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Aspire Mining has retained the Ovoot project’s 130.1 million-tonne JORC Coal Reserve while redesigning how the Mongolian mine is funded and built. The refreshed model forecasts a US$1.48 billion post-tax NPV10, but depends on debt raising, infrastructure delivery and a 12% Inferred Resource contribution to planned output.

CGN Resources has intersected gold at three of four targets in its maiden Christmas Well RC program, with Rocky Mountain Oyster returning the strongest result in fresh rock. The early-stage campaign supports follow-up drilling, but does not yet establish a mineral resource or confirm true widths.

WAM Alternative Assets reported a 9.1% investment portfolio return for FY2026 and maintained a 6.0 cents per share dividend, partially franked at 60%. The alternative-assets vehicle also highlighted 24 exits since Wilson Asset Management took over, completed at a weighted average 28.3% premium to net tangible assets.

Australian Rare Earths has moved its Koppamurra pilot plant beyond heap leaching, recovering rare earths from about 5,000 litres of leach solution into a Mixed Rare Earth Hydroxide intermediate product. The result provides an early test of the downstream flowsheet, although commercial economics and final product quality remain unproven.

Green Technology Metals has completed the environmental assessment for its Seymour Lithium Project in Ontario, removing a major step from the mine’s permitting pathway. The milestone does not yet amount to final development approval, with a mine closure plan and several permits still required.

Australian Oil Co says Emu Apple-1 is producing 10-20 barrels of oil a day after intervention with no water cut observed so far. Stronger oil prices are prompting assessments of further well restarts, while Californian gas output and the Major-4 offtake plan advance in parallel.

X2M Connect has signed a non-binding five-year partnership with Ethical Development Fund Australia to pursue a 20MW to 45MW GPU data centre and renewable energy precinct in North Queensland. The opportunity could generate both infrastructure delivery revenue and recurring platform fees, but remains subject to binding project agreements, funding and approvals.

Tungsten Mining has secured the primary approvals needed to take its Watershed tungsten project in Far North Queensland through to mining and production, while early site works are already under way. The project remains pre-FID, with financing and the October DFS still critical to the H1 2027 production target.

VHM has taken Goschen from a permitted project to a more financeable development, with Iluka committing to buy all planned rare earth concentrate and providing A$40 million in convertible note funding. The company remains pre-revenue, has not made a Final Investment Decision and will need further funding before construction can begin.

Bass Oil has confirmed oil in the previously unproduced M sand at its Bunian 6 well in Indonesia, with a short cleanup flow reaching approximately 2,400 barrels per day without water. The completed well is expected to lift field production from 250 to at least 750 barrels per day, subject to testing and tie-in work.

D3 Energy has identified deeper water zones that are now sitting above the gas-bearing intervals in two Nooitgedacht wells, restricting gas flow in an extremely low-pressure reservoir. Remedial cementing is expected to begin next week, but restored flow and commercial results remain unconfirmed.

Brightstar Resources says construction of its 1.5Mtpa Laverton processing plant remains on schedule and within budget, with first gold still targeted for June 2027. The update also marks the end of underground mining at Second Fortune as the company shifts towards commissioning and new mine development.