BHP ($324B) - BHP acknowledged speculation on a potential partnership for part of WAIO, saying it explores options and remains committed to WA

DRR ($2.2B) - Deterra set its DRP issue price at $4.04 (2% discount)

ELV ($1.5B) - Elevra’s NAL PFS backs a three-stage expansion to 373ktpa spodumene concentrate for C$366m capex, post-tax NPV₈ C$3.2B, fully funded

KCN ($1.4B) - Kingsgate restored Chatree Plant 1 to 2.3Mtpa, returning full capacity after a 47-day shutdown; FY27 guidance update due end-September

MAD ($1.3B) - Mader approved a buy-back of up to $30m; separately, Capital Group ceased to be a substantial holder

RXL ($850m) - Rox said construction at the 1Mtpa Youanmi mine is on schedule, with stoping to start in Oct and first gold targeted mid‑CY27

BTR ($646m) - Brightstar infill drilling at Sandstone Gold aims to upgrade Bull Oak for PFS; 7m at 119 g/t gold from 199m

FML ($587m) - Focus advanced the Green Light open-pit study at Coolgardie gold and reclaimed 36kt mineralised stockpile from the historic CNX waste dump

VMM ($583m) - Viridis ordered a residue pressure filtration package for Colossus from Dewater, a 12‑month long‑lead item supporting 2028 rare earths production

FRS ($579m) - Forrestania reported 58.6Mt at 1.1 g/t gold for 2.1Moz, with acquired Edna May at 30.7Mt at 1 g/t for 0.9Moz

LRV ($545m) - Larvotto reported 9.5m at 8.07 g/t AuEq from 345.5m at Clarks Gully, extending mineralisation down-dip and south at Hillgrove, NSW

TOK ($337m) - Tolu secured a $30m debt facility from National Banking Corporation, fully funding the Tolukuma gold mine to production targeted in Q1 2027

POL ($299m) - Polymetals updated the Endeavor MRE to 20.7Mt at 7.5% Zn, 4.2% Pb and 82 g/t Ag

AUE ($240m) - Aurum targets an early Q4 CY26 MRE update for the Boundiali

GBR ($183m) - Great Boulder reported 12m at 8.56 g/t gold from 8m at Peak Hill, with an MRE upgrade targeted by year-end

KAU ($139m) - Kaiser Reef updated the Henty MRE to 4.2Mt at 3.2 g/t Au (429koz) & reserves to 1.9Mt at 3.2 g/t Au (198koz), maintaining ~6 years' life

LM8 ($81m) - Lunnon completed the Lady Herial open pit, generating $39m pre-tax free cash flow and closing with $41.4m cash; the pit's reserves are now depleted

NMR ($80m) - Native Minerals reported 19m at 3.1 g/t gold from 41m at North Pit, Blackjack gold mine

PNN ($70m) - Power Minerals hit 5m at 4.32% TREO from 181m, incl. 2m at 7.85% from 184m, at Morro do Ferro

VHM ($61m) - VHM gained Planning Scheme Amendment approval for Goschen, completing all major project approvals and leaving FID subject to funding

EV8 ($50m) - Everlast completed its second export from the Gaibandha Mineral Sands project, shipping ~18t of zircon concentrate to China

ILT ($37m) - Iltani reported 71m at 81 g/t AgEq from 133m at Orient Silver-Indium, Qld, with MRE update in Q4 CY26

FZR ($29m) - Fitzroy River reported a $201k net loss, with the $12.3m received from Endura for its Snowy River royalty held in escrow pending NZ High Court proceedings

LGM ($24m) - Legacy is running an optimised Scoping Study at Mt Carrington, NSW, assessing throughput above 1Mtpa off July's 47.9Mt at 1 g/t AuEq (1.6Moz AuEq), with results due in the Dec quarter

China rare earth firms halt US shipments amid geopolitical tensions (Reuters)

Brazilian court halts Sigma Lithium's Grota do Cirilo project over environmental permit suspension (Bloomberg)

Central-bank gold buying fell over 50% in July despite near-record bullion prices (Mining.com)

Marnie Finlayson betting on uranium resurgence with new reactor tech (AFR)

Vale not moving forward with critical minerals subsidiary IPO, amid political push back (G&M)

RMS ($7.4B) - Ramelius sold Edna May to Forrestania for $300m ($210m cash, $90m scrip) and holds 9.4% of FRS

CY5 ($204m) - Cygnus said CAML shareholders approved the share allotment for the scheme to acquire Cygnus, satisfying a key condition to implementation

AWJ ($43m) - Auric is in halt pending a proposed acquisition announcement

GA8 ($39m) - GoldArc obtained a waiver to issue contingent shares to Regener8 Resources within 5 years, tied to MRE or production milestones

FAU ($34m) - First Au will acquire five tenements at Sandstone, for $350k cash, $400k shares and $150k deferred

CZN ($30m) - Corazon will complete by 2 Oct the Dynamic Metals gold-rights deal after MRL declined ROFR

African Rainbow considers increasing its 19.9% stake in Canada's Surge Copper after Berg project success (MiningMX)

GML ($221m) - Gateway is raising $25m at 8c

KAO ($152m) - Kaoko raised $20m at $2.20 to fund Chalkos Copper-Silver drilling, lifting cash to over $24m

MDX ($99m) - Mindax secured $3.3m convertible note funding from L&Y at $0.033 conversion and 10% interest

VTX ($40m) - Vertex raised $4.2m via convertible loans at 10% p.a.

US Export-Import Bank considers $750m financing for Aclara's rare-earth facility in Louisiana (Mining.com)

PLS ($17B) - First Sentier emerged with a 5.7% stake in PLS

LTR ($3.8B) - Liontown director Tim Goyder bought 1m shares for $1.2m, with three others buying, taking aggregate director buys to $1.5m

BC8 ($816m) - Black Cat terminated MD James Bruce, paying 6 months' notice; separately, Chris Stone joined as NED

PC2 ($408m) - Perennial ceased to be a substantial holder in PC Gold

WWI ($189m) - West Wits director Keith Middleton resigned

MMA ($148m) - Maronan appointed Andrew Graham MD/CEO from 23 Nov 2026; Richard Carlton becomes NED

BKB ($98m) - Colin Petroulas lifted his stake in Black Bear to 9.8%

PKO ($28m) - Peako appointed Stephen McIntosh as NED; Louis Bucci resigned on 4 Sep

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Top 50 miners value surges $357B in August, exceeding $2.5T (Mining.com)

‘A difficult time’: Inside Fortescue’s culture crisis (AFR Analysis)

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