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QMines Limited reported a busy March quarter with strong drilling results at Mount Mackenzie, a resource upgrade at Develin Creek, and progress on the Mt Chalmers feasibility study, underpinned by a $15 million strategic funding package from QIC.

Altech Batteries has won conditional approval for a €46.11 million German government grant supporting its CERENERGY® Sodium-Chloride Solid-State battery project, while shifting its Silumina AnodesTM R&D operations to Germany to enhance efficiency and cut costs.

Ragusa Minerals has taken a major step in its US expansion by acquiring a controlling stake in Pegasus Tel Inc. and its Purple Pansy Manganese-Gold Project, backed by high-grade assay results and fresh capital.

PT ANTAM TBK sustained strong operational performance in Q1 2026 with robust gold and nickel sales amid favourable market trends, while pushing forward strategic mineral downstreaming projects including Indonesia's integrated battery ecosystem.

Encounter Resources has boosted its Aileron project’s inferred niobium resource by 54%, lifting the total to 120 million tonnes at 0.77% Nb2O5. The 2025 drilling campaign notably grew the Green deposit’s contained niobium by 83%, underpinning plans for a potential long-life mining operation in Western Australia’s West Arunta region.

AnteoTech (ASX: ADO) pushed forward its advanced battery and life sciences technologies in the March 2026 quarter, achieving key product validations and expanding its sales pipeline to record levels. The company ended the period with A$3.3 million cash and no debt following a recent A$3.5 million capital raise.

OD6 Metals has revealed exceptional channel sampling results from its Horseshoe Prospect within the Quinn Fluorspar Project, confirming extensive ultra-high-grade fluorspar mineralisation with grades peaking at 82% CaF2. These findings underscore the project's potential for direct shipping ore and acid-grade fluorspar production.

Critical Resources has defined a focused 2026 exploration program at its Mavis Lake lithium project while confirming an orogenic gold system in New Zealand and delivering promising early results from its solid-state lithium-ion battery evaluation.

Black Canyon has kicked off a substantial 15,000m RC drilling campaign at its Wandanya Project, aiming to define and grow its high-grade manganese and iron resource with first assays due in May 2026.

OD6 Metals has announced continuous and high-grade fluorspar mineralisation at its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, with channel sampling returning 12 metres at an average grade of 40.8% CaF2, including a peak of 54.0% CaF2. These results validate historic data and indicate a large-scale breccia replacement system with significant untested potential.

OD6 Metals has reported exceptional assay results from the Mammoth prospect within its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, confirming high-grade fluorspar mineralisation up to 53.2% CaF2 and indicating potential for a broader mineralised system.

Globe Metals & Mining’s 2026 Bankable Feasibility Study for the Kanyika Niobium Project in Malawi confirms robust economics, a 24-year mine life, and a strategic phased development approach.