I have been a keen follower of the Kaiser Reef Limited (ASX: KAU) story which was literally an overnight transition to become a profitable Australian gold producer operating in Tasmania and Victoria. The Company owns and operates the Henty Gold Mine in Tasmania and the Maldon Gold Project in Victoria, including the Union Hill Gold Mine and the Porcupine Flat Processing Plant.

The business of metal health is banking on this growing concern in the general population. The statistics for the general population in regards to some form of depression are staggering and I would bet that there would be easily be only one of two separation before you know someone needing help.

As the copper price continue to rise and global narrative are that the demand for copper is going to create a shock reaction to the market. The time lag that is required to find and then establish the supply infrastructure will struggle to meet the demand for copper.

The month of February has been an interesting release of business pathway for Critical Resources. The company is looking for gold in New Zealand, exploring for lithium in Canada and now looking at transitioning into participating in downstream battery technology validation. The acceptance into CEPS provides an execution pathway for evaluating optioned solid-state lithium-ion battery IP.

Adisyn Ltd (ASX: AI1) is advancing a graphene-based semiconductor technology platform through its wholly owned subsidiary, 2D Generation (2DG), supported by international research collaborations across Israel, Europe, and the United States. The Company’s core development work focuses on low-temperature graphene deposition processes designed for compatibility with existing semiconductor manufacturing environments.

Proteomics International Laboratories Ltd (ASX: PIQ) has released new performance data from its majority-owned subsidiary, OxiDx Pty Ltd, in collaboration with The University of Western Australia. The findings were presented at the Australian Physiological Society (AuPS) Annual Scientific Meeting in Sydney, Australia, confirming that Thoroughbred racehorses competing without oxidative stress were significantly more likely to perform at higher levels.

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.

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.

Thunderbird Resources Limited (ASX: THB) has updated its due diligence on the Springfield Gold Deposit in NSW (Figure 1), and the take-home is simple: very limited historical drilling has already cut thick, shallow gold, and the geology points to a much larger mineralised system along a 7 km structural corridor. Systematic geochem in mid-November will set up a maiden drill program immediately after assays are in.

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