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Black Bear Minerals to Commence Trading on US OTCQX Market as Shafter Silver Project Drilling Gets Underway
Black Bear Minerals (ASX: BKB) will commence trading on the US OTCQX Market tonight, marking a major milestone in the company's US expansion as it commences its maiden drilling program at the high-grade Shafter silver project in Texas.

Viking Mines to Acquire High-Grade USA Tungsten Projects after Successful Placement
Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has entered into a binding terms sheet to acquire 100% of six tungsten projects in Nevada, with American Tungsten making a $750,000 strategic investment and providing in-country technical services.

Greenvale Energy Achieves Key Milestones at Alpha Torbanite Project
Greenvale Energy (ASX: GRV) has successfully completed the first two milestones of Test Program 7 at its Alpha Torbanite project in Queensland, with bulk sample production now underway.

Southern Cross Electrical Engineering Awarded Data Centre and Rail Contracts Totalling $90 Million
Southern Cross Electrical Engineering (ASX: SXE) has secured awards totalling $90 million across the data centre and rail sectors through various group subsidiaries.

Biome Australia Launches First Human Clinical Trial on Proprietary BMB18 Strain
Biome Australia (ASX: BIO) has submitted ethics approval and registered its first human clinical trial on proprietary probiotic strain Lactobacillus plantarum BMB18 with the Australia New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry.

Dart Mining Records Highest Gold Results to Date at Banshee Antimony Mine
Dart Mining (ASX: DTM) has reported assays from its Coonambula antimony-gold project near Eidsvold in central Queensland, with results including the highest single gold assay so far at the Banshee antimony mine.

GreenX Metals Acquires 90% Interest in Tannenberg Copper Project
GreenX Metals (ASX: GRX) has completed its 90% acquisition of Group 11 Exploration, holder of the exploration licences for the Tannenberg copper project in Germany.

Tesoro Gold Maiden Drilling Confirms Significant Gold System at El Zorro’s La Brea Target
Tesoro Gold (ASX: TSO) has reported assay results from a maiden diamond drilling program at the La Brea target within its El Zorro gold project in Chile, with all five holes intersecting favourable geology and wide alteration zones containing anomalous gold.

Lion Rock Minerals Delivers Further High-Grade Rutile Results from Minta Project
Lion Rock Minerals (ASX: LRM) has announced additional high-grade rutile results from its Minta rutile and monazite project in Cameroon, with in-situ rutile grades reaching up to 1.8% and several results exceeding 1% from residual targets across the project area.

Hazer Group to Collaborate on Whyalla Clean Steel Bid with M Resources Partnership
Hazer Group (ASX: HZR) has entered a binding memorandum of understanding with M Resources to supply low-cost clean hydrogen and graphite technology for the proposed acquisition of the Whyalla steelworks in South Australia.

Metallium Secures Strategic Role in US Red-Mud Program to Produce Gallium and Scandium
Metallium (ASX: MTM) has executed a binding Letter of Intent with ElementUSA to deploy its Flash Joule Heating technology in a new program targeting gallium and scandium recovery from red-mud waste in Louisiana.

Algorae Pharmaceuticals Identifies 90 New Drug-Combination Candidates from AlgoraeOS V2 Analysis
Algorae Pharmaceuticals (ASX: 1AI) has identified 90 high-quality drug-combination candidates following a preliminary review of newly delivered in silico synergy predictions generated by its upgraded AlgoraeOS v2 platform.

Brightstar Resources Lifts Mineral Resource at Menzies Project by 22%
Brightstar Resources (ASX: BTR) has increased the MRE at its Menzies gold project following infill and extensional drilling undertaken during 2025, delivering a 22% increase in total contained gold to 0.7 million ounces at 1.5 grams per tonne.

Fenix Resources Outlines Three-Year Production Plan to Consolidate Weld Ridge Project
Fenix Resources (ASX: FEX) has released a three-year production plan that establishes a pathway to reach up to 6Mtpa by FY28, consolidating mining at the Weld Range project as the Iron Ridge and Shine operations approach the end of their current mine lives.

Intelligent Monitoring Group Makes Major New Zealand Acquisition To Accelerate Commercial Growth
Intelligent Monitoring Group (ASX: IMB) has agreed to acquire Tyco New Zealand and Red Wolf Security in a deal that materially expands its fire protection and high-level security footprint across New Zealand.

Marmota Confirms Spectacular Bonanza-Grade Assays Across Nearly 1km at Greenewood
Marmota (ASX: MEU) has reported final assays from its maiden Greenewood drilling program that confirm multiple bonanza grades close to surface and outline a high-grade mineralised system extending for almost 900 metres along strike.

Strickland Metals Outlines Maiden Gold Resource at Gradina as Rogozna Growth Continues
Strickland Metals (ASX: STK) has delivered a maiden Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.2 million ounces of gold for the Gradina deposit at its Rogozna project in Serbia.

Leeuwin Metals Outlines Maiden MRE at Marda Project in WA Ahead of January Drilling Program
Leeuwin Metals (ASX: LM1) has reported a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for its Marda gold project in Western Australia just nine months after the company acquired the project, following drilling, geophysics, and geochemistry programs.

EcoGraf Advances Epanko Financing as Independent Engineers’ Report Nears Completion
EcoGraf (ASX: EGR) has completed all key technical documents required for the Independent Engineers’ Report, a major step toward securing debt financing from KfW IPEX-Bank for the development of the company's Epanko Graphite Project in Tanzania.

Alchemy Resources Extends High-Grade Direct Shipping Ore Envelope at Valley Bore
Alchemy Resources (ASX: ALY) has reported extensive high-grade iron ore across multiple broad intervals at its 100%-owned Valley Bore project in Western Australia’s Mid West region.