Blencowe Resources has identified graphite outcropping at surface across a 25km trend at its Orom-Cross Project in Uganda, with selected samples returning grades above 20% TGC. The findings point towards substantial exploration upside beyond the existing 15-year mine plan and strengthen the project's potential appeal to strategic partners seeking secure, long-term graphite supply.

Fresh gold intercepts, an 850-metre northern extension and a new 7,770-metre exploration programme provide GoldStone Resources with a clearer pathway towards expanding its historic 602,000-ounce gold resource in Ghana.

Rome Resources has identified a 2.6km tin-bearing mineralised trend at its New Brunswick project in Canada, within the same geological system that hosts the major Mount Pleasant tin-tungsten-indium deposit. With encouraging results across three exploration areas, further assays pending and a decision to acquire full control of the project, Rome's Canadian critical minerals opportunity is beginning to gather momentum.

Arrow Exploration has developed into one of AIM’s more interesting small-cap oil growth stories, combining rapidly rising production with strong cash generation, a debt-free balance sheet and an expanding reserve base. With production now exceeding a record 6,500 boe/d and further wells to come, the growth story may have further to run.

United Oil & Gas has completed its drilling-readiness study for Jamaica with positive results, identifying a double-digit pool of suitable rigs, a Jamaica-based logistics solution and the long-lead equipment required for a future exploration campaign. With a practical pathway now established for drilling the billion-barrel Colibri and Thunderball targets, management says its immediate focus is firmly on concluding the Walton-Morant farm-out.

As rare earth M&A accelerates and major players target strategic ionic-clay assets, Harena’s 100%-owned, U.S.-backed Ampasindava project in Madagascar could be increasingly difficult for potential strategic buyers to ignore.