30 June 2025 – Lightning Minerals Ltd (ASX: L1M) has announced a transformational acquisition of two advanced brownfields projects targeting gold and copper in Queensland  (Mt Turner Projects) and New South Wales (Lachlan Fold Copper Porphyry Project). The acquisition of Lotus Minerals Pty Ltd significantly strengthens the Company’s portfolio and introduces immediate drill targets in some of Australia’s most mineral-endowed regions.

Piche Resources Limited (ASX: PR2) listed on the ASX on 15 July 2024, entering the market with a portfolio focused on uranium and gold exploration. Since its IPO, Piche has advanced exploration in both Argentina and Western Australia, with primary efforts concentrated on the Cerro Chacon gold project and the Sierra Cuadrada uranium project, both located in Argentina’s Chubut Province (Figure 1).

In this Samso Insights edition, we revisit Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ), a Western Australian gold company entering a new chapter with a clearer vision: to become an independent, cash-generating gold producer with control over its destiny. What caught my eye this time was not just the scale of Horizon’s portfolio, but the disciplined steps they’re taking to monetise assets, build cashflow, and progress toward that elusive goal of standalone gold production.

Investing in mineral exploration stocks on the ASX can offer exciting opportunities, but it also carries unique challenges. With over 30 years of experience as a geologist in the industry, I have witnessed both the highs and lows of the mineral resource market. I have seen proejcts go from a Urnaium project to being a Phosphate project in 6 months and Nickel to Gold or vice versa, in a simialr time frame. Knowing the complexities in this sector is vital for making informed i

The narrative around critical minerals is no longer just a story of energy transition. It has become a complex intersection of economics, security, diplomacy, and market psychology. At first, it was about rare earths and lithium. Now the ripples have spread across copper, gold, iron ore, antimony, and more.

When it comes to development-ready assets, timing is everything. Larvotto Resources has just released a highly compelling Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) for its Hillgrove Antimony-Gold Project in New South Wales—and it’s arrived at the right time. Gold prices are flying. Antimony prices are surging. Even tungsten is starting to catch a bid. Hillgrove is set to become a key player in a world hungry for critical minerals and strategic metals.

Gold never sleeps in the Eastern Goldfields—and neither does Miramar Resources (ASX: M2R). The company has just unveiled another suite of promising gold assay results from its 80%-owned Gidji Joint Venture (JV) Project, located just 15km north of Kalgoorlie. These results continue to reinforce the project's potential to host a major new gold camp and come as the Australian dollar gold price surges past A$5,000/oz.

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Ausgold Limited (ASX: AUC) has unveiled a set of exceptional drill results that underscore the growing promise of the Katanning Gold Project (KGP) in Western Australia (Figure 1). The latest Reverse Circulation (RC) drilling campaign—part of a broader 19,000m program—has returned standout high-grade gold intercepts from the Southern Zone and strong geological confirmations at the Grasmere prospect. 

Siguiri Gold Corp, an African-focused gold explorer, is preparing for an ASX listing after launching an IPO. Sign up on Patreon.