The Pre-Start
EMR ($4.6B) - Emerald mandated Sprott & Macquarie for a US$200m acquisition facility, expandable to US$400m, to fund future gold acquisitions
ORE ($1.9B) - Orezone released a 14-year PEA LOM plan for Casa Berardi, Quebec, with 116koz pa gold at AISC US$1,877/oz and after-tax NPV₅ US$1.1B
PNR ($1.0B) - Pantoro will start an exploration decline in Q4 CY26 to access Racetrack after drilling extended strike to 900m
TCG ($951m) - Turaco reported extensional and infill results at Begnopan supporting inclusion in a Q4 CY26 update to the Afema MRE and DFS, with 24m at 3.3 g/t gold from 105m
IPX ($924m) - IperionX validated GenX HAMR titanium production in Virginia, with 6x throughput and >75% lower power; powder met Grade 5/23 oxygen
TGN ($545m) - Tungsten Mining confirmed the flowsheet at Watershed with concentrates to 65.9% WO₃, dispatching offtake samples and targeting Oct 26 DFS
MEK ($403m) - Meeka set resources at ~1.5Moz, 2.8 g/t Au, including 270koz at 2.4 g/t from Mt Holland; reserves 355koz at 2.8 g/t
PC2 ($387m) - PC Gold will hold its AGM on 9 November 2026; director nominations close 21 September 2026
TOK ($372m) - Tolu updated the Tolukuma MRE to 4.3Mt at 6.6 g/t gold and 28.2 g/t silver (909koz Au), up 81% vs '23
TRE ($349m) - Toubani reported 28m at 8.86 g/t gold from 188m at Foroko, for inclusion in Kobada MRE update due Oct
SVL ($333m) - Silver Mines said DPHI finalised its Bowdens Silver assessment, reaffirming approvable status, with IPC decision due by 9 Dec
CEL ($329m) - Challenger began trading on OTCQX
BGD ($290m) - Barton reported 11m at 8.7 g/t gold from 68m at Tunkillia
WTM ($248m) - Waratah reported 89–93% gold recoveries via gravity and cyanide leach from Consols Zone geometallurgical tests at the Spur project, NSW
AEU ($178m) - Atomic Eagle outlined new uranium zones at Muntanga North and Namakande, with 3.1m at 344 ppm U₃O₈ from 27.7m
GL1 ($171m) - Global Lithium lifted Manna NPV₈ to $946m and cut funding to $180m via Manna–Nova integration, with FID Dec Q CY26
TLG ($135m) - Talga signed a non‑binding LOI with EAS Batteries targeting graphite anode supply from Vittangi Anode, Sweden, by Jul '27
AT4 ($97m) - American Tungsten & Antimony started the Del Sol refinery restart to produce antimony flake for offtake qualification and expansion studies
NMR ($69m) - Native Mineral Resources produced 501oz doré at Blackjack
TNC ($67m) - True North’s consolidated Mongoose–Taipan MRE is 11.2Mt at 0.76% CuEq at Cloncurry, lifting CCP contained copper ~18%
ESR ($65m) - Estrella received conditional approval to export a 100t manganese bulk sample from Ira Miri
KZR ($53m) - Kalamazoo secured new Vic tenements
CAE ($42m) - Cannindah will update the 14.5Mt at 1.09% CuEq MRE by end Sep, with drilling beyond resource at Cannindah Breccia
AEV ($35m) - Avenira signed a four-year 500ktpa phosphate rock offtake with Hebang, exclusive in Mainland China, covering >80% of expected DSO from Wonarah Phosphate
G11 ($30m) - G11 paused drilling at the Sunrise prospect, Tas, due to poor ground
Canadian govt expands tax breaks to include mining property for immediate expensing (Bloomberg)
Australian coal gains traction as safer alternative amid Middle East conflict (West)
Glencore faces US$2B suit as it alleges Radiant World fraud (Bloomberg)
China's aluminium output hits record 4Mt in August amid conflict (Bloomberg)
India's met coke imports to hit record 6Mt in 2026-27 despite anti-dumping levy (Reuters)
China Iron & Steel Association urges domestic mills to curb steel output and reduce inventories (Bloomberg)
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EUR ($579m) - European Lithium secured court orders to convene scheme meetings for an all‑scrip acquisition by Critical Metals; IER found the share scheme not fair but reasonable
FAU ($45m) - First AU will acquire Javelin via a recommended all-scrip takeover offering 11.7647 FAU shares per JAV share (0.5882 post-consolidation); former Javelin holders to own ~48.7%; separately, its Eureka right-to-mine with MEGA was terminated
AWJ ($42m) - Auric bought second-hand crushing/front-end plant for $1.2m to support 600ktpa Burbanks CIL restart in Q1 CY28, vs $15–$20m new
USC ($27m) - US1 Critical Minerals will sell uranium licences to Bradda Head Lithium for US$1m plus up to US$800k, pending approvals
Rio Tinto considers selling Pilbara infrastructure assets; Apollo, KKR, Brookfield, Blackstone express interest (Australian)
Elemental acquires Vizsla Royalties for $239m, securing royalties on Panuco silver-gold project in Mexico (Mining.com)
WA Supreme Court approves Critical Metals' $1.164B acquisition of European Lithium for Greenland's Tanbreez project (West)
Agnico Eagle CEO Ammar Al-Joundi declines participation in Barrick's North American IPO, citing strategic focus (Reuters)
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