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This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Cassius Mining.

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ASX Runners of the Week: Cassius, Cauldron, Janus & Omega Oil & Gas

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Cassius Mining, which more than doubled on an explosive $1.32B damages claim against the Ghanaian government in a David vs Goliath international mining dispute.

Andrew Todd

Underground mining at RIO2 Limited's newly acquired Condestable copper mine in Peru.

BULLS N' BEARSRio2 cuts debt and builds muscle for South American copper-gold push

Rio2 Ltd has chopped US$20M off its Peruvian Condestable copper project debt and is rolling out a heavyweight management team as it gears up for growth across Peru and Chile.

James Pearson

Beetaloo Energy’s Carpentaria-5H horizontal gas well in the Northern Territory.

BULLS N’ BEARSBeetaloo bags $15.4M R&D refund as NT gas project nears lift-off

Beetaloo Energy has banked a $15.4 million R&D tax refund, strengthening its balance sheet as it prepares to deliver first gas from its Carpenteria Pilot project in the Northern Territory.

Murray Ward

St George Mining executive chairman John Prineas (centre right) at the Brazil-US Critical Minerals Forum in March with (L–R): Thiago Amaral, Gabriel Escobar and Daniel Guimarães Medrado de Castro.

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George eyes cleaner, cheaper niobium with US tech

St George will trial Boston Metal’s proprietary electrified molten oxide electrolysis tech to produce ferroniobium from Araxá, targeting simpler, cheaper processing with lower emissions and rare earths upside.

Doug Bright

Drill rig in action at BMG Resources, Abercromby gold project near Wiluna in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSBMG chases high-grade extensions to 518,000-ounce WA gold project

BMG Resources has launched a diamond drilling campaign at its Abercromby gold project in Western Australia, targeting high-grade extensions to its existing 518,000-ounce gold mineral resource estimate.

Murray Ward

Auric Mining’s 180,000 tonne per annum Burbanks gold plant prior to refurbishment, 10 kilometres south of Coolgardie in Western Australia

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric locks in mill boss to fast-track WA Burbanks build

In its march towards becoming a self-sufficient gold producer, Auric Mining has appointed industry veteran Scott Bailey to lead the construction and development of its Burbanks processing plant near Coolgardie.

Murray Ward

Visual copper sulphides in diamond core from Southern Hemisphere Mining and FMR’s Target L, part of their Llahuin copper-gold project in Chile.

BULLS N’ BEARSSouthern Hemisphere, FMR piece together Chilean copper porphyry puzzle

Joint venture partners Southern Hemisphere and FMR have hit broad zones of mineralised porphyry in the fourth hole at their Llahuin project in Chile, with visual copper adding another piece to the puzzle.

Andrew Todd

Lindian Resources recently acquired the SARECO mixed rare earth concentrate plant in Kazakhstan.

BULLS N’ BEARSLindian lands $100M to fully fund Malawian rare earths production

Lindian Resources has landed a fresh $100 million from a placement to fully fund its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi and its Kazakhstan processing facility through to production.

Andrew Todd

Equipment laydown area and other works at Dateline Resources’ Colosseum gold project in California.

BULLS N’ BEARSDateline banks $50M as institutions back Californian gold

Dateline Resources has completed a $50M institutional placement, lifting its cash position to $96M and clearing the runway for Colosseum to transition from development into gold production in California.

Rowena Duckworth

Dynamic Metals’ diamond drill rig at Cognac West gold prospect, WA.

BULLS N’ BEARSDynamic completes deep-dive diamond drilling at WA gold project

Dynamic Metals has wrapped up its four-hole diamond drilling at its WA Cognac West prospect, targeting gold and copper zones beneath earlier hits. Assays are eagerly awaited to guide the next exploration push.

Penny Taylor

St George Mining has linked up with a leading European rare earths processing firm to conduct testing on rare earths material from the company’s blockbuster Araxá project, in Brazil.

BULLS N’ BEARSSt George links up with global firm for Brazilian rare earths processing

St George Mining has linked up with a leading European rare earths processing firm to conduct testing on rare earths material from the company’s blockbuster Araxá project, in Brazil.

Craig Nolan

Hastings Technology Metals’ Kabin Buri hydrometallurgy processing facility in Thailand, February 2026.

BULLS N' BEARSHastings snaps up bargain rare earths hydromet plant

Hastings Technology Metals has pulled a rabbit out of the hat after putting its foot on a brand-new, bargain-priced rare earths hydromet plant in Thailand that has not yet fired a shot.

Doug Bright and Matt Birney

It’s raining gold profits at Auric Mining after the company reported its most successful year on record.

BULLS N’ BEARSAuric rings till with $5.2m profit after WA gold run

Auric Mining has posted a $5.2M profit for FY2025, with revenue up 144 per cent to $20.6M as its Munda gold operation and Jeffreys Find JV drove a rapid shift into cash-generating production.

Bill McConnell

Black visual uraninite surrounded by greenish-yellow mineralisation at surface at Infini Resources’ Reitenbach Lake project in Canada Infini Resources Reitenbach Lake project. Athabasca, Canada.

BULLS N’ BEARSInfini readies rigs with prime uranium targets in Athabasca

Infini Resources has nailed down multiple high-priority drill targets across its Reynolds and Reitenbach Lake uranium projects in Canada, clearing the path for a fully funded maiden drilling campaign in Q2.

Penny Taylor

Great Southern Mining has started a maiden deep diamond drilling campaign at its 100 per cent owned Golden Boulder gold discovery in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSGreat Southern drills deep into 3.5km-long WA gold prize

Great Southern Mining has begun spinning the drill bit on a high-stakes deep diamond program at its Golden Boulder discovery, testing the deep-seated “engine room” of a massive 3.5-kilometre gold system in WA.

Murray Ward

MetalsGrove has conducted local community meetings related to its exploration and development of its Central West gold project in Côté d’Ivoire, where geochemical soil sampling of its Zuénoula prospect recently returned anomalous soil gold results.

BULLS N’ BEARSMetalsGrove hails 583ppb gold West African soil sample result

MetalsGrove has hailed a 583 parts per billion soil sample gold result at its West African Zuénoula project, upgrading its Fifty-Five prospect ahead of tighter sampling and target definition work.

Doug Bright

Beetaloo Energy Well Stimulation Equipment on location for Carpentaria Pilot Project 30 day test in Beetaloo Basin, Northern Territory.

BULLS N’ BEARSBeetaloo in sweet spot as majors swoop on NT shale gas play

Beetaloo Energy’s 100 per cent-owned acreage has drawn attention after INPEX farmed into the NT Beetaloo Basin and other players repositioned, highlighting strong corporate interest ahead of 2026 first gas.

Penny Taylor

This week’s Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Killi Resources.

BULLS N’ BEARSASX Runners of the Week: Killi, Amplia, NuEnergy and 4DMedical

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is… Killi Resources, after a boardroom makeover, lured in ex-Fortescue boss Nev Power for a bold tilt at its Mt Rawdon West, QLD gold-copper play.

Andrew Todd

American West’s diamond drilling is now underway at its West Desert polymetallic project in Utah, USA.

BULLS N’ BEARSAmerican West launches hunt for US indium and gallium

American West has kicked off a 5000m diamond drilling program at its West Desert project in Utah, USA, chasing multiple high-priority indium and gallium targets beyond the company’s existing resource footprint.

Doug Bright

Western Mines Group will partner with Magnium Australia to produce magnesium metal from its waste rock in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSWestern Mines unlocks magnesium kicker at monster WA nickel play

Western Mines Group has stitched up a savvy deal that could turn 348 million tonnes of waste rock at its Mulga Tank nickel project into revenue by supplying a stream of high-magnesium ore as offtake in WA.

Andrew Todd

PacGold Limited’s St George antimony-gold project in Far North Queensland.

BULLS N’ BEARSPacgold maps monster 30km gold-antimony strike in Queensland

Pacgold has extended its big antimony-gold footprint in Far North Queensland to more than 30km in length, with rock chips from a new prospect returning high-grade results up to 18.5 grams per tonne gold.

Andrew Todd

Corazon Mining drill rig on site for maiden diamond drilling program at the company’s Two Pools gold project in WA’s Gascoyne.

BULLS N’ BEARSDrill bit spins as Corazon fires up Gascoyne gold hunt

Corazon Mining has fired up the diamond drill rig at its Two Pools project in Western Australia, hunting high-grade gold extensions in a maiden program to unlock the site’s true structural potential.

Murray Ward

Early mining activities at New Murchison Gold’s Crown Prince deposit, adjacent to Premier1’s Abbotts North gold project in Western Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSPremier1 zeroes in on gravity-driven WA gold drill targets

Premier1 has firmed up drill targets at its WA Abbotts North gold project after a gravity survey confirmed gold sitting in a key structural intersection, with maiden drilling planned for the coming months.

Andrew Todd

Marmota is gearing up for a new drilling program at its Junction Dam uranium project in South Australia.

BULLS N’ BEARSMarmota set to reboot SA uranium hunt with drilling blitz

Marmota has locked in a fourth and final drilling plan for its Jason’s uranium target in South Australia, focusing on an untested palaeovalley extension next to Boss Energy’s 13 million-pound uranium resource.

Doug Bright