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Peako has completed its 100% acquisition of six Saudi Arabian gold projects covering 862 square kilometres, clearing the way for maiden drilling from October. Recent fieldwork has identified extensive high-grade vein systems, but the reported grades remain exploration indicators rather than a mineral resource.

Castle Minerals has identified six ranked gold targets across its 212km² Nielle project in Côte d’Ivoire, including previously unreported intercepts of up to 8m at 3.65g/t gold from surface. The company is preparing an Exploration Target for the historically drilled zone while planning new drilling, subject to the permit being granted.

Piche Resources has secured firm commitments for a $1.1 million placement at 1.8 cents a share, with attaching options offering a further potential funding pathway. The capital arrives while the company searches for a new CEO and reviews its project portfolio.

Australian Oil Co has appointed Tom Streitberg as Executive Chairman for three years, with the incoming chair committing $300,000 to the company. The deal also introduces a substantial equity-based remuneration package and potential dilution for shareholders.

49 Metals will begin a 3,500-metre follow-up drilling program at its Gold Mountain project in Nevada in October, targeting extensions of the Adit Zone discovery. The campaign is fully funded and follows a maiden program in which all 22 holes intersected gold and/or silver mineralisation.

Lodestar Minerals has received all assays from a 12,417-metre, 106-hole RC drilling program at Ned’s Creek, supporting its existing exploration target across three gold prospects. A maiden Mineral Resource Estimate is now expected in the second half of October, although reported widths remain subject to geological interpretation and true-width confirmation.

Sagalio Energy has signed a binding subscription agreement with two investors for a proposed A$221,033 share placement. The funds are earmarked for working capital and repayment of existing debt, but completion still depends on cleared subscription funds.

Globe Metals and Mining has completed a bullish bankable feasibility study for its Kanyika niobium project, but the company still needs substantial funding to reach production. A proposed Sinomine transaction and a September mining-development deadline add urgency to the next phase.

Famien Resources has used the year to pivot decisively from Australian exploration towards a 3,700km² gold portfolio in Côte d’Ivoire, backed by A$15.2 million in placements and A$13.1 million in cash. Early drilling has produced several high-grade intercepts, but the company remains loss-making and has yet to declare a mineral resource.

Orbit Resources enters FY2027 with a 17.52Mt Lewis Ponds resource, a preliminary study pointing to a A$481 million pre-tax NPV and a new polymetallic sulphide discovery outside the existing resource. The gains come with familiar junior-miner constraints: a A$3.49 million annual loss, A$3.69 million in cash and further funding still required.

Patrys has dosed the first participants in the Phase 1a trial of RLS-2202, moving its intravenous quetiapine formulation into human clinical evaluation. The next test comes in October, when an independent safety committee will decide whether the program can advance to Cohort 2.

Riedel Resources has begun a 1,100-sample soil geochemistry program across its 580km² Cosmo Gold Project in Western Australia, targeting unexplored ground and existing gold anomalies. The work is designed to sharpen drill targets before the company’s maiden Cosmo drilling campaign, scheduled for October.