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.

Zeotech Limited (ASX: ZEO) has released the findings of an independent expert peer review examining the performance of its high-reactivity supplementary cementitious material, AusPozz™ (Figure 1), across a comprehensive program of concrete mix trials conducted over 12 months. The review was undertaken by BG&E Pty Ltd, an engineering consultancy with a long-standing reputation across Australia’s infrastructure and structural engineering sectors.

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.

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).

Tungsten Mining NL (ASX: TGN) has released its long-awaited Scoping Study for the Mt Mulgine Project in Western Australia (Figure 1), presenting a clear case for a globally significant tungsten–molybdenum development. Located 330km north-northeast of Perth and 15km northeast of Rothsay, the project sits within a premier Tier-1 jurisdiction supported by existing regional infrastructure.

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.

Figure 1: A calcite-carbonatite from Oka complex, Deux-Montagnes RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada. (source: mindat.org) | Samso Insights