Latest Bulk Sampling News

OD6 Metals has reported surface channel samples of up to 24 metres at 51.1% CaF₂ and rock-chip grades reaching 98.4% at Blue Bell in Nevada. The first-pass results elevate Blue Bell to Quinn’s fourth priority target, although drilling is still needed to establish scale, continuity and true widths.

Grange Resources has approved a lower-capital underground development at Savage River, targeting a 43% project IRR and production continuity to at least 2035. The Sub-Level Cave plan is designed to be funded from existing cash and operating cashflow while preserving the option of a larger Block Cave mine.

Lion Rock Minerals has reported repeated shallow heavy-mineral zones with significant monazite at Minta Est, including up to 1.94% estimated TREO and 3.62% calculated monazite in recovered concentrate. Early magnetic-separation tests also concentrated up to 84.1% of calculated TREO into less than 27% of recovered heavy-mineral mass, although the results remain preliminary and HMC-based.

Kinetiko Energy is preparing to submit a permit that could allow limited gas sales from its Brakfontein project in early 2027, while engineering, procurement and drilling plans advance in parallel. The company has also shortlisted three candidates for its next chief executive.

OD6 Metals has completed its A$6.92 million placement, issuing 72.84 million new shares and giving the explorer funding to advance Quinn, Splinter Rock and Gulf Creek. The immediate test is whether that capital can translate into approvals, drilling and resource definition.

Estrella Resources has agreed to divest its nickel rights across five Western Australian tenements for 20 million Astral Resources shares valued at $3 million. The deal remains conditional, but would sharpen Estrella’s focus on its Timor-Leste exploration portfolio while preserving exposure to Astral’s equity upside.

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.

Peregrine Gold has secured $2.25 million through a discounted placement backed by major shareholder Mark Creasy, Lion Selection Group and company directors. The funding is earmarked for maiden drilling and broader gold and iron ore exploration in Western Australia, subject to heritage and Programme of Work approvals.

Fulcrum Lithium has staked 41 additional claims around its Alkali Flats project in Nevada and reported up to 79% lithium extraction from acid-free roast and water-leach tests. The results improve on earlier water-leach work, although they remain below the company’s 93% to 96% sulfuric-acid benchmark and come from scoping-level tests.

Viking Mines has repositioned itself around Nevada tungsten, with Linka producing a 56.9% WO₃ concentrate at 76.0% recovery and gaining approval for a 63-hole maiden drilling programme. The opportunity is advancing, but the company remains loss-making, has no JORC resource at Linka and will need further funding as work accelerates.

Mount Ridley Mines has used its FY2026 annual report to put scale and processing progress at the centre of its Grass Patch story, including a post-year-end scandium resource upgrade to 946.1 million tonnes. The company remains loss-making and pre-production, but September testwork reported approximately 92% scandium recovery and average heavy rare earth recovery of about 84%.

GreenX Metals has put a conceptual copper-silver target at Tannenberg and a major Poland arbitration award at the centre of its next phase. The annual report also shows the cost of that strategy: a $12.34 million loss, a $4.42 million project impairment and continued reliance on equity funding.