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Flow testing at ADX Energy’s exciting Welchau-1 gas discovery in Upper Austria is due to restart in the new year.

BULLS N’ BEARSADX fires up Austrian drilling blitz for big gas and oil lift

ADX Energy is gearing up for a multi-well campaign in Upper Austria, targeting rapid, low-risk gas and oil production growth. Welchau-1 flow testing will restart in January and drilling kicks off from February.

James Pearson

Diamond drilling at Aurumin’s Two Mile Hill deposit.

BULLS N’ BEARSAurumin hits go on Sandstone gold blitz in WA

Aurumin has fired up a 7,400m RC and diamond drilling assault at its Sandstone gold project to grow resources and fast-track Brightstar’s PFS following $6m in non-core asset sales.

Matt Birney

First The Louvre; now how to spot a heist on the ASX.

BULLS N’ BEARSThe Louvre, lithium and legal larceny – how to spot a heist on the ASX

When Paris thieves hit the Louvre, Dollar Bill saw a market metaphor - some ASX juniors are pulling off their own legal heists, picking up assets for a steal before the boom.

Bill McConnell

Part of Lindian Resources’ proposed processing plant under design for the company’s rapidly developing Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, East Africa.

BULLS N’ BEARSLindian rare earths green-lit for export by Malawian government

Lindian Resources has received a green light from Malawi’s government, confirming its Kangankunde rare earths are exempt from an executive order banning raw mineral exports, as it produces concentrate locally.

Doug Bright

True North Copper drilling at its Cloncurry copper projects in northwest Queensland.

BULLS N’ BEARSTrue North taps early signs of giant copper system in Qld

True North Copper has identified a potentially huge iron oxide copper gold system from drilling at its Salebury project near Cloncurry in Northwest Queensland.

Andrew Todd

Reach Resources’ Blue Heaven site where the company is set to undertake infill and extensional drilling to upgrade and if possible expand known resources.

BULLS N’ BEARSReach to drill out Murchison South as toll treating options loom

Reach Resources is set to mobilise a reverse circulation drill rig in mid-November for a ~5000m infill and extensional drilling program at its Murchison South gold project about 800km north of Perth in WA.

Doug Bright

A rock chip sample from an outcropping quartz vein at Taruga Mineral’s Thowagee South prospect in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. Assay results include 0.5g/t gold along with visible galena running at 2.4% lead.

BULLS N’ BEARSTaruga lights up major gold/base metals anomaly at Gascoyne play

New geophysics have lit up a high-impact gold-base metals bullseye at Thowagee South in WA’s Gascoyne, lining up perfectly with Taruga Mineral’s earlier EM hit and hinting at a compelling new discovery below.

James Pearson

BULLS N' BEARSMount Ridley unveils maiden gallium resource in WA

Mount Ridley Mines has unveiled a maiden gallium resource of 838.7 million tonnes at 29.3 ppm at its Mt Ridley project near Esperance. The little-known critical mineral is prized by the US military.

Helen Barling

Shotgun blasts and rifle rounds failed to cause any major damage to Altech Batteries’ sodium-nickel-chloride stainless steel casing during recent testwork on the high-tech battery.

BULLS N’ BEARSAltech sodium-nickel-chloride batteries pass explosive test program

Altech Batteries has run its sodium-nickel-chloride batteries through an explosive series of safety destruction tests, with the high-tech batteries coming up trumps with zero thermal runaway, fire or explosion.

Craig Nolan

Estrella drills the first hole in the Werumata limestone project in Timor Leste, formally East Timor.

BULLS N’ BEARSEstrella fires up rig in Timor Leste high purity limestone

Estrella Resources has kicked off drilling at its Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste, targeting a massive calcite-rich deposit set to feed Asia’s growing industrial demand.

Rowena Duckworth

Visible gold in the hanging-wall at Kaiser Reef’s Maldon gold project in Maldon Victoria, about 135km northwest of Melbourne.

BULLS N’ BEARSKaiser spots visible gold at Victorian gold project

Kaiser Reef has nailed some solid high-grade gold hits from its latest diamond drilling program at the company’s Maldon gold project in Victoria, about 135km northwest of Melbourne.

Craig Nolan

As part of the Lindsay’s gold project northeast of Kalgoorlie, the Parrot Feathers deposit is set to fall under Auric Mining’s control as its latest WA gold play.

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric clears path to settle new Kalgoorlie gold play

Auric has completed due diligence on its $4m Lindsay’s gold project acquisition near Kalgoorlie, clearing a pathway to settlement and revamped payments while also taking control of outstanding legal matters.

James Pearson

Commissioning of GAVAQ pilot processing plant in Hanoi, Vietnam

BULLS N' BEARSCritica cracks rare earth processing code

Critica is edging closer to joining Australia’s rare-earths mining elite after cracking the processing code to extract a high-quality mixed rare earth product from its flagship Jupiter deposit in WA.

Helen Barling

American West Metals director John Prineas, right, meets Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox in Sydney last week.

BULLS N’ BEARSAmerican West to relook at old drill core for US critical metals

American West has mobilised for an indium and gallium resampling program at its West Desert project in Utah. With $40M cash in the tin, the company also plans to expand its 33.67Mt zinc-copper-silver resource.

Doug Bright

A rock sample containing massive stibnite, an antimony sulphide mineral, grabbed from Infinity Mining’s Walhalla South Extended project in eastern Victoria’s Melbourne zone.

BULLS N’ BEARSInfinity hits 51% antimony at Victorian project

Infinity Mining has unearthed high-grade rock chip samples grading up to 51.4 per cent of the critical metal antimony at its Walhalla South Extended project in eastern Victoria.

Craig Nolan

An aerial view of the massive Greenbushes lithium mine in Western Australia’s Southwest region, which shares a boundary with Venus Metals’ Bridgetown lithium project.

BULLS N' BEARSIGO consummates Venus WA lithium JV

Independence Group has earned a 51% stake in Venus Metals’ Bridgetown-Greenbushes lithium play after spending $3m on exploration, unlocking a major JV to chase pegmatites near the world-class Greenbus

James Pearson

A reverse circulation rig infill drilling at Dateline Resources’ North Pipe, part of the company’s Colosseum gold and rare earth project in California.

BULLS N’ BEARSDateline set for big gold/rare earths drilling blitz in US

Dateline Resources is closing in on a bankable feasibility study at its US Colosseum project, while lining up high-impact drilling on gold breccia pipes and rare earths targets near the famed Mountain Pass mine

James Pearson

Great Southern Mining has kicked off its latest drilling program at the company’s Duketon gold project in the Eastern Goldfields of WA.

BULLS N’ BEARSGreat Southern sets sights for maiden gold resource with new WA drilling

Great Southern Mining has its sights set on a maiden gold resource with a new drill campaign at the company’s Golden Boulder prospect, an exciting sub-set of its Duketon gold project in the Eastern Goldfields.

Craig Nolan

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… ASF Group Limited.

Bulls N' BearsASX Runners of the Week: ASF Group, Vectus, Hawk Resources and Thor

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Investment house ASF Group, which sent the market nuts after entering the crypto space, rocketing 4900% before the ASX pulled the plug.

Andrew Todd

Track mounted RC drilling at Kula Gold’s Mt Palmer gold project near Marvel Loch in Western Australia’s Southern Cross region.

BULLS N’ BEARSKula Gold lights up 3km Southern Cross gold trend

Kula Gold has unearthed a potentially 3km-long gold corridor at its Mt Palmer project in WA, hitting 8m at 2.76g/t from 24m including 1m at 16.95g/t gold, as deeper RC and diamond drilling ramps up.

James Pearson

RC drilling at Cgae Cgae in Botswana. Noronex Limited’s chief geologist Tony Chisnall (left) and country manager Gaba Chinyepi.

BULLS N’ BEARSNoronex fires up rigs for Botswana copper push with South32

Noronex has kicked off a 3,000-metre drilling blitz at its Cgae Cgae copper project in Botswana under its expanded alliance with South32, targeting new basement-hosted copper systems beneath the Kalahari sands.

James Pearson

FMR Resources, Southern Hemisphere drilling identified epithermal mineralisation with visible chalcopyrite intersected in the maiden diamond drill hole, where a 1m interval assayed 1.7% copper between 179 and 180m.

BULLS N’ BEARSFMR, Southern Hemisphere hit 1.7% copper in search for big porphyry

JV Partners FMR Resources and Southern Hemisphere have hit some solid smoke on the way down to what they say could be a big copper porphyry lurking at depth in Chile.

Doug Bright

Drilling underway at Ora Banda’s Riverina gold mine in the WA Goldfields.

BULLS N’ BEARSThick high-grade hits expand Ora Banda’s near mine gold finds in WA

Ora Banda Mining has drilled into fresh high-grade gold at its Little Gem and Riverina Deeps discoveries in Western Australia’s Goldfield region, with thick hits like 25.6m at 4.3 grams per tonne gold.

Andrew Todd

Nightshift drilling underway at St George Mining’s Araxá rare earths project in Brazil

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George nails massive 87m hit of high-grade rare earths in Brazil

St George Mining has hit another massive zone of high-grade rare earths and niobium at its Araxá project in Brazil, confirming thick mineralisation extending west of its existing 40 million tonne resource.

James Pearson