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A handful of extreme moves set the tone, from DXN’s explosive AI data centre rerating to steep sell-offs in small-cap explorers. Deals, funding and fresh drilling results drove the week, but several gap-ups lost steam as traders banked profits.

Exploration wins and funding deals kept the materials sector busy, but price action was uneven. Big winners came from fresh drill results and new targets, while several stocks gave back early gains after trading resumed.

Arika Resources has completed its acquisition of 100% ownership of the Yundamindra and Kookynie gold projects, consolidating control over key assets in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields and setting the stage for accelerated exploration.

Capital raisings, resource updates and Medicare news drove the week’s biggest share moves. The sharpest gains came from silver and tungsten juniors, while the heaviest fall came from a deeply discounted equity raising.

Arika Resources has delivered a robust set of shallow gold intercepts at its Yundamindra Gold Project, confirming mineralisation continuity over a 2.5km strike and uncovering multiple new lodes with significant expansion potential.

Arika Resources has won a $211,000 government grant to fund deep diamond drilling targeting high-grade extensions at the historic Cosmopolitan Gold Mine in WA’s Kookynie district. The drilling aims to unlock a large, underexplored mineral system with parallels to major regional deposits.

Silver, rare earths and select critical minerals led this week’s winners, while lithium names and several larger producers slipped despite busy news flow. Big resource upgrades, fresh funding and cleaner processing routes drew buyers, but many early gaps failed to hold.

Arika Resources has reported a fresh wave of thick, high-grade gold intercepts at its Yundamindra Gold Project in Western Australia, reinforcing the project's potential ahead of a maiden resource estimate.

A brutal split opened up in small caps: a few stocks surged on hard approvals and funding, while many resource names slid even after announcing big numbers. The week’s tape looked simple: investors paid for certainty and sold anything that still needs time, permits, or more cash.

A brutal sell-off in a few small caps did most of the damage this week, even as project funding and resource upgrades kept rolling in. Lithium, rare earths and tungsten news stayed constructive, but traders punished anything that looked like delays, dilution or weaker prices.

Arika Resources has reported strong initial 2026 drilling results at its Pennyweight Point prospect within the Yundamindra Gold Project, confirming thick, high-grade gold mineralisation and expanding near-surface oxide zones.

A single drill program in WA delivered a once-a-year spike, while several small caps fell hard after reopening with price gaps. This week also saw big money raised for gold and uranium builds, and a run of resource upgrades across critical minerals.