Latest Permitting News

Quantum Graphite Limited has secured a binding Ore Supply Agreement with Sunlands Pure Group, consolidating downstream graphite processing and refining under a 20-year exclusive partnership. The deal sets ambitious production targets and pricing safeguards, underpinning Quantum's strategy to scale purified graphite supply for battery anodes and thermal storage markets.

Australian Oil Company Limited (ASX: AOK) has completed a second crude oil lifting from its Emu Apple Oil Field and identified fresh exploration anomalies in the Surat Basin, while progressing development plans and commercial negotiations for its Riverslea and Major Gas Fields.

BPH Energy and Bounty Oil & Gas await a Federal Court judgement on their challenge against the refusal to extend the PEP-11 offshore permit. The decision, reserved since February, will be handed down mid-June, potentially shaping the companies' exploration prospects.

Vault Minerals has submitted a fully certified Closure Plan Amendment for its Southern Tailings Management Facility, marking a regulatory milestone that supports a planned restart of underground development in Q1 FY27 and gold production in Q1 FY28 at Sugar Zone, Ontario.

Norfolk Metals plans a game-changing acquisition of the Ciclón Copper Project in Chile, backed by a $100 million capital raise and top-tier board appointments.

Kingston Resources stops mining at Pearse South after a second geotechnical failure, pivoting to a major underground drilling program and launching a $11.6 million capital raise to underpin a long-term expansion at Mineral Hill.

St George Mining’s initial beneficiation testwork at its Araxá Project in Brazil has delivered high-grade niobium concentrates and a promising rare earth concentrate, validating its dual commodity approach and underpinning next-stage pilot plant plans.

Felix Gold has created Frontier Antimony Refinery Corp., a US-focused refining platform with secured access to military-grade antimony ore from its Treasure Creek Project in Alaska, aiming to address critical supply gaps.

Brazilian Rare Earths (ASX: BRE) has identified a sprawling rare earth corridor extending over 9 km south of its Monte Alto Deposit, with surface samples hitting up to 39.6% TREO and drilling confirming high-grade mineralisation from surface to bedrock.

West Cobar Metals (ASX: WC1) has struck a deal to acquire the Baxter Fluorspar Project in Nevada, a site with a rich history of premium acid-grade fluorspar production. Backed by a $1.05 million placement, the acquisition positions WC1 within a critical US supply chain for fluorspar, a mineral vital for semiconductor and defence industries.

Lion Rock Minerals has reported robust drilling results from its expansive Minta Project in Cameroon, reinforcing its ambition to become a major global producer of rutile and monazite. The company targets a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate later this year amid promising assay outcomes from key tenements.

Aurum Resources has unveiled a robust Pre-Feasibility Study for its Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire, declaring a maiden Probable Ore Reserve of 1.21 million ounces and targeting first gold production in early 2028.