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1414 Degrees has cleared a key technical hurdle at its Aurora Energy Precinct in South Australia, moving its Stage 1 battery storage project into commercial transmission negotiations amid strong interest from major data centre players.

MB Gold has reported further encouraging gold assay results from its maiden drilling at the Twin Veins Prospect, confirming continuity of high-grade shoots and setting the stage for a 6,000m Phase 2 program.

X2M Connect has unveiled a new AI-enabled bidirectional streetlight controller in South Korea, expanding its smart city platform and tapping into a $225 million annual market.

Medallion Metals has identified a significant new sulphide lode, Hillsborough Deeps, beneath the Gem deposit at Kundip, with drilling and electromagnetic surveys indicating strong potential for resource expansion.

ABx Group and Good Importing International are progressing their bauxite projects in Queensland and New South Wales, with environmental approvals on track and significant investments underway.

Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) is embarking on its largest drilling campaign to date at its Western Australian gold projects, aiming to extend mineralisation at Golden Boulder, Amy Clarke, and Mon Ami. Recent diamond drilling has revealed deeper gold potential, underpinning the aggressive program.

Environmental Clean Technologies (ASX: ECT) has completed a pilot Rapid Electrothermal Mineralisation system that delivers 18 times the power of its lab prototype, enabling additive-free, in-situ PFAS destruction and targeting a field demonstration in H2 2026.

Chilwa Minerals’ latest assays from drill hole MPYDD007 at Nakombe South in Malawi confirm a multi-commodity critical minerals system with significant niobium, tantalum, rare earth elements, and gallium mineralisation. The company has defined a maiden conceptual Exploration Target and is advancing drilling towards a maiden Mineral Resource.

Midas Minerals extends high-grade copper and silver intercepts at Namibia’s T-13 deposit, reinforcing resource continuity ahead of a planned update later this year.

Culpeo Minerals has reported standout copper and gold assays from rock chip sampling at its Fortuna Project in Chile, highlighting potential new target zones at La Florida and El Quillay prospects.

Recharge Metals has completed soil sampling and a detailed gravity survey at its underexplored Sunset Well Gold Project in WA, setting the stage for a major drilling campaign targeting the 94,500 oz Prospero Deposit. The company also expanded its footprint with four new regional projects, supported by a $6 million cash position.

Sunrise Energy Metals is injecting US$5 million into Agni Semiconductor, a US-based developer of aluminium scandium nitride (AlScN) ferroelectric diode memory technology, marking a strategic pivot into downstream semiconductor innovation linked to its scandium resources.