The Australian sharemarket closed flat on Monday after initial losses behind the banks and mining giants, but things looked up after lunch thanks to consumer and healthcare stocks.

Marmota Ltd has nailed multiple high-grade gold hits in its first ever drilling campaign at the company’s Campfire Bore project in SA, with one hit going 16 grams per tonne over 4m.

Sarytogan Graphite has reached a milestone by growing higher-value synthetic industrial diamonds using its ultra-high purity fine graphite as a feedstock.

The Big Four bank’s decision to fly in an overseas star banker is at the very least curious – and potentially risky.

Star Minerals shareholders have backed the company’s proposed earn in deal at the Cobra uranium project in the world-class Erongo district in Namibia.