E25 has received final approval for the expansion of its Butcherbird mine. 

Uranium developer Lotus Resources has announced the signing of a binding contract with a major North American power utility for the sale of 600 000 lb of uranium. 

Canadian mining company Robex Resources has successfully closed its syndicated facility agreement, securing a senior secured debt facility of $130-million to finance the construction of the project. 

Rare earths developer Pensana Rare Earths has received approvals for full financing totalling about $268-million for the project.  

Manganese developer Firebird Metals has been granted mining lease 52/1086 for its Oakover manganese project. 

Uranium miner NexGen Energy has marked a key milestone in the project’s regulatory process. 

Pennys Find is fully permitted, with all statutory approvals in place. 

A prefeasibility study has suggested the underground mining of the Čoka Rakita deposit using a relatively standard comminution, gravity and flotation flowsheet. 

Exploration and development company New World Resources has secured a A$14-million institutional placement to accelerate the development of the project. 

Liberty Gold has reached key permitting milestones for its project. 

Canadian lithium brine developer E3 Lithium has secured conditional approval for a nonrepayable investment from the government of Canada’s Critical Minerals Infrastructure Fund. 

Australia-based mineral investment, exploration and evaluation company Cyclone Metals is preparing for a large drilling campaign. 

Diversified metals explorer and developer Orion Minerals has highlighted significant progress on the project. 

Emerging miner ioneer has announced a 45% increase in the project's mineral resource estimate.  

North American lithium company Lithium Americas has received funds to finance the development of the first phase of Thacker Pass. 

Approvals and other preparations are progressing well towards an all-parties signing of the project financing agreement and the launch of major works. 

Gold exploration and development company Geopacific Resources is set to undertake extensive drilling and deliver a definitive feasibility study by year-end. 

Highland Copper Company has received approval for its updated air permit application. 

Gossan Valley is expected to enhance overall ore production and scheduling flexibility by providing an additional independent, and relatively shallow, production front at Golden Grove mine. 

Gold producer Ramelius Resources aims to create a new mining hub in an underexplored mining region, which it plans to take advantage of with its proven hub-and-spoke model.  

Pure gold mine developer Revival Gold is targeting potential openpit heap-leach production of up to 100 000 oz/y of gold over a nine- to ten-year mine life. 

ASX-listed exploration company Centaurus Metals has identified significant opportunities for improvement to the feasibility study estimates. 

Developer of mineral resource projects in Malawi Sovereign Metals has reported “outstanding” results from purification testing of coarse flake graphite concentrate at the project. 

Work on the feasibility study update is progressing well. 

Further testwork completed has confirmed that the medium to coarse Kasiya graphite concentrate has met or exceeded the key specifications required for use as expandable and expanded graphite. 

The Phase 2 expansion is on track. 

ASX-listed exploration and development company Canyon Resources remains on schedule to complete a definitive feasibility study during the third quarter of the year. 

The project will add 2.7-million ounces in mineral reserves at a recovered grade of about 9 g/t. 

The project is progressing as planned.