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Heavy Rare Earths Limited has cleared a key cultural hurdle with the Dieri Aboriginal Corporation, paving the way for a 25-hole maiden drill campaign at its South Ridge tin project in South Australia. The program aims to convert promising historic high-grade intersections into a maiden resource estimate, pending environmental approvals and road repairs after unprecedented rainfall.

Maronan Metals has landed a $22 million strategic investment from Kinterra Capital, boosting its cash reserves to $36.6 million and fully funding an expanded 2026 drilling campaign and Preliminary Feasibility Study for its Maronan Project.

Wia Gold has raised A$92 million through a heavily supported placement to accelerate development of its Kokoseb Gold Project in Namibia, underpinning progress towards a Definitive Feasibility Study due later this year.

WA1 Resources has significantly increased the indicated resource at its Luni Niobium Project to 93 Mt at 1.32% Nb2O5, backed by A$131 million in cash and progressing key development workstreams including permitting and metallurgical testwork.

Amara Minerals (ASX:AM3) has revealed high-grade gold-antimony intercepts from its deepest drilling at the Trojan Prospect within Victoria’s Lauriston Project, highlighting an expanding mineralised system with potential critical minerals significance.

Barton Gold’s recent drilling at the Challenger Gold Project confirms new open-pittable mineralisation at Challenger South-Southwest and Challenger 3, underpinning potential resource upgrades and a low-risk mill restart.

Saturn Metals has reported robust drilling results at its Apollo Hill Gold Project, reinforcing a near-term upgrade to its 2.24 million ounce Mineral Resource. The new data will underpin the upcoming Definitive Feasibility Study and updated Ore Reserve.

Aguia Resources has implemented optimized narrow vein mining at its Santa Barbara Gold Project in Colombia, pushing head grades to 12 g/t Au and improving recoveries, signaling a step-up in production quality.

Prairie Lithium has raised $1.42 million via an At-the-Market equity raise at a slight premium to fund the construction of its first production facility at the Prairie Lithium Brine Project in Saskatchewan.

Core Lithium has kicked off mining at the Grants open pit within its Finniss Lithium Operation, aiming to process ore by September and ship spodumene concentrate by December. This milestone advances the company's production restart on schedule.

49 Metals has secured eight additional patented mining claims at its Gold Mountain Project in Nevada, enhancing operational flexibility and exploration potential without extra expenditure.

Cazaly Resources has delivered upgraded assay results confirming high-grade gold mineralisation extending beyond 200m depth at the Goongarrie Gold Project, with multiple shoots open at depth and along strike.