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Battery Age Minerals has initiated its maiden drilling campaign at the Bleiberg Zinc-Germanium Project following regulatory approval, while advancing exploration at El Aguila with a $3 million capital raise backing its growth.

Stanmore Resources has reported a robust recovery in its June quarter operations with increased coal production, zero serious safety incidents, and positive cash flow, despite challenging weather conditions. The company maintains its full-year production guidance, signaling resilience amid market uncertainties.

Metals X delivered its third highest quarterly tin production at Renison, improved cash flow, and expanded its strategic footprint with a $5 million investment in Elementos and a partial offer for Greentech shares.

West Wits Mining has released an updated Definitive Feasibility Study for its Qala Shallows project, revealing significant financial improvements and increased ore reserves. The study highlights a stronger gold price environment and refined mine plans that reduce capital requirements and accelerate payback.

South32 has exceeded its FY25 production targets, driven by a 20% increase in copper output and significant progress at its Hermosa project, while streamlining its portfolio through key divestments.

Challenger Gold advances its Hualilan Gold Project with final metallurgical testwork underway, confirming heap leach processing can economically recover low-grade gold previously deemed waste. This development promises to expand the project’s scale and improve its economics ahead of the full-scale Pre-Feasibility Study.

Challenger Gold has completed a Pre-Feasibility Study for toll milling at its Hualilan Gold Project, revealing strong economics, low capital requirements, and a swift payback period. The study underscores the project's potential to generate significant cash flow over three years through a toll milling arrangement with Austral Gold.

European Lithium Ltd and Critical Metals Corp have updated the Tanbreez Rare Earth Project scoping study, incorporating feldspar and arfvedsonite alongside eudialyte, underpinning a robust $2.4–3.0 billion NPV and a 162% IRR over a 19-year mine life.

Cobre Limited reports exceptional copper and silver recoveries from long-term in-situ leaching tests at its Ngami Copper Project, advancing plans for a pilot plant to validate this innovative extraction method.

Celsius Resources has locked in a USD 76.4 million bridge loan from the Philippine sovereign wealth fund to advance early development of its flagship MCB copper-gold project, while raising A$3.3 million through a share placement to bolster its balance sheet.

PVW Resources reports strong drilling results at its Capão Bonito rare earth project in Brazil, with Total Rare Earth Oxide grades reaching up to 3,267 ppm, while preparing for further exploration campaigns across its Brazilian hubs.

St Barbara reveals plans to expand its 15-Mile processing plant capacity from 2.1 Mtpa to 3.0 Mtpa, integrating Cochrane Hill ore to target annual gold production exceeding 100,000 ounces.