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Typical visible disseminated chalcopyrite (copper sulphide) mineralisation from 103.5m downhole in previous diamond core drilling at Llahuin by Southern Hemisphere Mining in June, 2026. Credit: File Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH) is set to fire up the diamond drill rig in the next two weeks at its new Ferro South copper-gold-molybdenum discovery, part of the company’s 100 per cent-owned Llahuin project in Chile. The initial 2000-metre program will test the depth exte

Critical Resources’ full-format DSD pouch cells undergoing electrochemical testing at the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology. ASX-listed mining and technology player Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has chalked up a significant milestone in its solid-state battery program, with a full-format laboratory pouch cell holding firm for more than a month of continuous charge-discharge cycling. The test cell was cycled at 0.2C – an industry-standard that involves a five-hou

First firing at Ora Banda Mining’s established underground portal for its new Waihi gold mine at Davyhurst outside Kalgoorlie. Credit: File Ora Banda Mining (ASX: OBM) has kicked off underground mining at its Waihi gold project near Kalgoorlie, marking the third underground mine the company has put into production at its Davyhurst hub in as many years. The company says Waihi is considered a very big, under-drilled system that features multiple high-grade North-dipping gold

Viridis Mining and Minerals drilling campaign at Colossus during the June 2026 quarter. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has kicked another critical goal on its path to production, appointing the heavyweight duo of Sedgman and Blossom Consultoria e Assessoria S.A as its preferred eEngineering, pProcurement and construction management (EPCM) partners for its globally significant Colossus rare earths project in Brazil. The appointment is a major de-risk

A diamond drill rig on site at Kuniko’s Silica Hill prospect in NSW. Credit: file. Kuniko Limited’s (ASX: KNI) phase two diamond drilling campaign at its Silica Hill prospect in New South Wales has hit promising visual sulphides in several holes for the program, potentially extending the mineralised system by an extra 100 metres in depth. The company has now punched out 1324m of drilling in its ongoing program at Silica Hill, part of its broader Commonwealth gold-silver p

Gateway Mining has identified a new 3km-long gold target, dubbed “Pewy”, at its Yandal gold project (pictured) in Western Australia. Credit: File Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has defined a new 3km-long, high-priority gold target at its Yandal Gold Project in Western Australia that it says is a dead ringer for its recent high-grade Cowza discovery. With over $60 million in the bank after a recent capital raise, the company is now set to kick off a first-pass aircore drilling pr

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Flagship Minerals’ Whipsaw copper project sits just 17km west of Hudbay Minerals’ operating and expanding Copper Mountain mine in British Columbia. Flagship Minerals (ASX: FLG) could hardly have picked a better time to get its hands on a potentially billion-tonne copper system. The company swooped on the Whipsaw copper project in British Columbia (BC) in June for just A$6.5 million, securing a project where historical drilling has already pointeds to serious scale, , an

Patriot Resources has signed a five-year exploration agreement with the Tassa Community in Peru, paving the way for drilling at its flagship silver-gold project. Credit: File Patriot Resources (ASX: PAT) has secured the final piece of the puzzle, signing a five-year land access agreement with the local Tassa community to begin drilling its massive Tassa silver-gold project in Peru. The deal provides the company with the crucial social licence to conduct all surface expl

Viridis Mining and Minerals’ MREC demonstration plant is the largest known semi-industrial, continuously operated plant outside China. Credit: File Viridis Mining and Minerals (ASX: VMM) has secured a significant government endorsement for its Brazilian ambitions, landing a R$77.5 million (A$21.09M) financing facility from the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) to progress its flagship Colossus rare earths project. The deal provides the company with highly attractive, l