Aurum Resources has hit its best-ever gold intercept at the Boundiali project in West Africa, with a stunning 28.8m section grading 22.92g/t gold as it pushes towards a DFS.

Broken Hill Gold has poured an extra 174 gold ounces from its White Dam heap leach project in South Australia, with proceeds to fund the restart of mining at its Vertigo pit.

Australia’s top petrol and diesel supplier has raised its bet on the shift to EVs with a deal to triple the size of its fast-charging network.

The two pledges come as foot traffic to branches and cash usage by Australians continues to fall.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has hired Southern Star Research for a phase two trial of its StemSmart Crohn’s disease therapy in Australia and the US.

Sometimes a water cooler conversation about a weekend event, or a premature celebration of a seemingly certain victory, can go sideways.

Augustus Minerals has defined two open-ended, higher-grade gold shoots at its Music Well project in WA’s gold-rich Leonora district, with assays from recent drilling pending.

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Flagship Minerals has outlined a monster 40Mt high-grade tungsten exploration target at Khao Soon in southern Thailand, adding serious scale to its global portfolio.

Lindian Resources has switched on grid power at its Malawian rare earths project, hitting a key milestone ahead of schedule and under budget.

The US president’s latest attempt to create a global tariff regime is being tested by the same panel of judges that deemed his previous attempts illegal. He may have to start again.

The Australian sharemarket has endured a savage session as it contended with the downside of a US economy that keeps powering through its many challenges.

Business lobby groups warn that some Australians will encounter card payment surcharges at the checkout despite a ban on the practice coming into effect.

The South African giant vying to buy Australia’s largest gold miner is “open to further dialogue” after its initial $38 billion takeover bid was shot down.

Lower-than-feared inflation figures tempered concerns among investors of further imminent interest rate hikes.

After acquiring Hawaiian Airlines in 2024, Alaska Airlines reassigned Hawaiian’s wide-body 787s to carry passengers from Seattle to Europe and Asia.

While the country’s five biggest home lenders have passed on the rate rise to borrowers in full, only two also committed to increasing the amount they pay savers.

Larvotto has extended mineralisation at its Hillgrove mine in NSW, hitting 32m at 5.68g/t gold equivalent in a new lode while also defining 11.13 per cent tungsten.

The Dirty Bird is not only jumping on global taste trends like pickles but is revamping its core chicken serves.

Broken Hill Gold has doubled its tenure by securing two historic goldfields near its White Dam project in SA that produced 48,400 gold ounces grading up to 23g/t.

Vodafone says Australians are keeping phones for longer. Handset prices of up to $5000 may have something to do with it.

Aureka is drilling its newly acquired and cash-producing Vic gold mine, chasing bonanza grades while building an integrated gold business around a strategic processing mill.

Lindian Resources says its Malawian rare earths project is unaffected by local export rules, with first production from its Kangankunde project on track for Q4 2026.

PLC Resources has wrapped up drilling at its WA Rochefort gold prospect, hitting a geological sweet spot of sheared, sulphide-bearing dolerites, with assays pending.

Forrestania Resources has bolstered its WA gold inventory, tabling a new 285,700-ounce resource for its Ladies project and lifting high-confidence ounces by 43 per cent.

Anthropic’s IPO prospectus reveals it lost $US42 billion last year and is dangerously reliant on two big customers and its own rivals as it plans the biggest sharemarket float in history.

Cheaper models and soaring fuel prices have supercharged Australia’s electric vehicle sales and triggered a decisive tipping point for the industry.

The US president shot down the idea of new regulations for AI, but signed an accord with top tech executives setting a “morally binding” set of voluntary safety commitments.

In the prospectus for its $US2 trillion sharemarket float, the company uses 80 pages to outline its AI models’ dangers, including unpredictable behaviours such as attempts to “resist shutdown” and “conceal or manipulate information.”

I’m far from the only one delaying treatment. Like my wisdom tooth, though, the cost of keeping dental care unaffordable will probably only grow.