GMD ($6.6B) - Genesis reported 280Mt at 2.1 g/t gold (18.9Moz) resources and 73Mt at 1.9 g/t (4.4Moz) reserves, up 29% and 19%

SX2 ($2.6B) - Southern Cross Gold awarded PYBAR the exploration decline at Sunday Creek, targeting year-end completion of a 680m decline and 1.2km of lateral development

CYL ($1.4B) - Catalyst completed the Trident open pit; starting underground decline, first ore CY27 and 60kozpa planned

PMT ($1.1B) - PMET had its Shaakichiuwaanaan ESIA deemed complete, while bulk sample and Hydro Quebec power applications are under review

SGQ ($472m) - St George extended mineralisation ~240m north of its Araxa resource, with a 200m step‑out intersecting 19m at 5.7% TREO from 8m

BTR ($417m) - Brightstar reported 7m at 17.7 g/t gold from 138m at Sandstone

HCH ($381m) - Hot Chili reported 164m at 0.43% CuEq from 185m at La Verde

AAR ($297m) - Astral logged visible gold in two diamond holes 360m below Theia MRE at Mandilla

AGE ($191m) - Alligator Energy's Samphire ISR trial delivered ~70% uranium recovery in ~70 pore volumes; PLS averaged 115 mg/L for the BFS

ARL ($145m) - Ardea's Goongarrie Nickel Hub was named in the Australia–Japan critical minerals cooperation statement

DRE ($97m) - Dreadnought reported 7m at 49.9 g/t gold at Metzkes Find, outside 2023 MRE

LNQ ($78m) - LinQ hit 114m at 1.19 g/t AuEq from 144m at Dam, extending strike to 400m

CRI ($73m) - Critica appointed DRA Global to deliver a scoping study for Mt Lindsay, assessing an underground tin/tungsten development concept

CAE ($69m) - Cannindah confirmed a Southern Shoot at Cannindah Breccia, with 44m at 2.78% CuEq from 214m

FEG ($46m) - Far East Gold updated the Idenburg MRE to 7.8Mt at 3.1 g/t gold (780koz), from 4.1Mt at 4.1 g/t (540koz)

GA8 ($44m) - GoldArc's grade-control at Mt Stirling returned 6m at 3.29 g/t gold; BML Ventures funding program under a 50/50 profit share

LEX ($42m) - Lefroy updated the Mt Martin MRE to 9.1Mt at 1.6 g/t gold (460koz), up 5%; scoping study starts this quarter

CP8 ($42m) - Canadian Phosphate secured a 5‑year permit for Wapiti, enabling 56 holes and a 500t sample for Q4 2026 resource update

MRZ ($35m) - Mont Royal will test adding a fluorspar circuit to the Ashram PFS after prior work produced 97.8% CaF₂ concentrate

NMT ($33m) - Neometals had the Reiche appeal dismissed by the Full Federal Court, upholding the earlier judgment in its favour

EVR ($30m) - EV Resources advanced dry commissioning at Tecomatlan’s grinding circuit, two of three mills online, targeting antimony output by end CY26

DYM ($30m) - Dynamic extended the Cognac West gold system to ~300m depth, with 4m at 1.5 g/t from 311m

Rio Tinto plans to cut 20% of its Perth white-collar workforce (West)

Whitehaven in dispute with TaiPower over Narrabri coal supply contract following inconsistent performance (AFR)

Premier Coal seeks new supply deal with Synergy amid 120 job cuts in WA (West)

Sibanye-Stillwater halts its Kloof operations after fatal shaft incident (Mining.com)

China halts sulfuric acid exports, impacting global copper production due to sulphur management issues (Mining.com)

RRL ($5.3B) - Regis will merge with Vault via a scrip scheme; VAU shareholders get 0.6947 new RRL shares each for 49% of a +700kozpa, (~11% premium) debt-free gold group - Who really believed those succession plans anyway! More below, call live now

Forrest’s Wyloo to offload its 60% stake in WA rare earths project Yangibana, with BofA hired (AFR)

AAI ($24B) - Alcoa extended its US$1.3B RCF to 27 Jun 2028, removing sustainability pricing adjustments

ESR ($73m) - Estrella received the final $4m from its ESROB option underwriting with Million Link, completing $8m before costs

Well, consider us surprised by today’s merger between Vault and Regis. And as long-term believers that the “Battle for Leonora” would have the finale it deserved, there’s still hope

Vault has a fiduciary out in the docs - something that never used to be customary but is becoming more and more common. In practice, Genesis can still have a crack, however unlikely that may be now

But how beautiful would a contested battle be here…

KCN ($1.7B) - Kingsgate director Peter Warren sold $318k on-market, now holds 150k shares

MI6 ($1.6B) - Minerals 260 director Luke McFadyen bought $60k of shares on-market

CLA ($33m) - Celsius terminated exec director Neil Grimes' agreement and launched an investigation over unauthorised instruction to transfer Sodor's MMCI shares to Socialej

Fortescue's Pilbara data centre dream (Dryblower)

The Iran war is back on, and a red line for markets was just crossed (AFR Chanticleer)

At least they didn’t put all the assets on a map in the exact same slide…