Public Company News

Beetaloo Energy Australia has entered the back half of 2025 with a strong cash position, traditional owner approval and a record-breaking hydraulic stimulation at its flagship Carpentaria-5H well. The milestones pave the way for a pivotal flow test as the company targets first shale gas from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin – a move that could reshape Australia's energy future.

Middle Island Resources' share price rocketed 80 per cent from $0.02 to $0.036 a share today, driven by its potentially transformative acquisition of Konstantin Resources. The unlisted Australian company holds 14 exploration and mining licences enclosing 620 square kilometres of Serbia's Western Tethyan Belt, a globally renowned copper-gold province. The deal, paired with a $3.4 million placement at $0.017 per share, strengthens Middle Island's position as a multi-jurisdictional copper-gold explorer.

Octava Minerals has launched exploration at its Federation copper, zinc, silver and tin project in Tasmania, re-opening historic ground last worked in the 1980s. The company has already tracked down Renison Associated Tin Mines' old drill holes and adits at the Sweeney's prospect, where previous sampling lit up with hits including 4.17 per cent zinc, 3.32 per cent tin and 1.23 per cent lead, pointing to untapped potential.

Altech Batteries has been approved as eligible for a proposed €46.725 million (A$83.55 million) German government grant to further develop the company's groundbreaking CERENERGY sodium-chloride solid-state battery project in Saxony. The grant endorsement recognises Altech's vision to redefine energy storage with a sustainable alternative to lithium-ion batteries, using the humble power of table salt, reflecting Europe's plan to transition to renewables.

Terrain Minerals has revealed a striking gold interval of 22 metres grading 2.71 grams per tonne gold at its Lightning prospect, part of the wider Smokebush Project in Western Australia's Mid West region. The latest drilling program followed up a compelling 600m-long induced polarisation anomaly from geophysical data and formed part of the company's exploration strategy.

Aurum Resources has acquired a 35 per cent stake in Ivorian company Major Star Plus, in which it can earn up to 95 per cent in three permits covering almost 469 square kilometres near its 2.41-million-ounce Boundiali and 0.87-million-ounce Napié gold projects in Côte d'Ivoire. With 10 drill rigs and supported by a $35.6M placement, Aurum has planned 100,000m of drilling in 2025 to identify new gold discoveries.

Dateline Resources has raised $25 million at 21.5 cents a share, lifting its cash balance to $35 million, to accelerate drill programs and BFS work at its California Colosseum gold‑rare earths project next door to the Mountain Pass mine. Six new breccia‑pipe targets and modelling to about 300m depth underpin the technical case, while a recent OTCQB listing has improved North American investor access. Recent federal recognition further supports the case for this ASX high-flyer.

Rio2 Ltd has upgraded its share listing to the Toronto Stock Exchange, where its stock will begin trading on Wednesday. The exchange has the world's tenth-largest market capitalisation. The company is developing the Fenix Gold Project in Chile's Atacama region using a heap leach process to extract up to 4.8 million ounces of gold, to reach a projected annual production of 91,000 ounces of over the first 12 years.

Bulls N' Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Invictus Energy. The company's stock soared after a Qatari-backed Sheikh made a major African gas grab for its monster Cobora gas project. Basin Energy was also in the spotlight after acquiring a Queensland uranium-rare earth double act while Ark Mine's and TechGen also sizzled, all combining to take out this week's Bulls N' Bears Runners of the week.

Ora Banda Mining has ignited exploration near Menzies with a breakthrough at its Round Dam trend in Western Australia's Goldfields. Early results from a 62,000m drilling assault have uncovered a potentially transformative gold system along the 7.5km Round Dam, just 3.5km from the company's 1.2 million tonne per annum Davyhurst mill.

Estrella Resources has launched LiDAR, drone magnetics and MobileMTd surveys across 3200ha of its Ira Miri and Werumata prospects in Timor-Leste to refine modelling of its manganese and limestone targets. The surveys will also improve targeting accuracy, with results expected to guide ongoing drilling at Ira Miri and imminent resource-definition drilling at Werumata to support a JORC-compliant limestone resource by November.

Great Southern Mining has armed its WA Duketon gold project near Laverton with fresh firepower after banking $4 million from Regis Resources for the sale of a mining licence, with another $5m potentially on the table. The cash injection will bankroll up to 15,000m of drilling this half, zeroing in on shallow, high-grade gold at its Golden Boulder and Amy Clarke prospects in Western Australia's rich Duketon belt.