DPM ($15B) - DPM declared a quarterly dividend of US$0.04 per CDI

VAU ($7.0B) - Vault lifted group gold reserves to 3.9Moz (+9% y/y post FY26 depletion) with gold resources steady at 12.1Moz

KCN ($1.5B) - Kingsgate will publish updated Nueva Esperanza resources and reserves later this month, and commenced its first drilling in nine years

VUL ($1.3B) - Vulcan completed the Ludwig project PFS with post-tax NPV₈ of €1.7B, €1.3B capex and 21.1ktpa Li₂CO₃, and has begun asset-level financing ahead of an FID following Lionheart start-up

SMI ($518m) - Santana reported 20.7m at 4.8 g/t Au from 169m at RAS, extending the HG1 domain

SS1 ($217m) - Sun Silver reported 89m at 70 g/t AgEq from 127m at Maverick, with antimony mineralisation starting ~60m above the current MRE

FEX ($216m) - Fenix declared a maiden 26.9Mt at 60% Fe Beebyn Hub reserve (13.1Mt Beebyn-W11, 13.8Mt Beebyn-W10 Stage 1), supporting more than 5 years of mine life and up to 6Mtpa by FY28

MPK ($151m) - Many Peaks hit 36m at 2.64 g/t gold from 600m at Ouarigue; MRE update cut-off end Q3 CY26

STM ($57m) - Sunstone drilled 297m at 0.4 g/t AuEq from surface at Melonal, expanding Bramaderos ahead of an MRE next quarter | ▲ 5%

FMN ($50m) - Famien expanded its Cote d’Ivoire, while RC at Bonougbara returned 8m at 1.27 g/t gold from 52m | ▲ 10%

EPM ($49m) - Eclipse says Grønnedal mineralogy shows 87.5–94.3% of NdPr hosted in rare earths minerals, supporting beneficiation in Greenland | ▼ 7%

PTR ($45m) - PTR’s preliminary study for the Rosewood Titanium project, SA, outlines early mining of 17% HM zones and metl testwork producing leucoxene by wet concentration with 81% +53µm VHM recovery

AKN ($36m) - AuKing provided abundance estimates for the Tundulu diamond hole (carbonatite to end‑of‑hole 400m) and expects assays in 5–6 weeks | ▲ 6%

CZN ($29m) - Corazon set a maiden exploration target of 9.7–12.3Mt at 1.9–2.1 g/t Au at Chalice Gold

ZMI ($28m) - Zinc of Ireland's ARGO tests on ZLR achieved up to 99% Ag, 100% Pb and 91% Cu recoveries

GDM ($23m) - Great Divide restated 1.6Mt at 3.4 g/t gold (170koz) at Adelong Gold using prior estimates, without new drilling | ▲ 6%

Indonesia's Morowali Industrial Park may cut nickel output by 40% due to El Niño drought (Bloomberg)

Perdaman billionaire prepared to put his own money into $15b oil refinery, Australia’s first in 60 years (AFR)

Chilean gangs breach security on Antofagasta's copper trains, threatening Atacama mining logistics (Reuters)

Zambia's ZCCM-IH targets $1.8B from formalising small-scale gold mining sector (Bloomberg)

BHP exec Rag Udd to leave miner after missing out on top job (Bloomberg)

Lynas confirms earlier takeover talks, suspends CEO search amid uncertainty (Reuters)

Barrick considers delaying North America gold IPO to 2027 (Bloomberg)

Anglo struggles to sell De Beers at US$1B, down from US$18B in 2001 (MiningMX)

Greenland Mines acquires Sarfartoq rare earth project from Neo Performance for $35m (Mining.com)

Beetaloo gas producer Tamboran is in talks with multinationals, Asian LNG buyers and LNG exporters in Aus as it seeks a long-term deal to help fund the expansion (AFR)

LIN ($1.4B) - Lindian agreed a partnership with Carester to advance a DFS for an 8ktpa REO SX/oxide separation plant in Kazakhstan, and signed a binding 10-year offtake for 70% of SEGH output with ROFR over 70% MHREC | ▼ 5%

CAY ($109m) - Canyon's bidder A2MP filed a third bidder's statement, contesting the IER and target model, citing Bank Cameroon's drawdown suspension and development deferrals, and saying it now holds 56.6%

Wiluna Mining prepares to file documents for ASX relisting (AFR) and Creasy apparently no longer pursuing an acquisition

MKR ($136m) - Manuka trading halt pending a capital raise announcement

EGR ($127m) - EcoGraf launched an SPP underwritten to $2m

VTX ($38m) - Vertex is in a trading halt pending a capital raise announcement

Tharisa plans $300m bond to fund Karo Platinum project in Zimbabwe (MiningMX)

Core Lithium spins off Axiant in $8m ASX float, focusing on Finniss restart (West)

PLS ($18B) - First Sentier ceased to be substantial in PLS

GGP ($8.0B) - Greatland directors Elizabeth Gaines and Michael Borrelli sold shares for $3.7m and £3.7m, respectively

WAF ($4.4B) - First Sentier fell below 5% in West African

MAH ($2.2B) - Macmahon NED David Gibbs resigned

VMM ($596m) - OneIM Riverside took a 9.9% stake in Viridis for $60m

LOT ($142m) - Lotus named Fletcher Hancock General Counsel and Co Sec and confirmed Sam Penglis as COO following Hayden Bartrop's departure

KLI ($101m) - Stephen Parsons and Hamish Halliday took stakes in Killi, now 14.2% and 13.2%

GGM ($57m) - Global Gold appointed Ivy Jiang CFO, with Paul Fromson departing

Risk of a new age of financial repression is rising (FT op-ed)

Thermal Coal Torque (Respeculator)

Australia struggles to attract investment in critical minerals due to insufficient viable projects (AFR op-ed)

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