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American West Metals is about to scale up the drill program at its flagship West Desert project in Utah in the hunt for critical metals. American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has shifted into high gear at its West Desert project in Utah, significantly upscaling its diamond drilling program to fast-track the hunt for a suite of strategically vital critical metals. Backed by a recently completed A$10 million institution-led strategic placement, the company is now preparing to s

TMK meets with Australian Embassy and Austrade in Mongolia. (From left to right: Leo Zeng, Australian ambassador to Mongolia; Dougal Ferguson, TMK CEO; Brad Reeve, TMK Operations manager; Andrew Berryman, Deputy Head of Mission.) TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) appears to be steadily earning a top seat at the table in Mongolia’s emerging gas sector, with production continuing to rise at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project. As output builds, the company says it’s gearing up f

Larvotto Resources has delivered first development ore from its Metz underground mine to a surface stockpile at the company’s Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in NSW. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has chalked up a genuine “red letter” project development moment at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in New South Wales, with first ore from its Metz underground mine now hauled to a surface stockpile. The milestone has boosted the company’s proje

Critical Resources’ undertaking fieldwork at the newly identified concealed pegmatite at its Corona target, part of the company’s Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has widened the lens at the company’s Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, kicking off fieldwork across the underexplored Corona pegmatite field as it looks to transform the asset from a single-resource story into a broader multi-deposit lithium district. The program will

True North Copper’s core farm, where diamond drill core from its Wallace North target area in the Cloncurry copper project is being marked up. True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has checked off another key box on the road to a 2026 pre-feasibility study, completing its latest drilling campaign at the company’s Cloncurry copper project in northwest Queensland. The program has done a lot of heavy lifting behind the scenes, designed to extend resources where possible and boost c

Field observations at Dalaroo’s Gold Ridge prospect, part of its Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, showing sampling activities. Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has successfully completed a large-scale systematic soil geochemistry program at its Gold Ridge prospect, marking a major technical milestone for the Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. The company’s campaign represents the first district-scale geochemical coverage ever completed over the interpreted 9-kilo

Maritana Minerals is developing its Black Swan processing hub, near Kalgoorlie, which sits within a 50km radius of at least 12 significant gold projects and numerous prospects at various stages of evaluation. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has further tightened its grip around the company’s Black Swan processing hub near Kalgoorlie, unveiling a deal to buy a strategic package of tenements sitting right on the doorstep of its existing infrastructure. The company says it wi

Historical seismic acquisition over 88 Energy’s PEL 93 acreage, Namibia. 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has guaranteed its exposure to Namibia’s emerging Damara Fold Belt play after locking in an unconditional 20 per cent stake in the giant PEL 93 licence, while slashing future funding commitments by US$15M ($23M). The reshaped deal with operator Monitor Exploration leaves 88 Energy fully carried into the acreage from a farm-in perspective, while preserving flexibility to increas

ADX Energy’s MND drilling rig now preparing for testing at its HOCH-1 well in Upper Austria. ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has strengthened the commercial case for its HOCH-1 shallow gas discovery in Austria after wireline logging confirmed seven gas-bearing intervals. The zones are now primed for completion testing at the shallow gas well ahead of a follow-up drilling program across its broader acreage in Upper Austria. The company says the stacked sections contain a combined

Estrella Resources' high-grade bulk sample stockpile at the company's Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste. Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has hit a major operational milestone at its Ira Miri manganese project in Timor-Leste, extracting more than 27,000 tonnes of ore for market appraisal, while confirming the presence of ultra-high-grade mineralisation across the emerging operation. The successful programme, delivered during the challenging wet season, has built a significan