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Ark Mines has secured $1.5 million to advance its Sandy Mitchell Rare Earths project, initiating a key drilling campaign and metallurgical testing aimed at significantly upgrading its resource base.

Fat Prophets Global Contrarian Fund reports a 5.06% rise in pre-tax NTA driven by gains in Japanese and Chinese markets, announcing a special dividend after years of pause.

Lloyds Banking Group reported a robust first half in 2025, with net income up 6%, strong lending growth, and a 15% increase in its interim dividend. The bank reaffirmed its 2025 guidance and expressed confidence in meeting ambitious 2026 targets.

Podium Minerals has significantly expanded its Parks Reef project with a new Copper-Gold Zone resource, increasing the basket price by 18% and completing a $2.6 million oversubscribed capital raise.

Black Canyon Limited’s June quarter report reveals promising drilling results at its Wandanya Project, confirming extensive high-grade manganese and iron mineralisation with improved metallurgical recoveries and strategic tenement expansions.

Stellar Resources reports strong progress on its Heemskirk Tin Project with an extended drilling program and robust cash reserves, aiming to boost tin production potential.

Lunnon Metals has completed a detailed Scoping Study on its Baker and Foster nickel sulphide deposits, highlighting potential economic viability despite ongoing uncertainty over processing arrangements. The study recommends sequential mining starting with the fully permitted Baker deposit, which remains profitable even at current nickel prices.

Sun Silver Limited’s re-assay program at its Maverick Springs Project in Nevada has uncovered silver grades up to 26% higher than historical data, suggesting a significant underestimation in the existing resource. This finding could reshape the project’s valuation and future development plans.

Carnavale Resources has announced a substantial 38% increase in gold resources at its Kookynie Gold Project, including the addition of a new high-grade Tiptoe lode. This update significantly enhances the project's economic potential as an updated Scoping Study is underway.

Beacon Minerals has confirmed extensive near-surface laterite-hosted gold mineralisation at its Iguana Gold Project, highlighting promising grades for low-cost mining and advancing resource modelling.

American Rare Earths reports strong metallurgical leach recoveries and significantly reduced impurities at its Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project, marking a key step toward economic production of critical rare earth elements in the US.

Patagonia Lithium has announced a 319% increase in its Formentera Lithium Brine Project resource to 551,400 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent, underpinned by high porosity and lithium grades. The company plans a 1,000 tonnes per annum demonstration plant in 2025/26, leveraging proven Ekosolve extraction technology.