FMR Resources Limited (ASX: FMR) has provided an update from the Llahuin Project Joint Venture in Chile, where it partners with Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited (ASX: SUH). Drilling at Target A – Southern Porphyry has now advanced to 1,198.9 metres downhole, intersecting zones of copper-bearing veining and strong potassic–biotite alteration above the main magnetotelluric (MT) anomaly.

OpenLearning Limited (ASX: OLL) has announced a three-year Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and referral partnership with Field Ready SSA Ltd, a specialist education-to-employment provider delivering large-scale employability programs in Mozambique, Ghana and, from 2026, Namibia.

AML3D Limited (ASX: AL3) has announced a significant new order for its flagship ARCEMY® X metal additive manufacturing system (Figure 1), valued at approximately A$1.69 million. The system has been purchased by FasTech LLC, a US-based supplier servicing the Defence, Aerospace, Energy, and other high-demand industrial sectors. The ARCEMY® X will be delivered and supported through AML3D’s US Technology Centre located in Stow, Ohio.

The Splinter Rock clay-hosted REE prospect, located northeast of Esperance within the east Albany–Fraser Orogen in Western Australia, has emerged as one of the most scientifically compelling regolith-hosted REE systems in the country (Figure 1). A multidisciplinary study led by CSIRO has produced the first integrated geological, geophysical, mineralogical, and geochemical characterisation of this emerging clay-hosted REE district.

Pure Hydrogen Corporation Limited (ASX: PH2) has released two important ASX announcements outlining a step-change in its strategic positioning across Australia’s zero-emission (ZE) vehicle and clean mobility sector. The first update (29 October 2025) details a new collaboration between Pure’s subsidiary, Pure One Operations, and Advanced Manufacturing Queensland (AMQ) to begin assembling hydrogen fuel-cell trucks and the Ford F-150 Lightning locally in Brisbane.

Impact Minerals Limited (ASX: IPT) has resumed exploration at its 100%-owned Broken Hill Project (NSW), citing stronger metal prices, new in-house copper concepts from the BHP Xplor program, and renewed third-party activity in the district (Figure 1). The Company has begun a progressive review of past work and presents context and results from Platinum Springs as the first step.

Critica Limited (ASX: CRI) has released two major updates that strengthen the technical and strategic credentials of the Jupiter Project, located in Western Australia. The Company has successfully produced its first high-grade Mixed Rare Earth Product (MREP) and, in parallel, delivered confirmation that gallium can be recovered as a valuable by-product within the same beneficiation-first flowsheet.

Caprice Resources Ltd (ASX: CRS) has released the first batch of assay results from its Phase 4 RC and diamond drilling program at the Island Gold Project (IGP), located between Mt Magnet and Cue in Western Australia’s Murchison Goldfields (Figure 1). Early results have delivered further high-grade intercepts at the Vadrians prospect, extending known gold mineralisation to ~300m vertical depth and demonstrating continuity of the system down plunge.

Mount Ridley Mines Limited (ASX: MRD) has announced a significant expansion of its tenure at the Mount Ridley Gallium and Rare Earth Project, located north of Esperance, Western Australia (Figure 1). The new Exploration Licences now consolidate the entire Grass Patch Complex — a distinctive geological domain marked by gravity and magnetic highs, interpreted to be associated with mafic intrusions, and recognised as a primary source of gallium and heavy rare earth enrichment.

In this episode of Coffee with Samso, I speak with Oliver Frieson, the CEO and Executive Director of Guardian Metals Resources PLC, about one of the most compelling but under-discussed metals in the global supply chain — tungsten.