Public Company News

Aurumin Resources has launched a 7,400m multi-rig drilling blitz at its Sandstone project to upgrade and expand resources ahead of Brightstar's PFS next year. Funded by $6m in asset sales, the program targets Shillington, Two Mile Hill, McIntyre and Old Town Well, with diamond drilling to gather geotechnical data for mine design.

When four thieves scaled the Louvre for France's crown jewels, Dollar Bill couldn't help spotting a market parallel. From Pilbara Minerals' Altura buy to Wildcat's lithium punt, Larvotto's $3m purchase of Hillgrove and Hawk's Resources scandium move just last week, Australia's juniors keep proving the best deals don't always wear a heavy price tag. All it takes is a bit of nerve, timing and paperwork.

Lindian Resources has received a green light from Malawi's government, confirming its Kangankunde rare earths are exempt from an executive order banning raw mineral exports as it will process the ore locally to produce monazite concentrate. The clarification arrives just a day after Lindian's initial proactive reassurance to investors, quelling market jitters that had briefly dented the company's share price.

Reach Resources is set to mobilise a reverse circulation drill rig in mid-November for a ~5000m infill and extensional drilling program at its Murchison South gold project about 800km north of Perth in WA. The program will undertake infill drilling within conceptual pit shells to convert inferred resources to the higher indicated status, while extensional holes and rock-chip sampling will test gaps near quartz veins and old workings.

Terrain Minerals has uncovered a 66 square-kilometre shallow regolith clay basin prospective for rare earths using airborne electromagnetic (AEM) survey data at its Lort River project in the Albany Fraser belt of Western Australia, near the town of Esperance. The completed AEM survey mapped the extent, thickness and depth of the conductive regolith horizons, interpreting the scale of the basin to be 12km in length and 5.5km wide.

Estrella Resources has launched its maiden drilling campaign at the Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste. The company is targeting high-purity calcite limestone across six diamond and 26 RC holes to underpin a potential 500 million-tonne JORC resource. With early drilling ahead of schedule and an offtake deal in sight, Estrella is accelerating its growth story in the new mining frontier that was formally East Timor.

Altech Batteries has run its sodium-nickel-chloride (SNC) batteries through an explosive series of safety destruction tests, with the high-tech batteries coming up trumps with zero thermal runaway, fire or explosion. A full suite of extreme safety, self-destruction tests demonstrated the game-changing mechanical and chemical stability of the batteries, passing the exhaustive testwork with flying colours.

Javelin Minerals has uncovered a set of big copper-gold targets at its Coogee project just 50 kilometres south of Kalgoorlie in a move that could potentially turbo-charge the high-grade goldfield -

American West Metals has mobilised for an indium and gallium resampling program at its West Desert project in Utah, USA. With $40M cash in the tin, the company also plans to expand its 33.67Mt zinc-copper-silver resource with updates expected in the first quarter next year. A drill program will leverage the company's 100% ownership of the land and permits to fast-track its critical metals exploration.

Javelin Minerals has taken another major stride towards gold production at its Eureka project near Kalgoorlie after sealing a crucial Land Use Agreement with Traditional Owners. The breakthrough gives the company clear tenure pathways as it races towards production in the June quarter of 2026. Combined with a mining and funding deal already locked in, Javelin says the runway to first gold and cashflow is considerably shortened

Dateline Resources is closing in on the final stretch of a bankable feasibility study at its 1.1million ounce Colosseum gold project in California. Meanwhile, a fresh round of drilling is now locked in to test high-impact gold and rare earths targets along the Walker Lane Trend, just 10 kilometres from the world-class Mountain Pass rare earths mine, owned by mining giant MP Materials.

Aurum Resources has delivered an eye-watering 350 grams per tonne gold – more than 11 ounces to the tonne - over a 0.8m drill intersection from its BMT3 target in the northern third of the company's “BM” project area. The area is part of Aurum's Boundiali suite of contiguous or closely-adjacent gold exploration properties in the West African nation of Cote D'Ivoire.