PRU ($6.5B) - Perseus lifted its on‑market buy‑back to $150m after completing $100m (at $5.24 avg) | ▲ 9%

NWH ($3.2B) - PMET selected Primero's ALi leach as its preferred pathway after bench tests produced 99.8% Li₂CO₃; commercialisation talks continue

OBM ($2.1B) - Ora Banda signed a $233m EPC with GR Engineering for a 3Mtpa plant at Davyhurst Mill Expansion; earthworks underway | ▲ 9%

MI6 ($2.0B) - Minerals 260 started early works at Bullabulling, targeting construction H1 CY2027 and first gold Q4 CY28 | ▲ 8%

BMC ($783m) - BMC hit 5.5m at 163 g/t Ag and 6.4% Zn from 57m near proposed ABM mine at Kudz Ze Kayah | ▲ 9%

WIA ($747m) - Wia reported 9m at 10.6 g/t gold from 811m at Kokoseb, identifying a new deep target for underground development | ▲ 9%

MM8 ($319m) - Medallion hit 13.5m at 7.7 g/t AuEq from 379.9m at Hillsborough Deeps, with DHEM indicating extensions | ▲ 10%

CTM ($312m) - Centaurus secured Para ICMS tax incentives for the Jaguar Nickel project: equipment/inputs ICMS-exempt and fuel/power cut 50%

BM1 ($307m) - Ballard confirmed the Pluto discovery at Mt Ida Gold with 5m at 10.2 g/t gold from 98m

STK ($250m) - Strickland reported 94.3% gold recovery, 21.1 g/t concentrate from Gradina testwork, informing PFS at Rogozna | ▲ 16%

MM1 ($217m) - Midas reported 61m at 1.95% CuEq from 282m at the T-13 deposit, Otavi

TSO ($163m) - Tesoro returned 66.3m at 1.7 g/t gold from 375m at Ternera, with infill nearing completion before an MRE update

CHW ($82m) - Chilwa announced a maiden 34–51Mt Exploration Target at Nakombe South, grading 0.14–0.22% Nb₂O₅ and 0.15–0.23% TREO

DRE ($80m) - Dreadnought defined three >2km gold trends at the Illaara gold project, hitting 30m at 0.2 g/t gold from 90m | ▲ 11%

BCM ($78m) - Brazilian Critical Minerals secured ANM approval for Ema's exploration reports, triggering a one‑year deadline to file a mining licence application | ▲ 8%

YRL ($73m) - Yandal hit 20m at 1.7 g/t gold from 55m outside the 268koz MRE at Flushing Meadows | ▲ 13%

NNL ($72m) - Nordic reported 71m at 2.9 g/t gold from 207m at Kopsa

NMR ($51m) - Native Mineral Resources produced 398oz gold doré at Blackjack; refinery outturn for this smelt is due 19 June

KZR ($41m) - Kalamazoo reported 50m at 2.6 g/t gold from 129m at Mt Olympus | ▲ 12%

AGC ($33m) - Australian Gold & Copper hit 35m at 0.5% Cu from 353m at Evergreen, NSW | ▲ 17%

RAU ($31m) - Resouro's PEA for Tiros Rare Earths & Titanium project outlines after-tax NPV₈ US$715m and 44% IRR, with US$191m capex

‘Let the oil flow’: US and Iran ready to sign peace deal (AFR) Oil falls 4%

Copper prices surge as US and Iran near potential deal ending war (Bloomberg)

Fortescue iron ore carrier narrowly avoids grounding in Port Hedland after engine failure (West)

Australian miners like MinRes and PLS expand amid lithium market revival (Australian)

TFPM.TO (C$8.4B) - Triple Flag acquires gold stream on Ravenswood mine in Australia for US$440m

SRL ($2.1B) - Sunrise will invest US$5m in Agni Semiconductor for 17% fully diluted, with board seat and pathway to 30%

IPX ($1.7B) - IperionX will acquire the Camden mineral assets adjacent to Titan in Tennessee from Covia for US$3m | ▲ 8%

CVV ($148m) - Caravel agreed to sell a 0.75% NSR royalty over the Caravel Copper project to Regal Royalties Fund for $15m and extend its $15m loan | ▲ 8%

US-backed fund explores buying stake in French miner Eramet (FT)

Woodside says it is unaware of any proposal involving ExxonMobil (Reuters)

SGQ ($435m) - St George requested a trading halt pending capital raise

TGM ($243m) - Theta issued US$90m bonds, proceeds held in escrow pending drawdown conditions

M4M ($37m) - Macro Metals took a $626k unsecured 12% p.a. loan from Chair Tolga Kumova, to be repaid from mining services revenues

Baffinland secures US$110m loan from Ontario court for operations (Mining.com)

On the back of today's news from Wia Gold, we're reminded that Kokoseb (2.9 Moz in mining-friendly Namibia) is one of the prime takeover targets on the board this year. So, speculating on who tables the cheque:

PLS ($21B) - PLS director Robert Nicholson bought $100k of shares

IGO ($6.7B) - IGO NED Debra Bakker resigned effective today

DVP ($2.3B) - Develop appointed interim CFO Felicity Hughes as Ben MacKinnon resigns

GNG ($966m) - GR Engineering director Peter Hood sold $1.1m of shares

Mining for Value: A Blueprint to Eliminate Chaos, Scale Production and Unlock Latent Capacity (Amazon) New mining book just out

Minecrawl - New fast-paced mining pc game worth a go - ‘Wordl for mining’

Buying the world’s largest energy trading book (Trader Ferg)

The big short: Ben Cleary isn’t afraid of being controversial (AFR)