Equinox Gold has started processing ore at its Valentine gold mine. 

The completion of a 4.5-m-diameter raise-bored ventilation shaft has markedly improved underground conditions, especially in deeper areas critical to the medium-term ramp-up. 

Lucara Diamond Corporation has drawn $10-million from a $63-million limited shareholder standby undertaking to address funding needs. 

Lifezone Metals has closed a bridge loan facility with Taurus Mining Finance Fund No. 2, enabling its wholly owned subsidiary Kabanga Nickel to advance early works and infrastructure development. 

Magnum Mining and Exploration is revisiting its Buena Vista project after a new analysis highlighted its potential for rare-earth elements. 

Electra Battery Metals is developing a modular lithium-ion battery recycling facility as part of its integrated Battery Materials Park strategy.  

The project entails the development of the Onedin and Sandiego deposits. 

The completion of the Driefontein 2 plant is expected in the first quarter of the 2027 financial year. 

Sovereign Metals has announced “exceptional” first-year results from its rehabilitation trials, delivering critical data that will inform the progressive rehabilitation strategy for the ongoing... 

ASX-listed Ausgold has taken a big step towards advancing the project after signing a binding agreement to acquire a substantial freehold land position critical to the development of the project. 

Critical minerals company Global Lithium Resources has secured a 21-year mining lease. 

Potash developer BCI Minerals has advanced its sulphate of potash programme. 

The Asian Development Bank will provide a $410-million financing package to help develop the project. 

Andrada Mining has completed construction of the second processing, or jig, plant on time and within budget. 

Lindian Resources has made a final investment decision to build the first stage of the Kangankunde mine.  

A A$20-million placement with Clean Elements Fund would proceed after the investor completed due diligence on the project. 

A new scoping study has proposed mining and processing potential triuranium octoxide ore from the Lake Maitland deposit as a standalone operation and producing a triuranium peroxide product (yellow... 

Perseus Mining concluded a formal signing ceremony on August 21, following extensive negotiations between the two parties to govern the operation of the mine that is under development. 

The facility is producing destoned coal. 

An updated feasibility study has indicated that Phase 2 is technically feasible and economically viable.  

A definitive feasibility study has provided greater confidence in development and operating plans, reaffirming the project’s large scale, long mine life and compelling financials.  

The project aims to increase throughput from 32 000 t/d to 45 000 t/d of ore. 

Diversified miner Rio Tinto plans to mine the Norman Creek region of Amrun on Queensland's Cape York peninsula. 

A technical report supporting the preliminary economic assessment for the Valley gold deposit on the Rogue project was released in July 2025. 

The Tabba Tabba lithium project is targeting steady-state production from Stage 1 at 295 000 t/y of 5.5% lithium oxide spodumene concentrate. 

Osisko Development closed a $203-million private placement on August 19 to fund its Cariboo project. 

Base metals miner Hudbay Minerals has reached a nonbinding agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals to amend an existing streaming arrangement covering gold and silver output from Copper World. 

Centaurus Metals has announced firm commitments for A$20-million from Australian and international institutional and sophisticated investors in a placement to advance the project. 

Australian mining company Hillgrove Resources has reported a new high-grade copper/gold discovery.