South Australian emerging uranium producer Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) says its latest engineering study has confirmed there will be strong financial returns when it re-opens the Honeymoon uranium mine in South Australia (reports Small Caps).

The final assays from CZR Resources' sampling of Robe Mesa in Western Australia's Pilbara region have revealed additional iron ore outside the current resource that appears to be suitable for a direct shipping ore operation, highlighting the potential to grow mine life and production rates beyond 3Mtpa (reports MiningNews).

Nimy Resources (ASX: NIM) has identified nickel-bearing gossan during preparations for a diamond drill hole at the Mons nickel project in Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

Adelaide-based sustainable power company and developer PhosEnergy has won a $2.4mn grant under the Federal Government’s Cooperative Research Projects program to build cutting edge power generation units without a fuel source for space and remote defence applications (reports Stockhead).

In what may well be a sign of things to come, RareX has discovered additional high-grade primary mineralised zones ahead of a major new drilling push at Cummins Range (reports Stockhead).

Kingston Resources (ASX: KSN) has confirmed that a ramp-up of production from a tailings operation at the Mineral Hill gold mine in New South Wales is expected to deliver positive cash flow this month (reports Small Caps).

A wave of upgrades is about to hit the mining and energy sector, as analysts rush to keep up with soaring commodity prices sparked by the conflict in Ukraine, prompting them to increase their commodity price assumptions (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Perth-based junior Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has commenced a major exploration program at its wholly-owned Gidgee gold project in the Murchison region of Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

Iron ore prices are facing fresh pressure as China’s COVID-19 outbreak intensifies, but strategists say the lockdowns will only have a short-term effect on the price of the bulk commodity ahead of an expected rebound in steel demand as soon as next month (reports The Australian Financial Review).

High-grade assay results from infill reverse circulation drilling at the Mount Flora project near Leonora in Western Australia have defined zones of primary gold mineralisation for Kin Mining (reports Small Caps).

Stavely Minerals’ latest regional step-out from its resource-ready Thursday’s Gossan discovery in Western Victoria has borne unexpected fruit (reports MiningNews).

Boss Energy managing director Duncan Craib says it’s time to put nuclear power back on the agenda in Australia as his company moves forward with plans to kick-start the Honeymoon uranium mine (reports The Australian).

The first diamond hole sunk by Nimy Resources (ASX: NIM) at Godley, part of its large Mons nickel project, has intersected a 275m ultramafic zone containing nickel and copper sulphides (reports Small Caps).

New World’s cobalt spin-off Koba Resources has launched its initial public offering which seeks to raise $8m to fund exploration and development (reports Stockhead).

There are some that believe the implications from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be “as transformative” as what occurred after the two world wars last century (reports MiningNews).

Stavely Minerals (ASX: SVY) has unearthed what it describes as “outstanding” and “extreme high grade” drill intersections at the Cayley Lode within its Stavely copper-gold project in western Victoria (reports Small Caps).

Trigg Mining boss Keren Paterson believes the growing importance of environment, social and governance considerations is helping to create more opportunities for women in business (reports The West Australian).

Junior explorer Kin Mining (ASX: KIN) has commenced a phase five drilling program at the Pegasus gold target in Western Australia, as part of a multi-pronged exploration effort to growing resources at the 1.28 million ounce Cardinia project (reports Small Caps).

Regulators to review small modular reactor design as Britain bids to end reliance on fossil fuels Rolls-Royce’s hopes of building mini nuclear power stations have taken a significant step forward after Kwasi Kwarteng, the Business Secretary, asked government regulators to assess its designs (reports London’s Daily Telegraph).

Citi has upgraded its price forecasts across the commodity complex, with the investment bank noting the world will have changed whenever the Russia-Ukraine conflict reaches a point of stabilisation (reports The West Australian).