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E79 Gold Mines (ASX: E79) will expand its Jungar Flats gold and base metals project a further 25km south towards the Big Bell gold mine, which is the largest mine in the Murchison region of Western Australia (reports Small Caps).

Leonora junior Kin Mining has acquired a stake in takeover target Dacian Gold.

Latest assays from El Palmar in northern Ecuador have further expanded the area of known mineralisation with compelling new targets also defined for drill testing in October (reports Stockhead).

Labyrinth Resources’ move into Canada last year has produced its first milestone, a 500,000-ounce JORC-compliant inferred resource as well as the promise of more to come (reports MiningNews).

Results of the first diamond holes at Godley provide a wealth of information, taking the Mons Project in Western Australia forward and vectoring towards higher grade nickel sulphides (reports Stockhead).

The Rio Tinto executive charged with developing its lithium assets says critical minerals are becoming diamond-like in terms of the focus on provenance (reports The Australian Financial Review).

Gateway Mining is a little closer to its goal of defining one million ounces of gold, with a maiden resource for its recent Julias discovery putting it just above the halfway mark (reports MiningNews).

A commodities expert says its unclear what China can do to put the brakes on lithium prices with EV sales continuing to grow, after Pilbara Minerals set yet another record price for lithium raw materials (reports Stockhead).

Analysts tip Sandfire to be a big winner, especially if BHP takes over OZ, leaving Sandfire as the biggest ASX copper producer. Plus, there’s leverage galore in $22m Labyrinth with maiden JORC Resource imminent at its Canadian gold project.

Yawning gaps in asset-value estimates have emerged as a key measure of the uncertainty gripping global markets as central banks tighten the interest-rate screws.