Mining

Norwest Minerals (ASX:NWM) has provided an update on the scoping study for its Bulgera gold project, reporting column leach metallurgical results and saying inputs for financial modelling are now available. The company expects to complete the study next month, which would be November 2026. …

Ora Banda Mining (ASX:OBM) has released its September 2026 quarterly report, saying development of the Waihi Underground has begun ahead of schedule and construction of its new 3.0 Mtpa processing plant is under way on schedule and within budget. The company produced 33,305 oz …

Orpheus Uranium (ASX:ORP) has reported that its maiden drilling programme at the Erudina palaeochannel within its Frome project in South Australia began after a rig arrived on 29 July 2026. The September 2026 quarterly activities report also covers two acquisitions that have not yet …

Patagonia Lithium (ASX:PL3) has given a progress update on its Argentine brine projects in which the central development is regulatory: its application to build a 1,000-tonne lithium carbonate demonstration plant in Jujuy Province was gazetted in Provincial Official Gazette No. 121 on 9 October …

QMines Limited (ASX:QML) has completed the sale of its wholly owned drilling subsidiary, QDrilling Pty Ltd, to Gas Field Services Pty Ltd for total consideration of $1.4 million. The company said the buyer takes 100 per cent of QDrilling's issued capital. The price is …

Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has announced a US$1.9 billion investment to develop the Kangwinan bauxite project on the western Cape York Peninsula in Queensland. The company describes it as a brownfield project that will add 20 million tonnes a year of bauxite capacity, lifting Weipa's …

Sunrise Energy Metals (ASX:SRL) reported in its September 2026 quarterly that front-end engineering and design for the Syerston Scandium Project in New South Wales has been completed by GR Engineering Services. The company said the first phase of engineering and procurement has started, and …