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ABx kicks off new REE drilling program

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ABx Group (ASX: ABX) has commenced a follow-up drill campaign at its rare earth elements (REE) discoveries in Northern Tasmania to test step-out locations from the company’s previous campaign which intersected the highest assays to date. The initial drilling will be conducted at the Wind Break deposit. This is supported by funding from Mineral Resources […]

Thor defines copper hosting troughs by ANT surveys

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Thor Energy PLC (AIM, ASX: THR) has identified copper prospectivity with early assessment of Ambient Noise Tomography (ANT) Surveys by Fleet Space Technologies at the Alford East Copper-REE Project in South Australia. Highlights: Thor is very pleased with the progress made by Fleet Space Technologies, with the completion of the ANT surveys in a timely […]

True North hits high-grade copper and gold at Wallace North

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True North Copper Limited (ASX:TNC) has identified high grade zones of copper and gold mineralisation in its advanced grade control drilling program at its copper-gold Wallace North project in Queensland. Drilling identified high-grade zones of copper and gold mineralisation, which exceed the current updated resource model. Results are anticipated to have a positive impact on […]

Catalina granted prospective tenement near Laverton

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Catalina Resources (ASX: CTN) has been granted Exploration Licences, E38/3697 and E38/3698 in the Laverton district of Western Australia, The ~45 sq. km (15 sub-block tenement) is located 20km southeast of Laverton within the Laverton Gold Province, an exceptionally mineralised terrain in the Eastern Goldfields. The region hosts several world class deposits of gold, nickel, […]

Talisman drills second wide intercept at Rip N Tear

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Talisman Mining (ASX: TLM) has received assays confirming that recent wide-spaced Reverse Circulation has intersected a second, wide zone of disseminated lead-silver-zinc mineralisation at the Rip N Tear Prospect, part of its 100%-owned Lachlan Project in NSW. Rip N Tear is the first area to be tested as part of a 7,200m Reverse Circulation (RC) […]

Megado identifies significant new carbonatites at North Fork

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Megado Minerals Limited (ASX: MEG) has identified several previously unrecognised carbonatite targets through its recently completed airborne hyperspectral survey over its North Fork Rare Earth project in Idaho, USA. The hyperspectral survey was undertaken by the geological remote sensing company, Theia-X. Results from the survey shows several new distinct areas of previously unidentified carbonatite outcrops. […]

Dreadnought kicks off gold drilling at Star of Mangaroon

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Dreadnought Resources (ASX: DRE) has commenced RC drilling at the Star of Mangaroon and Lead Gold Mines part of the Mangaroon Au Project, located in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia. Since adding the Mangaroon Project to the portfolio in November 2020, Dreadnought has delivered multiple rare earth, critical metal and nickel-copper-PGE discoveries,” Managing Director, […]

Loyal Lithium intercepts a thick spodumene bearing pegmatite at Trieste

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Loyal Lithium (ASX:LLI) has intercepted spodumene bearing pegmatite in all drill holes in its maiden drilling programme at its Trieste Lithium Project in the James Bay Region of Québec, Canada. The drilling programme is targeting Dyke #01, a large, prominent weather-resistant outcrop ridge, with all drill holes to date successfully intercepting spodumene bearing pegmatite. Dyke […]

LCL defines PNG nickel project exploration model

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LCL Resources Ltd (ASX: LCL) continues to refine its 100% owned PNG Nickel Project in southern Papua New Guinea. LCL’s 3,400 sq. km portfolio of licences and applications, that form the PNG Nickel Project, are prospective for high grade nickel sulphide mineralisation. To date three prospects (Veri Veri, Iyewe and Doriri) have been identified within […]

Killi defines large-scale copper-gold porphyry targets at Mt Rawdon

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Killi Resources Limited (ASX: KLI) has unveiled extensive copper-gold-molybdenum anomalies at surface through geochemical results from the Mt Rawdon West Project in Central Queensland, where the company is exploring for a new copper-gold mineralised system. Results have identified a large 4km x 1.5km copper-gold-molybdenum soil anomaly greater than 10 times background in the centre of […]

Mantle kicks off Roberts Hill drilling campaign

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Mantle Minerals Limited (ASX:MTL) has commenced drilling in the Roberts Hill tenement in Western Australia’s north. The programme is expected to take about six weeks to complete, and assays are expected by the end of January 2024. The company developed the proposed drilling program following an in-depth analysis of the geological, geochemical and geophysical aspects […]

MGA expands Bruce Rare Earths Prospect in NT

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MetalsGrove Mining Limited (ASX: MGA) has expanded the Bruce Rare Earth (REE) Prospect with positive assays from a Phase two (P2) follow-up grid spaced soil sampling programme. The Bruce Prospect is located within the company’s Arunta Project, north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Assays from the P2 grid spaced soil sampling programme have […]

Encounter identifies new Niobium-REE carbonatites at West Arunta

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Encounter Resources (ASX: ENR) has identified new areas of niobium-REE mineralised carbonatites at the Aileron project (100% ENR), in the West Arunta region of WA. The targeting models used in the West Arunta are evolving rapidly and are delivering an extraordinary success rate in drilling niobium-REE mineralised carbonatites,” Managing Director Will Robinson said. “The new […]

Tivan identifies numerous copper and lithium targets at Sandover

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Tivan Limited (ASX: TVN) has identified five new prospects with surface sampling at the Sandover Project in the Northern Territory. The Sandover Project is located 100km north of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory and covers an area of approximately 8,000 sq. km2 across two contiguous blocks of Exploration Licences in the Northern Arunta Pegmatite […]

S2R kicks off drilling at Greater Fosterville

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S2 Resources Ltd’s (ASX: S2R) wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Star Exploration Pty Ltd has commenced a 5,600 metre, 10 hole initial diamond drilling programme at its 100% owned Greater Fosterville project in Victoria. This programme is expected to take approximately three months to complete. The initial program will test a favourable gold corridor immediately north […]

Helix makes key appointment as management transitions

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Helix Resources Ltd (ASX:HLX) has appointed highly experienced director and corporate finance executive, Emmanuel Correia to the Board as a non-executive director, effective 1st November 2023. Mr Correia’s appoinment is part of Helix Resources’ board and management transition plan which was devised to ensure strategic continuity focusing on the company’s key stakeholder relationships, its regional […]

Piedmont welcomes issue of mining licence for Ewoyaa lithium project in Ghana

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Piedmont Lithium (ASX: PLL) has confirmed that Ghana’s Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources has granted a mining lease for the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, which is being developed by Piedmont and its partner, Atlantic Lithium Limited. The mining lease provides exclusive rights to carry out lithium mining and commercial production activities for an initial 15-year […]

Black Cat hits bonanza gold grades at Paulsens

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Black Cat Syndicate (ASX: BC8) has intersected “bonanza” gold grades of up to 1,370g/t in its underground diamond drilling campaign at the 100% owned Paulsens Gold operation in Western Australia. High-grade extensional results have been received from drilling in the upper Main Zone outside the current Resource, including the 11th highest grade gold assay in […]

BM8 continues its drilling success at Falcon Lake

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Battery Age Minerals (ASX: BM8) has intersected further thick, shallow sections in the newly discovered zone of spodumene mineralisation at Falcon East, part of its 90%-owned Falcon Lake Lithium Project in Ontario, Canada. Having stepped out from known previous mapped historical occurrences at Falcon Lake, the company has delineated a significant zone of mineralisation at […]

BGL pours first gold at Bellevue Gold project

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After many years in the making, Bellevue Gold Limited (ASX: BGL) has poured its first gold bar at its Bellevue Gold Project in WA. The maiden gold bar weighing 8.3kg was poured in the first smelt on 25 October 2023. Bellevue has also successfully commenced operations of itsThe crushing circuit which is operating at 250 […]

Globe achieves positive metallurgical testwork results at Kanyika

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Globe Metals & Mining (ASX: GBE) has received positive metallurgical testwork results on the concentrate material from the Kanyika Niobium Project in Malawi, with extraction of both Niobium and Tantalum above 99%. TCM Research Ltd (TCM) is currently conducting a metallurgical testwork programme for the application of its proprietary vapour metallurgical processes on a concentrate […]

Kalgoorlie Gold’s high-grade results extend Kirgella and Providence corridor

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Kalgoorlie Gold Mining’s (ASX:KAL) exceptional results from recent RC drilling at the Kirgella Gift and Providence targets has expaned Pinjin Project target area expanded by over 250% to more than 1,150 m strike length. We are very excited by new drill results at Providence and Kirgella Gift. The highly significant results combined with newly digitised […]

Helix buoyed by positive early Black Range drill and geochem results

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Helix Resources Ltd (ASX:HLX) has identified copper mineralisation within regional scale polymetallic surface anomaly in its copper-gold discovery work on the Black Range Prospect located in the Cobar-Nyngan area of central NSW. An initial reverse circulation (RC) drill programme to test a copper target at the Black Range prospect located on the Rochford Trend2 has […]

Sultan confirms significant geophysical anomaly

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Sultan Resources Ltd (ASX:SLZ) has outlined an area of significant EM conductivity response over 750m in length and 230m in width, which may resolve to two targets with a heli-borne EM survey. The survey is part of a new phase of exploration on E70/5082 pursuant to a recent option and farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto […]

BMC Minerals identifies promising resource extension targets at Kudz Ze Kayah

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BMC Minerals has identified a number of follow up targets following the successful completion of a detailed three dimensional (3D) Induced Polarisation (IP) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Aeromagnetic (UAV-MAG) geophysical survey at its 100% owned Kudz Ze Kayah Project in southeast Yukon, Canada. The project is host to the polymetallic ABM Deposit and the survey, […]

Terrain identifies Gallium mineralisation across Lort River (REE) project

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Terrain Minerals Limited (ASX: TMX) has continued to have success at its maiden air core drill programme which intersected multiple rare earth element (REE) mineralisation at its 100% owned Lort River Project near Esperance in Western Australia. In addition to REE mineralisation, the reconnaissance drilling also returned encouraging assays from every hole for Gallium (Ga2o3). […]

Sheffield commences ore production at Thunderbird mineral sands project

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Sheffield Resources (ASX: SFX) is celebrating first ore production from its 50% owned Thunderbird Mineral Sands Project in the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia. Ore production has commenced, several weeks ahead of the original FID schedule. The initial stages of ore processing will see a gradual ramp up through to steady state processing, production […]

Voltaic identifies carbonatite REE drill targets at Paddys Well

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Voltaic Strategic Resources Limited (ASX:VSR) has recently completed an airborne magnetic and radiometric survey across the Paddys Well Project in Western Australia’s Gascoyne region. Interpretation of this new data has significantly enhanced the Critical Minerals prospectivity of the extensive 1,300 sq. km tenement package. 16 potential carbonatite intrusions have been identified, which are prospective for […]

Galileo kicks off exploration drilling at Norseman

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Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) has commenced RC drilling targeting multiple prospects at the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia. RC drilling at Norseman is underway again as we implement our strategy of regular campaign drilling targeting new discoveries in this highly prospective underexplored province,” Galileo’s Managing Director, Brad Underwood, said. “Our exploration […]

Estrella receives $1.65m backing to advance WA lithium asset

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Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has received firm commitments from professional and sophisticated investors to raise $1,650,000 through a share placement. Melbourne boutique advisory firm, Peak Asset Management, led the raise. Following a recent unsolicited approach from a leading global mining group, the company will apply resources towards expanding the extensive lithium potential at its exciting […]

Estrella continues to grow Carr Boyd promise as potential buyers circle

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Estrella Resources Limited (ASX: ESR) has received further positive results of an ongoing lithium review at the Carr Boyd Nickel Project located 80km north-northeast of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. This is the first work programme Estrella has undertaken to target pegmatite hosted lithium potential within the 228 square kilometre land holding. The review was undertaken […]

Lunnon hits high-grade nickel at Foster South

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Lunnon Metals Limited’s (ASX: LM8) final metallurgical drill programme hole has recorded an impressive 14.05m @ 4.13% nickel in surface diamond drilling (DD) at Foster South in Western Australia. Assay results for CD2906W3 were set to high priority and have now returned the following outstanding intersection (>1.0% Ni cut- off, depth is metres downhole):CD2906W3: 14.05m […]

Nordic drills very wide nickel intercepts at Pulju

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Nordic Nickel Limited (ASX: NNL) has received further significant assay results from drilling completed at its 100%-owned flagship Pulju project, situated in Northern Finland within the Central Lapland Greenstone Belt (CLGB). The company completed 28 diamond drill-holes for 15,432m as part of its maiden drilling program at the Project. New assays have been received for […]

Galileo identifies new emerging targets at Norseman

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Galileo Mining Ltd (ASX: GAL) has identified a new near surface target zone identified at the Jimberlana South prospect with further exploration results from RC drilling within the company’s 100% owned Norseman project in Western Australia. Assay results from our September drill campaign show we are advancing strongly with our systematic exploration programmes aimed at […]

Balkan (ASX: BMM) returns to Gorge drill campaign

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Balkan Mining and Minerals (ASX:BMM) has restarted drilling at its hard-rock Gorge lithium project after a hiatus for First Nations hunting activities in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The company restarted diamond drilling at Gorge on Saturday after a brief interruption to the campaign it started on schedule in September. Balkan has already drilled one hole at the […]

St George kicks off lithium exploration at Mt Alexander

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St George Mining Limited (ASX: SGQ) has recommended lithium exploration at its flagship Mt Alexander Project in Western Australia. We are pleased that our field teams are back on the ground at Mt Alexander to follow-up multiple target areas for lithium mineralisation. Significantly, many of these prospects have a similar geological context to the Mt […]

Armada commences drilling at Bend Nickel Project in Zimbabwe

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Armada Metals Limited (ASX: AMM) has commenced drilling at the Bend Nickel Project in Zimbabwe.  A minimum of 2,500m of diamond drilling will be completed in this Phase 1 drilling programme, which will target historically intersected nickel mineralisation, interpreted prospective geological contacts, and newly discovered Natural Source Audio Magnetotelluric (NSAMT) apparent conductor targets. The Phase […]

Cazaly commences Sundown fieldwork in Quebec

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Cazaly Resources Limited (ASX: CAZ) has commenced the first round of exploration for lithium mineralisation at the Sundown Lithium Project in Québec, Canada. Initial helicopter supported exploration has commenced. Surface rock chip samples will be collected from high priority targeted areas and reconnaissance scouting and sampling across other areas of prospective outcrop on the property […]

Droneshield (ASX:DRO) launch SensorFusionAI

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DroneShield has put its next-generation SensorFusionAI (SFAI) into the sky with AI-driven multisensory intelligence fully integrated into third-party C2 systems.  Its 3D data fusion engine will assist in targeting within complex environments. DroneShield’s field-proven SFAI is a sensor-agnostic module previously deployed in the DroneSentry-C2 system.   This new development allows SFAI to function as a subscription-based module, which can be […]

Solis kicks-off drilling commences at Estrela in Brazil

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Solis Minerals Limited (ASX: SLM) has commenced drilling activities at the Estrela prospect in the Borborema province of Brazil. Solis is exploring the lithium potential within the Borborema Province, with primary targets at Estrela and Mina Vermelha, both located within 15km of the town of Parelhas, where the company established a base to facilitate operations […]

Cazaly Resources (ASX:CAZ) starts lithium exploration at Sundown

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Cazaly Resources (ASX:CAZ) has started initial drilling for lithium at its Sundown project in the prolific James Bay area of Quebec, Canada. Sundown lithium project extends over 260 kilometres and features more than 200 documented outcropping pegmatites. We are very excited to finally be on the ground, after a patient wait, now we have the opportunity […]

Geopacific secures $3.5M in funding to help put Woodlark project back on track

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PNG mine developer Geopacific Resources Limited (ASX: GPR) has entered into a Bond Subscription Agreement with its major shareholder, Deutsche Balaton AG, which will provide $3.5 million of short-term, unsecured funding to the company to help progress the stalled Woodlark gold project. Total funds received of $3.38 million will further advance the current Phase 1 […]

Hamelin opens up major extension to Fremlins Gold System

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Hamelin Gold (ASX: HMG) has identified a major extension of the Fremlins gold system within the West Tanami project in Western Australia. Our understanding of the geology and mineralisation within the West Tanami has advanced significantly over the past 12 months. We have seen indications of intense, near surface leaching of gold across the project […]

Dreadnought encounters 100m thick Rare Earth intercepts at Mangaroon

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Dreadnought Resources (ASX: DRE) has obtained high-grade neodymium and praseodymium drilling results further demonstrate the global significance of the rare earths at Mangaroon Project, located in the Gascoyne Region of Western Australia. The infill drilling along just 10% of the Yin Ironstone Complex continues to surprise with thicker, higher NdPr:TREO ratios, and higher grades than […]