Latest Preliminary Economic Assessment News

Resouro Strategic Metals reports encouraging metallurgical testwork results and progress on the Preliminary Economic Assessment for its Tiros Titanium and Rare Earths Project in Brazil, highlighting potential for a globally significant operation.

Small caps stole the week, led by a big funding deal in gold and two revenue breakouts. Meanwhile, some well-known names slid after profit updates failed to calm nerves on costs and outlooks.

Rare earths and gold dominated the tape, with one small-cap rare earth explorer ripping more than 70% on a single drilling headline. Gold producers, meanwhile, kept turning high bullion prices into dividends, buy-backs and bigger balance sheets.

MinRex Resources Limited (ASX: MRR) has announced a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Electrum Discovery Corp. (TSX-V: ELY) via a statutory Plan of Arrangement, creating a combined ASX-listed gold-copper exploration company with significant assets in Serbia and Australia.

PMET Resources has launched a C$137.7 million capital raising via a private flow-through share offer and concurrent placements to fund exploration and development of its Shaakichiuwaanaan lithium project in Quebec.

PMET Resources has announced a significant capital raise of up to C$130 million through a public offering and a flow-through private placement to advance its Shaakichiuwaanaan critical minerals project in Quebec. The funds will support updated feasibility studies and exploration, aiming to de-risk the path to a Final Investment Decision.

Small caps did the heavy lifting this week, led by two big discovery stories in resources. Funding raises and takeover moves kept attention on who can pay for the next step, not just promise it.

Speculative money piled into new discoveries and tight-supply metals, while a handful of small caps were sold hard on thin liquidity. The week’s biggest moves came from PGMs and tungsten on the way up, and micro-cap gas on the way down.

Mont Royal Resources has kicked off a comprehensive work program at its Ashram Rare Earth and Fluorspar Project following a transformative merger and a successful $10 million capital raise. An updated Preliminary Economic Assessment is expected by the end of Q1 2026.

FireFly Metals has significantly expanded its Green Bay Copper-Gold Project resource by 51%, backed by a substantial A$149 million equity raise, positioning the company for accelerated development and economic studies.

Maronan Metals has secured crucial environmental approvals and completed promising drilling and metallurgical work, underpinned by a strong capital raise and rising silver prices.

Mt Malcolm Mines NL has taken a major step forward with the acquisition of a 500,000 tonnes per annum gold processing plant and an oversubscribed $3.05 million capital raise, while drilling at Picnic South confirms consistent near-surface gold mineralisation.