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Condor Energy (ASX:CND) enters a binding agreement to accelerate growth and diversify its Australian asset base.

West African Resources (ASX:WAF) reported a total group gold production of 107,728 ounces for the March quarter.

Tehran officially closes the Strait of Hormuz following the violations of the April 8 ceasefire.

Design powerhouse Canva announced the acquisition of two Australian AI start-ups, Simtheory and Ortto.

The Queensland Government has called on the Commonwealth to fast-track environmental approvals for the Taroom Trough.

Electro Optic Systems (ASX:EOS) has been ordered to pay $4 million penalty for 2022 disclosure breaches.

Inpex workers at the Ichthys LNG Project move toward strikes as global gas supplies tighten.

Outdoor advertising giant oOh!media (ASX:OML) confirmed the retirement of long-standing Chair Tony Faure.

Resolution Minerals (ASX:RML) has secured FAST-41 status for its Antimony Ridge project in Idaho.

Magellan Financial Group (ASX:MFG) has reported a sharp $2.4 billion decline in assets under management for the March quarter.

The era of "AI augmentation" — that polite corporate fiction where software was merely a "co-pilot" designed to help humans work faster — has ended. 

In its place, 2026 has ushered in a period of cold, clinical replacement. 

For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent. 

Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."

FDA clears Mesoblast (ASX:MSB) will begin a registrational trial for Ryoncil in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

Imricor Medical Systems (ASX:IMR) submitted its NorthStar 3D Mapping System for FDA clearance.

Meeka Metals (ASX:MEK) reported gold production of 6,083oz, a decrease from the 9,174oz produced in the December 2025 quarter.

For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile. 

In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly. 

Hot Chili (ASX:HCH) reported a breakthrough at its Costa Fuego Copper-Gold Project in coastal Chile.

For decades, the Strait of Hormuz has existed in the global consciousness as a geopolitical abstraction — a narrow, jagged ribbon of blue on a map that experts warned was the "jugular vein" of the modern world. 

But as the closure of the Strait enters its second month, that abstraction has curdled into a cold, suffocating reality. 

Greenwing Resources (ASX:GW1) enters the development phase for its San Jorge Lithium Project in Argentina.

Multistack International (ASX:MSI) to exit core business via asset sale to Willing Y, pivoting to seek new opportunities.

Greenvale Energy (ASX:GRV) announced an operational breakthrough at its flagship Alpha Torbanite Project.

Strata Minerals (ASX:SMX) announced an expansion of its Zelica Gold Project through the strategic acquisition of a new tenement.

Iondrive (ASX:ION) announced the divestment of its South Korean mineral exploration business.