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Pilbara battery metalsCaeneus etches out Pilbara battery metals orebody

Caeneus Minerals’ final assay results from an RC program at its Pardoo project have included 94m grading at 0.43 per cent nickel and 115m at 0.16 per cent copper and 0.04 per cent cobalt from only 35m.

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Reproductive technologyMemphasys signs up couples for its Felix IVF clinical study

Sydney biotechnology company Memphasys has passed another milestone on the route to commercialising its unique reproductive technology device, enrolling and treating the first couple in its new clinical study.

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Thailand lithiumMaiden Thailand lithium resource shows Pan Asia potential

Pan Asia Metals has announced a resource at its Reung Kiet lithium prospect in southern Thailand of 45,600 tonnes of lithium oxide or about 113,000t of lithium carbonate-equivalent that it expects to increase.

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WA graphiteInternational Graphite gets drill rods spinning in Collie

International Graphite has the ball rolling on a 7000m RC and diamond drilling program at its newly acquired Springdale graphite deposit near Collie in Western Australia.

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WA gold drillingDrilling returns shallow, high-grade WA gold for Alto

New assays from the Indomitable Camp resource, part of the larger Sandstone gold project in Western Australia, suggests Alto Metals has barely scratched the surface of the asset’s existing resource base.

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Cuba resource estimateAntilles closes in on million-ounce mark with Cuba gold-silver

Antilles Gold and its Cuban Government-owned joint venture partner, GeoMinera have boosted their gold resource estimate for its La Demajagua deposit in Cuba, as the project edges towards the million-ounce mark.

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WA nickel-cobaltA-Cap boosts stake in Wiluna nickel play

Wiluna Mining Corporation’s joint-venture partner, A-Cap Energy has raised its stake in their Wilconi nickel-cobalt project in WA from 20 to 55 per cent after ploughing a further $5 million into the project.

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Wheatbelt goldAskari targets untested anomalies in Wheatbelt gold chase

Junior explorer Askari Metals has completed a third phase of RC drilling at the company’s Burracoppin gold project in WA’s Wheatbelt region as it looks to table a maiden mineral resource for the project.

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Northern Territory goldNT drilling brings high-grade gold for King River

King River Resources has returned high-grade results from RC drilling at its Tennant Creek gold project in the Northern Territory, including a hole recording a 1 metre intersection going 35.26 grams per tonne.

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Maiden resource estimatePanther Metals tables maiden nickel cobalt resource

Panther Metals has exceeded its JORC exploration target by 40 per cent with a maiden mineral resource estimate of 70.6 Mt at 0.7 per cent nickel and 460 parts per million cobalt at its Coglia project in WA.

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Alaskan oilNew survey data boosts 88 Energy oil play

88 Energy has inked a licensing agreement with SAExploration that will see the explorer pick up a raft of 3D seismic data from a significant parcel of land at its Icewine East oil project in Alaska.

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Wheatbelt goldReedy Lagoon unearths more gold in WA Wheatbelt

Junior multi-commodity explorer Reedy Lagoon has been again rewarded for its exploration in WA’s Wheatbelt, with soil sampling returning more gold anomalies at its Burracoppin project.

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South West lithiumIGO snares stake in Venus, eyes lithium JV project

IGO Limited has snapped up an interest in Venus Metals Corporation after acquiring nine million shares in the company and securing an exploration deal at its Bridgetown Greenbushes project in WA’s South West.

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NSW gold huntOkapi starts diamond drilling for NSW gold

ASX-listed Okapi Resources has hit the go button on an 11-hole, 1800m diamond drilling campaign at its Sunnyside prospect, part of the larger Enmore gold project in northern NSW.

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WA METALSSurefire wheels in more drill rigs across Mid West projects

After capping holes at two of its ventures, Surefire Resources is keen to keep its drill bits spinning as it looks to bring in more rigs across the company’s gold, iron ore and vanadium projects in WA.

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Brazilian lithium Latin unveils new pegmatite zone in Brazil

Diamond drilling at Latin Resources’ Colina prospect, part of the Bananal lithium project in Brazil, continues to emphasise the operation’s potential, with a probe confirming a new pegmatite zone at depth.

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SA explorationTaruga kicks off auger program in copper, rare earths hunt

Taruga Minerals has hit the ground running with an auger drilling campaign at its fully owned Mt Craig copper project in SA less than two weeks after receiving exploration funding from the state government.

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Cancer fightChimeric combines smart drugs for cancer trials

Cell immunotherapy company Chimeric Therapeutics is ready to test its patented CORE Natural Killer treatment in the USA using two complementary smart drug therapies to fight colorectal cancer.

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Australian rare earthsSA Government green lights Lanthanein rare earths probe

Lanthanein Resources will launch a first-pass drill program at its ionic clay-hosted rare earths project near Naracoorte in SA after receiving exploration and rehabilitation approval from the state government.

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Nickel earn-inIGO doubles down on Metal Hawk nickel play

Metal Hawk’s partner IGO Limited will inject another $4 million into the duo’s Goldfields joint venture nickel operation. The stage 2 earn-in deal will give IGO an additional 24 per cent stake in the project.

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Consecutive drill hitsLode confident of silver after another NSW drill hit

The hits keep coming for Lode Resources at its Webbs Consol project in north-east NSW after its latest drill hole at the company’s Tangoa West prospect found significant mineralisation pointing to silver.

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WA nickel-copperExploration flurry for St George in WA copper play

St George Mining has tabled a flurry of exploration results across its West Australian portfolio, including the sighting of visual copper sulphides at its Paterson copper-gold project.

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Victorian lithiumDart showcases mineralisation at Victorian lithium site

X-ray diffraction analysis has identified four types of lithium-bearing minerals at Dart Mining’s Dorchap Range lithium project in north-east Victoria — confirming its primary mineralisation style as spodumene.

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WA nickel-copperWestern Mines hits sulphides in WA nickel-copper hunt

Mineral explorer Western Mines Group has landed more nickel, copper and PGE hits at its flagship Mulga Tank project in WA’s Eastern Goldfields region after plunging another three holes at the site.

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