Public Company News

Neometals and Mineral Resources have announced that their 70:30 joint venture company, Reed Advanced Materials, has inked a three-year collaboration agreement with Italy's Industrie De Nora and De Nora's Japanese subsidiary, De Nora Permelec. De Nora, a recognised global leader in electrochemical technologies, including its CECHLO electrolysis solutions, will integrate its equipment with RAM's patented ELi Process.

Norfolk Metals has delivered more strong copper hits from its Chilean Carmen project, while locking in firm commitments for $2.1 million in fresh capital. Results confirmed high-grade copper sulphide mineralisation at depth, with funds to be used to drive phase two drilling and support resource definition across a highly prospective copper belt.

Early-stage biotech NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has delivered real-world promise for those living with chronic Crohn's disease following recent findings from its StemSmart cell therapy. Prescribed under Australia's Special Access Scheme, the results showed a strong clinical response in some of Crohn's disease's toughest patients, giving the company valuable validation, sharper trial design and a clearer pathway into a multi-billion-dollar global market.

Augustus Minerals has received drilling approval in WA after a heritage survey was completed with the Watarra Aboriginal Corporation Native Title Body on behalf of the Darlot People. The key permit has satisfied all prerequisite statutory requirements and clears the path for the company's maiden drilling campaign at the company's Music Well gold project.

Larvotto Resources has extended high-grade gold-antimony mineralisation at its Hillgrove project in NSW after fresh drilling returned wide intercepts at the Blacklode prospect. The results have landed just as the Australian Government moved to establish a Critical Minerals Strategic Reserve, with antimony named as a priority metal. This policy boost could accelerate the company's final mine approvals.

Dateline Resources has returned wide, open gold intercepts beyond its current resource in California, improving continuity and extending mineralisation beneath historic pits. Reverse circulation drilling to 300m stayed within the mineralised breccia pipe, prompting a shift to deeper diamond drilling to test lateral and depth extensions. The project hosts 27.1Mt at 1.26g/t for 1.1 million ounces of gold.

The Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Hydrix Ltd, which locked in a $2.5 million deal to develop SynCardia's next-gen fully-implantable artificial heart. Patagonia Lithium sealed a strategic partnership with oil-backed Ameerex to supercharge its Formentera brine project in Argentina's lithium triangle as lithium prices surge. Meanwhile, Energy Transition Minerals rocketed on Trump's fresh Greenland grab rhetoric, eyeing its mammoth Kvanefjeld rare-earth play for national security. At the same time, biotech junior AdAlta doubled after snagging exclusive rights ex-China to co-develop Shanghai Cell Therapy's lightning-fast two-day CAR-T cancer-killer therapy.

St George Mining has uncovered a new zone of high-grade niobium mineralisation at its Araxá project in Brazil, with assays confirming thick intercepts from surface well beyond the current resource. The company says the latest discovery lies 400 metres northwest of the existing resource in a previously undrilled area, marking a clear extension of the niobium system.

Budding rare earths miner Lindian Resources has moved a step closer to production after taking stock of its mining fleet at the company's Kangankunde project in Malawi. With early works and site establishment wrapped up, construction activity is gaining momentum across multiple fronts ahead of first production slated for later this year.

Chariot Resources has partnered up with a China-based lithium trader to negotiate potential funding and offtake for lithium from its recently acquired Nigerian project. Lithium-trader Fujian Jinjianqiao New Energy Technology has inked a non-binding memorandum of understanding to provide funding for the development of an on-site processing facility for Chariot to deliver spodumene concentrate to China.

Estrella Resources has reached a key milestone after securing approval to extract up to 30,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese from its Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste. The bulk sampling program will allow the company to demonstrate the ore's quality to potential buyers, while generating local employment and advancing the project towards commercial development.

Larvotto Resources has continued to grow its Hillgrove antimony-gold project after diamond drilling at the company's Clarks Gully prospect returned high-grade results at depth and along strike. The program confirmed new parallel mineralised zones, open-ended extensions and bonus tungsten, reinforcing Hillgrove's credentials as a rare, multi-commodity critical minerals development approaching production.