Estrella Resources began drilling its Werumata Limestone project in Timor-Leste in late October last year, including collaring of its first diamond drillhole (pictured) by Estrella’s exploration staff and Coresearch drill crew. Credit: File Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has taken a major step towards developing the company's massive Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste, converting a hefty 274 million tonnes of its resource into the higher-confidence JORC indicated c

Golden Dragon Mining’s auger drilling has defined a 2.2km-long gold anomaly at its Stella Range project outside Laverton in Western Australia. Credit: File Golden Dragon Mining (ASX: GDR) has unearthed a substantial 2.2-kilometre-long gold-in-soil anomaly from recent auger drilling at its Stella Range project outside Laverton in Western Australia. The untested discovery sits in a well-endowed gold neighbourhood, 120km southeast of the prolific Laverton goldfield and jus

Broken Hill Gold’s geophysical surveys have outlined a large, deep target at its White Dam project in South Australia. Credit: File Broken Hill Gold (ASX: BH6) has launched a 3000-metre drilling campaign at its White Dam project in South Australia to test a major geophysical target lurking beneath recent high-grade copper-gold hits, raising the tantalising prospect of linking several deposits into one large system. The company’s latest induced polarisation (IP) and grou

Brian Rodan, executive chairman of Augustus Minerals, holding drill core from the 2.5-million-ounce Mt Kare gold-silver project in PNG. Credit: File Augustus Minerals (ASX: AUG) has its sights firmly set on elephant country, updating the market on its strategic push into Papua New Guinea (PNG), where it's angling to secure the highly prospective 2.5-million-ounces gold equivalent Mt Kare gold-silver project, a stone’s throw from one of the world’s most significant gold mi

Gateway Mining is gearing up for a new phase of exploration at its Yandal gold project in Western Australia. Gateway Mining (ASX: GML) has reshuffled its leadership deck , as it gears up for a full-court press on exploration and resource growth at its flagship Yandal gold project in Western Australia. The company restructured its board by promoting ed its current chief executive officer, Richard Pugh, to managing director and appointing ed existing non-executive director

Zenith Minerals’ drilling at its Consolidated Dulcie Gold Project in Western Australia. Credit: File Zenith Minerals’ (ASX: ZNC) bid to connect the dots between two gold deposits at its Consolidated Dulcie project in Western Australia is gaining some serious momentum, with the drill bit jagging a solid six-metre hit grading 4.14 grams per tonne (g/t) gold. The intercept included a higher-grade three-metre core going an eye-catching 7.75g/t gold. Impressively, the compan

Mount Ridley’s Selectro process has delivered impressive aluminium recoveries from bauxite, producing a small, silica-rich residue (right) instead of the conventional, problematic red mud (left). Credit: File Mount Ridley Mines (ASX: MRD) has fired a shot across the bow of the global alumina industry, with its patent-pending Selectro process recovering an impressive 91.9 per cent of aluminium from bauxite in its first third-party test. The breakthrough could prove a game-

Iron Bear’s namesake project sits in Labrador, Canada, one of the country’s premier iron ore districts In the junior mining sector, securing a cashed-up global giant as a partner is often seen as a final validation, the golden ticket. So, when an iron ore major such as Brazil’s Vale walks away from a farm-in deal, the market’s first instinct is often to head for the exits. But every now and then, a closer look at the details reveals a different story - one where the junior pa

The historic Carolina mine at Locksley Resources’ Tottenham project near Cobar sits within its Greater Tottenham copper district, covering more than 1000 square kilometres in NSW’s prolific Lachlan Fold Belt. Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY) has set its sights on becoming a serious player in Australia's copper sector, stitching together a sprawling 1000-square-kilometre copper-gold district in central New South Wales following its move to secure an option over the nearby Iro

The first truckload of antimony concentrate leaves Larvotto Resources’ Hillgrove mine in New South Wales. Credit: File Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has officially joined the ranks of Australia’s critical minerals producers, shipping its first batch of antimony concentrate from the company’s Hillgrove antimony-gold mine in New South Wales to offtake partner Wogen Resources. The company says the first truck carrying 68 tonnes of antimony concentrate has left the site, in

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining’s Pinjin Project terrain in WA’s Eastern Goldfields, where the company has launched two new drilling programs. Credit: File Kalgoorlie Gold Mining (ASX: KAL) has kicked off a two-pronged drill assault on its Pinjin gold project, 140 kilometres northeast of Kalgoorlie in WA's Eastern Goldfields, fast-tracking a reverse circulation (RC) program at its Lighthorse prospect and an aircore campaign at the nearby Rebecca Sequence. The new drilling will s

A 70-tonne crane pulling the pump from well LF-03 as part of the workover at TMK Energy’s Gurvantes XXXV coal-bed methane project in Mongolia. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) has fired up the engines on a 2026 work program at the company's Gurvantes XXXV coal-bed methane pilot project in Mongolia, mobilising a workover rig and crane to kick off a well optimisation and drilling campaign. Set-up has now started at the 100 per cent-owned project, with the workover rig a

Moonlight Resources’ phase two reverse circulation drilling underway at its Leo Grande prospect, part of the company’s Clermont project in Central Queensland. Credit: File Moonlight Resources Limited (ASX: ML8) has put some serious numbers on the table at its Clermont gold project in central Queensland, defining a significant new exploration target of up to 662,000 ounces of near-surface gold. The study , which has prompted the company to launch a determined 13,000-metre

Hyperspectral imagery over PLC Resources’ Abbotts gold project in WA will be harnessed to define structural gold targets for maiden discovery. Credit: File PLC Resources (ASX: PLC) has taken to the skies, metaphorically speaking, to launch a two-stage satellite geo-spectral survey across its Abbotts gold project in Western Australia’s Murchison region, to pinpoint alteration zones and structures, sharpening the gold target discovery process. The company says its survey

Diamond drilling at Aureka Limited’s Irvine gold project, North Resolution lode, in Victoria’s prolific Stawell Corridor, which has produced more than 5 million ounces of gold. Victorian gold producer Aureka Limited (ASX: AKA) has struck gold well beyond its existing resource boundary, with a scout drill hole intersecting two distinct zones of mineralisation a whopping 725 metres north of its flagship Irvine project's Resolution resource, dramatically expanding the proje

Bulls N' Bears Mining & Exploration Chronicle 625 has been unearthed Read more: https://bit.ly/47TLRg6 Bulls N' Bears Mining & Exploration Chronicle - your essential wrap of what's moving on the ASX in mining and exploration. In this edition: Critica lands inaugural 160Mt WA rare earths resource Not subscribed yet? Fix that here and get every edition straight to your inbox - https://bit.ly/46LCixx #MiningNews #ASX #BullsNBearsWA #TheWestAustralian #BullsNBearsChronicle Today

Norfolk Metals has appointed veteran Anthony McClure as executive chairman and Richard Pugh as a non-executive director to drive its Chilean copper pivot, headlined by the proposed US$50M Ciclón acquisition.

WA Gold has defined nine geophysical anomalies spanning over 4km of strike at its Bullabulling North project, west of Coolgardie, along a structure interpreted to host a nearby 4.5-million-ounce gold deposit.

Orbit Resources has launched a $12 million rare earths float for its Matrix Critical Minerals spin-off,allowing the company to focus on its NSW gold-silver assets while Matrix develops the Narraburra project.

NeuroScientific Biopharmaceuticals has secured key US backing for its Phase 2 stem cell Crohn’s trial, green-lighting a planned year-end start subject to regulatory, manufacturing and operational requirements.