The fair work umpire has ordered Coles to pay a man $6500 after he was sacked for breaching workplace policy by trying to stop two suspected thieves at a neighbouring Liquorland store.

Augustus Minerals has restarted RC drilling at its Music Well gold project near Leonora to test its St Patrick’s Well prospect, where rock chip sampling gave up grades up to 30.4g/t gold.

PLC Resources has generated a suite of ranked gold targets at its project near Meekatharra in WA, with some showing spectral signatures similar to a nearby producing gold mine.

The private equity owners of the 188-year-old retailer are hoping to strike a deal with landlords and suppliers sooner rather than later.

Zenith Minerals hit gold in 83% of holes across a 600m gap at its WA Dulcie project, opening the door to a maiden resource alongside its existing 675,000-ounce gold inventory.

The $US100 billion mega-IPO simply has to succeed. If it doesn’t, it will threaten the AI industry’s access to the trillions of dollars of new capital it needs over the next few years.

The staggering fortunes of Anthropic’s seven co-founders have been revealed as the company heads to Wall Street. They have pledged to give most of it away.

Australia’s largest frozen yoghurt chain is engaging customers in environmental activism.

The Australian sharemarket has rebounded after an early fall to close in the green, with materials and energy stocks posting gains.

Kaiser Reef produced 6263oz of gold, lifting cash to $40m, clearing its Henty acquisition loan in Tasmania and advancing underground drilling at Maldon in Victoria.

Accelerate Resources has launched a drilling blitz along a 12km manganese corridor in WA’s Pilbara after identifying 200-plus outcrops and rock chips grading up to 59.6% manganese.

Red Metal Ltd has confirmed heap leach potential from deeper, dominant fresh granite ore at its Qld Sybella project, with strong results using surprisingly low acid levels.