The ASX eked out a 0.28% gain as surging oil fired up energy stocks, while investors braced for the Fed’s first rate hike since 2023.
Javelin soars on a WA gold tie-up with First Au, as White Cliff gains after Hancock Prospecting invests $8.7m for a 13.5% stake in the company.
Javelin shareholders could emerge with almost half of a larger Eastern Goldfields gold player under an all-scrip takeover offer from FirstAU.
With productivity at 60-year lows, Labor backbencher Ed Husic has been tasked with investigating the use of technology to reverse anemic gains across the economy.
It’s poured its first doré bar from its Hualilán gold project in Argentina under an initial toll treatment agreement with Austral Gold.
Every hole assayed returned rare earths, with hits up to 23km apart and more results coming.