AIM listed Switch Metals is focused on the rare critical mineral known as Tantalum, with Lithium upside.  Tantalum is critical to a number of industries, particularly aerospace and defence.  Switch are operating in Côte d’Ivoire—an underexplored but increasingly attractive mining jurisdiction in West Africa and most importantly—an alternative supplier to that of Rwanda and the DRC where up to 70% of global supply originates from despite significant ESG and traceability risk.

Astrid Intelligence has taken another major step in its decentralised AI strategy with the acquisition and integration of a validator on the Bittensor network, further strengthening its role as an infrastructure operator within the rapidly growing decentralised AI ecosystem.

Following delivery of its maiden resource estimate for its Orom Cross graphite project in Uganda, Blencowe has defined a 16.9Mt resource at its Iyan deposit lifting Blencowe's total current JORC resource to 43.0 Million Tonnes—an uplift of 66% with results at Beehive yet to come.  Blencowe is proving that Orom-Cross is a large and scaleable graphite project as it progresses finance discussions

Astrid Intelligence PLC (AQSE: ASTR) has updated the market on its strategic position within the Bittensor ecosystem, highlighting a significant increase in its exposure to Score (Subnet 44).

Results of recent geological interpretation work conducted at its Mont Agoma prospect within the Bisie North project has identified new, high-priority exploration zones for tin and copper, providing a clear framework for future exploration and drill targeting, whist drilling at Kalayi continues to return high-grade tin intersections

Blencowe has announced new test work results showing that graphite from Orom-Cross can be used to manufacture synthetic industrial diamonds — an application many hadn’t expected. The tests were carried out by specialist partner ("AETC") in the United States, and importantly, the graphite delivered a diamond conversion yield of 53.6% by weight, exceeding the industry benchmark of around 50%.