Mining

• The company submitted director interest notices on 3 and 6 November after its latest meeting-related filings.

• The company lodged a price-sensitive quarterly activities report and Appendix 5BCash Flow Statementon 30 October.

Connected Minerals began its maiden drilling program at the Bailundo Carbonatite Project in Angola during the September quarter. The program is testing a system being investigated for niobium and other critical minerals.

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) mines and processes iron ore, copper, aluminium materials and lithium across international operations.

Evolution (ASX:EVN) Mining operates gold and copper mines across Australia and Canada, including Cowal, Mungari, Ernest Henry, Northparkes and Red Lake.

Sandfire (ASX:SFR) Resources is a copper producer with major operations at MATSA in Spain and Motheo in Botswana.

Vault (ASX:VAU) Minerals operates Australian gold assets including Leonora, Mount Monger and Deflector, with the Sugar Zone project in Canada also in its portfolio.