Japan’s Long-Term Titanium Push Key to West’s Security Check on China
Japan is accelerating a China‑free titanium strategy, highlighted by Sovereign Metals' off‑take agreement with Mitsui to deliver up to 70,000 tonnes of high‑grade rutile from Malawi each year. The move follows Western supply shocks, including the shutdown of Ukraine’s titanium sponge plant, which removed roughly 7% of global output for nuclear and aerospace use. U.S., EU and Japanese officials are coordinating critical‑mineral action plans to safeguard defense and energy sectors. Australian miners such as PTR, Liberty and Titanium Sands are positioning themselves as alternative feedstock sources for Japan and its allies.
Barry FitzGerald: Looking for Upside in the Oil Crisis? Find It in ASX Lithium Stocks
A surge in petrol and diesel prices caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade is creating a tailwind for lithium demand, especially from electric‑vehicle (EV) buyers seeking to avoid record fuel costs. Macquarie’s research now expects the global lithium market...
Gold Digger: Is Gold Losing Its Cool?
Gold’s spot price has slumped 17.5% to $4,456 per ounce, pushing the metal into a technical bear market after peaking at $5,405 in January. The broader miner index (GDX) has underperformed even more, falling 28.9% since the Iran conflict began,...
FIN Reels in Big Sulphide Hit as It Chases Gold in Cabin Lake Drilling
FIN Resources reported that its first drill hole at the Cabin Lake project in the Northwest Territories intersected a 38.37‑metre interval of sulphide mineralisation, primarily pyrite with some pyrrhotite, from 14.55 m to 52.92 m depth. The visual hit matches historic Arrow...
Unity Strikes High-Grade Gold, Eyes Okvau-Style Mineralisation in First Look at Ngot
Unity Metals reported high‑grade gold intercepts from the first six holes of its maiden ~50‑hole diamond drill program at the Ngot Project in Cambodia. Notable assays include 0.5 m at 18.4 g/t Au, 1 m at 21.8 g/t Au, and a 0.4 m interval grading...
Star Minerals Clears the Road to Gold Mining at Tumblegum South
Star Minerals completed a 124‑hole grade‑control drill program at its Tumblegum South project in Western Australia, confirming high‑grade continuity with assays such as 9 m at 5.57 g/t gold, including 3 m at 14.54 g/t. The drill results underpin a 45,000‑ounce contained gold resource...
This Star Geo Wants You to Forget Everything You’ve Heard About Early Stage Exploration
Veteran geologist Steve Beresford argues early‑stage exploration is actually low risk and urges investors to stop fearing it, especially as junior miners chase world‑class copper and other discoveries. Australian juniors sit on a record‑high cash pile of roughly $7.9 billion USD and...
Resolution Speeds Ahead with High-Grade Tungsten Revealed in Johnson Creek Stockpiles
Resolution Minerals reported a 1.85% WO3 assay from historic Golden Gate stockpiles at its Johnson Creek mill, far exceeding the typical 0.15‑0.2% grades mined worldwide. Mineralogical analysis identified scheelite as the dominant tungsten mineral with low impurity levels, suggesting a...
Australian Critical Minerals Approaches First Drilling of Flint Gold-Silver Targets
Australian Critical Minerals (ASX:ACM) is set to commence its maiden diamond drilling at the Flint gold‑silver project in northern Peru on March 31. The program will test two high‑sulphidation epithermal systems within a 4‑km corridor that sits in a prolific...
Astral Resources Weaves a Golden Web with High-Grade Spargoville Hits
Astral Resources reported high‑grade gold intersections from its latest 39‑hole, 4,234‑metre infill and extension program at the Wattle Dam Complex in the Spargoville project. Highlights include a 13‑metre interval grading 7.1 g/t Au with a 2‑metre sub‑zone at 34.6 g/t, and multiple...
Pioneer Steps Into US Defence Supply Chain Spotlight with DIBC Entry
Pioneer Minerals has been accepted into the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), linking its Idaho North Pine tungsten project to defence supply‑chain initiatives. Membership gives Pioneer direct access to government agencies, contractors and potential non‑dilutive funding to boost domestic...
West Coast Silver Drilling to Grow Elizabeth Hill Silver Footprint
West Coast Silver has launched a 4,000‑metre reverse‑circulation drilling campaign at its Elizabeth Hill silver project in Western Australia, targeting extensions of high‑grade mineralisation along the Munni Munni Fault. The program aims to delineate shallow, near‑surface ore that could support...
Second Diamond Hole Underway as Lodestar Chases Scale at Chile IOCG Target
Lodestar Minerals has begun a second diamond drill hole at its Three Saints IOCG project in northern Chile, following a maiden hole that intersected visible copper‑bearing sulphides from 190 m to 600 m depth. The new hole is being sunk vertically to...
Flynn Gold Unlocks Shallow High-Grade Tungsten at Firetower
Flynn Gold re‑sampled historic drill holes at its Firetower project in Tasmania, revealing shallow, high‑grade gold‑tungsten mineralisation. Notable intersections include 10 m grading 2.64 g/t gold and 0.19% tungsten, and 17 m with up to 4.09 g/t gold and 0.58% tungsten. The results confirm...
Latrobe Takes Leap Forward with High-Grade Magnesium Production
Latrobe Magnesium completed a two‑week continuous run at its Hazelwood North demonstration plant, producing roughly 20 tonnes of magnesium oxide (MgO) at about 90 % purity. The result validates the company’s patented hydrometallurgical flowsheet, which requires only minor adjustments to exceed 95 %...
Felix Gold Receives Nod for Treasure Creek Antimony Bulk Sampling
Felix Gold secured Alaska DNR approval to bulk sample 1,450 tonnes of antimony ore at the NW Array prospect, part of its Treasure Creek Antimony Project. Testwork shows over 89% antimony‑bearing stibnite veins, with drill hits exceeding 12% Sb and a...
Verity Strengthens Case for Larger Gold System at Monument
Verity Resources announced that drilling across its Monument gold project in Western Australia has confirmed mineralisation along a 7‑kilometre strike length. Results from the Perseverance and Triton prospects extend the known Banded Iron Formation (BIF) corridor beyond the existing Korong...
Alligator Energy Begins Uranium Extraction in Samphire Field Recovery Trial
Alligator Energy has initiated uranium extraction at its Samphire project in South Australia as part of a four‑month field recovery trial. Detectable uranium concentrations have been confirmed in the lixiviant, though target extraction rates remain unmet. The trial will generate...
Kristie Batten: Chariot Ramps up Work on Undrilled Lithium Assets
Chariot Resources (ASX:CC9) is finalising a 66.7% acquisition of four hard‑rock lithium projects in Nigeria after the government approved the final licences. The company plans to spend US$5‑10 million on drilling over the next 12‑24 months, targeting large‑scale mining at the...
Can You Dig It? SA Dubbed Australia’s Top Mining Jurisdiction
South Australia has been crowned Australia’s most attractive mining jurisdiction in the Fraser Institute’s 2025 survey, leaping to fourth place globally and overtaking Western Australia. The state’s Investment Attractiveness Index rose by 26.04 points, while its Best Practices Mineral Potential...
Barry FitzGerald: Rumble Glitters with More than Gold in a Battered Sector
Gold junior stocks have slumped more than 30% as the sector wrestles with the steepest price retreat in six years, yet the metal still trades about 35% above its 2025 average. Rumble Resources (ASX: RUM) has fallen to a $53 million...
Resources Top 5: Energy Props up Market as Broader Resources Slide
Energy stocks buoyed the market despite a broader slide in resources, with the S&P/ASX Energy index up 0.71% while materials fell 1.61%. TMK Energy posted record coal‑seam‑gas output in Mongolia, secured a $6 million oversubscribed placement and saw its shares jump...
Mount Hope Expands Strategic Landholding in Prolific Cobar Basin
Mount Hope Mining secured two new exploration licences, EL9874 and EL9875, adding 194 km² to its holdings in the southern Cobar Basin and bringing its total footprint to roughly 660 km². EL9875 sits directly along strike of the prolific Wagga Tank‑Southern Nights...
Crushing It: Theta Locks in Key Plant as Countdown to First Gold Begins
Theta Gold Mines has secured a manufacturing contract with NMS Africa for a three‑stage crushing and screening plant for its TGME gold project in South Africa. The long‑lead equipment will be fabricated and delivered within 125 days, with commissioning targeted...
Terrific Tethyan: Why ASX Explorers Are Flocking to Eastern Europe’s Mineral Hotspot
The Tethyan Belt, stretching across 34 countries, hosts an estimated 555 million ounces of gold and 293 million tonnes of copper, yet its western segment in Eastern Europe remains markedly underexplored. Over the past two decades the belt attracted $9.8 billion...
Terra Metals Launches Five-Rig Drill Blitz at Southwest PGM-Copper-Nickel Discovery
Terra Metals has launched its largest exploration effort at the Southwest high‑grade PGM‑copper‑nickel discovery on the Dante project in Western Australia, deploying up to five drilling rigs. The first diamond hole revealed semi‑massive sulphide mineralisation, supporting the magmatic sulphide model...
Shining Brighter: Godolphin Lifts Gold Recovery at Lewis Ponds
Godolphin Resources reported a 21% increase in gold recovery at its Lewis Ponds project after adding a gravity circuit, raising total recovery to roughly 83% in the primary ore zone. Knelson testing produced a high‑grade gravity concentrate up to 51.3 g/t...
Lodestar Picks up High-Value Heavy Rare Earths Mineral Xenotime at Virgin Mountain
Lodestar Minerals’ shares surged 30% after confirming xenotime as the dominant rare‑earth mineral at its Virgin Mountain project in Arizona. The mineral hosts heavy rare earths—dysprosium, terbium and lutetium—critical for defense, electric‑vehicle motors and wind turbines. Assay results from reconnaissance...
Resolution’s Upcoming Diamond Drill Program to Test Scale of Golden Gate System
Resolution Minerals will launch a 45‑hole, 13,700‑metre Phase 2 diamond drill program at its Horse Heaven project in Idaho, targeting the Golden Gate gold‑antimony‑tungsten‑silver system. The campaign, slated for May‑August 2026, will allocate 60% of holes to the southern target and...
Ten Bagger: Finding Hidden ASX Gems During a Global Oil Crisis
John Forwood of Lowell Resources Fund highlights how the current $100‑plus barrel oil shock is reverberating through the ASX resources sector. He notes that soaring fuel costs are inflating helium, sulphur and metal prices, while also squeezing mining haulage expenses....
Nova Takes Key Step Towards US Antimony Production as Equipment Arrives at Estelle
Nova Minerals has received its first batch of mining and processing equipment at the Estelle project in Alaska, marking a major milestone toward US antimony production. About 95% of the major equipment has been delivered, with roughly 70% already en...
Kristie Batten: Newcomer Green & Gold Hits the Ground Running
Green & Gold Minerals (ASX:GG1) raised just under $5.7 million in its IPO and listed on the ASX in October 2023. Within months the company completed more than 4.8 km of reverse‑circulation and diamond drilling at its Chillagoe gold‑silver project, delivering several...
Barry FitzGerald: Finding a Contender for the ASX’s Best Leveraged Gold Stock
Barry FitzGerald spotlights Xpedra Resources (ASX:XPD) as a highly leveraged gold junior on the ASX, benefitting from gold prices above US$5,200 per ounce. The company, rebranded from Thunderbird, trades at 2.2 cents with a market cap of $12.6 million and is run...
Stacked Uranium Horizons Revealed as QXR Digs Into Historical Drilling
QX Resources has digitised and re‑interpreted historic drilling data from Tanzania’s Madaba project, revealing multiple stacked roll‑front uranium horizons across the Luwegu Basin. The new model shows mineralised sandstone seams that thicken and coalesce, confirming significant uranium presence at four...
Belararox Expands Copper Exploration Footprint in Argentina’s Vicuña District
Belararox has added the 22 km² El Faro tenement to its TMT copper project in Argentina’s Vicuña District, extending the exploration corridor around the Toro South prospect. The new land adjoins Toro South, where drilling is testing a shallow epithermal target that...
Caspin Banks $6m to Step up Bygoo Tin Push
Australian junior explorer Caspin Resources secured a $6 million oversubscribed placement, boosting its cash balance to roughly $10 million. The proceeds will fast‑track drilling at the Kelpie deposit and expand exploration across the Bygoo tin project in New South Wales. Kelpie already...
Canaccord Lifts Ausgold Price Target to $3.00 After DFS Update
Canaccord Genuity raised its price target for Ausgold Ltd. to $3.00 while keeping a Speculative Buy rating, citing an updated definitive feasibility study for the Katanning Gold Project. The DFS forecasts an average annual production of 121,000 ounces over a...
Canada’s Copper Frontier Lures BHP and a Wave of ASX Explorers
BHP, now the world’s largest copper producer, is positioning Canada as a core part of its exploration strategy, signalling a long‑term commitment to the country’s copper assets. The miner’s CEO highlighted hopes for new investments over the next decade, while...
Victory Metals Strengthens Technical Team to Advance North Stanmore
Victory Metals has appointed four internationally recognised technical experts—Ken Baxter, Scott Atkinson, Dr Ludovic Dumée and Peter Hedley—to its North Stanmore heavy rare earths project. The new hires complement existing leaders Professor Ken Collerson and CTO Dean O’Keefe, bringing deep...
Verity Rolls in High-Grade Gold at Monument Ahead of Resource Update
Verity Resources announced high‑grade gold intercepts from its final infill drilling campaign at the Monument project in Western Australia. The 29 RC holes delivered grades as high as 5.41 g/t over 2.4 m, confirming strong continuity across the Waihi and Korong deposits....
Large Antimony System at Play with New Drilling Targets for RMX
Red Mountain Mining (RMX) reported high‑grade antimony results from its Oaky Creek target in the Armidale project, including a 28.1% antimony assay 600 m north‑northwest of Oaky Creek South. Earlier work had returned up to 39.3% antimony and 1.09 ppm gold across...
Lodestar Spots Copper Sulphides in Drill Core From Maiden Hole at Three Saints
Lodestar Minerals reported visible copper sulphides, including chalcopyrite, pyrite, molybdenite and magnetite, in its maiden diamond drill hole at the Three Saints project in Chile, intersecting intervals from 190 m to 600 m depth. The increasing concentration of these IOCG‑style minerals suggests...
Argonaut Algorithm: How the Story Is Playing Out for David Franklyn’s Favourite Gold Developers
Argonaut Funds Management’s algorithm identified three ASX gold developers—Magnetic Resources, Minerals 260 and Ballard Mining—as top picks, all operating in Western Australia. Since the ranking, Magnetic was bought by Genesis Minerals for $639 million, Minerals 260 secured a $220 million Franco Nevada financing package, and...
IPO Watch: Kaoko Gears up for Namibian Copper Hunt as ASX Listing Draws Near
Kaoko Metals, fresh from a $6.5 million IPO, is gearing up to explore its flagship Chalkos copper‑silver project and the multi‑commodity Karibib deposit in Namibia’s underexplored Kaoko belt. Surface assays at Chalkos have returned extraordinary copper grades up to 69.6% and...
Resources Top 5: Ressies Bounce Back From Monday’s Plunge, Chariot Leads the Charge
The ASX 200 rebounded 1.09% after Monday’s plunge, with materials up 1.87%. Chariot Resources jumped 36% after Nigerian approval to transfer six lithium licences to its C&C Minerals joint venture, clearing the way for drilling and small‑scale mining. Hammer Metals announced...
IRIS Metals to Farm Into Finley Basin Tungsten Project in Montana
IRIS Metals has signed a definitive farm‑in agreement with Finley Mining to earn up to 90% of the Finley Basin tungsten project in Montana. The project sits on 378 ha of historic mining claims and hosts a non‑JORC resource of 850,000...
Mammoth Minerals Builds Nevada Gold Empire with Imperial Mine Acquisition
Mammoth Minerals (ASX:M79) has taken an exclusive option on the historic Imperial Gold Mine, located just 5km north‑northeast of its flagship Excelsior project in Nevada. The Imperial site previously yielded at least 10,000 tonnes of ore at roughly 15 g/t gold...
Mount Hope Sharpens Gold Targets at Mt Solitary
Mount Hope Mining completed a CSAMT geophysical survey at its Mt Solitary gold prospect in the Cobar Basin, mapping structural architecture to depths exceeding 500 m. The data refined the model of a structurally controlled gold system, highlighting the MS2 and...
OzAurum Clears Key Hurdle for Mulgabbie North
OzAurum Resources secured environmental approval for stage one open‑pit mining and heap‑leach operations at its Mulgabbie North project in Western Australia. The approval, issued under the state’s Small Mining Operation Policy, removes a key regulatory hurdle and enables the company...
Buxton Analysis Highlights Centurion Link to World-Class Telfer and Winu Deposits
Buxton Resources reports that drill hole CN002DD at its Centurion project in Western Australia returned up to 5.65% copper, 245 ppm silver and 3.3 ppm gold, with detrital sulphides indicating a nearby basement source. Zircon age dating links the mineralisation to the...