Seasoned mining executive Brett Lynch will join Resolution Minerals Ltd (ASX:RML, OTCQB:RLMLF, FRA:NC3)'s board as a non-executive director, as the company prepares for its next phase of US growth. Lynch will join ahead of the company’s planned NASDAQ listing.
The appointment sharpens Resolution’s focus on the US market, where it is advancing its flagship Horse Heaven antimony-tungsten-gold project in Idaho and positioning itself as a potential supplier of critical minerals into the American market. The company said Lynch had already been helping shape that strategy in his role as senior strategic adviser since July 2025.
374Water Inc (NASDAQ:SCWO, FRA:8LL) said it is accelerating a multi-pronged growth strategy centered on scaling its waste destruction services, deploying modular treatment systems and deepening partnerships across municipal, federal and industrial markets, as the cleantech firm positions its technology to address rising demand for permanent elimination of hazardous waste.
The company is expanding its Waste Destruction Services (WDS) facility in Orlando, Florida, while advancing plans to build additional AirSCWO systems, a proprietary platform designed to destroy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other organic pollutants rather than simply capturing or concentrating them.
1911 Gold Corp (TSX-V:AUMB, OTCQB:AUMBF, FRA:2KY) announced that it has re-established access to Level 26 at its True North mine in Manitoba, marking a step forward in preparations for a planned production restart in 2027.
The company reported that its ongoing dewatering program has lowered water levels to roughly four metres below Level 26, enabling crews to begin rehabilitation work in the area. Dewatering to the bottom of the shaft, including the loading pocket, is expected to be completed by the end of May.
Trillion Energy International Inc. (CSE:TCF, OTCQB:TRLEF, FRA:Z620) said on Thursday an independent evaluation estimated contingent and prospective oil resources for its Block M47 concession in southeast Türkiye, highlighting development potential ahead of planned drilling.
The assessment estimated 2C contingent resources of 27.6 million barrels of oil (MMbbl) at the North discovery, netting 24,186 thousand stock tank barrels (MSTB) to Trillion’s 29% working interest.
Tiziana Life Sciences Ltd (NASDAQ:TLSA) said on Thursday that preclinical research on its experimental intranasal therapy showed potential to reduce brain inflammation and improve cognitive function linked to Long COVID, according to a study published on bioRxiv.
The study evaluated foralumab, a fully human anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody administered through the nose, in a mouse model designed to mimic neurological symptoms of Long COVID without direct viral infection of the brain.
Sona Nanotech Inc (CSE:SONA, OTCQB:SNANF) has announced the appointment of two oncologists, Michael Smylie and Jonathan Trites, to its scientific advisory board to support its ongoing clinical and research initiatives.
Dr Smylie is a medical oncologist at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton and a clinical professor at the University of Alberta.
Gunnison Copper Corp (TSX:GCU, OTCQB:GCUMF, FRA:3XS0) said on Thursday it has joined the Defense Industrial Base Consortium (DIBC), a US government-backed initiative aimed at strengthening domestic supply chains for critical minerals and defense-related technologies.
The consortium, overseen by the US Department of Defense, is focused on accelerating industrial capacity and reducing reliance on foreign sources for materials considered vital to national security, including copper.
HIVE Digital Technologies Ltd (TSX-V:HIVE, NASDAQ:HIVE, FRA:YO0, BVC:HIVECO) announced that it plans to raise approximately $75 million through a private offering of exchangeable senior notes due in 2031.
The notes will carry no regular interest and will be exchangeable under certain conditions into cash, the company’s common shares, or a combination of both.
Millennial Potash Corp (TSX-V:MLP, OTCQB:MLPNF, FRA:XOD) said it has increased its stake in the Banio Potash Project in Gabon after completing a milestone payment to project vendors, lifting its ownership in Equatorial Potash to 80%.
The payment was triggered by the filing of an updated mineral resource estimate technical report in December 2025, the company said.
88 Energy Ltd (AIM:88E, ASX:88E, OTCQB:EEENF, FRA:POQ), in its obligatory periodic quarterly report under ASX rules, retold and sharpened its Alaska story around a focal point of Q1 2027 drilling target, flagging a 507 million barrel gross unrisked prospective resource across South Prudhoe while lifting pro forma cash to about A$10 million after a A$5 million placing.
The company noted that recently interpreted Schrader Bluff 3D seismic data has helped define five independent reservoir intervals across South Prudhoe.
Union Jack Oil PLC (AIM:UJO, OTCQB:UJOGF, FRA:1UJ0) has flagged a fresh delay to the Crossroads well in southern Oklahoma, after operator Reach Oil and Gas Company Inc. told the company the spud date had slipped because of rig maintenance requirements.
The AIM-listed group said the operator remains confident the well will be spudded before the end of April.
There are corporate pivots, and then there’s whatever Allbirds Inc (NASDAQ:BIRD) just pulled off on Wednesday.
In the space of a week, the New Zealand-founded, US-based sustainable footwear brand went from announcing a new sneaker collection in collaboration with Pantone to effectively exiting the retail business altogether, unveiling plans on Wednesday to become an AI infrastructure player — and rebrand as NewBird AI — after agreeing to sell its core assets and brand to American Exchange Group.
Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX:SVM, OTCQX:SVMLF, AIM:SVML, FRA:SVM) has laid out the full scale of its Kasiya rutile-graphite project in Malawi, with a definitive feasibility study (DFS) pointing to a long-life, low-cost operation that could reshape supply across two critical minerals markets.
The DFS delivers a pre-tax net present value (NPV₈) of US$2.2 billion and steady-state annual EBITDA of US$476 million, alongside a 25-year mine life and robust projected cash flows.