NST ($33B) - Northern Star rejected Elliott’s push to appoint nominees, noting Elliott holds 5.35% swap exposure with no voting stake

NWH ($3.4B) - NRW's Golding won $130m civil contracts at Yarrabilba and Shoreline, Qld, completing by Jul 2027 and Mar 2028

AMI ($660m) - Aurelia secured Cobar Shire Council approval to increase the Peak plant throughput from ~800ktpa to 1.2Mtpa

MM8 ($414m) - Medallion targets an MRE this quarter at Lounge Lizard after 5m at 5.8 g/t gold from 106m

PSC ($200m) - Prospect reported 65.8m at 0.42% Cu from 226m outside Nyungu Central MRE, and clarified Sharamba visuals not grade proxy

ACS ($98m) - Accent told ASX it is unaware of undisclosed information, citing 10 Aug testwork at the Magnetite Range project

OSM ($93m) - Osmond targets a maiden MRE for the Orin EU Critical Minerals project in Spain within four weeks; SOR-07A returned 1.2m at 0.369% TREO, 1.62% ZrO₂ and 5.38% TiO₂ from 312.7m

SNX ($47m) - Sierra Nevada Gold commenced a process to commercialise its Nevada assets, redirecting capital to As Safra in Saudi Arabia

JLL ($43m) - Jindalee Lithium secured final approval for drilling at the McDermitt Lithium project, Oregon, to start Sep 2026 pending a fire waiver

RIM ($39m) - Rimfire clarified Murga Scandium metallurgy: 14‑day recoveries 11.3% and 10.5%; the 60–90% figure was a 200‑day extrapolation, not definitive

Central banks drive gold prices up 10% in August, nearing $4,400/oz (Reuters)

Northern Star rejects Elliott’s proposal to overhaul board with 6 new members (AFR)

Antofagasta cuts 2026 copper output forecast, driving FTSE 100 to two-week low (Reuters)

Backlash over Australian plan to mine rare earths near Brazilian homes (AFR)

Indonesian gov’t to grant 2026 nickel production quotas selectively to smelters low on raw materials (Mining.com)

WA mineral processors face unsustainable cost surge as sulphur prices rise from US$100 to US$800 (West)

US Democrats query Vulcan Elements over corruption concerns involving Trump Jr. (Mining.com)

NEM ($174B) - Newmont and Barrick will contribute the Fourmile, Fiberline and Mike projects to NGM, with Newmont to pay Barrick US$2B and all JV disputes resolved

CMM ($7.4B) - Capricorn will acquire the Piastri tenement package adjoining its Golden Range tenure from Lat 66 for $1.5m in shares

ORP ($42m) - Orpheus Uranium executed a sale agreement to acquire up to seven ELs (2,513km²) from Adavale contiguous with the Marree Uranium project

Canada Nickel announces upsize of placement to C$21m (PRN)

MDX ($76m) - Ruolin Lan emerged with 9.9% in Mindax after forming an association with L&Y Investment Holdings to seek director changes

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