Latest Metals News

Unity Metals has opened a non-renounceable share purchase plan targeting $1 million to fund gold and copper-gold exploration in Cambodia and Thailand. Eligible shareholders can buy shares at a 15.2% discount, with attaching options subject to a later shareholder vote.

OD6 Metals has secured A$6.92 million from institutional and sophisticated investors to advance drilling, bulk sampling and resource definition at its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada. The funding also sets up a proposed rebrand to Adaven, but brings dilution and a substantial package of shareholder approvals.

Austral Resources’ proposed acquisition of Hammer Metals has cleared its first Federal Court hurdle, with ASIC registration of the Scheme Booklet and a shareholder vote now set for 9 November. The transaction still needs shareholder approval, a second Court hearing and other conditions before implementation.

PhosCo has extended mineralisation at its DOH prospect and made a new phosphate discovery at Sekarna North in Tunisia. The results are encouraging, but assays remain pending and the reported widths are reconnaissance-stage intersections rather than resource estimates.

Zenith Minerals has rejected an unsolicited $5 million capital-raising proposal from Aurenne, saying it is incomplete, difficult to implement and offers shareholders no direct consideration. The board has kept its recommendation of Forrestania Resources’ takeover offer unchanged.

Capricorn Metals produced 31,218 ounces of gold in the September quarter, while its Karlawinda expansion was completed on schedule and within budget. The enlarged operation is now running at 6.5 million tonnes a year, although the next test is converting that capacity into consistent production and costs.

Hammer Metals’ proposed acquisition by Austral Resources has cleared its first court stage, with ASIC registering the scheme booklet and an independent expert backing the scrip deal. Shareholders now face linked votes on the takeover and the demerger of Western Australian gold assets into an unlisted company.

Alkane Resources has reported a transformational FY2026, with the Mandalay merger helping lift revenue to A$935.8 million and profit after tax to A$228.7 million. The enlarged gold and antimony producer has also declared its first dividend and approved a buy-back, while setting broadly stable production guidance for FY2027.

6K Additive has completed a six-year, US$27.4 million secured loan with the US Export-Import Bank to expand production of critical metal powders in Pennsylvania. The financing gives the company access to project funding through June 2028, but the final interest rate and the expansion’s eventual output remain to be established.

Centaurus Metals has signed the contract securing initial 20MW of 230kV grid power for its Jaguar nickel project in Brazil. The infrastructure milestone removes one development hurdle, while funding negotiations and final connection approvals remain outstanding.

Sunrise Energy Metals has signed a scheme deed to move its parent company from Australia to Delaware and make Nasdaq its primary listing, while retaining ASX exposure through CDIs. The proposed one-for-one exchange remains subject to shareholder, court, regulatory and listing approvals.

Mamba Exploration has secured a $6.0 million placement, attracted a $500,000 investment from New Murchison Gold and added former Westgold founder Peter Cook as a strategic adviser. The funding will support drilling at Meeka East and a staged earn-in over the early-stage Poison Hills project, where selective rock chips returned high silver, gold, copper and lead grades.