Australia Mining

Volt Resources (ASX:VRC) received a US$5.4 million non-dilutive funding award from the US Department of War.

The Combined BHP Ports Unions will apply for an intractable bargaining declaration to take BHP (ASX:BHP) to arbitration.

Pursuit Minerals (ASX:PUR) received regulatory environmental approvals to relocate pilot plant infrastructure and commence advanced drilling at its Rio Grande Sur Lithium Project.

Iron Bear Resources (ASX:IBR) has secured a US$1.3 million cash injection from global mining group Vale to advance development work at its Canadian iron ore project.

Leeuwin Metals (ASX:LM1) appointed mining engineer Rubei Ma as chief development officer to advance the Marda Gold Project.

Falcon Metals (ASX:FAL) secured $30 million through an institutional share placement to expand multi-rig exploration programmes.

Australian defence firm Overwatch Technologies has lodged a prospectus to raise $8 million.

Australian Rare Earths (ASX:AR3) completed follow-up drilling that extended the Overland carbonatite discovery.

Trek Metals (ASX:TKM) has secured an exclusive nine-month option to acquire 100% of Solution Mining.

Helix Resources (ASX:HLX) entered into a binding agreement with CuFe (ASX:CUF) to acquire 30 exploration tenements.

Nickel Industries (ASX:NIC) recorded combined adjusted EBITDA of approximately US$90 million from operations across July and August.

EQ Resources (ASX:EQR) signed a binding framework agreement with The Elmet Group (NASDAQ:ELMT) and Blue Moon Metals (NASDAQ:BMM) to restart Nevada's 4,000 tpa Springer ammonium paratungstate plant.