🔥 Thursday 3 September 2026 Thu, 3 Sept 2026

WAM Leaders has completed a $313 million capital raising through a Share Purchase Plan and an upscaled Placement, boosting its assets under management beyond $2.2 billion and reinforcing its status as one of Australia’s largest LICs.

Carnaby Resources has made significant strides at its Greater Duchess Copper Gold Project, delivering a robust Pre-Feasibility Study and consolidating ownership, before agreeing to a $213 million acquisition by Evolution Mining offering shareholders a 60% premium.

Maronan Metals has marked a transformative year with a positive Preliminary Economic Assessment, grant of a key Mineral Development Licence, and two capital raises totaling nearly A$40 million, positioning the company for accelerated development of its Queensland silver-lead and copper-gold project.

True North Copper is expanding its Mt Oxide copper district with the Aquila-Chidna discovery now stretching over 2.3km, while progressing a prefeasibility study at Cloncurry due late 2026.

Bass Oil’s Bunian 6 well in Indonesia has uncovered a previously untested third oil pay zone, set to triple production and boost field reserves potential.

Blaze Minerals has struck a binding deal to acquire a majority interest in two historically rich tungsten projects in Uganda, backed by a $2.25 million capital raise to fund exploration and acquisition costs.

Eclipse Metals' latest testwork confirms that up to 94% of neodymium and praseodymium are locked in identifiable REE minerals at Grønnedal, underpinning a promising beneficiation strategy ahead of flotation trials.

PTR Minerals’ preliminary mine optimisation study for the Rosewood Titanium Project highlights the potential to tap exceptionally high-grade zones early in production, boosting cashflow and reducing upfront costs. Metallurgical tests suggest simpler, lower-cost processing options could yield high-quality titanium products.

MaxiPARTS has received a $2.50 per share indicative cash offer from Ares Management Asia, representing a substantial premium and triggering a four-week exclusivity period for due diligence. Concurrently, MaxiPARTS is acquiring Air Brake Systems for $11.2 million, a move expected to boost earnings and expand its product range.

Floorscape Limited has presented Bremworth Limited with a revised full takeover offer at $0.95 per share, surpassing Mangawhai Collective's partial bid. Bremworth's board is weighing shareholder feedback before deciding on the next steps.

Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) and US Strategic Metals have agreed to a 50-50 joint venture to develop rare earth magnet recycling facilities at a fully permitted Missouri site, backed by US$100 million in funding.

Santana Minerals has reported further high-grade gold intercepts from infill drilling at its Rise and Shine South deposit, enhancing the size and grade consistency of the high-grade core and revealing promising deeper mineralisation.

Dundas Minerals has stitched together a continuous gold corridor north of Kalgoorlie, adding nine licences including the high-grade Gemini prospect. Historical drilling highlights untested mineralisation open along strike and depth, setting the stage for a major drilling campaign starting late September.

Marmota Limited has ramped up its maiden drilling campaign at the Greenewood gold discovery to 31,000 metres, focusing on the Mainwood zone to extend mineralisation and support an upcoming scoping study.

Tetragon Energy has boosted its mid-case prospective gas resource at the Halcon prospect in the Philippines from 2.6 TCF to 8.0 TCF, significantly enhancing the value of its offshore permits and improving the geological chance of success.

Cleo Diagnostics has received its first commercial batch of ovarian cancer test kits from Bio-Techne, marking the start of analytical validation critical for its FDA submission planned in early 2027.

Sunstone Metals has delivered robust drilling results at its Bramaderos Gold-Copper Project in Ecuador, expanding the Melonal porphyry system with long mineralised intervals and strong grades, setting the stage for a resource update.

AusQuest’s latest diamond drilling at the Cangallo project in Peru pushes copper mineralisation down to at least 800 metres and reveals multiple higher-grade zones, reinforcing the scale of this emerging porphyry system.

Middle Island Resources has unveiled substantial copper anomalies at its Jelaca and Oglavak prospects within the Priboj Project, bolstering its volcanogenic massive sulphide exploration thesis.

Fenix Resources has announced a maiden Ore Reserve of 26.9 million tonnes at 60.0% iron for its Beebyn Hub, combining the updated Beebyn-W11 and new Beebyn-W10 Stage 1 mines. This reserve underpins the company’s plan to ramp production to 6 million tonnes per annum by FY28 and secures over five years of mine life at current rates.

Vulcan Energy has unveiled a Preliminary Feasibility Study for Project Ludwig, its second lithium and geothermal phase in Germany, projecting stronger economics and a repeatable growth model.

Dalaroo Metals has kicked off a fully funded 12,000-metre RC drilling campaign at its Bondoukou Gold Ridge Project in Côte d’Ivoire, targeting a 7 km gold-in-soil corridor with multiple high-grade prospects and promising early geological signs.

Hawsons Iron Limited’s latest bulk elutriation testwork upgraded its magnetite concentrate from 67.8% to 69.3% iron, slashing impurities and reinforcing the project’s premium product potential.

Gorilla Gold Mines has significantly expanded a high-grade footwall gold discovery at its Sovereign deposit in WA, extending the strike length to over 1 kilometre and revealing multiple exceptional intercepts outside the current resource.