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Hastings Technology Metals CEO Vince Catania

BULLS N’ BEARSHastings inks niobium strategy at WA critical minerals plays

Hastings Technology Metals has linked up with renowned minerals processing firm Enuo Holdings with a view to extracting valuable critical minerals such as niobium from its two WA projects.

Craig Nolan

Stockpiles from Auric Mining’s second mining campaign at Munda waiting for processing at Black Cat Syndicate’s Lakewood Mill near Kalgoorlie.

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric times WA Munda gold run with red-hot bullion market

Auric Mining has kicked off its second Munda WA toll treatment run with first gold sales just weeks away and rising bullion prices promising a stronger-than-expected cash splash from its starter pit.

James Pearson

Marcus Silberman has been appointed to the board of Viridis Mining and Minerals as a non-executive director.

BULLS N’ BEARSWall Street deal gun joins Viridis rare earths push in Brazil

Viridis Mining has strengthened its board with the appointment of veteran global M&A and capital markets executive Marcus Silberman, as the company advances toward FID at its Brazilian rare earths project.

Rowena Duckworth

The first official gold pour at the Fenix Gold mine in Chile.

BULLS N’ BEARSIts gold, gold, gold for Rio2 Ltd

Rio2 Ltd has poured first commercial gold at its Fenix gold mine in Chile, becoming the country’s newest gold producer as the operation ramps toward 20,000 tonnes per day and 60,000–70,000 ounces in 2026.

Rowena Duckworth

Dateline Resources is constructing road access at its Colosseum gold and rare earths project in the state of California, in the US, as it gears up for future production.

BULLS N’ BEARSDateline geophysics hint at deeper US gold-rare earths prize

Dateline Resources has revealed zones of elevated chargeability in preliminary results from an induced polarisation geophysical survey conducted at its US Colosseum gold and rare earths project.

Craig Nolan

Great Southern Mining’s drill rig in action at its Duketon gold project in WA.

BULLS N’ BEARSWA Eastern Goldfields coughs up more gold for Great Southern

Great Southern Mining keeps nailing shallow, high-grade gold at its Golden Boulder discovery near Laverton, with new hits including 6m at 6.7g/t and visible continuity along a 3.7km strike. More assays pending.

Michael Busbridge

Lindian Resources executive chairman Robert Martin, executive director Zac Komur and the Hon. Bright Msaka SC with students of the Kangankunde Primary School and members of the local community.

BULLS N’ BEARSLindian strengthens community foundations in Malawi

Lindian Resources has continued to build strong community foundations alongside development of its Malawian Kangankunde rare earths mine, launching Project Early Learning to deliver shared value from the outset

Helen Barling

Drilling at Gateway Mining’s Yandal gold project in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSGateway drills into WA Yandal gold discovery momentum

Gateway Mining has restarted drilling at its Yandal gold project in WA with two aircore rigs targeting the Haflinger discovery and the Mustang shear, ahead of follow-up RC drilling in the coming weeks.

Rowena Duckworth

Noronex Limited staff undertaking spectrometric surveying at the company’s Etango North uranium project in Namibia.

BULLS N’ BEARSNoronex readies maiden uranium drill test in Namibia hotspot

Noronex Limited is gearing up for maiden drilling at its Etango North uranium project in Namibia, lining up targets along strike from world-class mines as results from geophysics, AI and structure all converge.

Doug Bright

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Australian Strategic Materials.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: Aus Strategic, Osteopore, Olympio & Riversgold

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Australian Strategic Materials, which bagged a $450 million takeover bid from NYSE-listed Energy Fuels Inc.

Andrew Todd

Dalaroo Metals is dashing to the starting line, fast-tracking a critical minerals exploration campaign in Greenland following strong maiden results.

BULL N’ BEARSDalaroo launches exploration blitz on epic Greenland rare earths play

Dalaroo Metals is charging ahead with a high-octane 2026 exploration blitz at its flagship Blue Lagoon critical minerals project in Greenland, hot on the heels of a knockout reconnaissance program in 2025.

Doug Bright

Drilling has restarted at Western Mines Group’s Mulga Tank nickel sulphide project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields.

BULLS N’ BEARSWestern Mines unleashes drill rigs on giant WA nickel play

Western Mines Group has restarted drilling at its Mulga Tank nickel project in WA, targeting resource growth and high-grade massive sulphide zones with multiple rigs funded through mid-2026.

Rowena Duckworth

Location of the IP survey lines in relation to Dateline Resources’ Colosseum open pit in California.

BULLS N’ BEARSDateline reloads with $35m to fast-track US gold play

Dateline Resources has pulled in a chunky $35 million placement to accelerate its fully permitted Colosseum gold project in California, with strong economics, US backing and its rare earths upside.

Doug Bright

Estrella Resources has begun bulk sample mining of up to 30,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese oxide ore at its Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste.

BULLS N’ BEARS Estrella digs in for Timor-Leste manganese bulk sample

Estrella Resources has fired the starting gun on what could be Timor-Leste’s first economic mining, with diggers onsite to mine up to 30,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese ore from its Ira Miri project.

Doug Bright

Kala Data’s modular data centre units undergoing final inspection prior to shipment to Pilot Energy’s Dongara project in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSPilot set to flick the switch on WA data centre cash flow

Pilot Energy is set to switch on the Mid West’s first live data centre in early 2026, with a 1-megawatt modular unit at Dongara expanding to 4 megawatts by mid-year and delivering near-term cash flow.

Rowena Duckworth

Peninsula Energy is extracting uranium from roll-front deposits in Wyoming using in-situ leaching which involves extensive bore-field development to inject solvents into the deposits and deliver the uranium-rich solution back to the surface for stripping at a central processing plant.

BULLS N’ BEARSPeninsula fires up Wyoming uranium play amid US tailwinds

Peninsula Energy is gaining traction at its Lance uranium project in Wyoming, with Mine Unit 4 ramping up, wellfields delivering early wins and a new US uranium policy sharpening the outlook for producers.

Doug Bright

A reverse circulation drill rig in action at Noronex Limited’s Humpback-Damara copper and silver project in Namibia.

BULLS N’ BEARSNoronex stretches copper-silver horizon in Namibia

Noronex Limited has once again expanded its Powerline copper project in Namibia, with fresh new copper-silver hits extending prospective zones at the mammoth Namibian project.

Andrew Todd

Aircore drilling at Gateway Mining’s Haflinger prospect within its extensive Yandal gold project in WA.

BULLS N’ BEARSGateway lights up Wiluna with hefty new WA gold discovery

Gateway Mining has unveiled a substantial new gold discovery at its Yandal gold project near Wiluna in Western Australia, revealing a broad 52 metre hit at 1.4 grams per tonne gold from just 64m.

Andrew Todd

St George Mining executives meet with US government representatives at EXPOSIBRAM in October 2025. Third from left, John Prineas (St George Chairman); fourth from left, Gabriel Escobar (Chargé d’Affaires, US Embassy Brasilia); fifth from left, Adriano Rios (Director, St George Brasil).

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George extends US rare earths alliance, eyes 40% offtake

St George Mining has secured extra runway in its push to feed US rare earths demand, extending its alliance with REalloys by a year as it advances plans to feed America’s defence and energy magnet supply chain.

Doug Bright

American West Metals Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, where an upgraded resource has boosted the project to 276,000 tonnes of copper.

BULLS N’ BEARSAmerican West ups Canadian copper resource as mine study looms

American West Metals has dropped a bumper resource upgrade at its flagship Storm copper project in Nunavut, Canada, increasing the deposit’s contained metal by more than 20 per cent.

Andrew Todd

Reach Resources’ historical gold working at its Murchison South gold project.

BULLS N’ BEARSReach tightens grip on WA Murchison gold with second mining lease

Reach Resources has secured a second mining lease at its WA Murchison South gold project, consolidating historic pits and boosting development options to set up a busy run of drilling, metallurgy and study news

Michael Busbridge

Sunrise on True North Copper’s emerging copper-cobalt-silver Mt Oxide project in northern Queensland.

BULLS N’ BEARSTrue North proves up scale of north QLD copper-cobalt system

True North Copper has proved up a thick, continuous copper system in northwest Queensland, with drilling validating scale at its Aquila project and opening up parallel targets for a fully funded 2026 program.

Rowena Duckworth

Aircore drilling at Critica Mineral’s Jupiter rare earths project, near Yalgoo in WA’s mid-west region.

BULLS N’ BEARSCritica launches scoping study at giant WA Jupiter rare earths play

Critica has fired the starting gun on a scoping study at its giant Jupiter rare earths project in WA, appointing engineering heavyweight Sedgman to map a capital-efficient pathway from clay to critical minerals

Michael Busbridge

Drillers carefully pull out high-grade core from drill rods at Hot Chili’s La Verde copper project in Chile.

BULLS N’ BEARSHot Chili nails further wide, shallow copper-gold hits in Chile

Hot Chili has once again hit thick, near-surface copper-gold at La Verde in Chile, strengthening the case for added open-pit feed at its Costa Fuego hub, as drilling resumes and assays remain pending.

Rowena Duckworth