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Everest Metals Corporation (ASX: EMC) has upgraded its Mt Edon Critical Minerals Project resource to 4.3 million tonnes at 0.23% Rb2O, enhancing grade, tonnage, and confidence ahead of a mining proposal submission expected to gain approval by late 2026.

Serko Limited posted a 34% jump in total income to NZD 120.9 million for FY26, powered by strong Booking.com for Business growth and a full year of GetThere revenue. The company’s EBITDAFI surged 137%, while net loss narrowed. Serko.ai’s US closed beta marks a strategic pivot into AI-driven business travel.

Hawk Resources is raising up to $5.87 million through a placement and entitlement offer to fund drilling and soil sampling at its US copper and WA scandium projects. The raise includes a non-renounceable entitlement offer and options issuance, with dilution risks for non-participating shareholders.

Variscan Mines (ASX:VAR) has secured $690,000 in the first tranche of a $5 million placement, issuing 174 million shares at $0.004 each to new sophisticated investors. The capital raise supports ongoing development at the Novales-Udias zinc-lead project in Spain, which recently reported a JORC resource.

Corazon Mining has secured the Chalice Gold Project from Westgold Resources, gaining a 191,000oz high-grade gold resource and a strategic partnership with Westgold as a near-20% shareholder.

4DMedical’s CT:VQ™ technology has been clinically validated in a top respiratory journal, showing a leap in patient response rates for lung volume reduction surgery from 46% to 76%, promising improved outcomes and hospital efficiencies.

Dotz Nano appoints experienced tech leader Nati Harpaz as CEO amid a A$3.3 million capital raise, with Harpaz personally investing over A$1 million to back the company’s commercial push.

Ballymore Resources has kicked off a detailed gravity survey across a 32km corridor at its Ruddygore Project, aiming to refine targets for silver-lead-zinc and skarn-porphyry deposits. Funded by $383,000 in Queensland government grants, the survey complements ongoing high-grade drilling at Torpy's.

Kincora Copper has received a US$1.5 million non-refundable option payment from Tumen Ail Coal, marking a significant step toward divesting its Mongolian subsidiaries. The staged US$10 million deal supports Kincora’s shift to focus on Australian projects and its project generator model.

Barton Gold has launched an expedited 4,000m drilling program at its Tolmer Silver prospect, aiming to extend one of Australia's highest-grade silver discoveries following preliminary tests yielding concentrates over 100,000 g/t silver.

Island Pharmaceuticals has appointed Mark Herzog as Senior Global Health Security Advisor and secured roles in key Medical Countermeasures Coalition groups, boosting its US biodefence engagement ahead of pivotal Galidesivir Animal Rule studies.

Viridis Mining has lodged the critical Installation Licence for its Colossus Rare Earth Project in Brazil, clearing a key regulatory hurdle that unlocks construction and brings the company closer to a Final Investment Decision targeted for the second half of 2026.