Great Northern Minerals Ltd (ASX: GNM) has announced a significant expansion of its Catalyst Ridge REE–Antimony Project in the Mountain Pass District, California (Figure 1). The move marks a step-change in the Company’s U.S. footprint, adding new ground in one of the world’s most strategic rare earth corridors.

Thunderbird Resources Limited (ASX: THB) has delivered another strong set of results from its Kookabookra Gold Project in north-eastern New South Wales (Figure 1). The latest announcement highlights continued success from surface sampling programs and the emergence of a new high-grade target, reinforcing the district-scale potential for an intrusive-related gold system.