Janus Electric Holdings Ltd (ASX:JNS) has received $1,414,430.26 from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) in relation to its FY25 tax refund, including $3,527.26 in accrued interest.
The payment has been received in full and will support JNS’s near-term liquidity position.
Far East Gold Ltd (ASX:FEG) has secured a key environmental approval for advanced exploration at its flagship Idenburg Gold Project in Indonesia, clearing a major regulatory hurdle and opening the way for expanded drilling across its priority development corridor.
The approval, granted by decree from Indonesia’s Minister of Environment and Forestry on March 11, 2026, covers the UKL-UPL, or Environmental Management and Environmental Monitoring approval, for gold and associated mineral exploration activities within the project’s Contract of Work area.
AIM-quoted Alaska oil explorer 88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ) is a potentially mispriced infrastructure play, that's according to analysts at stockbroker Cavendish, who have slapped a 'Buy' rating and 22.5p target price on the small-cap stock.
It's a speculative call that implies more than 11-fold upside from 88 Energy's current 1.8p share price.
West Cobar Metals Ltd (ASX:WC1) is looking to expand the footprint of its Cobar West copper project in New South Wales after lodging two new exploration licence applications in the highly prospective Cobar district.
The company has applied for ELA7009, known as the Lilyvale Project, and ELA7010, the Nullagoola Project, together covering about 573km2 of underexplored ground between the Bulla Park copper-antimony-silver deposit and the operating CSA and Peak mines.
Another wave of technology sector job cuts may be on the horizon — and this time the spotlight is on Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB).
Reports over the weekend suggest the social media giant is preparing a sweeping round of layoffs as it ramps up spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure and talent. The potential cuts — affecting as much as 20% of the workforce, according to Reuters, which first reported the story on Saturday — would mark one of the largest restructuring moves in the company’s history and underline how aggressively big tech firms are reshaping their cost bases to fund the next phase of the AI arms race.
Tungsten Mining NL (ASX:TGN, OTCQB:TGNMF) is preparing a major reverse circulation drilling campaign at its Mt Mulgine project in Western Australia, with 140 holes planned for about 40,000 metres at the Mulgine Trench deposit as the company looks to grow and upgrade its tungsten-molybdenum resource base. The comoany is aiming to define one of the largest tungsten resources globally at a time of record-high tungsten prices.
Tungsten is currently sitting at US$316.79/kg.
Centaurus Metals Ltd (ASX:CTM, OTCQX:CTTZF, FRA:G1R) has signed a binding offtake agreement with global commodities group Glencore for nickel concentrate from its 100%-owned Jaguar Nickel Project in Brazil.
Under the agreement, Centaurus will supply 20,000 dry metric tonnes per annum of high-grade nickel concentrate to Glencore, representing about one-third of Jaguar’s forecast annual production capacity of 65,000 tonnes of concentrate.
American Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:ARR, OTCQX:ARRNF) has been selected to supply ore from its Halleck Creek project in Wyoming to a US Department of Energy (DOE) research initiative aimed at strengthening domestic critical minerals supply chains.
The company provided around five tonnes of allanite ore from the Cowboy State Mine test pit at Halleck Creek in December 2025 for the Minerals to Materials Supply Chain Research Facility (METALLIC) consortium, which is led by the National Energy Technology Laboratory.
A fresh squeeze in global helium markets is sending prices sharply higher and exposing just how fragile the supply chain for the critical industrial gas has become — and why a new generation of dedicated helium producers is starting to attract attention.
Disruptions linked to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz — which has restricted exports from Qatar, one of the world’s largest helium suppliers — have jolted markets and pushed prices from an average of around US$500 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) to above $1,000/MCF in some cases.
Elixir Energy Ltd (ASX:EXR, OTC:ELXPF) has reported strong drilling results from its Lorelle-3H appraisal well in Queensland’s Taroom Trough, recording more than 1,000 metres of net gas-condensate pay in what the company says is the longest lateral drilled in the basin to date.
The ASX-listed gas explorer said the well intersected 1,033 metres of high-quality net gas pay within the Tinowon ‘Dunk’ Sandstone, confirming strong reservoir characteristics and reinforcing the prospectivity of its acreage position in the Bowen Basin.
Percheron Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:PER, OTC:PERCF) has launched a 2-for-5 non-renounceable entitlement offer to raise up to about $2.2 million before costs, with proceeds earmarked to advance its lead oncology asset HMBD-002, alongside working capital and offer costs.
The offer is priced at $0.005 per new share, representing about a 20% discount to the company’s 5-day volume weighted average price before announcement of the raising. For every two new shares subscribed for, eligible investors will also receive one free attaching option, exercisable at $0.01 and expiring two years from issue.