Latest Expansion News

Breakthrough Minerals has extended copper-gold mineralisation beyond the existing Turpentine resource model, with the northernmost hole returning 5 metres at 3.75% CuEq. A dedicated RC rig is due to resume drilling next week as the company tests how far the system continues.

Falcon Metals has started its first-ever drilling at the Olsen Well gold target in Western Australia, expanding the campaign to approximately 6,000 metres after a recent capital raising. The program will test the central portion of a 5.8-kilometre gold-in-soil anomaly supported by rock-chip results of up to 6.42 grams per tonne gold.

Cycliq has secured firm commitments for a $1.5 million placement priced at a steep discount, giving the cycling technology company cash for inventory, AI development and other priorities. The raise also comes with a substantial package of options and further dilution subject to shareholder approval.

Element 25 has started early site works at its Butcherbird Expansion Project in Western Australia, preparing the ground for a planned 1.1Mtpa manganese operation. The milestone shifts the project from planning towards physical construction, although the main construction package is yet to be awarded.

Tivan has won approval to add 50 square kilometres to its Baucau copper-gold project in Timor-Leste, securing ground over a large magnetic anomaly. The expansion comes as the company acknowledges an executive chairman’s personal X post previewed an assay announcement before ASX release and was not authorised under its disclosure policy.

Latrobe Magnesium is shifting its growth priority to a proposed 50 ktpa magnesium plant in South Carolina, backed by 32 ktpa of non-binding customer interest and a 20-year feedstock agreement. The project carries substantial indicative economics, but still needs funding, site acquisition, feasibility work, permits and binding offtake contracts.

CurveBeam AI has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for CT-based bone mineral density measurement, establishing the first regulatory step towards a potential new SaaS offering. The more commercially significant HiRise weight-bearing application still requires a separate clearance.

Brightstar Resources will pay A$350,000 for five Panther Metals exploration licences beside its Laverton processing plant, securing ground needed for haul roads, water infrastructure and future tailings capacity. A separate, non-binding deal could also bring Panther’s Burtville East ore through the plant under a 50:50 net proceeds arrangement.

NewPeak Metals will begin a minimum 1,000-metre Phase 2 diamond drilling program at Las Opeñas in Argentina in mid-October, targeting a potentially gold-richer zone west of its recent long intercepts. The campaign is funded from the company’s completed placement, but the higher-grade western extension remains untested.

Broken Hill Gold has started a 48 line-kilometre induced polarisation survey and 670 line-kilometre magnetic program at White Dam, targeting sulphide mineralisation beneath existing oxide prospects. A second diamond rig is also mobilising, but the next value test remains firmly in the ground: geophysical anomalies must translate into drilling results and an upgraded resource.

Netwealth will acquire AI advice platform Paradino for up to $29 million and invest a further $10 million to scale the business. The deal extends Netwealth beyond platform administration into advice production, while Paradino remains loss-making and separately reported.

PGG Wrightson delivered a sharp improvement in FY26 earnings, with Operating EBITDA up 15% to NZ$64.3 million and net profit rising 46% to NZ$15.6 million. The result supports a fully imputed 5.5 cents per share final dividend, although debt and GO-STOCK receivables have also expanded.