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Aguia Resources has appointed Tim Hosking as the company's new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, following the resignation of William Howe as Managing Director and CEO. The leadership change comes at a pivotal moment for the multi-commodity explorer, with its flagship phosphate operations in Brazil on track for first production in Q1 2026 and efforts intensifying to revive the company's gold assets in Colombia.

Aguia Resources has made a major geological breakthrough at its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia, unveiling a potentially massive stockwork vein system linking its key deposits. Along with a sweeping reset of its mining management and an upgraded processing plant, the changes are delivering double-digit feed grades, higher recoveries and the company's first doré bars, marking a powerful new chapter for the ASX-listed explorer.

Aguia Resources' Board has given the nod to bank finance of A$1.7M to boost its push for the company's Brazilian Tres Estradas phosphate development mine to open next year after the refurbishment of its processing plant. A credit line facility of approximately A$2.038 million has been agreed upon by the two parties to kick-off the plant upgrade works.

Aguia Resources has struck more bonanza-grade gold at its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia. The latest batch of diamond assays confirms the continuity of the project's high-grade veins. Standout assays dropped numbers up to 85g/t gold, including a hit of 18.9g/t gold and 22.5g/t silver over 0.35m vein, reinforcing a mineralised system that is starting to take shape.

Aguia Resources has delivered a powerful update for its Tres Estrades phosphate project in Brazil, with a revised economic study pointing to pre-tax free cash flow rocketing by 150 per cent to $411 million (US$274 million). It reveals a favourable scenario for the company, with both pre-tax NPV and EBITDA soaring by more than 70%.

Aguia Resources is charging into the new financial year with its dual-commodity strategy, after delivering its first gold sales from its flagship Santa Barbara project in Colombia. The company says it is laying the groundwork for next up phosphate production in Brazil's agricultural heartland, as it reported a promising start to its gold bullion journey.

Aguia Resources has struck a high-grade gold and silver system in its debut drill campaign at the Santa Barbara project in Colombia. First assays from five holes included visible gold and grades up to 44g/t, while underground sampling turned up monster hits north of 85g/t gold. The drilling has confirmed mineralisation continuity beneath current workings and sets the stage for a much larger exploration push.

Aguia Resources has lit the afterburners on its Tres Estradas phosphate project in Brazil, after a massive 70 per cent rise in global phosphate prices drove a sharp uplift in the project's economics. Aguia plans to start production in early 2026 to tap into a rising fertiliser market, and its revamped, low-CAPEX model is shaping up to deliver outsized returns.

Aguia Resources is set to kick off surface exploration at its prospective Atocha gold-silver project in Colombia, in a bid to generate new drill targets at the site where high-grade gold and silver have already been identified. Previous rock chip sampling returned grades of 19.9g/t, 14.65g/t and 14.2g/t gold and silver assays up to 3480g/t.

Aguia Resources has locked in a $4 million loan from a government-owned Brazilian bank to refurbish its leased processing plant and kick-start mining operations at the company's Tres Estradas phosphate project. The 20-year loan will cover an initial $118,000 capital expenditure required to kick-off mining activities and fund the estimated $1.97M needed to bring the plant up to speed to process an expected 100,000 tonnes annually.

Aguia Resources has kicked off drilling at its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia, with early results revealing mineralised quartz veins just 40m below existing workings. Its first hole hit a 0.7m thick quartz vein at 107.4m depth, showing visible sulphides, including pyrite, sphalerite and galena – all typically linked to gold. The company's geological model is holding up, and assays are now pending.

Aguia Resources' homegrown phosphate products have matched or outperformed top imported fertilisers in Brazilian field trials, at a fraction of the cost. The company's Lavratto and Pampafos products rivalled premium MAP and Moroccan phosphate in crop yields and Lavratto came out with top soybean results. Priced at $200–230/t, Aguia's fertiliser appears to offer a game-changing, cost-effective solution for Brazil's phosphate-dependent agriculture.

Aguia Resources has fired up the diamond rigs at its high-grade Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia with a 25-hole, 2500m program designed to unlock a potentially huge discovery in the system's rich mesothermal vein network. The company will also pepper the existing stockwork to clear a path for expanded underground production and set the stage for a maiden JORC resource towards the end of the year.

Aguia Resources is set to unlock a second source of revenue with first phosphate sales from its Três Estradas project in Brazil targeted for Q1 FY26. Mining contracts are signed and modifications to its 100,000tpa leased plant are underway. The move complements Aguia's current cashflow stream that is ramping up from its Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia.

Aguia Resources is officially in the gold game at its Santa Barbara project in Colombia, with gold now flowing and a maiden drilling campaign on the launchpad. The company is regularly mining 15 tonnes per day from its underground workings to the onsite processing plant on the way to 50tpd by July. All the early signs are stacking up for the company to reach consistent 20+g/t gold.

With upgrades almost completed and a first gold pour under its belt Aguia Resources is about to kick off a 2500m diamond drill campaign targeting down-dip extensions to the vein systems at the company's Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia. Aguia aims to deliver a maiden JORC resource for the project by year's end. The company has also received government approval to sell its gold.

Aguia Resources has locked in $1.5 million in fresh capital after completing a placement of 40 million shares at 3.8 cents each, setting the stage for an aggressive drilling campaign at its high-grade Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia. The new cash will support expansion of the company's gold processing plant to 50 tonnes per day, kick off a comprehensive drilling program and cover general working capital needs.

Aguia Resources has nailed down a 10-year binding lease agreement to process organic phosphate from its Três Estradas project near Caçapava do Sul in southern Brazil's agricultural heartland. Aguia will operate the plant at a monthly cost of BRL$163,000 (A$43,000) and a BRL$5m (A$1.4m) one-off payment to the owners. Aguia has an option to extend the lease for a further 10 years. First production is slated for later this year.

Six months after picking up the once-dormant high-grade Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia through a takeover of Andean Mining, Aguia Resources has triggered a gold rush with a maiden pour of the yellow metal. The initial pour kicked off much needed cashflow at a critical time for Aguia as it pushes forward with expansion plans to shortly increase its processing capacity to 50tpd.

Aguia Resources is fast approaching first gold pour at the company's ultra high-grade Santa Barbara gold project in Colombia as it ramps up the mine and its processing plant to treat 50tpd of ore for the shiny yellow metal. The first 25 tonnes of ore has now been mined and loaded into a series of agitator tanks in preparation for the carbon-in-leach solution.

Amid a grand celebration of the WA ASX-listed small cap company community on Friday night, Larvotto Resources triumphed to take out the coveted Bulls N' Bears “Peak Performer of the Year” award after achieving a peak share price hike of 993 per cent. Estrella Resources took out the other major award and is the Bulls N' Bears “Runner of the Year”, claiming a 240 per cent share price jump from January to November 2024.

Aguia Resources will shortly kick its uber high-grade Santa Barbara gold project into production. The Columbian project was worked by previous operators years ago and is now only weeks away from a restart. Previous bulk samples from Santa-Barbara went through the pilot plant at an impressive 20 grams per tonne gold and some veins are grading an ounce to the tonne gold.

Aguia Resources will lease, rather than build, a 100,000tpa phosphate processing plant in Southern Brazil, fast-tracking expected production to mid-2025 and sidestepping a multi-million-dollar capex bill. With an up-front cost of A$1.3 million, the 10-year lease will incur a A$43,000 monthly rental, equating to just A$5.13 a tonne.

Aguia Resources has finally won a longstanding court battle, clearing the path to first production in 2025 at its Três Estradas phosphate project in southern Brazil. A lawsuit filed in 2021 by the Federal Public Prosecutors Office with the support of local ranchers sought to block a processing license that had been granted to the Aguia in 2019, following environmental approval.

Aguia Resources has reinterpreted its high-grade, polymetallic gold-copper-silver-zinc El Dovio play in Colombia as an orogenic lode gold-silver style of mineralisation that was followed later by copper and zinc. The company's new designation contrasts sharply with its previous casting as a volcanogenic-hosted massive sulphide (VMS/VHMS) deposit and indicates that the base metal component results from emplacement during later tectonic processes.

Aguia Resources is charging towards production at its Santa Barbara gold project in the Columbian State of Bolivar following key project procurements ahead of underground developments slated for later this year. The company believes that for relatively little capital expenditure, it can be producing first gold at the high-grade, low-tonnage operation by as soon as next year's first quarter.

Aguia Resources has endured a forgettable few years, but with new management and a new plan in place for its South American projects, a road to riches may well lie just ahead. The company is aiming to deliver strong early cashflow from its high-grade Santa Barbara gold mine in Columbia to provide the cash needed to fire up its organic phosphate operations in Southern Brazil.

Aguia Resources is on the cusp of securing a processing facility close to its Tres Estrades phosphate project in Brazil that should see it avoid paying through the nose for a brand new one and lead to an earlier production ramp up by mid-2025. The identification of existing processing plants within an economic trucking distance of Aguia's orebodies presents a unique opportunity to cut costs and accelerate production timelines.