Lumos Diagnostics Holdings Ltd (ASX:LDX, OTC:LDXHF) is moving into a pivotal phase, with its flagship FebriDx test gaining the regulatory clearance needed to unlock a vastly expanded US market — and potentially reshape how frontline clinicians diagnose respiratory infections.
The company’s latest investor presentation and recent MST Access research highlight a clear inflection point: the granting of a CLIA waiver alongside existing FDA 510(k) clearance. Together, these approvals dramatically broaden where FebriDx can be used, shifting it from a niche diagnostic tool into a scalable, point-of-care solution across primary and urgent care settings.
Noble Helium Ltd (ASX:NHE) has secured firm commitments to raise $12.0 million through a two-tranche institutional placement, providing funding for its upcoming North Rukwa exploration drilling program in Tanzania. The capital raising was priced at $0.029 per share and attracted strong support from new and existing Australian and international institutional investors.
The placement provides the company with funding certainty as it advances exploration activities, with proceeds earmarked primarily for drilling at North Rukwa alongside associated technical, appraisal and early-stage commercial work.
KGL Resources Ltd (ASX:KGL, OTC:KGLLF) has secured a US$300 million precious metals streaming agreement with Wheaton Precious Metals that will help fund construction and development of the Jervois Copper Project in the Northern Territory. The package includes US$275 million in upfront consideration and a further US$25 million contingent cost overrun facility, with the initial US$32 million early deposit available once customary conditions are met.
The funding is structured around silver and gold by-product streams, leaving KGL’s copper production unencumbered and giving the company full exposure to the copper market. KGL said the deal recognises the value of Jervois’ precious metals credits while avoiding traditional fixed repayment obligations and project financing-style covenants, which should reduce risk during commissioning and ramp-up.
Synlait Milk Ltd (ASX:SM1) has completed the NZ$307 million sale of its North Island assets to Abbott, marking a key step in the company’s balance sheet repair and wider recovery plan. The major divestment cuts debt and shrinks bank facilities as the company pushes ahead with refinancing and recovery plans.
The transaction covers the Pōkeno manufacturing facility, related inventory and Synlait’s leasehold Auckland sites. Synlait said gross proceeds received overnight were about NZ$283.1 million, with a further US$14 million held back under the sale agreement to be released progressively after completion, provided no post-completion claims arise.
Reports that SpaceX (Unlisted (US):SPACEX) has confidentially filed for an initial public offering are already reshaping expectations for global equity markets — not just because of the company involved, but because of the sheer scale being discussed.
Multiple outlets, citing sources familiar with the matter, suggest the company founded by Elon Musk could be targeting a valuation north of US$1.7 trillion, alongside a potential capital raise of around US$75 billion. If realised, that would make it the largest IPO in history by a wide margin, eclipsing the roughly US$29 billion raised by Saudi Aramco in 2019.
Tamboran Resources Corporation (NYSE:TBN, ASX:TBN, OTC:TBNRL, FRA:O8R) has delivered its strongest flow test result to date from the Beetaloo Basin, with the Shenandoah South 6H (SS-6H) well achieving a record initial production rate and reinforcing the project’s commercial potential ahead of first gas sales.
The company reported an average 20-day initial production (IP20) flow rate of 10.3 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) from the Mid Velkerri B Shale, with performance improving to 11.9 MMcf/d when normalised over a 10,000-foot horizontal section.
St Barbara Ltd (ASX:SBM) has completed a strategic transaction with China’s Lingbao Gold Group, marking a major milestone for the company which has secured A$389 million in cash and a final investment decision (FID) to proceed with development of the New Simberi Gold Project in Papua New Guinea.
The cash consideration comprises the previously agreed A$370 million, along with a A$19 million adjustment for working capital and cash holdings. Following receipt, St Barbara’s cash balance has increased to A$504 million, excluding A$26 million retained as the starting cash position of the jointly owned project subsidiary.
Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) shares rose as much as 3% to $22.77 after the large-cap gold miner announced a $500 million on-market share buy-back.
The buy-back is scheduled to begin on or about April 23 and will be completed within 12 months.
Resources Minister Madeleine is working to ensure a forecast gas shortage in Australia’s eastern states over winter “does not become a reality”, after the government took a step towards possible export controls.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) last week projected a potential shortfall of up to 12 petajoules of gas in the September quarter, enough to supply 76,000 homes. In response, King issued a notice of intent to gas producers, giving the government scope to intervene if additional domestic supply is not made available.
ASX Ltd (ASX:ASX) chair David Clarke said ASIC’s final report is “tough reading” and marks a “turning point” for the market operator.
The regulator found ASX’s culture had become “defensive and insular” and that it had not spent enough time looking outward.
Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX:SVM, OTCQX:SVMLF, AIM:SVML, FRA:SVM) says rehabilitation trials at its flagship Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi are delivering strong agricultural and community outcomes, as the company advances critical workstreams underpinning its definitive feasibility study (DFS).
The company reported that its second year of pilot mining, backfilling and rehabilitation trials is nearing completion ahead of the upcoming harvest season, with results continuing to support the integration of mine closure and rehabilitation planning into the broader project development strategy.
Antibiotic resistance is tightening its grip on global healthcare, but the pipeline of truly new treatments remains thin.
That imbalance — rising need, limited innovation — has become a defining theme in infectious disease biotech. And it’s one that Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:RCE, OTC:RECEF) Ltd is aiming to tackle with a new class of synthetic anti-infectives now advancing through late-stage trials.
Antipa Minerals Ltd (ASX:AZY) has delivered a substantial upgrade to the Mineral Resource Estimate at its 100%-owned Minyari project in Western Australia, growing the resource to 3.6 million ounces gold equivalent and boosting confidence in the core development inventory.
The updated estimate contains 2.9 million ounces of gold, 91,000 tonnes of copper and 880,000 ounces of silver, with the increase strengthening the case for Minyari as a large-scale standalone gold-copper development in the Paterson Province.
Shares in Greatland Resources Ltd (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF, FRA:G8G, ASX:GGP), the gold and copper miner, are up a further 13% to 665.2 in London trading on Wednesday as investors continued to digest landmark resource update at its Telfer operation in Western Australia.
The gains have been amplified by a broader re-rating of precious metals stocks, with gold rising 1.8% as conciliatory rhetoric from Iran eases tensions in the Middle East.
Manhattan Gold Corp Ltd (ASX:MHC, OTC:MHTZF, FRA:32U) has expanded its Hook Lake Project footprint by securing six new mineral claims covering an additional 81km² within the Kaminak Greenstone Belt, located about 30 kilometres west of its existing project area.
The move materially increases the company’s exposure to a highly prospective and underexplored gold belt, with the new ground hosting what has been described as the largest gold-in-till anomaly in the region. Importantly, this anomaly remains untested by drilling, highlighting the potential for new discoveries.
European Lithium Ltd (ASX:EUR, OTCQB:EULIF) extended its on-market share buy-back program, with the current buy-back closing on March 31, 2026 and a new six-month program set to run from April 15 to October 15, 2026.
The extension will operate within the Corporations Act’s 10/12 limit, allowing the company to repurchase up to 10% of its issued capital without shareholder approval. Shares acquired under the program will be cancelled, reducing total shares on issue. The company noted that the scale and timing of purchases will depend on prevailing market conditions, with Evolution Capital continuing as broker.
Bioxyne Ltd (ASX:BXN, FRA:PR8) has signed a manufacturing agreement with Aurora Cannabis Inc (TSX:ACB, NASDAQ:ACB), giving the Australian company a supply deal with one of the world’s largest medical cannabis producers and broadening its reach across regulated international markets.
The agreement, signed through Bioxyne’s wholly owned subsidiary Breathe Life Sciences (BLS), initially covers the manufacture of GMP-certified medicinal cannabis oils for the Australian market, with first deliveries already completed.
Lotus Resources Ltd (ASX:LOT, FRA:7D0) has secured acceptance from Orano Chimie-Enrichissement for uranium ore concentrate from its Kayelekera mine in Malawi at Orano’s conversion facility in Malvesi, France, marking a key step toward first sales from the restarted operation.
The approval follows months of work with Orano to optimise and qualify the Kayelekera product through an iterative process. Orano has agreed to accept the material, with independent laboratory testing results to be provided by Lotus as a condition for initial shipments.
Lumos Diagnostics Holdings Ltd (ASX:LDX, OTC:LDXHF) has received its largest purchase order to date for the FebriDx® rapid respiratory infection test, with US exclusive distributor PHASE Scientific lodging an order valued at US$1.3 million.
The order marks an early commercial outcome from the expanded US opportunity now available to FebriDx.
Lindian Resources Ltd (ASX:LIN, OTC:LINIF) has secured firm commitments to raise A$100 million through an institutional placement, strengthening its balance sheet and accelerating development across its flagship Kangankunde rare earths project and downstream processing strategy.
The placement, priced at A$0.75 per share, was strongly supported by domestic and offshore institutional investors and was oversubscribed, signalling continued investor appetite for near-term rare earths producers.
St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) is looking to reshape how niobium is produced at its flagship Araxá project in Brazil, signing a strategic alliance with US-based Boston Metal to trial a potentially game-changing processing technology.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) will see the companies collaborate on testing Boston Metal’s molten oxide electrolysis (MOE) technology on niobium from Araxá, with the aim of improving production efficiency, lowering costs and reducing environmental impact.
American Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:ARR, OTCQX:ARRNF) is fast-tracking development at its flagship Halleck Creek project in Wyoming, advancing plans for a pilot plant program aimed at producing pre-production rare earth concentrate as it moves closer to potential commercialisation.
The company has engaged veteran metallurgical engineer Jaye T. Pickarts to lead the pilot plant process, bringing more than four decades of experience across mine development, mineral processing and rare earth demonstration facilities. His appointment is expected to support the integration and optimisation of the pilot circuit as ARR looks to de-risk the next stage of development.
Imugene Ltd (ASX:IMU, OTC:IUGNF, FRA:ILA) will present data from its lead cancer therapy candidate azer-cel in an oral presentation at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago, marking a high-profile milestone for the company.
The clinical-stage immuno-oncology company said the azer-cel data had been selected for oral presentation at the conference, to be held from May 29 to June 2, 2026. ASCO is regarded as one of the world’s leading oncology meetings, with more than 8,500 abstracts reviewed this year by the Scientific Program Committee.
Aruma Resources Ltd (ASX:AAJ) has sharpened its exploration focus at the Tillex Copper-Silver Project in Ontario, with a new electromagnetic (EM) survey confirming strong conductive targets that extend both the depth and strike potential of the high-grade system.
The fixed loop time domain electromagnetic (FLTDEM) survey has identified two significant conductors, reinforcing Tillex as a growing copper-silver opportunity and providing clear targets for an imminent maiden drilling program.
Askari Metals Ltd (ASX:AS2, FRA:7ZG) has delivered strong new evidence of high-grade polymetallic mineralisation at its Uis Project in Namibia, with Phase 1 trenching at the OP pegmatite target confirming continuous tin, lithium and tantalum mineralisation across a large-scale system.
The results mark a step forward in the company’s push to define a maiden resource at Uis, with systematic trenching providing a dense dataset to guide drilling planned for the second half of 2026.
The S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index (ASX: XSO) closed at 3,325.00, up 31.90 points (0.97%) for the session and 31.60 points (0.96%) over the past 5 days. At the same time, the companies that make up the index continue to report updates across corporate activity, exploration and project development. You can read about the following and more throughout the day.
European Lithium Ltd (ASX:EUR, OTCQB:EULIF) has closed its current on-market share buy-back as of March 31, 2026, and is proposing a new buy-back program.
Ariana Resources PLC (AIM:AAU, ASX:AA2, FRA:4A6), the AIM and ASX-listed mineral exploration and production company with gold interests in Africa and Europe, has appointed Simon Acomb as chief financial officer with immediate effect.
Acomb is a chartered accountant and qualified governance professional with more than 11 years of experience across accounting, external audit and corporate governance.
Ariana Resources PLC (AIM:AAU, ASX:AA2, FRA:4A6), the gold exploration and development company, outlined plans for the development of its Dokwe Gold Project in Zimbabwe as a record-breaking gold price bolsters the case for its expanding portfolio of African and European assets.
The company said the advancement of Dokwe toward production remains its central priority for 2026, describing the project as a "transformational opportunity" with favourable economics, a large-scale resource base and potential for further expansion through exploration.
A structural squeeze in global uranium supply is colliding with a fresh wave of demand from nuclear restarts, electrification and the energy needs of AI infrastructure — creating what some analysts describe as the strongest market backdrop in a generation.
Against that backdrop, Atomic Eagle Ltd (ASX:AEU, FRA:6QZ0) is advancing a uranium development story centred on scale, jurisdiction and timing, with its flagship Muntanga project in Zambia emerging as a potential near-term contributor to a tightening supply chain.
Astron Corporation Ltd (ASX:ATR, OTC:ATRNF) has completed a Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS) for Phase 1 of its Donald Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project in Victoria, confirming strong project economics ahead of a targeted final investment decision (FID) in Q2 2026.
The BFS reflects technical and commercial progress made through 2025 and early 2026, positioning the project as a long-life supplier of critical minerals.
US consumer group AARP has recognised Conneqt Health Ltd (ASX:CQT)'s CONNEQT Pulse arterial health monitor as one of the “Best Blood Pressure Monitors of 2026”, with the device also singled out for offering the “Most Comprehensive Data” among products reviewed.
The company said the recognition adds weight to Pulse’s clinical positioning in the US market as it continues commercial rollout efforts.
Bayan Mining and Minerals Ltd (ASX:BMM, OTC:BMMKF, FRA:7JL) has secured membership of the US Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), opening a pathway to engage directly with US defence programs and funding linked to critical minerals.
The membership enables participation in US Department of War-backed initiatives, including grants, cooperative agreements and technology development programs aligned with rare earths supply chains.
The company behind one of Australia's most recognisable mattress brands has officially joined the ASX, with the Koala Company beginning conditional trading today under the ticker KOA after completing a $68 million initial public offering that values the business at approximately $305 million.
Shares opened above the offer price and climbed as high as $3.75 during the early session — a roughly 10% premium to the $3.40 IPO price — signalling solid early confidence from the market in a retail sector that has otherwise delivered mixed results for investors over the past year.
Strategic investment in robotics could add as much as A$201 billion to Australia’s economy by 2040 — lifting incomes, creating jobs and reshaping productivity — but only if the country can convert its research strength into broader real-world adoption.
That’s the central takeaway from a new study by ACIL Allen, commissioned by Amazon Australia, which argues Australia is at a turning point: either scale its robotics capability across industry, or risk falling further behind global peers.
AIC Mines Ltd (ASX:A1M, OTC:IAUFF, FRA:HLS) has reported higher Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves across its Eloise copper operation and Jericho project in north Queensland, with the updated March 31 statement highlighting strong growth in the group’s Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE).
The standout figure is the combined Eloise Project Mineral Resource, which rose 10% to 31.2 million tonnes at 2.0% copper and 0.4g/t gold, containing 631,800 tonnes of copper and 445,000 ounces of gold. The company said this represented a 12% lift in contained copper and a 9% increase in contained gold, giving the Eloise processing plant access to its largest resource base in 30 years.
St George Mining Ltd (ASX:SGQ, FRA:S0G, OTC:SGQMF) has moved to strengthen the downstream pathway for its flagship Araxá project in Brazil, signing a strategic engineering alliance with Spanish group Técnicas Reunidas SA to test advanced rare earths processing technology and assess access to European markets.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) will see Técnicas Reunidas undertake metallurgical test work on samples from St George’s high-grade Araxá niobium-rare earths project in Minas Gerais, with a focus on refining processing routes and evaluating the suitability of its proprietary RARETECH® technology.
Kairos Minerals Ltd (ASX:KAI, OTCQB:KAIFF, FRA:YAJ) is set to rebrand as Pilbara Gold Ltd after shareholders approved a company name change at an extraordinary general meeting held on March 30, alongside a 1-for-15 consolidation of issued securities.
The company said the new name reflects its focus on the 100%-owned Mt York Gold Project in WA’s Pilbara, where it holds a 1.4-million-ounce gold resource and sees further growth potential along the project’s Main Trend and surrounding targets.
Resource Minerals International Ltd (ASX:RMI) has sharpened its exploration focus in Saudi Arabia, identifying four priority gold target zones at its Shaib Marqan Project following the completion of a high-resolution ground magnetic survey.
The survey marks a step forward in the company’s push to systematically unlock its Arabian Shield portfolio, with results highlighting strong structural controls on mineralisation and clear links to previously reported high-grade surface samples.
New preclinical data for Percheron Therapeutics Ltd (ASX:PER, OTC:PERCF) investigational cancer therapy HMBD-002 has been accepted for presentation at the 2026 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting in Chicago from May 29 to June 2.
The abstract was submitted by a research team at Brisbane-based QIMR Berghofer and reflects ongoing collaboration between the parties to investigate the role of VISTA across several cancer types and identify potential biomarkers for future clinical trials.
Critical Resources Ltd (ASX:CRR, FRA:9S70) has reported exceptional historical tungsten grades of up to 42.6% WO₃ at its Croesus Project in New Zealand, as the company begins field exploration across its recently secured permits in the Otago and Reefton regions.
The headline result comes from historical sampling at the Croesus Project, where scheelite-rich quartz rubble returned grades of up to 42.6% WO₃, equivalent to 337,642ppm tungsten. Additional float samples graded 26.6% and 19.9% WO₃, reinforcing the presence of a potentially significant high-grade system.
Tamboran Resources Corporation (NYSE:TBN, ASX:TBN, OTC:TBNRL, FRA:O8R) has agreed to farm down a portion of its Beetaloo Basin acreage to Daly Waters Energy (DWE), in a deal that values the assets at a premium and introduces up to US$28.5 million in funding support.
The agreement, struck with DWE’s owner Formentera Partners, covers around 10,000 acres across the Shenandoah North and South Pilot Areas and the Beetaloo Central Development Area (BCDA), and is designed to advance development of the basin while reducing Tamboran’s capital burden.
ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Repsol and Shell have just competed at the most successful lease sale ever held in Alaska's National Petroleum Reserve.
The timing could hardly be better for 88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ), the AIM-listed explorer advancing plans to drill one of the North Slope's most promising untested prospects.
Greatland Resources Ltd (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF, FRA:G8G, ASX:GGP) has outlined a substantial new critical minerals asset within its Paterson Province portfolio, delivering a maiden mineral resource estimate for the O’Callaghans tungsten-copper-zinc-lead deposit in Western Australia.
The resource totals 70 million tonnes (Mt) at 0.35% tungsten trioxide (WO₃), alongside 0.30% copper, 0.57% zinc and 0.28% lead, positioning O’Callaghans as one of the largest high-grade tungsten deposits globally.
Shares in Greatland Resources Ltd (AIM:GGP, OTC:GRLGF, FRA:G8G, ASX:GGP) rose 7% to 545.45p after the AIM-listed gold and copper miner reported a 150% expansion in the mineral resource at its flagship Telfer operation in Western Australia, taking the total to 8 million ounces of gold.
The updated December 2025 estimate adds 4.8 million ounces at a discovery cost of approximately $5 per ounce, with the higher-confidence measured and indicated category growing 163% to 3.8 million ounces, providing a stronger foundation for mine planning and conversion into mineable reserves.
Rio Tinto Ltd (LSE:RIO, ASX:RIO, OTC:RTNTF) shares rose 3.6% in early trading after the mining giant said its iron ore port operations in Western Australia had largely resumed following tropical cyclone Narelle.
The FTSE 100 company said three of its four Pilbara port terminals, including East Intercourse Island, had restarted ship loading on 28 March, with repairs underway at the fourth, Cape Lambert A, expected to be completed within days.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ), the AIM and ASX-listed oil and gas explorer, has commenced permitting and planning for the Augusta-1 exploration well on Alaska's North Slope, targeting prospective resources of 64 million barrels of oil equivalent on a best-estimate, gross unrisked basis.
The well is designed to test the stacked Ivishak and Kuparuk reservoirs within the North-West Lease Area of the company's South Prudhoe project, a 52,269-acre position situated immediately south of the prolific Prudhoe Bay and Kuparuk River producing units, in which 88 Energy holds a 100% working interest.
The geopolitical shock from the Middle East conflict is rippling well beyond oil markets — and into hospital radiology departments.
The escalation of conflict involving Iran and mounting pressure on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz have tightened global supply chains for a range of industrial gases. Among them is helium — a niche commodity essential to parts of the healthcare system, central to the cooling systems that keep MRI machines operational.
Minerals 260 Ltd (ASX:MI6) has reported more strong drilling results from its 100%-owned Bullabulling Gold Project in Western Australia, with new assays continuing to support resource confidence and growth ahead of a maiden ore reserve and updated mineral resource estimate due in mid-2026.
The latest batch covers 22 holes for 5,425 metres and includes a number of standout intercepts from the Bacchus and Phoenix deposits, both of which sit within the project’s December 2025 resource base of 130 million tonnes at 1.0 grams per ton (g/t) gold for 4.5 million ounces.
Buxton Resources Limited (ASX:BUX, FRA:3B4) will sell its remaining 49% interest in the Copper Wolf joint venture in Arizona to IGO for about A$6.15 million in cash, in a move the company says will strengthen its balance sheet and give it greater flexibility across its US copper portfolio.
Under the binding asset sale agreement, IGO will take full ownership and operational control of the former JV area once the deal completes, while Buxton will exit the project with cash of about A$6.15 million, made up of A$5.91 million plus US$168,000. The existing farm-in and joint venture agreement will also be terminated.
Valiant Gold Limited (ASX:VAL) has completed its initial public offering, raising $75 million before costs and listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on March 27, 2026, and is now trading.
The IPO attracted strong support from both institutional and retail investors, providing the company with funding to advance development and exploration activities across its Comet and Reedy gold projects in Western Australia’s Murchison region.