Cyclone Metals is advancing early-stage gold exploration within structurally prospective ground in Central Otago. The Company holds a 100% interest in both the Waikerikeri and Drybread permits, which lie proximal to established gold systems, including Santana Minerals’ Rise & Shine project and OceanaGold’s Macraes Flat operation. These projects are positioned along major regional structures, notably the Dunstan Range Fault, a recognised control on gold mineralisation in the r

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.

Astral Resources NL (ASX: AAR) has taken a major step toward bringing the Mandilla Gold Project into production with a heavily oversubscribed A$65 million placement. The funding provides a meaningful runway for completing the Mandilla Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS), progressing early-works, and continuing exploration. All projects sit immediately south of Kalgoorlie — one of Australia’s most productive gold jurisdictions.

E79 Gold Mines Limited (ASX: E79) has moved decisively to secure full control of the Cue Gold Project in Western Australia's Murchison region. The Project sits within the historic Day Dawn Goldfield, immediately south of the renowned Great Fingall Mine, an area long recognised for its high-grade quartz-reef–hosted gold systems. The Company has now exercised its Option Agreement to acquire six tenements, opening the door for immediate, project-wide exploration.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX: HRE) has reported encouraging reconnaissance rock chip sampling results from its Radium Hill Project in South Australia’s Curnamona Province (Figure). The work has outlined an extensive, 8 km-long structural corridor associated with the historic Radium Hill uranium mine, highlighting significant enrichment in scandium, yttrium, rare earth elements (REEs), uranium, and vanadium.

The discussion focused on tungsten, antimony, and gold, but more importantly, on mineral systems thinking—how deposits form, why certain geological settings matter, and why Pioneer’s ground selection in Idaho, USA, was anything but random. As someone who has followed tungsten closely, this was a conversation that went well beyond commodity hype and into the fundamentals of discovery.

Sun Silver Limited (ASX: SS1) has delivered yet another step-change in the scale of its cornerstone Maverick Springs Silver–Gold Project, located in northeast Nevada, approximately 85km from Elko and proximal to the world-renowned Carlin Trend. The latest Mineral Resource upgrade increases the total Inferred Mineral Resource to 539Moz silver equivalent (AgEq) at 71 g/t AgEq, representing an additional 59Moz AgEq uplift from the 2025 exploration and re-assay program.

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.

BPM Minerals Ltd (ASX: BPM) has released a significant exploration update on the Durack REE-Ti-Zr Project, located approximately 110 km south of Wyndham and 100 km northwest of Halls Creek in the Eastern Kimberley (Figure 1). The latest fieldwork has highlighted exceptionally high-grade monazite-hosted rare earths within lithified heavy mineral sandstones, reinforcing Durack as a potentially large-scale, district-wide REE opportunity.