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Iluka Resources reported a solid FY 2024 with $1.13 billion in mineral sands revenue and a net profit of $231 million, while advancing key projects like Balranald and Eneabba refinery.

Iluka Resources posted a solid 2024 performance with stable market conditions and sound margins despite inflationary pressures, while progressing key projects like Balranald and Eneabba.

Mineral Resources Limited posted a substantial $809 million loss for the half-year ending December 2024, driven by lower revenues and significant impairment charges, notably at its Bald Hill lithium project. The company also announced no interim dividend as it focuses on liquidity and operational transitions.

Ardea Resources Limited has made significant progress on its Kalgoorlie Nickel Project (KNP) Goongarrie Hub, supported by a fully funded $98.5 million Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) led by a Japanese consortium. The project is positioned as a long-life, low-cost nickel-cobalt operation critical to the global battery supply chain.

Mt Malcolm Mines NL has reached a significant production milestone within 3.5 years of its ASX listing, generating initial revenue from gold sales while expanding its exploration footprint across multiple prospects in Western Australia's Leonora region.

AuKing Mining has entered a strategic joint venture with Cobalt Blue Holdings, enabling COB to earn up to 75% of the Koongie Park copper/zinc project through staged expenditure, while AuKing reallocates focus to its gold and uranium assets.

Critica Minerals Limited has announced a significant milestone with its Jupiter Project, revealing Australia’s largest and highest-grade clay hosted rare earth resource alongside successful metallurgical test results that promise substantial mass reduction and grade upgrade.

Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited announces a strategic pivot with a proposed rebranding to Core Blue Minerals Limited and an Earn-in agreement for the Halls Creek Project, marking its diversification beyond cobalt into copper and other base metals.

Cobalt Blue Holdings Limited is set to rebrand as Core Blue Minerals Limited, reflecting its strategic shift to diversify beyond cobalt into copper and other base metals through a new Earn-in agreement for the Halls Creek Project.

CGN Resources reports encouraging gold and IOCG pathfinder element enrichment from its UltraFine+™ surface geochemistry program at the Webb Project, underpinning multiple new high-priority targets ahead of planned drilling in April 2025.

Westgold Resources reports robust high-grade gold intercepts from its Fletcher Zone drilling at Beta Hunt, with a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate expected by late Q4 FY25. The company also plans to initiate drilling at the promising Mason Zone, potentially extending the mineralised strike to around 4km.

Waratah Minerals has initiated diamond drilling at its Spur Gold-Copper Project in New South Wales, targeting promising porphyry copper-gold-molybdenum mineralisation at the Breccia West Prospect. This move follows recent high-resolution magnetic surveys that have refined exploration targets and aims to deepen understanding of the region's epithermal-porphyry link.