International Graphite Ltd (ASX:IG6, OTC:IGRPF) has signed a Heads of Terms agreement with Wogen Pacific Ltd to support product sales, marketing and graphite concentrate supply for its Collie Micronising Facility in Western Australia.
The agreement is designed to help International Graphite establish sales channels into the Asia-Pacific market while supporting feedstock supply for future production growth at Collie.
The S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Index (ASX) was trading at 3,476.90, down 0.16% or 5.50 points yesterday, although the index remained 3.06% or 109.70 points higher over the past five days.
Several ASX-listed companies have released operational, commercial and investor updates this morning, spanning copper, graphite, carbon dioxide transport technology and base metals production.
RemSense Technologies Ltd (ASX:REM) is raising $1.21 million through a strongly supported placement, with funds to be directed toward further development of its virtualplant digital asset visualisation platform and AI-enabled intelligent image analysis capabilities.
The company will issue 44,875,296 fully paid ordinary shares at $0.027 per share, raising $1,211,633 before costs from new and existing sophisticated investors.
Iron Bear Resources Ltd (ASX:IBR) has received a further US$2 million funding tranche from Vale S.A. to advance the company’s flagship Iron Bear iron ore project in the Labrador Trough of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
The payment represents the fourth tranche of Vale’s Phase 1 contribution under a binding development agreement between the two companies for the joint development of the project.
Golden Dragon Mining (ASX:GDR) has intersected further high-grade gold close to surface in second-phase reverse circulation (RC) drilling at the Behring Bore prospect, strengthening confidence in a larger gold system within the Cue Gold Project in Western Australia’s Murchison Goldfields.
The program returned a standout northeast-trending quartz lode intersection of 4 metres at 5.3 g/t gold from 48 metres in hole 26BB041, within a broader zone of 20 metres at 1.57 g/t gold from 40 metres.
Coppermoly (ASX:COY) has kicked off new geophysical and geochemical exploration programs across key targets at its Fox Creek and Windy Hill projects in the highly prospective Cloncurry district of northwest Queensland.
The work is focused on advancing several copper-gold-molybdenum targets south of Cloncurry, with ground magnetic surveying underway across 4 target areas and geochemical sampling planned at a new copper target within the Windy Hill Project.
Australia’s annual headline inflation rate slowed more than expected in May, but a hotter underlying inflation reading is likely to keep the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cautious on interest rates.
The consumer price index eased to 4% year-on-year in May from 4.2% in April, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Veteran mine builder Matthew Gili will join American Rare Earths Ltd (ASX:ARR, OTCQX:ARRNF)'s board as a non-executive director as the company advances the Halleck Creek Rare Earths Project in Wyoming and prepares for a planned Nasdaq compliance listing in H2 2026.
Gili is currently president and CEO of Ur-Energy Inc, a NYSE American and TSX-listed Wyoming uranium producer, and brings more than 25 years of mine development and operational experience across major global mining groups including Rio Tinto and Barrick.
Lightning Minerals Ltd (ASX:L1M) has appointed Troy Brice as managing director, effective June 24, 2026, as the company moves ahead with a sharper focus on gold and copper assets, led by the Mt Turner Gold Project in northern Queensland.
The appointment follows Brice’s initial three-month period as chief executive officer, during which the board says he led a strategic reset of the business, refocusing Lightning around core gold and copper opportunities and beginning the divestment of non-core assets.
Meta is pushing further into consumer wearables with a new range of AI-powered smart glasses that drop the Ray-Ban branding and lower the entry price for its connected eyewear.
The new Meta-branded glasses start at US$299, around US$80 below the starting price of the Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 line. The move signals a shift in Meta’s smart glasses strategy from premium eyewear collaboration toward a broader, more accessible product range carrying its own name.
Atomic Eagle Ltd (ASX:AEU) has secured key environmental and resettlement approvals for its Muntanga Uranium Project in Zambia.
The company has received approval of the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) from the Zambia Environmental Management Agency (ZEMA) and “No Objection” approval for the Resettlement Action Plan (RAP) from the Office of the Vice President’s Resettlement Division.
Lindian Resources Ltd (ASX:LIN, OTC:LINIF) has established a regional office in Singapore to take direct control of international sales, marketing and logistics for its rare earths products, positioning the company closer to global customers as development of the Kangankunde Rare Earths Project in Malawi advances toward first production.
The Singapore office will manage future sales of Monazite Concentrate and Mixed Rare Earth Carbonate (MREC), following the recent termination of a third-party trading agency agreement with Gerald Metals.