Aurum Resources Ltd (ASX:AUE) has delivered another round of high-grade gold results from the BST1 deposit at its 3.22-million-ounce Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire, reinforcing the potential to expand and upgrade the resource ahead of a major mineral resource estimate update.
The latest assays cover 22 diamond holes for 5,774 metres from Aurum’s ongoing 100,000-metre 2026 drilling program at Boundiali, combining infill and extensional drilling at the 100%-owned BST tenement.
The Australian share market is expected to extend Thursday’s recovery after technology stocks drove a broad Wall Street rally and easing Treasury yields encouraged investors to return to riskier assets.
ASX 200 futures were pointing to a gain of 28 points, or 0.3%, at the open. Higher commodity prices could provide additional support for Australian mining and energy companies, while Bitcoin surged above US$81,000.
FireFly Metals Ltd (ASX:FFM, TSX:FFM, OTC:FFMFF) has completed an equity raising for gross proceeds of about A$180 million, providing substantial funding to advance development, drilling and technical studies at its Green Bay Copper-Gold Project in Newfoundland, Canada.
The raising comprised a A$150 million institutional placement at A$1.78 per share and an approximately A$30 million TSX bought deal priced at C$1.76 per share. The placement completed on September 2, while the bought deal closed on September 3.
Duratec Ltd (ASX:DUR, OTC:DURCF), Infragreen Group Ltd (ASX:IFN), AIC Mines Ltd (ASX:A1M, OTC:IAUFF), Advanced Energy Minerals Ltd, Aurelia Metals Ltd (ASX:AMI, OTC:AUMTF), ioneer Ltd, Solstice Minerals Ltd (ASX:SLS), Archer Materials Ltd (ASX:AXE, OTC:ARRXF), Kinatico Ltd (ASX:KYP), LaserBond Ltd (ASX:LBL, OTC:LSRBF), LARK Distilling Co Ltd, MONEYME Ltd, Nido Education Ltd (ASX:NDO) and TradeWindow Holdings Ltd (ASX:TWL) are among 27 companies set to present at the ASX SMIDcaps Conference in Sydney on Wednesday, September 23.
The afternoon program will feature Polynovo Ltd (ASX:PNV, OTC:CALZF), Cogstate Ltd (ASX:CGS, OTCQX:COGZF), Alterity Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:ATH, OTC:PRNAF, NASDAQ:ATHE), Dimerix Ltd (ASX:DXB, OTC:SBMJF), Pacific Edge Ltd (ASX:PEB, OTC:PFGTF), Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX:SPL, OTCQX:SPHRF), Baby Bunting Group Ltd (ASX:BBN), The Koala Company Ltd (ASX:KOA), SkinKandy Ltd, Sea Forest Ltd (ASX:SEA), Pioneer Credit Ltd (ASX:PNC, OTC:PNCRF), Tyro Payments Ltd (ASX:TYR, OTC:TYPMF) and NobleOak Life Ltd (ASX:NOL).
Bitcoin hovered around US$77,000 on Thursday morning as higher bond yields, elevated oil prices and growing expectations of another US interest rate rise tested the cryptocurrency's strong August rally.
The world's largest cryptocurrency has retreated from above US$81,000 reached in late August and was trading around US$77,000 in the latest session, with buying momentum showing signs of cooling.
Fenix Resources Ltd (ASX:FEX) has established a maiden 26.9 million tonne Ore Reserve grading 60.0% iron at its Beebyn Hub in Western Australia’s Mid-West, strengthening the production base for its broader 290 million tonne Weld Range Iron Ore Project.
The reserve combines an updated 13.1Mt at 61.2% Fe reserve at the operating Beebyn-W11 mine with a maiden 13.8Mt at 58.9% Fe Stage 1 reserve at the fully approved Beebyn-W10 mine.
Dundas Minerals Ltd (ASX:DUN) has consolidated a prospective gold corridor north of Kalgoorlie through the acquisition of nine licences, adding the high-grade Gemini prospect to its expanding Kalgoorlie Gold Project ahead of a new drilling campaign scheduled to begin later this month.
The licences extend Dundas’ position along the Gemini-Capricorn-Aquarius-Rockland trend, around 40-50 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, creating a largely continuous holding along an interpreted north-south mineralised corridor.
Kincora Copper Ltd (TSX-V:KCC, ASX:KCC, OTC:BZDLF) is preparing an extensive spring and summer exploration campaign in New South Wales, with more than 25,000 metres of air-core drilling planned across four projects as it advances a pipeline of porphyry copper-gold targets.
The company has approved a sole-funded budget of up to A$3 million for around 340 holes targeting 17 priority prospects at Nyngan West, Fairholme, Cowal East and Trundle. The work is designed to cheaply test and refine targets before committing to deeper and more expensive drilling.
Lindian Resources Ltd (ASX:LIN, OTC:LINIF) has strengthened its push into downstream rare earth processing through a strategic partnership with French separation specialist Carester SAS.
The partnership advances the development of an 8,000-tonne-per-annum rare earth oxide separation facility in Kazakhstan with a binding long-term offtake agreement.
OpenAI's upcoming AI model Astra has crossed its highest cybersecurity capability threshold, becoming the first model the company believes can autonomously discover previously unknown vulnerabilities and develop ways to exploit them across hardened computer systems.
The company has classified Astra at the “Critical” cybersecurity capability level under its Preparedness Framework, a step above the “High” designation given to GPT-5.6 Sol and its other recent frontier models.
Critical Resources Ltd (ASX:CRR, FRA:9S70) has defined three priority gold-antimony exploration targets at its Silver Peaks Project in Otago, New Zealand, after a review of more than 1,250 historical soil and stream-sediment records narrowed a large permit area into focused zones for field testing.
The targets — Lamb Hill–Three O’Clock, Stone Burn South and the Northern Soil Anomaly — lie within the 497.69-square-kilometre Silver Peaks Prospecting Permit, in which Critical Resources holds a 90% interest through wholly owned subsidiary Goldfire Resources Ltd.
Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX:DAL) has started its maiden reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign at the Bondoukou Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, beginning the first systematic subsurface test of a roughly 7-kilometre gold-anomalous corridor.
The planned 102-hole, 12,000-metre Phase 1 program will test the Wilfred, Mag and Ali priority targets, where previous soil sampling returned multiple high-grade gold results including 23.26 g/t, 3.25 g/t, 2.54 g/t and 2.09 g/t gold.
Askari Metals Ltd (ASX:AS2, FRA:7ZG) is stepping up exploration at its Uis Critical Metals Project in Namibia, with soil sampling nearing completion, trenching advancing at the Kestrel target and reverse circulation drilling plans taking shape across several high-priority pegmatite prospects.
The company is positioning Uis as a polymetallic pegmatite project with exposure to tin, tantalum, lithium, rubidium and caesium, while multiple exploration programs are being used to refine a growing inventory of drill-ready targets.
Australia’s economy expanded 0.4% in the June quarter, taking annual growth to 2.1%, as subdued household spending and weaker private investment reinforced concerns about the durability of the recovery and kept the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA)’s next interest rate move firmly in focus.
Annual growth slowed from 2.5% in the March quarter, while household consumption increased just 0.4% over the three months. Government spending rose 0.6%, while private investment contracted 0.5%.
Bitcoin has retreated below US$77,000 as renewed concerns over US interest rates and rising oil prices put pressure on cryptocurrencies following their strong August run.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around US$77,964, after briefly pushing above US$81,000 last week.
The artificial intelligence infrastructure build-out is showing little sign of slowing, with Dell Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:DELL) posting record AI server orders and lifting its full-year revenue outlook by US$25 billion after demand surged during the July quarter.
Dell booked a record US$60.9 billion of AI server orders during its second quarter, generated US$16.4 billion in AI-optimised server revenue and finished the period with an extraordinary US$95 billion backlog.
Element Zero has secured up to $26 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to scale its Australian-developed green iron technology and demonstrate production at progressively larger pilot scale in Western Australia.
The funding will support Element Zero’s $53.65 million Green Iron Electroreduction Demonstration Module project under the Future Made in Australia Innovation Fund.
ENA Respiratory has secured A$2.98 million in funding from Australia’s Biointelect Venturer to support a first-in-patients study of its INNA-051 nasal spray in people with asthma.
The funding, awarded as part of Biointelect Venturer’s inaugural funding round, will support a Phase Ib Australian study assessing the safety and biological activity of INNA-051 in adults with asthma.
Shein Group (HKG:0625.HK)’s long-awaited Hong Kong listing has crystallised a sharp reset in the fast-fashion giant’s valuation, with shares falling around 9% on debut and investors valuing the company at roughly US$26 billion — barely a quarter of its private-market peak.
The Singapore-headquartered company sold about 280 million shares at HK$48.56 each, raising approximately HK$13.6 billion, or US$1.7 billion, in Hong Kong’s largest IPO of the year.
St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) has started pilot plant beneficiation test work on material from its 100%-owned Araxá Niobium and Rare Earths Project in Brazil, advancing work towards a processing flowsheet capable of producing both niobium and rare earth products.
The program at the CIT-SENAI facility in Belo Horizonte is using about nine tonnes of near-surface saprolite material and is expected to run for four to six weeks, with results anticipated during the fourth quarter of 2026.
Tamboran Resources Corporation (NYSE:TBN, ASX:TBN, OTC:TBNRL, FRA:O8R) has begun gas commissioning of the Sturt Plateau Compression Facility (SPCF) at its Shenandoah South development in the Beetaloo Basin, bringing the company closer to first gas sales to the Northern Territory Government.
The milestone comes alongside a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Liberty Energy (NYSE: LBRT) aimed at extending their hydraulic fracture stimulation and wireline services partnership for up to five years.
Solis Minerals Ltd (TSX-V:SLMN, ASX:SLM, OTCQB:SLMFF, FRA:08WA) has kicked off diamond drilling at its 100%-owned Cinto Copper Project in southern Peru, beginning an initial program of around five holes for 2,500 metres designed to test high-priority porphyry copper targets.
The program will investigate coincident geochemical and geophysical anomalies, including targets generated by induced polarisation (IP) surveying and areas where previous surface sampling returned copper grades of up to 8.7%.
Lightning Minerals Ltd (ASX:L1M, FRA:YZ1) has defined two new gold target areas across the 5-kilometre-long Western Zone at its wholly owned Mt Turner Gold Project in northern Queensland, advancing the corridor from a conceptual target toward potential drill testing.
The results include a 1,000-metre-long gold anomaly in the northern part of the Western Zone associated with a broader 1,400-metre multi-element anomaly interpreted as a potential hydrothermal footprint. The gold anomaly remains open to the south, while the broader thermal vector anomaly remains open to the east.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ) shares climbed on Tuesday after it told investors that its Namibia joint venture has applied to move PEL 93 into its next two-year exploration phase, putting at least one exploration well on the work programme as nearby drilling provides further evidence of hydrocarbons in the Owambo Basin.
The application covers a Second Renewal Exploration Period starting on 3 October 2026 and follows integration of around 6,000 line-kilometres of airborne geophysical data.
Breakthrough Minerals Ltd (ASX:BTM, FRA:24X) has delivered further high-grade copper-gold results from resource expansion drilling at the Turpentine deposit in North Queensland, strengthening the case for growth beyond the existing mineral resource.
Three new holes returned significant mineralisation, led by 5 metres at 3.21% copper equivalent (CuEq) from 137 metres in hole 26TUR005, comprising 2.96% copper and 0.31 g/t gold.
Greenvale Energy Ltd (ASX:GRV, OTC:GVLMF) has defined a large-scale potential uranium paleochannel target extending for around nine kilometres at the Powers Prospect within its Thunderball Uranium Project in the Northern Territory.
Field mapping and sampling have outlined a north-south trending target up to 400 metres wide, confirming an extensive airborne radiometric anomaly previously identified through Greenvale’s regional exploration work.
Optiscan Imaging Ltd (ASX:OIL) has initiated a US-based head and neck cancer imaging study with Mayo Clinic, expanding the clinical evaluation of its InVue™ and InForm™ platforms and generating data intended to support US FDA regulatory submissions later in 2026.
Patient recruitment is underway for the 35-patient study at Mayo Clinic Rochester, where the technologies will be assessed for their ability to evaluate surgical margins during head and neck tumour resections.
Frontier Energy Ltd (ASX:FHE, OTC:FRHYF) has executed all major equipment and construction contracts for Stage One of its Waroona Renewable Energy Project in Western Australia, materially reducing execution risk as the company prepares to begin site works this month.
Stage One comprises a 132-megawatt solar facility paired with an 81.5-megawatt, 6.9-hour battery energy storage system (BESS). Major equipment and construction contracts have been secured on a fixed-price basis and represent the majority of the project’s $310 million budget, with a further $22 million contingency. The development is fully funded.
Provaris Energy Ltd (ASX:PV1, OTC:GBBLF, FRA:WS90) has moved its compressed hydrogen technology closer to commercial-scale production after signing a technical collaboration agreement with China’s Himile Heavy Industries to develop a manufacturing pathway for its proprietary hydrogen tanks.
The agreement builds on Provaris’ prototype fabrication and class approval work in Norway and will assess large-scale production of tanks for the company’s H2Neo™ hydrogen carriers and H2Leo™ storage barges, as well as other potential applications.
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares closed 2.5% lower after the US Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit alleging the e-commerce giant manipulated advertising prices on its platform and extracted tens of billions of dollars from businesses over seven years.
The case, joined by a bipartisan group of more than 20 state attorneys general, alleges Amazon secretly increased the minimum price advertisers were required to pay to promote products on its marketplace.
CSL Limited (ASX:CSL) shares gained 1% to $173.36 in intraday trading as investors assessed new agreements with the Donald Trump-led US Administration that provide greater certainty around drug pricing and potential tariffs.
The biotech giant was among nine pharmaceutical companies named by the White House as signing up to Trump’s ‘most-favoured-nation’ (MFN) drug pricing framework.
For years, US banks viewed stablecoins as a potential threat to deposits and the traditional payments system. Now, a large section of the banking industry is preparing to put blockchain technology at the heart of its own financial infrastructure.
Thirty-nine US state bankers associations have formed the BankChain Alliance, an industry-owned initiative that plans to build a common blockchain network capable of supporting stablecoins, tokenised bank deposits, smart payments and automated settlement.
Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD) is making a US$3.5 billion strategic investment in Taiwan’s MediaTek as the artificial intelligence giant moves to protect its dominance from an emerging threat - its biggest customers increasingly designing AI chips of their own.
The investment, announced on August 31 through the purchase of MediaTek convertible bonds, comes alongside a substantial expansion of the companies’ partnership across data centres, personal computing and automotive technology.
Actinogen Medical Ltd (ASX:ACW, OTC:ATGGF) has secured approximately $4.77 million in additional funding after Forrest Capital Pty Ltd agreed to fully underwrite the exercise of the company’s remaining unlisted options.
The agreement comes as Actinogen approaches a potentially significant clinical milestone, with topline results from its pivotal XanaMIA Phase 2b/3 Alzheimer’s disease trial expected in November 2026.
Percheron Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:PER, OTC:PERCF) has secured firm commitments for a $2.3 million institutional placement, providing full funding for its newly announced clinical trial of lead oncology candidate HMBD-002 in acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS).
HMBD-002 is being developed as a potential treatment for cancer, with Percheron now focused on moving the program into its next clinical phase while maintaining funding for its broader development activities.
Kingfisher Mining Ltd (ASX:KFM) has confirmed high-grade silver-lead-zinc mineralisation at the Stephens Trig prospect near Broken Hill, with its first drilling at the project since 2017 validating historical results and highlighting further exploration potential.
The maiden modern reverse circulation (RC) program comprised five holes for 584 metres and tested historically defined mineralisation at Stephens Trig, about 15 kilometres north of Broken Hill in New South Wales.
Brazilian Critical Minerals Ltd (ASX:BCM, FRA:FZ70) has appointed Altris Engineering as lead design engineer for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) phase of its flagship Ema Rare Earth Project in Brazil, marking the project’s next major step towards financing, procurement and a final investment decision.
The FEED program is expected to take around 24 weeks and will build on engineering completed during Ema’s Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS), which was also led by Altris.
HAWK RESOURCES LIMITED (ASX:HFC) has secured a Mining Entry Permit for its Olympus scandium project in Western Australia, clearing a key regulatory hurdle as the company prepares to begin on-ground exploration in September.
The permit has been approved by Western Australia’s Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, while a completed Cultural Heritage Survey has provided the heritage clearances required for planned exploration activities.
Endeavour Group Ltd (ASX:EDV) shares have edged higher after chief executive Jayne Hrdlicka bought around $1 million worth of stock following last week’s sharp post-results sell-off.
Hrdlicka acquired 323,468 Endeavour shares between August 25 and 27, increasing her indirect holding to 327,664 shares.
Strike Energy Ltd (ASX:STX, OTC:STKKF, FRA:RJN) shares climbed towards 11.5 cents after the company secured a $30 million funding agreement with Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Energy, providing a pathway towards commercialising the West Erregulla gas field in Western Australia.
The commercial loan will support development of the jointly owned West Erregulla project and aligns the partners around a proposed processing solution for the field’s gas.
Percheron Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:PER, OTC:PERCF) has received a $700,000 Research and Development Tax Incentive rebate for the 2026 financial year, providing additional funding for the clinical development of its lead oncology asset HMBD-002.
The rebate relates to eligible research and development expenditure undertaken in Australia and overseas, with the proceeds to be directed toward Percheron’s clinical development plans.
Argent Minerals Ltd (ASX:ARD) has secured regulatory approvals to begin maiden drilling at its 100%-owned Trunkey Creek Gold Project in New South Wales, setting up the first systematic drill test of a 4.7-kilometre gold-mineralised corridor that has returned exceptionally high-grade results at surface.
Diamond and reverse circulation (RC) drilling is scheduled to begin in early September, with the initial program comprising 10 holes for around 1,000 metres targeting interpreted gold-bearing structures beneath and adjacent to historic workings.
For Australian investors, July 1, 2027 is shaping up as one of the most important tax dates in a generation, writes director of Tax Communications at H&R Block (NYSE:HRB) Australia, Mark Chapman.
From that date, the familiar 50% capital gains tax discount will generally disappear for future gains and be replaced with an inflation-based system, together with a new minimum 30 per cent tax rate on capital gains.
Bitcoin has surrendered its push above US$81,000, falling back towards US$78,000 as renewed fears of higher US interest rates took some of the heat out of a powerful late-August cryptocurrency rally.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading around US$78,000–US$79,000 on Monday after reaching US$81,326.81 on August 28, its highest level in three months.
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Shein’s IPO is scheduled to begin trading on Tuesday, and few IPOs arrive with this level of global recognition. It has become one of the world's best-known online fashion brands, particularly among younger shoppers. It will be hoping it is third-time lucky after failed attempts to list in New York and London. Hong Kong finally gives the fast-fashion giant a route to public markets when it begins trading this week. The near US$26 billion (A$36.30 billion) valuation is around 70% below its 2022 private-market peak, with slowing growth, higher tariffs and tighter regulation taking the shine off the story.
Astral Resources NL (ASX:AAR) has been maintained as a ‘Buy’ by Shaw and Partners, which believes the Western Australian gold developer is trading at a substantial discount to its peers despite a funded pathway to early production.
The broker retained a A$0.30 price target, representing potential upside of 62.2% from the share price used in its analysis.
Meta’s push to make AI-powered smart glasses an everyday technology is running into growing resistance in Australia, where regulators are calling for tougher safeguards against covert recording.
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has urged manufacturers of camera-equipped smart glasses to automatically blur the faces of people who have not consented to being filmed and introduce clearer, tamper-resistant indicators showing when recording is taking place.
archTIS Ltd (ASX:AR9, OTCQB:ARHLF) has submitted an updated licensing proposal to the United States Department of Defense (DoD), indicating potential annual revenue of between A$7.5 million and A$15 million under a one-year agreement.
The data security software provider was formally requested to prepare tiered pricing covering between 121,000 and 325,000 users, along with single and multi-year contract options, following executive briefings in Washington DC.
Lindian Resources Ltd (ASX:LIN, OTC:LINIF) has secured exclusive access and an option to acquire 13,389 tonnes of previously extracted material that could provide heavy rare earth feedstock for its SARECO processing facility in Kazakhstan.
The agreement with Summit Atom Rare Earth Company LLP covers the Aktau stockpile, including 7,549 tonnes identified as ready for transportation to SARECO’s facility at Stepnogorsk and another 5,840 tonnes undergoing drying.
