Bulls N’ Bears takes a look at notable drill hits during the previous week from ASX-listed companies. Bulls N’ Bears Big Hits takes a look at notable drill intercepts reported to the ASX last week, led by Haranga Resources and followed by NexGen Energy and GreenTech Metals, with results spanning gold, uranium and platinum group elements. Haranga Resources (ASX: HAR) Project: Lincoln Gold Project, California, USA. Hit: 4.8m assaying 25.4g/t gold, including 2.4m going

A drill rig mobilising to site at PLC Resources’ Abbotts North gold project in the Murchison of Western Australia. PLC Resources (ASX: PLC) is about to put the drill bit into the company’s Rochefort gold prospect in Western Australia’s prolific Murchison region for the first time, with a maiden reverse circulation (RC) program set to test its prime Abbott’s North real estate. The company, formerly Premier1 Lithium, says earthworks are complete, ahead of a 1000-metre, fi

Terrain Minerals’ previous drilling at its Lightning deposit in the north of the company’s Smokebush project, near Yalgoo in WA’s Mid West. Terrain Minerals (ASX: TMX) has launched one of its biggest induced polarisation (IP) geophysical surveys yet at the company’s Smokebush gold and silver project, 350 kilometres north of Perth in WA, aimed at sniffing out repeats of its Lightning-style gold target. The survey will cover the granted mining lease in the extreme north o

Sampling of termite mounds at MetalsGrove Mining’s Fifty-Five prospect at its Central West gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. MetalsGrove Mining (ASX: MGA) has taken a big leap forward at its Central West gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, locking onto two parallel gold anomalies, each stretching more than 2.5 kilometres. The newly identified corridors run through the company's flagship Fifty-Five prospect, which forms part of its highly prospective Zuénoula permit and have now

Forrestania Resources' freshly acquired Hyden gold project includes the Lady Ada mine, last in production in 2002. Forrestania Resources (ASX: FRS) has officially bolstered its West Australian gold arsenal after completing the acquisition of the Hyden gold project, 120 kilometres south of Southern Cross near the wheatbelt town of Hyden. The deal has now catapulted the company’s total resource inventory to a massive 23,082,000 tonnes grading 1.22 grams per tonne (g/t) go

American West Metals is about to scale up the drill program at its flagship West Desert project in Utah in the hunt for critical metals. American West Metals (ASX: AW1) has shifted into high gear at its West Desert project in Utah, significantly upscaling its diamond drilling program to fast-track the hunt for a suite of strategically vital critical metals. Backed by a recently completed A$10 million institution-led strategic placement, the company is now preparing to s

TMK meets with Australian Embassy and Austrade in Mongolia. (From left to right: Leo Zeng, Australian ambassador to Mongolia; Dougal Ferguson, TMK CEO; Brad Reeve, TMK Operations manager; Andrew Berryman, Deputy Head of Mission.) TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) appears to be steadily earning a top seat at the table in Mongolia’s emerging gas sector, with production continuing to rise at its Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas project. As output builds, the company says it’s gearing up f

Larvotto Resources has delivered first development ore from its Metz underground mine to a surface stockpile at the company’s Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in NSW. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has chalked up a genuine “red letter” project development moment at its Hillgrove antimony-gold project near Armidale in New South Wales, with first ore from its Metz underground mine now hauled to a surface stockpile. The milestone has boosted the company’s proje

Critical Resources’ undertaking fieldwork at the newly identified concealed pegmatite at its Corona target, part of the company’s Mavis Lake project in Ontario, Canada. Critical Resources (ASX: CRR) has widened the lens at the company’s Mavis Lake lithium project in Ontario, kicking off fieldwork across the underexplored Corona pegmatite field as it looks to transform the asset from a single-resource story into a broader multi-deposit lithium district. The program will

True North Copper’s core farm, where diamond drill core from its Wallace North target area in the Cloncurry copper project is being marked up. True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has checked off another key box on the road to a 2026 pre-feasibility study, completing its latest drilling campaign at the company’s Cloncurry copper project in northwest Queensland. The program has done a lot of heavy lifting behind the scenes, designed to extend resources where possible and boost c

Field observations at Dalaroo’s Gold Ridge prospect, part of its Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire, showing sampling activities. Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has successfully completed a large-scale systematic soil geochemistry program at its Gold Ridge prospect, marking a major technical milestone for the Bondoukou gold project in Côte d’Ivoire. The company’s campaign represents the first district-scale geochemical coverage ever completed over the interpreted 9-kilo

Maritana Minerals is developing its Black Swan processing hub, near Kalgoorlie, which sits within a 50km radius of at least 12 significant gold projects and numerous prospects at various stages of evaluation. Maritana Minerals (ASX: MRT) has further tightened its grip around the company’s Black Swan processing hub near Kalgoorlie, unveiling a deal to buy a strategic package of tenements sitting right on the doorstep of its existing infrastructure. The company says it wi

Historical seismic acquisition over 88 Energy’s PEL 93 acreage, Namibia. 88 Energy (ASX: 88E) has guaranteed its exposure to Namibia’s emerging Damara Fold Belt play after locking in an unconditional 20 per cent stake in the giant PEL 93 licence, while slashing future funding commitments by US$15M ($23M). The reshaped deal with operator Monitor Exploration leaves 88 Energy fully carried into the acreage from a farm-in perspective, while preserving flexibility to increas

ADX Energy’s MND drilling rig now preparing for testing at its HOCH-1 well in Upper Austria. ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has strengthened the commercial case for its HOCH-1 shallow gas discovery in Austria after wireline logging confirmed seven gas-bearing intervals. The zones are now primed for completion testing at the shallow gas well ahead of a follow-up drilling program across its broader acreage in Upper Austria. The company says the stacked sections contain a combined

Estrella Resources' high-grade bulk sample stockpile at the company's Ira Miri project in Timor-Leste. Estrella Resources (ASX: ESR) has hit a major operational milestone at its Ira Miri manganese project in Timor-Leste, extracting more than 27,000 tonnes of ore for market appraisal, while confirming the presence of ultra-high-grade mineralisation across the emerging operation. The successful programme, delivered during the challenging wet season, has built a significan

Zenith Minerals' newly granted and strategically placed mining lease M77/599 fills in the final piece of the company’s Dulcie gold project near Marvel Loch in Western Australia. Zenith Minerals (ASX: ZNC) has officially secured the "missing link" at its flagship Consolidated Dulcie gold project in Western Australia, completing the acquisition of a crucial mining lease that unites its gold-rich tenure into one continuous six-kilometre mineralised corridor. The formal reg

Larvotto Resources' sample of fluorescent scheelite mineralisation observed in Curry's Block drill core under ultraviolet light. Larvotto Resources (ASX: LRV) has swung the spotlight onto tungsten at its Hillgrove gold-antimony project near Armidale in NSW, outlining a growing pipeline of high‑grade tungsten drill targets which could add a valuable third revenue stream alongside gold and antimony. The company said a recent review of historical data has confirmed a coher

Aguia Resources Três Estradas phosphate project in southern Brazil is nearing its production start date, awaiting a final decision on its operating licence. Aguia Resources (ASX: AGR) has cleared final requests from Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul environmental agency FEPAM for minor changes to its phosphate installation licence ahead of a closing review that is expected to clear the way for an operating licence. According to management, those queries have now been addressed

Golden Dragon Mining has unveiled high-grade gold from recent drilling at its Cue project in WA's Murchison Goldfields. Golden Dragon Mining (ASX: GDR) has unveiled a stellar gold hit of four metres grading 17.6 grams per tonne (g/t) from a shallow depth of 44m, in the company's latest drilling results from its Cue gold project in Western Australia's rich Murchison Goldfields. Results from the second-phase reverse circulation (RC) drilling campaign, comprising 24 holes

Visible gold in core from recent drilling at Olympio Metal’s Bousquet project in Quebec. Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) has tightened its grip on the high-grade Bousquet gold project in Quebec, earning a 51 per cent stake after meeting the earn-in milestone conditions for the highly prospective Canadian asset. The company can now increase its stake to 80 per cent through a further C$500,000 in option payments, C$250,000 in shares and C$1M in exploration spending over five ye