Zeotech Limited (ASX: ZEO) has released the findings of an independent expert peer review examining the performance of its high-reactivity supplementary cementitious material, AusPozz™ (Figure 1), across a comprehensive program of concrete mix trials conducted over 12 months. The review was undertaken by BG&E Pty Ltd, an engineering consultancy with a long-standing reputation across Australia’s infrastructure and structural engineering sectors.

DevEx Resources Ltd (ASX: DEV) has reported new heap leach column test results that materially enhance the extraction outlook for critical Magnetic Rare Earth Elements (MREEs) from the Kennedy ionic clay-hosted system. The Kennedy Rare Earths Project, located in North Queensland approximately 50km south of Mount Garnet and connected to Townsville’s port and infrastructure corridor, has delivered a significant step forward in its metallurgical understanding.

Tungsten Mining NL (ASX: TGN) has released its long-awaited Scoping Study for the Mt Mulgine Project in Western Australia (Figure 1), presenting a clear case for a globally significant tungsten–molybdenum development. Located 330km north-northeast of Perth and 15km northeast of Rothsay, the project sits within a premier Tier-1 jurisdiction supported by existing regional infrastructure.

Pivotal Metals Limited (ASX: PVT) has outlined a new copper–gold exploration target at “Kelly Lake East”, part of the Lorraine project within the Company’s 100%-owned Belleterre project portfolio in the Abitibi region of north-western Quebec, Canada (Figure 1). The target lies ~6.6km south-east of the past-producing Lorraine Mine and sits inside a broader belt-scale land position surrounded by established mining infrastructure, hydropower, and multiple operating mills.

Prodigy Gold NL (ASX: PRX) has released a strong suite of Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling results from the Hyperion Gold Deposit, part of the Tanami North Project in the Northern Territory (Figure 1). The 19-hole, 2,339m program across the Hyperion, Seuss, and Tethys Lodes continues to reinforce the project’s scale, grade continuity, and potential for multiple high-grade zones.

Figure 1: A calcite-carbonatite from Oka complex, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada. (source: mindat.org) | Samso Insights

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.

Great Dirt Resources Limited (ASX: GR8) continues to advance its 100%-owned Doherty and Basin Manganese Projects located within EL9527 near Barraba, northern New South Wales (Figure 1). Recent surface sampling across historic workings at the Basin (Copper Hill) and Neranghi areas has confirmed high-grade manganese oxide occurrences, with assays reaching up to 51.8% Mn, reinforcing the district’s potential to host significant manganese systems.

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.

Emyria Limited (ASX: EMD) has taken another step toward building a national network of intensive, evidence-based mental health services in Australia. The Company has secured funding through an $8 million institutional placement and exercised a key option with Avive Health, paving the way for its first Empax Clinic in Victoria. At the same time, insurer-funded treatments have commenced at the Brisbane Empax Clinic, adding a second reimbursed site to the existing Empax Centre i