite system. The company says it is looking to quickly define a coherent lithium discovery along an 800-metre-long corridor within the heart of the prolific Araçuaí Lithium V

Mount Ridley’s Mines’ drilling at the Grass Patch project near Esperance. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has strengthened the case for a major expansion of its Grass Patch scandium resource near Esperance in WA after new re-assay results confirmed high-grade mineralisation extends beyond the boundaries of its existing Block 2 resource. The company's latest tranche of results from historical drill samples has returned several broad, near-surface intercepts grading well ab

Advance Metals’ diamond drilling at its Gavilanes project in Mexico is confirming a stacked mineral system, with high-grade silver overlying a broad, deeper polymetallic zone. Advance Metals (ASX: AVM) has unearthed its most significant polymetallic drill hit to date at its 100 per cent-owned Gavilanes silver project in Mexico. The third drill hole of an 18-hole maiden diamond drilling campaign for 4500 m brought home the bacon with a hefty 37.5-metre intercept grading

Ora Banda Mining has massively increased its Davyhurst gold inventory, with Round Dam being the standout mover. The 17-kilometre-long Round Dam mineralised trend, pictured, lies 3 kilometres west of the company’s Davyhurst processing plant. Ora Banda Mining (ASX: OBM) has put some solid muscle into the company’s Davyhurst gold growth story, 120 kilometres northeast of Kalgoorlie in WA, after delivering a hefty increase in both mineral resources and ore reserves across its

An adit entry at the historic Raven Mine in Montana, now part of Olympio Metals' newly acquired US critical minerals portfolio. Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) has muscled its way into the US critical minerals scene, completing the acquisition of a high-grade silver and copper project in Montana and an antimony play in Idaho, both of which come with some eye-watering historical production numbers. The deal hands the company control of the Raven silver project and the Sawtooth

Hastings Technology Metals’ executive chairman Charles Lew, chief executive officer Vince Catania, head of business development Niels Hachmann and Thailand business manager Ms. Piyamart Wattansuyipong on a recent site visit to the Kabin Buri Plant. In a show of confidence in the company’s downstream rare earths strategy, Hastings Technology Metals (ASX: HAS) is set to double the planned output of its Thailand processing plant before major construction gets underway. Has

MetalsGrove’s major auger drilling program is underway at its Zuénoula gold project in Côte d'Ivoire. The drill bit has officially kissed the ground, kicking off MetalsGrove Mining (ASX: MGA) significant 10,000-metre auger drilling campaign at its Zuénoula permit, which forms part of the company's 1315-square-kilometre Central West project in the fertile goldfields of Côte d’Ivoire. The company says the program follows the all-important thumbs-up from local authorities

McLaren Minerals has completed a major drilling program at its 529Mt titanium-rich heavy mineral sands development project near Esperance in WA. McLaren Minerals (ASX: MML) has completed the biggest drilling campaign yet at its McLaren titanium project 150km east of Norseman in Western Australia. The drill bit didn’t disappoint, delivering heavy mineral (HM) grades of up to 34.6 per cent, boosting confidence in resource expansion plans as the company advances towards a