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Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK) and Mandalay Resources Corporation (TSX:MND) have agreed to a merger, creating a significant player in gold and antimony production. The combined entity boasts a pro-forma cash balance of $188 million (as of March 31, 2025), positioning it for both organic and inorganic growth. Under the terms, Mandalay shareholders will receive 7.875 Alkane […]

Hamelin Gold (ASX:HMG) has been awarded a co-funding grant of up to $330,907 from the Western Australian Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme (EIS) to advance its West Tanami Project. The funding will be divided between reverse circulation and diamond drilling at the Jazz gold prospect ($180,000) and airborne electromagnetic geophysics work ($150,907) across the broader project

Critica (ASX:CRI) has announced the receipt of a $1.05 million refund from the Australian Tax Office (ATO) under the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Incentive Program. The refund, pertaining to the year ending June 30, 2024, will significantly bolster the company’s cash reserves, enabling continued progress on its Brothers Clay Hosted Rare Earth Project. According

Tambourah Metals (ASX: TMB) is making strides in expanding its Tambourah gold project, located in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Recent reverse circulation drilling, targeting the Tambourah King lode system, has successfully extended the known high-grade gold mineralization. All 11 holes of the 879-metre program intersected the targeted structure, showing consistently elevated gold levels associated with

Tempest Minerals (ASX:TEM) has announced a capital raising initiative targeting $1.869 million. The capital will be deployed to advance development across its Western Australian gold exploration portfolio and the Remorse iron target. The placement involves issuing 100 million shares at $0.004 per share, accompanied by 25 million free-attaching options exercisable at $0.01 and expiring on

Undocumented in America: how many and who are they?   By most estimates, roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants live in the United States today. The number has rebounded slightly in recent years after declining from a 2007 peak of about 12 million. Notably, one recent analysis by demographers at the Migration Policy Institute suggests the

CZR Resources Ltd (ASX:CZR) has unanimously recommended that its shareholders approve a binding offer from the Robe River Joint Venture (RRJV) to acquire CZR’s interest in the Robe Mesa Iron Ore Project tenements for A$75 million in cash. The RRJV comprises North Mining Limited (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rio Tinto Limited), Robe River Mining Co

The European Central Bank (ECB) has cut interest rates by 25 basis points, lowering its benchmark deposit rate to 2.25%, amid what it described as “exceptional uncertainty” stemming from escalating global trade tensions—chiefly those triggered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.   It marks the ECB’s seventh rate cut since mid-2023 and comes as

U.S. President Donald Trump has intensified his public campaign against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, demanding lower interest rates and declaring Powell’s “termination cannot come fast enough” in a Truth Social post on Thursday. The post marks Trump’s most explicit call to date for Powell’s removal and raises fresh questions over the future independence of