Anax Metals Limited (ASX: ANX) outlined its updated definitive feasibility study (DFS), highlighting strong economic metrics for its Whim Creek Copper-Zinc Project in Western Australia. I came across the Anax Metals story a couple of years ago, and it has finally come to a very interesting stage. This latest ASX release is probably a welcome update for existing shareholders.

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.

Samso is drawn to Legacy Minerals because the Company combines an established, sizeable silver-equivalent resource base with genuine discovery-driven upside at depth and along strike. The commencement of drilling at Mascotte highlights a disciplined strategy focused on unlocking value from historical high-grade systems that have seen minimal modern exploration, particularly for gold.

Samso continues to follow South Harz Potash (ASX: SHP) as it expands beyond its original potash focus into early-stage base and precious metals exploration. This update is relevant as it moves the Glava Project from historical context into modern field validation, with multiple datasets now pointing to scale, continuity, and follow-up drill potential.

Cyprium Metals Limited (ASX: CYM) has provided an update on its Paterson Exploration Project in Western Australia, following the completion of a first-pass review of exploration data returned after regaining full control of the tenement package. The review focuses on the Rainbow and Rainbow South areas, located north of the Nifty Copper Complex, where historic drilling, geophysics, and surface data are being used to refine copper targets and guide upcoming exploration program

Samso is drawn to LinQ Minerals because the Company is demonstrating scale, thickness, and grade continuity within a recognised Tier-1 porphyry gold-copper province. Back-to-back long intercepts at the Dam deposit highlight a growing body of evidence that the Southern Zone hosts a coherent mineralised system capable of supporting further resource growth within an established mining district.

Cyprium Metals Limited (ASX: CYM) has announced a A$41 million equity capital raising to accelerate regional exploration and production growth initiatives across its Paterson and Murchison copper portfolio. The funding supports the phased restart of the Nifty Copper Complex in Western Australia (Figure 1), where first cathode production is targeted for mid-2026, while also advancing studies for future expansion and satellite feed opportunities.

Samso is drawn to Pivotal Metals because the Company is applying systematic, district-scale geophysics to expand known high-grade mineral systems rather than relying on isolated drill targets. The combination of historic production, bonanza-grade gold intersections, and newly defined geophysical anomalies creates a technically coherent exploration narrative that is supported by infrastructure and jurisdictional advantages in Québec.

Exploration activity across the Gawler Craton is accelerating, driven by a convergence of high-grade gold discovery and aggressive drill programs now underway. Marmota Limited’s (ASX: MEU) maiden drilling at the Greenewood gold discovery (Figure 1) has delivered some of the most spectacular near-surface gold results recorded in the region since the Challenger Mine’s breakthrough in 1995, defining almost one kilometre of continuous mineralisation.

OD6 Metals Ltd (ASX: OD6) is shaping into one of Australia’s most strategically positioned critical-minerals developers, underpinned by two assets: Splinter Rock Rare Earths Project & Gulf Creek Copper-Zinc Project. Both projects benefit from Tier-1 jurisdictions, with Splinter Rock tied directly into the Esperance Port corridor and Gulf Creek positioned within NSW’s Renewable Energy Zones.