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Blackstone Minerals has raised $22.6 million through a heavily oversubscribed placement led by Macquarie Bank, fueling a major drilling program at its Mankayan Copper-Gold Project in the Philippines. The capital raise follows a transformative merger and signals strong institutional confidence in the company’s growth strategy.

SportsHero Limited has inked major partnerships with leading Southeast Asian telcos, including a US$1 million contract with the Philippines’ PLDT, to expand its cloud-based gaming platform across the region.

BPH Global has launched a focused R&D collaboration with Temasek Polytechnic to develop seaweed-based bio-stimulants aimed at boosting growth and yields in Southeast Asia's oil palm and rice sectors. Early talks are also underway for a production facility in Indonesia to commercialize these innovations.

Legacy Minerals has acquired exploration rights to the Nico Young nickel-cobalt deposit in NSW, boasting one of Australia’s largest contained resources with significant strategic potential amid current market lows.

SportsHero Ltd has inked a US$1 million agreement with PLDT Inc, the Philippines’ largest telco, to distribute its iGV Family Game Pass, marking a major milestone in its Southeast Asian expansion.

Energy World Corporation Ltd plans to convert $440.5 million of debt into shares at a significant premium, reshaping its capital structure and boosting major shareholders’ stakes. Concurrently, the company announces key leadership changes to steer its next growth phase.

Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd has successfully demonstrated in-situ recovery (ISR) of rare earth elements at its Ema project using an environmentally friendly magnesium sulfate leaching process, marking a pivotal step toward sustainable, low-cost rare earth production.

Blackstone Minerals has completed its acquisition of IDM International, issuing over 692 million shares and 83 million options, significantly expanding its copper-gold portfolio with the Mankayan project in the Philippines.

SportsHero has launched its iGV Family Game Pass in partnership with Indonesia’s second-largest telco, Indosat, offering gamers access to over 200 popular PC titles via direct carrier billing.

Following its merger with IDM International, Blackstone Minerals announces key board and management changes to spearhead development of the Mankayan Copper-Gold Project in the Philippines.

Firebrick Pharma has raised $0.2 million in a placement well below its $1.6 million target, prompting a review of its expansion and product development plans for Nasodine.

Flagship Minerals has exited its lithium project in Chile amid market oversupply, redirecting resources to its Pantanillo Gold Project with a significant 1.05 million ounce gold resource estimate.