EVN ($22B) - Evolution completed the 4.2Mtpa Mungari expansion ahead of schedule & under budget | Diggers Presentation

LTR ($3.1B) - Liontown targets 2.8Mtpa at Kathleen Valley by end FY27 | Diggers Presentation

OBM ($2.0B) - Ora Banda set FY27 capex guidance at $425m, building a 3Mtpa mill | Diggers Presentation

MI6 ($1.3B) - Minerals 260 outlined the exploration phase at Bullabulling, targeting late‑2028 gold production | Diggers Presentation

FFM ($1.2B) - FireFly will release a Green Bay MRE update and PEA this month, supported by 11.5m at 13.2% CuEq from 501m

BNZ ($1.1B) - Benz reported 41m at 14.5 g/t gold from 260m at Icon

IPX ($1.0B) - IperionX plans to redomicile to Texas with a direct Nasdaq listing replacing ADS

AIS ($561m) - Aeris guided to 22–27kt Cu, 42–51koz gold and 130–160koz silver in FY27, with $170–210m growth capex as Tritton's Constellation open pit delivers first sulphide ore in late Q3 to lift H2 output

AZY ($345m) - Antipa's Phase 1 drilling at Tims Dome intersected 22m at 0.9 g/t gold and 0.14% copper from 157m above a 1.2km untested AEM conductor

BTR ($340m) - Brightstar hit 305m at 1.8 g/t gold from 352m at Two Mile Hill, with the tonalite interpreted >180m thick

MM8 ($336m) - Medallion secured all approvals to start developing Ravensthorpe, early production Q3 CY26, first ore to Cosmic Boy Q2 CY27

SLS ($335m) - Solstice hit 51m at 1.03% Cu from 194m at Nanadie

TRE ($258m) - Toubani began process plant construction at Kobada and expects gold stream drawdown this month; first production targeted Q3 2027

HRN ($190m) - Horizon Gold reported 23m at 5.26 g/t gold from 188m at Kingfisher

WTM ($180m) - Waratah's RC at Gazzards outlines 6km gold corridor to Spur and Consols, 8m at 3.54 g/t gold from 120m

SS1 ($165m) - Sun Silver hit 8.3m at 170 g/t AgEq from 266m outside the current MRE at Maverick

ENR ($129m) - Encounter reported 75m at 2.4% Nb₂O₅ from 43m at Green, with Emily drilling extending niobium mineralisation at Aileron

TOR ($112m) - Torque intersected mineralisation outside current MREs at Observation and HHH, highlighted by 2.7m at 5.2 g/t Au from 201m

LKE ($88m) - Lake’s Catamarca opened EIA consultation for Kachi lithium brine project, final step before a DIA expected by 30 Sep

FAL ($80m) - Falcon confirmed >850m strike at Blue Moon, with 1.6m at 5.9 g/t gold from 609.7m at Jasmine

E25 ($80m) - Element 25 signed a take-or-pay offtake with OM Materials for 100% of Butcherbird's manganese concentrate, 5-year term, subject to financing

BKB ($73m) - Black Bear's Scoping Study for the Independence gold project outlines post‑tax NPV₅ ~$511m on ~$119m initial capex and AISC ~$2.2k/oz for 250koz Au and 1.8Moz Ag over 9.7 years

BCA ($49m) - Black Canyon shared drilling results, targeting a maiden Wandanya MRE in September, after returning 9m at 33.5% Mn from 2m

KZR ($47m) - Kalamazoo hit 36m at 16 g/t gold from 181m at Mt Olympus, feeding a Q4 2026 MRE update

STM ($47m) - Sunstone hit 196m at 0.62 g/t AuEq from surface at Porotillo outside 3.6Moz Bramaderos; MRE update due Dec quarter

HMG ($37m) - Hamelin Gold defined two lodes and reef-style mineralisation at Day Dawn, with 2m at 12.6 g/t Au from 36m

CAV ($31m) - Carnavale reported metallurgical results at Kookynie: 98–99% gold recovery, cyanide 0.35–0.44kg/t, enabling CIL toll treatment

China’s XCMG electric truck hopes put Pilbara miners on collision course (AFR)

Malaysia considers easing export curbs on unprocessed rare earths amid global demand from US, Australia, France, India (Bloomberg)

Fortescue’s Iron Bridge takes $1.1b hit as China talks stumble (AFR)

Unions’ plan: stop 16 iron ore ships and cost BHP $260m (Australian)

Wright family wins legal delay in Gina Rinehart royalty clash (AFR)

Stokes-backed Forrestania hit with Takeovers Panel complaint over Zenith bid (AFR)

ELT ($156m) - Elementos said its option to acquire up to 50% of Iberian Smelting's Robledollano tin smelter in Spain is now unconditional

MLG ($115m) - MLG and Marlinyu Ghoorlie Enterprises formed a 50:50 JV to deliver mining services on Marlinyu Ghoorlie country

HMX ($62m) - Hammer received a binding superior scheme proposal from Austral to acquire the company for $0.087/share via 1.2903 Austral shares and a demerger of WA gold assets, triggering Larvotto's matching right

ZNC ($58m) - Zenith is subject to Takeovers Panel interim orders preventing Forrestania from processing acceptances or declaring its off‑market takeover bid unconditional, while FRS reports 52.3% voting power

ELV ($1.4B) - Elevra issued C$65m convertible notes to Canada Growth Fund at $17.17 conversion to fund NAL expansion

STN ($224m) - Saturn's SPP has been underwritten to $5m at $0.40 by Petra Capital

IXR ($70m) - Ionic Rare Earths in trading halt pending a capital raise

Cameco and Brookfield Renewable Partners file for US IPO of Westinghouse nuclear venture (Mining.com)

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VUL ($1.2B) - Vulcan Energy appointed Amanda Lacaze as independent NED

CXO ($728m) - Core Lithium director Heath Hellewell resigned

PEN ($129m) - Peninsula appointed Gary Birch CTO

BVR ($76m) - Franklin took a 5% stake in Bellavista with $4m purchase

Massif Capital (Q2 Letter) Making up for Friday’s broken link

Someone Forgot to Give Thanks... - Part II (Le Shrub) Told thru memes, the importance of being humble & avoiding leverage in markets

Weekly Watchlist (Respeculator) Perhaps the metals miners are telling us something about where metals prices are going?

Kalgoorlie’s mining gabfest reckons it has grown up. A new home helps (AFR)

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