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.

The month of February has been an interesting release of business pathway for Critical Resources. The company is looking for gold in New Zealand, exploring for lithium in Canada and now looking at transitioning into participating in downstream battery technology validation. The acceptance into CEPS provides an execution pathway for evaluating optioned solid-state lithium-ion battery IP.

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.

Enova Mining Ltd has reported further results from its auger drilling program at the CODA East Project in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The program continues to define broad zones of near-surface titanium oxide, rare earth elements, and niobium mineralisation hosted within saprolitised kamafugite of the Patos Formation.

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.

OD6 Metals Limited (ASX: OD6) is advancing the Gulf Creek Copper Project in northern New South Wales, a historically mined, high-grade copper system. The Company has completed a Downhole Electromagnetic (DHEM) survey to support its recent diamond drilling program and improve targeting beneath historic workings.

Impact Minerals Limited (ASX: IPT) has released an update on its Lake Hope High Purity Alumina (HPA) Project in Western Australia (Figure 1), reporting strong technical progress achieved during the first 12 months of its A$2.87 million Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) programme. The update highlights advances in membrane technologies applied to Impact’s patented three-stage HPA process.

The Salazar Critical Minerals Project is located approximately 120km north-east of Esperance, Western Australia, and comprises the Newmont and O’Connor deposits across a large saprolite-dominated clay system. Salazar is already recognised as one of Australia’s most advanced clay-hosted critical minerals projects, hosting significant rare earth, scandium, titanium dioxide, alumina, and now gallium Mineral Resources.

Cazaly Resources Limited (ASX: CAZ) has achieved its first earn-in milestone at the Goongarrie Gold Project, located approximately 90 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia’s northeastern goldfields (Figure 1). The update confirms completion of the Phase 1 farm-in expenditure, securing an initial 25% interest in the project and advancing exploration along a gold-mineralised structural corridor.

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 continues to follow OD6 Metals Ltd (ASX: OD6) as it advances Splinter Rock from resource definition into processing optimisation and commercial readiness. This update is relevant as it focuses on metallurgical de-risking, product qualification, and offtake preparation rather than exploration upside alone, which is a key transition phase for clay-hosted rare earth projects.

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.

Viking Mines Ltd (ASX: VKA) has completed the acquisition of an extensive historical technical dataset covering its Linka Project in Nevada, USA (Figure 1). The dataset provides a high-resolution technical framework that supports faster geological understanding, early targeting, and validation drilling aimed at future JORC compliance. Samso’s coverage of Viking Mines reflects a focus on execution and technical progression rather than short-term news flow.

Samso is drawn to Pioneer Minerals because it offers direct leverage to U.S. critical minerals policy themes through a diversified portfolio spanning tungsten, antimony, uranium, and lithium, all within Tier-1 mining jurisdictions. The combination of historical production, recent high-grade surface results, and near-term drilling catalysts positions PMM as a company transitioning from early-stage consolidation into active value creation.

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.