Latest Minerals 260 (ASX:MI6) News

A boardroom shake-up and a fresh placement sparked the week’s biggest move, while critical minerals deals kept drawing buyers. Gold explorers also ran hard on drill hits, but several gapped stocks showed how fast early moves can fade.

Minerals 260 secures Foreign Investment Review Board approval, enabling Franco-Nevada to complete a $220 million funding package that accelerates development of the Bullabulling Gold Project.

Small caps stole the week, led by a big funding deal in gold and two revenue breakouts. Meanwhile, some well-known names slid after profit updates failed to calm nerves on costs and outlooks.

Rare earths and gold dominated the tape, with one small-cap rare earth explorer ripping more than 70% on a single drilling headline. Gold producers, meanwhile, kept turning high bullion prices into dividends, buy-backs and bigger balance sheets.

Minerals 260 has locked in a $220 million strategic funding deal with Franco-Nevada, boosting development and de-risking the Bullabulling Gold Project in Western Australia. This marks Franco-Nevada’s largest Australian investment to date.

Deal headlines and big drill hits shared the stage with a brutal sell-off in a handful of tiny raisings. The week’s biggest winners were backed by clear news; the biggest losers showed what happens when buyers vanish after a halt.

Small caps stole the spotlight, with a handful of stocks doubling on deal news and early-stage project updates. Large miners were steadier, but even they couldn’t fully escape the week’s sharp gap moves.

Minerals 260 Limited reports robust drilling results from its 4.5 million ounce Bullabulling Gold Project, highlighting significant high-grade gold intercepts across multiple deposits. A new 30,000 metre drilling program has commenced to underpin an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due mid-2026.

Small caps did the heavy lifting this week, led by two big discovery stories in resources. Funding raises and takeover moves kept attention on who can pay for the next step, not just promise it.

Speculative money piled into new discoveries and tight-supply metals, while a handful of small caps were sold hard on thin liquidity. The week’s biggest moves came from PGMs and tungsten on the way up, and micro-cap gas on the way down.

Minerals 260 Limited has significantly expanded its Bullabulling Gold Project resource to 4.5 million ounces, nearly doubling its previous estimate, while advancing key development milestones ahead of a mid-2026 Pre-Feasibility Study completion.

Minerals 260 Limited has reported exceptional high-grade gold intercepts at its 4.5Moz Bullabulling Gold Project in Western Australia, highlighting significant resource growth potential beyond the recent estimate. The latest drilling results reinforce the project's robust mineralisation continuity and set the stage for an updated resource estimate in 2026.