The S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index (ASX: XSO) closed at 3,550.70 yesterday, gaining 2.54% or 87.80 points.
The index has also moved 4.90% higher over the past 5 days, adding 165.70 points, as investors continue to track progress across the small-cap resources, energy metals and technology materials sectors. You can read about the following and more throughout the day.
Regener8 Resources NL (ASX:R8R) has completed its maiden Phase 1 soil sampling program at the Srebrenica North Project in Bosnia and Herzegovina, marking the company’s first fieldwork milestone since completing the acquisition of Orichalcum d.o.o.
The program covered the Zanik and Chaush prospects within the Dolovi tenement, which borders Mineco’s operating Sase lead-zinc-silver mine.
Dreadnought Resources Ltd (ASX:DRE, OTC:DRDNF, FRA:N2Z) has identified three gold-bearing trends, each extending more than two kilometres, from first-pass air core drilling at its 100%-owned Illaara Gold Project in Western Australia’s Yilgarn region.
The results come from the first 92 holes of a planned 500-hole, 35,000-metre air core program targeting about 24 kilometres of strike along the Illaara structural zone.
EDU Holdings Ltd (ASX:EDU, OTC:EDUHF) has reported a 32% increase in total student enrolments for T2’26, with growth driven by its higher education business, Ikon Institute, and continued expansion in postgraduate programs.
The tertiary education group recorded 7,036 total student enrolments for the period, up from 5,321 in the previous corresponding period. New student enrolments rose 12% to 963, compared with 859 a year earlier.
Environmental Clean Technologies Ltd (ASX:ECT, OTC:ECTHF) has completed construction of its pilot Rapid Electrothermal Mineralisation system, marking a key step toward commercial in-situ PFAS remediation.
The upgraded pilot system delivers 22 kilowatts of power output, about 18 times that of ECT’s laboratory prototype, and is designed to enable faster and more energy-efficient destruction of PFAS in contaminated soil and granular activated carbon.
Horizon Gold Ltd (ASX:HRN, OTC:HZGLF, FRA:HO0) has continued to outline its growth strategy for the Gum Creek Gold Project in Western Australia as the company advances a final feasibility study aimed at supporting a standalone gold operation.
Speaking with Proactive at the Gold Coast Investment Showcase, managing director Scott Williamson said the company had made significant progress in recent months following a $30 million capital raising that is helping fund an extensive exploration and development program.
Carnavale Resources Ltd (ASX:CAV, FRA:YBB) spoke with Proactive last week about an upgraded mineral resource estimate for its Kookynie Gold Project in Western Australia, increasing confidence in the shallow, high-grade portions of the deposit as the company advances towards a bankable feasibility study.
Managing director Humphrey Hale told Proactive that the updated estimate was specifically designed to increase the proportion of measured resources within the proposed open-pit development area.
Elixir Energy Ltd (ASX:EXR, OTC:ELXPF) has completed a key diagnostic test at its Lorelle-3H appraisal well in Queensland’s Taroom Trough, with results supporting the company’s plan to move into stimulation operations later this week.
The company highlighted the Diagnostic Fracture Injection Test (DFIT) at the toe end of Lorelle-3H indicated preliminary reservoir pressure of about 6,350 pounds per square inch (psi), in line with expectations and consistent with regional data.
Ora Banda Mining Ltd (ASX:OBM, OTC:ESGFF, FRA:M6N) has awarded GR Engineering Services Ltd (ASX:GNG) a $233 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 3.0 million tons per annum process plant as part of the Davyhurst Expansion Project in Western Australia.
The contract formalises GR Engineering’s role after the company was named preferred contractor for the project on May 18, 2026.
Janus Electric Holdings Ltd (ASX:JNS) has strengthened its leadership and advisory ranks with a series of appointments aimed at supporting the commercial rollout of its heavy vehicle electrification platform across Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada.
The company has appointed transport and infrastructure specialist Zorana Bull as senior adviser to the board, North American technology and transportation executive Mark Ramirez to drive market development in the region, and enterprise transformation leader Brooke Ditzler as chief operating officer.
Krakatoa Resources Ltd (ASX:KTA) is preparing to restart drilling at its Zopkhito antimony-gold project in Georgia within weeks, after securing a two-year extension to the exploration period under the project’s active mineral extraction licence.
The extension, granted through a decree signed by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in early June, gives the company additional time to progress exploration and development work across the 1,779-hectare project in the Racha region.
Yandal Resources Ltd (ASX:YRL) has identified broad, shallow gold mineralisation outside the current footprint of its 268,000-ounce Flushing Meadows Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) at the Ironstone Well-Barwidgee Gold Project in Western Australia.
Results from eight reverse circulation (RC) pre-collars drilled ahead of a deeper diamond drilling campaign returned several significant gold intercepts, including a standout result of 20 metres at 1.7 g/t gold from 55 metres, including 9 metres at 2.7 g/t gold, in hole 26IWBRC0098DA. The intercept lies outside the current Flushing Meadows resource and remains open to the south and at depth.
Dalaroo Metals Ltd (ASX:DAL) has expanded the strike extent of its Gold Ridge prospect in Côte d'Ivoire to about seven kilometres and identified three large-scale priority drill target clusters.
Recent geochemical work defined a continuous gold-in-soil anomaly extending over 7km, up from the 4.3km corridor announced earlier this month.