Latest Commodities News

Hawsons Iron (ASX:HIO) is aiming to raise up to A$1.5 million through a discounted Share Purchase Plan, sweetened with free attaching unlisted options exercisable at A$0.015 each.

Nex Metals has advanced its Kookynie Tailings Project metallurgical testing, lifting gold recovery significantly and uncovering a promising tungsten by-product opportunity.

Kaoko Metals has kicked off its first-ever diamond drilling campaign at the Chalkos Copper-Silver Project in Namibia, targeting key prospects Donkey Hill and Otniel with a 2,000-3,000 metre program designed to test mineralisation continuity and structural controls.

Black Bear Minerals’ re-analysis of historic drill core at Texas’s Shafter Silver Project reveals up to 147% higher silver grades and confirms polymetallic potential, prompting an expanded resource review and plans for a JORC upgrade.

Connected Minerals Ltd has successfully raised $4.5 million through a placement, clearing the final hurdle to acquire an 80% stake in the Bailundo carbonatite project in Angola.

AuKing Mining has secured a full underwriting agreement with GBA Capital to guarantee raising approximately $9.14 million through the exercise of nearly 305 million unlisted options expiring in April 2027.

Galan Lithium is set to become a significant lithium brine producer with its Hombre Muerto West project in Argentina, targeting first sales in the second half of 2026. The company boasts a world-class resource, strong fiscal incentives, and a valuation discount to ASX peers.

Monadelphous has secured a $200 million contract from BHP to deliver key infrastructure works at the Nelson Point Port Facility in Port Hedland, signalling a significant boost for its engineering construction division.

OD6 Metals has completed its acquisition of the Quinn Fluorspar Project, consolidating 100% ownership of 226 mining claims in Nevada and positioning itself as a potential key domestic fluorspar supplier for the US.

TechGen Metals (ASX: TG1) enters a catalyst-rich 2026 with fully funded drilling across four copper-gold projects adjacent to multi-million-ounce mines. The company’s $3.7 million cash position supports maiden drilling at Blue & Red Devil and resource development at John Bull.

Daly Resources is aggressively advancing exploration across its 6,451 km² Northern Territory portfolio, highlighting ultra-high-grade fluorite at Huckitta and promising sediment-hosted copper-zinc targets with government-backed geophysical surveys underway.

Black Canyon Limited has reported robust assay results from its Wandanya Project in Western Australia, confirming shallow, high-grade manganese and iron mineralisation. The company is on track to deliver a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate by September 2026, with further drilling planned to expand the 9km mineralised system.