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Larvotto Resources is currently bidding for Hammer Metals. Hammer’s extensive copper-gold exploration terrain is southeast of Mt Isa, Queensland. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has stood behind its acquisition of Hammer Metals after a rival takeover proposal from ASX-listed Austral Resources emerged, saying its existing scheme offers Hammer shareholders a compelling mix of value, certainty and exposure to a larger ASX-listed resources group. The company moved to underlin

Kuniko Limited’s Commonwealth gold-silver project in NSW, where it recently uncovered a stunning bonanza-grade discovery in its maiden campaign. Kuniko (ASX: KNI) has fired up the drill rig for a second drilling tilt at its Commonwealth gold-silver project in NSW’s tier-one Lachlan Fold Belt. The program will chase extensions to a stunning bonanza-grade discovery from its recently completed and highly successful maiden campaign. The company says the rig is now on site and s

Proteomics International says its PromarkerEndo blood test could provide early screening for endometriosis, a condition that affects one in nine women. Proteomics International Laboratories (ASX: PIQ) has secured a vital US patent for its innovative PromarkerEndo blood test, a move that establishes a commercial beachhead into the world’s largest healthcare market and validates a key part of its global strategy. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grant

True North Copper has appointed experienced Mt Isa region geologist Matt Porter as exploration manager. True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has boosted its exploration firepower in northwest Queensland, appointing veteran Mt Isa region geologist Matt Porter as exploration manager, while drilling continues at its Aquila copper discovery. Porter brings more than 20 years of exploration experience to True North’s projects, much of it spent in the Mt Isa Inlier, including earlier

Drilling underway at Patriot Resources’ Tonic prospect following its new copper discovery in Zambia. Credit: File Patriot Resources (ASX: PAT) has declared a new, high-grade copper-silver discovery at its Tonic prospect in the Mumbwa district of Zambia, with its maiden drilling program hitting up to 2.56 per cent copper and 62.3 grams per tonne (g/t) silver in shallow drilling. The company’s first-ever drill campaign at Tonic hit paydirt, with high-grades landing within a b

WA Gold is part way through a 10,000-metre drilling campaign to beef up the resource at its 518,000-ounce Abercromby project in the prolific Wiluna-Agnew greenstone belt. WA Gold Limited (ASX: WAU) has wrapped up the first phase of a diamond drill campaign at its Abercromby gold project near Wiluna in Western Australia, completing seven holes for 3277 metres, with samples now at the laboratory and results expected this month. The drilling is part of a broader program de

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Kids and Plus portfolios delivered hefty gains of 26.3% and 22.4%, respectively, comfortably outrunning a 4.7% lift in customers for the 3rd quarter. Whilst most traditional wealth management fund managers spend their time hunting for high-net-worth whales in the deep blue of the financial sector, ASX-listed micro-investing disruptor Raiz Invest (ASX: RZI) is busy building a highly lucrative empire on a completely different premise. The company is sweeping up the loose

Hot Chili’s La Verde copper-gold porphyry discovery, 35 kilometres southeast of the company’s planned Productora central processing hub. There are few stronger endorsements in mining than when a sophisticated investor writes a cheque for a project before it even has a maiden resource. That is exactly what has happened for Hot Chili (ASX: HCH) after royalty specialist OR Royalties Inc agreed to stump up another US$15 million (A$21.3 million) in non-dilutive funding by ex

CSIRO's Lab22 research facility, where Mount Ridley Mines’ first-stage scandium alloy program will investigate new opportunities for advanced materials and industrial 3D printing. Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has secured $50,000 in CSIRO co-funding for a $104,000 venture to unlock higher-value uses for scandium from its Grass Patch project in Western Australia. Management says the company is looking into far more than a simple mining development, setting its sights on