Cybersecurity company archTIS Ltd (ASX:AR9, OTCQB:ARHLF) says its NC Protect platform has passed the final internal production testing phase with the US Department of Defense (DoD), marking a major step towards potential deployment in high-assurance military environments.
archTIS announced the DoD completed the final round of Warfighter Command production testing for NC Protect on April 30, with a formal pilot report issued on May 20 confirming the platform met all 60 of 60 test cases assessed.
Shares in Noxopharm Ltd (ASX:NOX) surged on Tuesday after the biotech unveiled new data supporting the cancer-fighting potential of its Sofra platform, adding further momentum to the growing investor focus on next-generation immuno-oncology therapies.
Noxopharm shares closed 43% higher at 8.6 cents, lifting the company’s market value to roughly $18.4 million, after unveiling new preclinical results tied to its Sofra technology platform and a novel approach to activating the immune system against cancer.
Minbos Resources Ltd (ASX:MNB, OTC:MNBRF, FRA:OMB) has signed the final security agreement required under its US$16 million loan facility with the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, clearing the way for the first drawdown request.
The company has submitted a Facility Utilisation Request for 30% of the facility, equivalent to about US$4.8 million, with funds expected to be received in coming weeks subject to final IDC processing.
Australia’s headline inflation rate eased to 4.2% in April, coming in below market expectations as the federal government’s temporary fuel excise cut helped dampen petrol prices, but underlying inflationary pressures remain stubborn and are likely to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) firmly on alert.
New data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday showed annual consumer price inflation slowed from 4.6% in March and below economists’ forecasts of 4.4%.
Element 25 Ltd (ASX:E25, OTCQX:ELMTF, FRA:QFP) has awarded long-term mining services and ore haulage contracts for the Butcherbird Expansion Project in WA’s Pilbara region, marking a key operational milestone as the company advances the manganese project toward construction and expanded production.
Regroup Australia Pty Ltd has been appointed for both contracts, extending its long-term relationship with Element 25 and creating an integrated mining-to-port operating model for the project.
Vista Group International Ltd (ASX:VGL, OTC:VGLIF) has signed a 5-year agreement with Cinemex to transition the exhibitor’s Mexican cinema circuit back to Vista Group.
Cinemex is Mexico’s second-largest exhibitor, operating 289 sites with more than 2,800 screens across over 100 cities. The company also operates 23 sites and more than 300 screens in the United States.
American Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:ARR, OTCQX:ARRNF) has launched its 2026 drilling program at the Halleck Creek rare earths project in Wyoming, marking the start of feasibility-level drilling designed to underpin a definitive feasibility study (DFS) at what the company describes as the largest known rare earth deposit in the United States on a total rare earth oxide (TREO) basis.
The drilling campaign is focused on the Cowboy State Mine area within Halleck Creek and comes as the company continues advancing the project amid growing US efforts to strengthen domestic critical minerals supply chains and reduce reliance on Chinese rare earth imports.
Sovereign Metals Ltd (ASX:SVM, OTCQX:SVMLF, AIM:SVML, FRA:SVM) has confirmed the presence of monazite-hosted heavy rare earths across multiple planned mining pits at its Kasiya Rutile-Graphite Project in Malawi, potentially opening a third revenue stream from material currently destined for tailings.
The company said metallurgical test work recovered monazite concentrates containing dysprosium (Dy), terbium (Tb) and yttrium from four pits within the Kasiya definitive feasibility study (DFS) mine plan, including areas scheduled for first-year production.
International Graphite Ltd (ASX:IG6, FRA:H99, OTC:IGRPF) has signed a binding joint venture and shareholders’ agreement with Alkeemia S.p.A. to develop a major graphite processing hub at Alkeemia’s Porto Marghera chemical production facility near Venice, Italy.
The agreement gives IG6 a fast-track route into European graphite processing, using Alkeemia’s established industrial platform, including permitting, warehousing, laboratories, control rooms, waste management, port and rail access, an operating workforce and graphite purification capacity being built on site.
Expansion into the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is now firmly in Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:RCE, OTC:RECEF)'s sights after it took a step toward commercialising its R327 Topical Gel, signing a non-binding term sheet with a leading publicly listed Middle Eastern pharmaceutical company.
The proposed 10-year exclusive licensing agreement covers commercial sales and distribution of R327G for diabetic foot infections across Saudi Arabia, GCC countries, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco.
Aruma Resources Ltd (ASX:AAJ) has completed the first phase of diamond drilling at its Tillex Copper-Silver Project in the Timmins mining district of Ontario, Canada.
The Phase 1 program included five diamond drill holes for 1,093 metres, with hole depths ranging from 90 metres to 423 metres. It represents the first step in Aruma’s planned drill-out of the Tillex copper deposit.
Novo Resources Corp (TSX:NVO, OTCQX:NSRPF, ASX:NVO, FRA:1NOR) has regained full control of exploration at the Egina Gold Project in Western Australia’s Pilbara region after Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX:NST) withdrew from its earn-in agreement.
Northern Star, which inherited the agreement through its acquisition of De Grey Mining, will not proceed with the additional A$18 million expenditure required to earn a 50% interest in the Egina tenements. As a result, the proposed Egina joint venture will not be formed and exploration activities will revert to Novo.