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Strickland Metals (ASX:STK) announced its first-pass drilling results at its Obradov Potok prospect.

Red Mountain Mining (ASX:RMX) commenced a high-stakes field exploration campaign across its United States antimony portfolio.

Arsenio Dominguez, the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, on the significant disruption of the Strait of Hormuz. He says 'we will not be discussing alternative mechanisms to what has been working for decades'. He speaks with Bloomberg's Anna Edwards and Guy Johnson on 'The Opening Trade.'

Helen Jewell, CIO of fundamental equities at BlackRock, discusses the outlook for equities ahead of the corporate reporting season. "If you look at earnings forecasts at the moment for the year, they're still well into double digit 15, 16, 17, 18% so there's a lot of headroom for the earnings to come down a little bit," Jewell tells Bloomberg Television.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Paul Dobson break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

Energy Aspects Global Gas Head Livia Gallarati discusses energy markets amid the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, she says both oil and gas facilities will take time to ramp up. "Anything new is probably not going to be coming into the Strait [of Hormuz]. Shipowners don't have that risk appetite for now," Gallarati says. Asked whether prices will fall back to pre-war levels, she says: "I wouldn't put my money on that."

Mithril Silver and Gold (ASX:MTH) confirmed widespread, high-grade mineralisation at the Target 3 prospect.

Peninsula Energy (ASX:PEN) has successfully restarted uranium production at its Lance Central Processing Plant in Wyoming.

DGL Group (ASX:DGL) entered into a binding agreement to sell two of its chlor-alkali manufacturing plants.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer traveled to the Gulf to meet with leaders in the region and discuss efforts to support and uphold the ceasefire between the US and Iran. Bloomberg's James Woolcock breaks down the situation.

Zip Co (ASX:ZIP) announced its expansion into the telecommunications sector via the launch of ZMobile.

Oil rebounded after its biggest one-day drop since April 2020, as the Strait of Hormuz remained largely blocked and Israeli attacks on Lebanon threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran. Bloomberg's Anthony di Paola reports.