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Tolu Minerals has more than doubled its reported gold resources to 1.33 million ounces after declaring a maiden 293,000-ounce resource at Mt Penck in Papua New Guinea. The project also carries a largely untested copper-gold porphyry target, but its proposed A$30 million exploration program still requires separate funding.

Arrow Minerals has applied for an iron ore exploration tenement adjoining Rio Tinto's Robe Valley operations in Western Australia, a move that could expand its prospective landholding by 30% to 415 square kilometres. The application remains subject to tenure award, and no resource or economic estimate has been announced.

Fulcrum Lithium has promoted Chief Operating Officer Scott Keenan to Managing Director, placing the executive who led its Alkali Flats discovery in charge of the company’s next project phase. The appointment comes with a $360,000 annual salary and a proposed 4 million performance-rights package subject to shareholder approval.

Tolu Minerals has increased the Tolukuma gold resource by 81% to 909,000 ounces after four months of full-scale drilling, pushing its reported Papua New Guinea gold inventory above one million ounces. The proposed early 2027 restart now has a larger resource base, but remains dependent on infrastructure, technical work and conversion of resources into mineable reserves.

Tivan has secured a 50 km² exploration concession immediately north of its Turiscai project in Timor-Leste, subject to formal regulatory grant. The addition would lift the project to eight licences covering approximately 394 km² ahead of planned maiden drilling in the fourth quarter.

St Barbara will sell its remaining New Simberi interest and Tabar Islands exploration exposure to Lingbao for A$453 million in cash, while retaining royalties over future production. The deal could leave the gold developer with about A$880 million in cash, but completion still depends on regulatory and potentially shareholder approvals.

Tivan Limited’s latest bulk assays from Timor-Leste confirm high-grade copper and gold mineralisation, sharpening focus on the Vemasse and Scorpion prospects for drilling later this year.

Tolu Minerals has locked in a K95 million (approx. A$30 million) debt facility from a Papua New Guinea bank, complementing its A$50 million cash reserves to fully fund the restart of its Tolukuma Gold Mine. Production is targeted for the first quarter of 2027, with an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due imminently.

The Calmer Co International Limited has closed a renounceable rights issue, raising $1.82 million before costs with full director participation. The capital will support inventory build, retail expansion with Coles, and ongoing strategic partnerships in kava supply and manufacturing.

Taruga Minerals has unveiled exceptional gold and silver assays from rock chip sampling at its East Normanby Gold Project, confirming extensive high-grade epithermal mineralisation across an 8km corridor. The company is set to kick off its maiden diamond drilling program at the Weioko Gold Deposit, with multiple new targets identified for follow-up.

Geopacific Resources has completed a drilling campaign at its Woodlark Gold Project, delivering significant high-grade gold intercepts that reinforce and extend known mineralisation, potentially enhancing project economics.

DeSoto Resources has significantly expanded its exploration footprint in Guinea’s prolific Siguiri Goldfields, restarting a major drilling campaign and launching new geophysical and soil sampling programs across over 1,300 square kilometres of tenure.