METALS, MINING AND ENERGY
Power Minerals (ASX: PNN) has been invited by the Australian Embassy in Washington DC to brief Ambassador Dr Kevin Rudd on its Gamma Heavy Rare Earths Project in California ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The request highlights growing U.S. recognition of Australia’s role in securing Western critical mineral supply chains, with Gamma positioned near the Mountain Pass rare earth mine and set to strengthen bilateral cooperation on heavy rare earth development and supply. Covered by Stockhead.
FireFly Metals (ASX: FFM) announced exceptional drill results which extend the known mineralisation by more than 650m beyond the Mineral Resource at its Green Bay Copper-Gold Project. The furthest intersection returned 49m at 6.1% CuEq and remains open at depth; results will form part of the MRE update set for this quarter. Hear Managing Director Steve Parsons discuss with Proactive.
Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) commenced processing the first ore from its Munda Starter Pit through Black Cat Syndicate’s Lakewood Mill, ahead of schedule. Trucking operations are underway to deliver 60,000 tonnes of high-grade ore to the mill. First gold sales from Munda ore are expected in October 2025. This milestone marks a significant step forward for Auric as we advance the development of Munda and lay the groundwork for the larger Munda Main Pit planned for 2026. Covered by Mining.com.au and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Middle Island Resources (ASX: MDI) commenced a maiden reverse circulation drilling program within Konstantin Resources’ highly prospective Bobija Project area in western Serbia, targeting polymetallic gold-silver-copper-lead-zinc mineralisation immediately below the floor of the historic Bobija open pit mine. Covered by Business News.
Trigg Minerals (ASX: TMG) provided an update on its U.S. listing strategy, evaluating a potential dual NASDAQ listing, redomiciliation, or de-SPAC transaction. The Company has received preliminary proposals from U.S. SPACs, primarily relating to the Antimony Canyon Project in Utah, while continuing to advance its Tennessee Mountain Tungsten and Central Idaho Antimony projects. Trigg plans to change its name to American Tungsten & Antimony Ltd, subject to shareholder approval at its November 2025 AGM. Covered by Mining.com.au.
Wildcat Resources (ASX: WC8) signed a binding agreement with Northern Star Pilbara to acquire a key tenement adjoining its Tabba Tabba Lithium Tantalum Project in WA. The tenement swap strengthens Wildcat’s development position, integrating new ground directly into its ongoing Definitive Feasibility Study, which remains on track for 2026 completion. The additional tenure is expected to enhance operating and capital cost efficiencies for the project. The transaction involves no cash payment or equity issue, allowing Wildcat to preserve its strong cash position of $51.2 million as at 30 September 2025. Covered by Mining.com.au.
Magmatic Resources (ASX: MAG) reported outstanding results from the maiden drilling program at its Weebo Gold Project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields, with standout intercepts including 12m @ 5.13 g/t Au from 66m. Results have confirmed strong potential for extensive shallow gold mineralisation across multiple prospects. Weebo sits strategically in the middle of five multi-million-ounce gold mines- Darlot (Vault Minerals Ltd), Agnew–Lawlers (Gold Fields Ltd), Bellevue (Bellevue Gold Ltd), Bronzewing (Northern Star Resources Ltd) and Thunderbox (Northern Star Resources Ltd). Covered by Stockhead and Australian Resources & Investment.
Chariot Corporation (ASX: CC9) announced an update on its Resurgent lithium project, located in the McDermitt Caldera on the Nevada–Oregon border in the United States. Resurgent is positioned immediately adjacent to Lithium Americas’ flagship Thacker Pass project, which is the largest lithium development in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy has recently settled terms of the first draw down of U.S.$ 435 million on its U.S.$ 2.26 billion development loan to the project. Covered by Business News, Market Open, Stockhead.
Aureka (ASX: AKA) intercepted visible gold across three diamond drill holes (RD046, RD047, RD048) at the Resolution Lode, confirming strong potential for high-grade mineralisation within the Stawell Corridor. In addition, assay results for hole RD048 (partial) confirm multiple occurrences of visible gold including the highest-grade assay since the discovery of the Irvine Project in 2017. Covered by Mining.com.au and Small Caps.
Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) successfully completed its diamond drilling program at the Maldon Gold Project. The program consisted of 22 holes, totalling 960 metres and successfully targeted the Eaglehawk Reef. All core samples have been cut, processed, and transported to the Laboratory, with final assay results expected within the next two weeks. Covered by Next Investors.
Argent Minerals (ASX: ARD) commenced a third diamond drill hole at its Kempfield Silver-Polymetallic Project in NSW, north of drillhole AKDD208 within the Lode 200 MRE zone. Previous drilling returned standout intercepts such as 145m @ 87.66 g/t Ag Eq, including 22m @ 247.24 g/t Ag Eq and 7.3m @ 324.4 g/t Ag Eq. Covered by Stockhead.
Everest Metals (ASX: EMC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Arlington Innovation Partners (AIP). This non-binding agreement sets out a framework for collaboration between EMC and AIP to explore and secure non-dilutive U.S. government linked funding opportunities and potential U.S. based third-party offtake partners, both of which could support the development of the Mt Edon Critical Minerals Project to meet the requirements of U.S. protected markets. Covered by Mining.com.au and Stockhead
Premier1 Lithium (ASX:PLC) confirmed a broad 500m x 300m gold-in-soil anomaly at the Rochefort Prospect, Abbotts North Project in WA, with values up to 16ppb Au supporting earlier high-grade rock chips of up to 11.7g/t Au. A second anomaly ~250m west highlights further potential, with infill sampling and mapping underway this quarter ahead of the Company’s maiden aircore drilling program. Covered in Mining.com.au.
Tungsten Mining (ASX:TGN) commenced the process of listing on the U.S. OTCQB Market, following strong North American investor interest. The move comes as tungsten trades near multi-year highs and is recognised by the U.S. Department of Defense as a critical mineral. The listing will provide U.S. investors direct access to Tungsten Mining, with a North American roadshow scheduled for November to meet investors, industry groups, and government stakeholders.
Liberty Metals (ASX: LIB) secured an option to acquire three district-scale critical mineral projects in Brazil: Paraiba (hard-rock rutile), Rio Grande (heavy mineral sands), and Alcobaca (HMS and monazite rare earths). The portfolio offers exposure to titanium and rare earths, both designated critical minerals by the U.S., EU, and Australia. Highlights include >94% TiO₂ grades at Paraiba, adjacency to a 771Mt heavy mineral resource at Rio Grande, and proximity to Energy Fuels’ US$27.5M Bahia REE project at Alcobaca. Covered by MiningNews.
Toubani Resources (ASX: TRE) received formal approval of its Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) for the Kobada Gold Project from the State of Mali.
Sierra Nevada Gold (ASX: SNX) remains engaged in a bidding process for exploration blocks in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), with Round 9 of a multi-round auction for gold and copper prospects expected to conclude next week and announcement of winning bids to follow. It also received a Mining Permit to re-open the New Pass Mine in Nevada, USA and will proceed with a test mining program once final approvals are obtained.
Lotus Resources (ASX: LOT) welcomed investors and analysts on site to its Kayelekera Uranium Mine in Malawi this week. Following the first production milestone achieved in Q3 at Kayelekera, LOT’s on site team continues to make strong progress as the company ramps up to steady-state production 2.4Mlbs of U3O8 per annum, targeted for Q1 2026.
Tombador Iron (ASX: TI1) is advancing its proposed merger with GoviEx Uranium (TSX-V: GXU) as it aims to create a Zambian-focused uranium company, renamed Atomic Eagle, with an investor presentation out this week. Covered by MiningNews.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Hazer Group (ASX:HZR) and KBR (NYSE:KBR) are advancing their Alliance, with the Hazer® Process now part of KBR’s Net Zero portfolio. A key design milestone has been achieved, a global marketing campaign launched, and licensing discussions are underway with prospective customers in ammonia, methanol and other hydrogen sectors. Covered in Hydrogen Central & Fuel Cells Work.
The Company has also received its FY25 R&D tax incentive refund of $4.58m, providing non-dilutive funding to support the scale-up of its methane pyrolysis technology.
NH3 Clean Energy (ASX:NH3) completed a $4m placement to new institutional investors at $0.11 per share — a 26.4% premium to the 15-day VWAP. Funds will primarily support FEED work for the WAH2 clean ammonia project, providing a stronger funding runway through to key development milestones and project de-risking ahead of FID. Covered in Energy News.
Provaris Energy (ASX: PV1) established an Innovation Centre to operate a robotic cell for the fabrication and testing of its proprietary tank designs for H2 and LCO2, and showcase the cost and production efficiencies for large scale tank manufacturing. Located in Fiskå on the West Coast of Norway, the facility establishes a strategic asset for the company to develop and operate a fully automated, robotic production cell with potential to scale-up to produce commercial tanks. Read more and see the robotic cell in action here.
BIOTECH
ReNerve (ASX: RNV) achieved the first sale of its EmpliQ amniotic tissue products. ReNerve has three products in the range, which the company featured at the recent American Society for Surgery of the Hand annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The amniotic tissue is minimally processed and used in the treatment of wounds as the endogenous growth factors and cytokines aid a faster recovery post-surgery. Covered by Stockhead TV.
PainChek (ASX: PCK) signed its first US customer, Jewish Home Family, a leading senior care organisation in New Jersey. This milestone follows PainChek’s recent FDA De Novo clearance, announced only days ago, officially recognising its Adult App as the first and only regulated medical device for pain assessment in the United States and solidifying a first to market competitive advantage. Covered by Stockhead TV.
Chimeric Therapeutics (ASX: CHM) signed a Letter of Intent with Viral Vector Manufacturing Facility Pty Ltd to establish a strategic partnership for GMP-grade Lentiviral vector manufacturing in Australia. The collaboration will support Chimeric’s CAR-T cell therapy programs, enhancing sovereign advanced manufacturing and strengthening the local cell and gene therapy supply chain. Covered by AusBiotech
Proteomics International (ASX: PIQ) expanded its collaborative research agreement with the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s Hospital, one of the world's leading centres for endometriosis research. The collaboration is in two parts: to enable additional clinical validation studies for the Company’s PromarkerEndo test for diagnosing endometriosis, and the development of tissue specific biomarkers for endometriosis to generate a future specialised diagnostic test. Covered by the Sydney Morning Herald via Bulls N’ Bears.
Emyria (ASX: EMD) announced Medibank Private Ltd (ASX: MPL) has commenced funding for screened and eligible customers to access Emyria’s Treatment - Resistant Depression (TRD) and Post - Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) programs in association with Avive Health.
ECS Botanics (ASX: ECS) has kicked off FY26 with positive cash flow and a $1.6m turnaround from the prior quarter. Covered by Small Caps and Samso.
TECHNOLOGY
Iondrive (ASX: ION) CEO Dr Ebbe Dommisse has joined an Australian Government–led delegation to the U.S., supported by Austrade and CSIRO, engaging with government, defence, investors and innovators on critical minerals and energy security. He will also lead a European investor roadshow, leveraging Iondrive’s Frankfurt listing (FSE: UH40) as Europe pushes for sustainable critical-minerals solutions.
CORPORATE NEWS
Heavy Rare Earths (ASX: HRE) appointed Dr Amanda Buckingham as Non-Executive Director, in line with its strategy to accelerate its exploration program across its prospective Uranium and Critical Minerals portfolio. John Bryne stepped down as Chairman. Amanda is a geophysicist with 30+ years’ global mineral exploration experience, and Managing Director of Warriedar Resources (ASX: WA8), a director of several private companies including Plutonic Limited, and an Adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia. Covered by Mining.com.au
Vital Metals (ASX: VML) appointed Andrew Nesbitt as a Non-Executive Director, bringing nearly 30 years of resources experience to the Board. Mr Nesbitt is the CEO of Australian Mines (ASX: AUZ). Lisa Riley has been appointed Interim Chair, replacing Richard Crookes, who stepped down. Vital also secured firm commitments for an additional A$5.6 million placement, expanding its August 2025 strategic raise to A$12.4 million total, to advance exploration and development of the Tardiff rare earths deposit at Nechalacho in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
Resource Base (ASX: RBX) appointed Michael Beven as a Non-Executive Director and Paul Hissey has stepped down from the Board. Michael, is a highly experienced exploration geologist with over a decade of expertise spanning uranium, rare earths elements, lithium, gold, copper and titanium projects across Australia, Brazil, and Canada. He is currently CEO of Pioneer Lithium (ASX: PLN) and has long served as a consultant to RBX.
Bastion Minerals (ASX: BMO) announced a strategic technical appointment of Sherifa Munkailah as Geologist – Project Due Diligence and Evaluation, marking another step in the Company’s renewed corporate strategy. Sherifa will work closely with Director Ray Muskett, supporting the technical review of Bastion’s existing portfolio and evaluating new acquisition opportunities in the Australian gold sector. Covered by Australian Resources and Investment
