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Rimfire Pacific Mining (ASX:RIM) Strengthens Leadership as Scandium Strategy Advances
Bronwyn Barnes steps into the Executive Chair role as Rimfire raises $2.3 million and separates its corporate and technical leadership functions.

Noel Ong
Aug 117 min read


Five ASX Small Caps With AI Data Centre Optionality
Five ASX-listed resources and energy companies with Australian project land are being screened as AI data centre infrastructure plays under tighter new federal rules.

Noel Ong
Aug 1012 min read


Tusker Minerals Sharpens Focus on Rutile and Heavy Mineral Sands as it Divests Machinga Rare Earth Project
Discover how Tusker Minerals is shifting focus to rutile and heavy mineral sands while divesting the Machinga Rare Earth Project. Explore Tusker Minerals' strategic moves now!

Noel Ong
Aug 611 min read


US shuts the back door on Chinese defence metals, and Australian tungsten is suddenly in play
Washington has set a hard deadline of 1 January 2027. Australian producers are on the right side of it, but only if they can prove where every gram came from. Australian critical minerals producers have been handed their clearest opening yet into the United States defence supply chain, after President Trump signed an executive order closing the loophole that let American contractors keep buying Chinese magnets, tungsten and tantalum. Executive Order 14415, signed on 20 July 2

Noel Ong
Aug 39 min read


Iron Bear Resources (ASX:IBR) Maiden PFS: A 3.3 Billion Tonne Ore Reserve, a US$ 9 Billion NPV, and What It All Means
Iron Bear Resources has released its first Pre-Feasibility Study for its namesake magnetite project in Canada's Labrador Trough, together with a maiden Ore Reserve of 3.3 billion tonnes.

Noel Ong
Jul 3114 min read


Inside the Gwardar Resources IPO: Two historic goldfields, one new float
Explore the Gwardar Resources IPO as they aim to raise $6M for gold and copper exploration in WA's historic fields. Discover Gwardar Resources IPO details.

Noel Ong
Jul 2810 min read


The Handback: What Rio Tinto's Kasiya exit says and doesn't say about titanium and graphite
On 8 July 2026, Rio Tinto told Sovereign Metals it will not exercise its option to become operator of the Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi, handing back full control of one of the largest critical-minerals discoveries of the decade. Read one way, that looks like a vote of no confidence from the world's second-largest miner.

Noel Ong
Jul 1219 min read


Rimfire Pacific Mining: Murga’s Low-Iron Scandium Points to a Cheaper Route
https://www.samso.com.au/post/rimfire-pacific-mining-limited-asx-rim-to-secure-60-of-avondale-scandium-project-as-seismic-surv

Noel Ong
Jun 3010 min read


Lion Rock Minerals (ASX: LRM) Building a Rutile and Monazite Province in Cameroon
Lion Rock Minerals Limited (ASX: LRM) has delivered another round of drilling results from its Minta Project in central Cameroon.

Noel Ong
Jun 1910 min read


Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) – Black Swan Processing Hub Scales to 2.5Mtpa | A Gold Mining Hub Takes Shape
Maritana Minerals Limited (ASX: MRT) has delivered a comprehensive progress update earlier this month on the Black Swan Processing Hub (BSPH), located roughly 50km from Kalgoorlie in the heart of the Western Australian Goldfields.

Noel Ong
Jun 1811 min read
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