Critical Resources Limited (ASX: CRR) has completed the acquisition of the Cap Burn Gold Project in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island (Figure 1), securing Ministerial approval for the transfer of exploration permit EP60300. The Company has also finalised the transfer of the land access agreement with the local landowner, clearing the way for an inaugural drilling program to commence in the coming weeks.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX: HRE) has released new findings that reshape the potential of its Prospect Hill Project in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia. What was once viewed primarily as a tin-focused system is now revealing a strong polymetallic signature, supported by historic drilling that confirms significant silver, copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation alongside high-grade tin.

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.

DevEx Resources Ltd (ASX: DEV) has reported new heap leach column test results that materially enhance the extraction outlook for critical Magnetic Rare Earth Elements (MREEs) from the Kennedy ionic clay-hosted system. The Kennedy Rare Earths Project, located in North Queensland approximately 50km south of Mount Garnet and connected to Townsville’s port and infrastructure corridor, has delivered a significant step forward in its metallurgical understanding.

Somerset Minerals Limited (ASX: SMM) is steadily building a district-scale copper narrative at its flagship Coppermine Project in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, Canada (Figure 1). The project covers ~1,665 km² of tenure dominated by the Copper Creek Formation basalts, a setting already known for high-grade, structurally controlled sulphide and native copper mineralisation.

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.

Echo IQ Limited (ASX: EIQ), based in Sydney, has released new clinical insights presented at the AHA Scientific Sessions 2025 in New Orleans, highlighting the growing medical need and commercial opportunity for EchoSolv AS, the Company’s AI-powered decision-support tool for severe aortic stenosis (AS).

FMR Resources Limited (ASX: FMR) has provided an update from the Llahuin Project Joint Venture in Chile, where it partners with Southern Hemisphere Mining Limited (ASX: SUH). Drilling at Target A – Southern Porphyry has now advanced to 1,198.9 metres downhole, intersecting zones of copper-bearing veining and strong potassic–biotite alteration above the main magnetotelluric (MT) anomaly.

Miramar Resources Limited (ASX: M2R) has released an update on its Bangemall Copper–Nickel–PGE Project, located within the Proterozoic Edmund and Collier Basins in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia (Figure 1). The Project sits within a vast 1,230 km² landholding hosting multiple 1070 Ma Kulkatharra Dolerite sills – the same age suite as the Giles Complex, which contains the Nebo-Babel Ni-Cu-PGE deposits.

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.