Public Company News

Octava Minerals has restarted drilling at its Federation copper-zinc-silver project in western Tasmania, intersecting visible semi-massive sulphides at the Sweeney's prospect. Surface rock chips from the nearby Anomaly 1 prospect returned high-grade zinc, copper, silver, tin and indium, highlighting strong polymetallic potential across the project area.

Great Southern Mining has unveiled shallow gold hits at its Mon Ami project in Laverton, Western Australia, hinting at a potentially new parallel lode that could expand the deposit's existing 55,500-ounce resource. 2146 metres of aircore drilling was completed to target gold anomalies to the north, in hopes of expanding the existing 1.56 million tonnes at 1.11 grams per tonne resource.

Red Metal Limited's maiden drilling at its Pardoo gold project in WA's Pilbara region has intersected anomalous gold in younger cover sequences above basement rocks. Increasing gold, arsenic and antimony tenor running to the southeast has outlined a potential vector towards basement mineralisation, guiding follow-up drilling along a prospective granite–greenstone contact near the Hemi corridor.

Aurum Resources has delivered another strong set of high-grade gold hits from drilling at its Boundiali project in Côte d'Ivoire, extending mineralisation at depth and reinforcing confidence ahead of a near-term resource update. With a prefeasibility study due this quarter and $40m in cash, the company is accelerating towards development.

Rio2 Ltd has poured first commercial gold at its 100 per cent-owned Fenix gold mine in Chile, marking its transition to producer status. The initial pour delivered 897 ounces of gold, with production now ramping towards 20,000 tonnes per day and a 2026 gold output target of 60,000 to 70,000 ounces.

Dateline Resources has revealed zones of elevated chargeability in preliminary results from an induced polarisation (IP) geophysical survey conducted at its Colosseum gold and rare earths project in California. Management says a convergence of multiple geophysical datasets, along with fault structures identified from a geological mapping program, has highlighted the potential for structurally controlled, altered sulphide-bearing zones at depth.

Moonlight Resources' first swing with the drill bit at its Clemont project in Queensland has struck thick, shallow gold, including a standout 40m at 1.3 g/t from surface and a further 34m averaging 1.37 g/t from only 6 metres downhole. Notably, both holes ended in mineralisation. With momentum building, the company has wasted no time, readying the rig to roll back in any day.

Great Southern Mining looks like it has stumbled onto one of those classic WA gold stories where persistence, position and a bit of geological nous collide. Its Golden Boulder discovery near Laverton is again delivering shallow, punchy gold hits, right between some of the biggest names and deposits in the Duketon belt.

Lindian Resources has continued to build strong community foundations alongside the development of its Kangankunde rare earths mine in Malawi. The company has launched Project Early Learning, designed to support access to safe, inclusive and supportive early education, directly benefiting about 400 students currently enrolled at the school.

The Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Australian Strategic Materials, which bagged a $450 million takeover bid from NYSE-listed Energy Fuels Inc. Osteopore landed yet another exclusive Hong Kong distribution deal with MontsMed for its dissolving 3D-printed bone scaffolds, Olympio unveiled over 100 high-grade gold hits from drilling at its Bousquet project in Quebec and Riversgold continued the gold fever with shallow high-grade gold at its Kalgoorlie Northern Zone, plus a $2.15m strategic capital raise.

Dalaroo Metals is charging ahead with a high-octane 2026 exploration blitz at its flagship Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in Greenland, hot on the heels of a knockout reconnaissance program in 2025. Results from that work have lit a fire under the stock, positioning Dalaroo as a serious contender in the global scramble for secure, conflict-free supplies of rare earths, zirconium, hafnium and niobium.

Dateline Resources has loaded its war chest, banking $35 million in fresh funding to push the accelerator on its Colosseum gold project in California. With permits in hand, a bankable feasibility study due this year and stratospheric gold prices, the company is positioning itself to move swiftly from study mode into construction, backed by robust economics and growing US strategic interest.