🕒 Monday 20 October 2025 Mon, 20 Oct 2025

Zip Co Limited has increased its on-market share buy-back limit from $50 million to $100 million, reflecting confidence in its financial strength and growth prospects. The move underscores the company’s commitment to capital management and shareholder returns.

Zip Co Limited has reported a near doubling in cash earnings for Q1 FY26, driven by robust transaction growth and improved operating leverage, particularly in the US market. The company also doubled its share buy-back program and raised its US transaction volume growth guidance.

DroneShield has promoted Angus Harris to Chief Technology Officer, reinforcing its leadership as it scales to meet rising global demand in defence markets. Meanwhile, Angus Bean shifts to Chief Product Officer to sharpen the company’s product strategy.

Ballard Mining’s infill drilling at the Baldock deposit continues to reveal strong high-grade gold intersections, underpinning plans for a maiden ore reserve by mid-2026. The program is 74% complete, boosting confidence in resource conversion and future mine life.

Reece Limited has completed a $365 million off-market share buy-back, repurchasing 4.3% of its shares at $13 each with no scale-back applied. This move returns excess capital to shareholders while preserving financial flexibility for future growth.

Power Minerals Limited is set to list on the US OTCQB market following strong investor interest after acquiring the Gamma Heavy Rare Earths and Uranium Project in California, aiming to boost liquidity and visibility in the US capital markets.

Somerset Minerals’ latest geophysical survey at the Jura Prospect reveals a mineralised copper zone extending to at least 600 metres below surface, with signs of increasing grade at depth. Parallel untested targets and a new southern anomaly set the stage for expanded drilling campaigns.

Mandrake Resources has identified two promising high-grade lithium brine zones within its Utah Lithium Project, enhancing the prospectivity of its 3.3Mt inferred resource. The discovery leverages advanced brine flow modelling and historical well data, setting the stage for cost-effective testing.

GreenX Metals has uncovered a significant 1940 historical copper estimate of 728,000 tonnes at 2.6% grade from its Tannenberg Project in Germany, validated by a 1984 drilling campaign including silver by-product. The discovery supports a modern exploration model and sets the stage for a new drilling program to confirm and upgrade the resource.

Alicanto Minerals reports promising early-stage exploration results from its Greater Falun and Sala projects in Sweden, highlighting high-grade assays and new targets that reinforce the region's mineral potential.

Dreadnought Resources has commenced drilling at the Stinger rare earth and niobium target within its Mangaroon project, revealing a substantial rare earth enriched carbonatite zone with promising grades and mineralogy akin to the Mountain Pass deposit.

Black Cat Syndicate reports visible antimony mineralisation in initial drill holes at Mt Clement, advancing one of Australia’s largest antimony deposits with assays due in November 2025.

Podium Minerals has achieved a metallurgical breakthrough at its Parks Reef project, delivering an 80% recovery of key metals and a 50-fold concentrate grade upgrade. The company is advancing a A$12 million capital raise to accelerate development amid soaring platinum and palladium prices.

Brazilian Critical Minerals has achieved a major environmental milestone at its Ema Rare Earth Elements project, successfully restoring clay chemistry post in-situ recovery trials. This breakthrough supports regulatory approvals and moves the project closer to production.

Pioneer Lithium has launched its maiden field exploration program at the North Pine Project in Idaho, targeting critical antimony and tungsten deposits near major US mineral developments.

Euro Manganese is pushing forward an optimization program for its Chvaletice Manganese Project to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, aligning with surging global demand for high-purity manganese critical to electric vehicle batteries and energy storage.

Botanix Pharmaceuticals reports a strong start to FY26 with a 50% surge in Sofdra prescriptions and a 65% rise in net revenue, underpinned by a larger sales team and operational efficiencies.

Piche Resources has reported compelling high-grade gold and silver rock-chip results from its Cerro Chacón Project in Argentina, extending mineralisation along a 14km corridor and setting the stage for imminent drilling.

Lincoln Minerals has appointed Chris Wilcox as CEO and Greg English as Chair, marking a strategic leadership overhaul aimed at driving exploration growth across its South Australian mineral assets.

Equinox Resources updates on ongoing judicial review concerning Aboriginal site boundary uncertainties at its Hamersley Iron Ore Project, with court deadlines extended and a final hearing expected by year-end.

BPM Minerals is set to launch its first reverse circulation drilling campaign at the Forelands Gold Project in Western Australia, targeting the promising Beachcomber Prospect. The program aims to unlock a major gold system with results expected early next year.

Indiana Resources has kicked off a significant 7,000-metre aircore drilling campaign at its Minos Gold Project in South Australia, aiming to test newly identified high-grade gold targets along the Lake Labyrinth Shear Zone.

Veris Limited has acquired Melbourne-based Mesh Livable Communities and a 50% stake in the Parsel digital platform, boosting its urban planning and digital consulting capabilities. The deal, valued at up to AUD 3.18 million plus AUD 0.5 million for equity, is expected to be earnings accretive and strengthen Veris’ presence across Australia’s property and planning sectors.

Aura Energy announces the immediate resignation of Managing Director Andrew Grove, with Executive Chair Philip Mitchell stepping in to manage operations during critical funding talks. The company remains focused on advancing its uranium and polymetallic projects in Mauritania and Sweden.