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Surefire Resources is seeking up to A$2.61 million through a share placement, alongside an option entitlement offer for existing eligible shareholders. The raise could materially expand the company’s securities on issue, with the second tranche and related options requiring shareholder approval.

Unity Metals has opened a non-renounceable share purchase plan targeting $1 million to fund gold and copper-gold exploration in Cambodia and Thailand. Eligible shareholders can buy shares at a 15.2% discount, with attaching options subject to a later shareholder vote.

GBM Resources has extended high-grade gold mineralisation beyond the current resource boundaries at both the 309 and Lone Sister deposits in Queensland. A further 3,550 metres of assays remain pending ahead of a planned Twin Hills resource update.

Magnetite Mines has opened a partially underwritten share purchase plan targeting approximately $1 million from eligible Australian and New Zealand shareholders. Investors who receive shares will also be entitled to one free listed option per share, subject to shareholder approval.

OD6 Metals has secured A$6.92 million from institutional and sophisticated investors to advance drilling, bulk sampling and resource definition at its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada. The funding also sets up a proposed rebrand to Adaven, but brings dilution and a substantial package of shareholder approvals.

Optiscan Imaging has lodged a US FDA 510(k) application for InVue, its precision surgery device designed to provide cellular-level imaging during operations. The submission moves the technology into formal regulatory review, but clearance and commercialisation remain uncertain.

Voltaic Strategic Resources has agreed to acquire five granted Western Australian exploration licences across three gold projects for A$330,000 upfront, with up to A$2 million tied to future Rocky Ridge resource milestones. The deal broadens the explorer’s gold pipeline, but the assets remain at the target-generation stage rather than being defined resources.

Austral Resources’ proposed acquisition of Hammer Metals has cleared its first Federal Court hurdle, with ASIC registration of the Scheme Booklet and a shareholder vote now set for 9 November. The transaction still needs shareholder approval, a second Court hearing and other conditions before implementation.

PhosCo has extended mineralisation at its DOH prospect and made a new phosphate discovery at Sekarna North in Tunisia. The results are encouraging, but assays remain pending and the reported widths are reconnaissance-stage intersections rather than resource estimates.

Aspen Group delivered a stronger-than-expected first quarter, with net rental income up 16% and realised development profit nearly doubling to $7.9 million. The company maintained its FY27 targets, while warning that weaker economic conditions could disrupt development settlements.

PDI Gold has paired a strong September quarter with high-grade drilling beneath its Kiniéro pits, strengthening the case for further resource growth at Guinea’s producing gold operation. The results remain exploration-stage, but the company is preparing a 140,000-metre campaign for 2027.

Osmond Resources has secured the maximum €250,000 provisional grant in the first round of Spain’s national mineral exploration program, while preparing to start a 13-hole campaign at its Orión project. The company has also issued 85 million shares to retain its 80% interest in the project-owning vehicle.