A global FOMO boom (fear of missing out) drove almost everything higher this week as investors scrambled for assets ahead of the keenly-awaited and perhaps overdue fall in interest rates.

By Tim Treadgold.

Shares in Spartan Resources rose on Monday after the company released “exceptional” drilling intercepts from the Never Never gold deposit (reports The West Australian).

It's only had the keys for a few months, but things continue to fall into place for Firefly Metals at the new Green Bay copper gold development with maiden drilling continuing to validate and...

There's been a lot of chatter about a building shortfall of silver for high technology applications in recent times, and scenting the winds of change, Mitre Mining's made its recent A$4.5 million acquisition of...

A proposed three-way merger between Australian explorer 92 Energy (ASX: 92E) and Canadian companies Atha Energy and Latitude Uranium has moved a step closer to realisation with confirmation that Atha has received final approval to list...

The nickel turmoil of last year may blow over more quickly than previously expected, according to Macquarie’s 44-year veteran nickel watcher Jim Lennon, as unexpectedly high Chinese demand and potentially slower Indonesian growth rebalance...

Boss Energy (ASX: BOE) has started commissioning the first ion-exchange (IX) circuit within the processing plant at its re-developed Honeymoon uranium project in South Australia (reports Small Caps).

As the nickel market maelstrom engulfs project after project, Perth-based mining CEO Todd Ross is betting his company, ASX-listed Nordic Nickel, can withstand the tempest (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Australia's largest domestic gold miner, Northern Star Resources, will continue to bankroll US-focused minnow PolarX by agreeing to underwrite the latter's latest entitlement offer (reports MiningNews).

The move has potential implications for everything from the big Cascabel deposit through to the fortunes of Sunstone, which has two projects near Gina’s new undertaking. Plus, $14m Great Western about to drill three...