Solis Minerals Ltd (ASX:SLM, TSX-V:SLMN, OTCQB:SLMFF) has completed the first three diamond drill holes at its 100%-owned Mandacaru Lithium Project in Brazil and has begun a fourth, while preparations are complete for a 2,500-metre drilling program at the Cinto Copper Project in Peru.
The first three Mandacaru holes were drilled to planned depths of around 200 metres, with drilling now underway at PDH-08.
Nine Mile Metals Ltd. (CSE:NINE, OTCQB:VMSXF, FRA:KQ9) announced it had intersected a high-grade volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) lens at its Wedge Mine in the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick.
The hole cut a thick massive sulphide lens carrying copper, lead, zinc, silver and gold, with visible chalcopyrite and bornite observed in the core.
Meren Energy Inc (TSX:MER, STO:MER, OTCQX:MRNFF) announced that it has raised its 2026 financial guidance after reporting $219.5 million in first-half EBITDAX and $139.4 million in cash flow from operations before working capital.
The company increased its full-year EBITDAX guidance midpoint to $410 million from $315 million, while raising its cash flow from operations midpoint to $247.5 million from $220 million.
Snail Inc (NASDAQ:SNAL) received a reiterated Outperform rating from Noble Financial following the company's second-quarter results, with the firm pointing to an accelerating content cadence and a broader diversification push as catalysts for the back half of 2026.
Noble analysts said the softer quarter comes ahead of a more active stretch for Snail's flagship ARK franchise. Shortly after quarter-end, the company released Tides of Fortune, Genesis Part 1 Ascended, and Dragontopia, kicking off what the firm described as a stronger content cadence through the remainder of 2026.
EnWave Corp (TSX-V:ENW, OTC:NWVCF, FRA:E4U) announced that it has signed a research and development license agreement with the University of Limerick in Ireland and sold the university a small-scale Radiant Energy Vacuum (REV) machine to support research, product development and academic studies.
Under the agreement, the University of Limerick will establish REV capabilities that will allow researchers and industry participants to access the technology for product development, process optimization and applied research, EnWave said.
American Resources Corp (NASDAQ:AREC) announced that the chief technology officer of its minority-held ReElement Technologies, Dr. Yi Ding, has been named a recipient of the 2026 Purdue Engineering 38 by 38 Award.
Ding, a graduate of Purdue University's Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, is among 38 young engineering alumni recognized for professional achievement, technical leadership and industry impact.
80 Mile PLC (AIM:80M, OTCQB:BLLYF) shares tumbled 20% on Wednesday after it told investors that drilling at the Jameson Land Basin project in East Greenland will be delayed, with regulators currently guiding towards winter 2027 rather than the previously targeted 2026/27 winter season.
The company said the slippage reflects the time required to complete permitting and regulatory approvals and does not represent a change in its plans for Jameson. Its White Flame Energy subsidiary holds the project’s three exploration licences, covering around 8,429 square kilometres.
Anteris Technologies Pty Ltd (ASX:AVR, NASDAQ:AVR) made progress on its pivotal PARADIGM Trial during the June quarter, enrolling and treating its first US patients after securing Medicare reimbursement eligibility for qualifying procedures.
The company also expanded recruitment across international sites, with patients now being recruited in the US, Denmark and the Netherlands, while regulatory clearance was secured in Canada and France.