Public Company News

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.

Aguia Resources has tightened its leadership ranks, naming Tim Hosking as managing director to steer the company as its key South American projects gather momentum. The move follows his recent elevation to CEO. It comes as the multi-commodity miner edges closer to first mining at its flagship phosphate operations in Brazil, with initial production slated for the coming quarter.

Titanium Sands Limited has moved its Mannar Island heavy mineral sands project closer to production, after lodging applications for an industrial mining licence with Sri Lanka's mining bureau. The lodgement allows the company to wrap up its remaining environmental studies. At the same time, it is awaiting assessment under a forthcoming national mineral policy, as it advances towards developing its high-grade, ilmenite-rich deposit.

Aurum Resources has taken a major step towards development at its flagship Boundiali gold project in Côte d'Ivoire with three mining exploitation licence applications now lodged. The submissions cover the full project footprint and come ahead of key resource updates and a prefeasibility study due in the first quarter. Backed by a healthy cash position and an aggressive drilling program for the year, Aurum is advancing steadily in one of West Africa's most productive gold belts.

Siren Gold has kicked off exploration at its Queen Charlotte project, with impressive gold and antimony results from channel and rock chip sampling. High-grade hits across multiple reefs have confirmed the presence of a large, mineralised shear system that previously hosted New Zealand's biggest antimony mine, setting the stage for further exploration and drilling.

Geopolitics are rattling the world with war dominating the headlines and pervading uncertainty everywhere, yet markets appear largely unfazed. Bulls N' Bears' Dollar Bill looks at how equities have traded through past crises and why punters so often misread risk. History shows markets don't reprice events - they reprice consequences, timing and policy, with initial headlines often bearing little long-term market impact.

Altech Batteries' shares surged after receiving conditional binding approval for a €46.11 million German government grant to support its groundbreaking CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony, Germany. The non-dilutive funding, representing about 30 per cent of eligible capital costs, falls under Germany's federal STARK economic development program and materially reduces financing risk for the company's planned 120MWh annual production facility.