Kalamazoo’s Mt. Piper project tenements in Central Victoria lie about 4.5 kilometres north of the prominent Mt. Piper topographic feature. Credit: File Kalamazoo Resources (ASX: KZR) has reported encouraging surface geochemical sample results from recent scout programs at three prospects within its Mt Piper gold project in Central Victoria. Rock chip and soil sampling has confirmed strong gold-antimony mineralisation and defined extensive anomalous trends over multiple kilom

A testing rig running tubing at ADX Energy’s Welchau-1 in Upper Austria. Credit: File ADX Energy (ASX: ADX) has launched the next chapter at its Welchau-1 discovery in Upper Austria, kicking off flow testing on its prospective Reifling formation to confirm light oils and potential hydrocarbon flows. The company says it has completed all preparations to clear the wellbore, including acid stimulation and damage repair and the setup is now ready for action at its ADX-AT-II licen

Gold dore from Auric Mining’s second pour at Black Cat Syndicate’s Lakewood Mill near Kalgoorlie. Auric Mining (ASX: AWJ) has kicked off the year in style thanks to its Munda gold mine in Western Australia, delivering the first pour from its second toll-treatment campaign and locking in 1147 ounces of solid gold. The $8 million gold haul was sourced from a second 65,000-tonne parcel of open-pit high-grade Munda material before being processed at Black Cat Syndicate’s current

Dateline Resources’ proposed 2 million tonne per year carbon-in-leach gold processing plant site layout for its Colosseum gold mine in California. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has reported strong step-out results from a diamond drill hole at its wholly owned Colosseum gold-rare earths project in California, which intersected 150m assaying 1.39 grams per tonne (g/t) gold from surface, including a high-grade interval of 55m at 2.83g/t gold. The hole targeted a no

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BMG Resources drilling at its Abercromby project. Credit: File BMG Resources (ASX: BMG) is set to kick off a major 10,000m diamond drilling resource expansion program this month at its fully-owned Abercromby gold project, 30km southeast of Wiluna in WA’s eastern goldfields, in the Agnew-Wiluna greenstone belt. The program is primarily aimed at expanding and upgrading the existing 518,000-ounce gold resource estimate at the project and will be the first significant drilling at

A drill rig on site at Novo Resources’ Belltopper project in Victoria’s Goldfields region. Credit: File Novo Resources (ASX: NVO) has dusted off its Belltopper gold project in Victoria following a substantially boosted exploration target that now points to between 2.1 and 3.1 million tonnes of additional resource at high grades of 6.7 to 8.9 grams per tonne (g/t) gold. The company says the prospect could contain between 460,000 and 880,000 ounces of high-grade gold, with the

Estrella Resources Timor-Leste tenements feature extensive areas of various types of limestone deposits, some of which are of exceptional quality. Credit: File Early drilling results from Estrella Resources’ (ASX: ESR) Werumata limestone project in Timor-Leste have pointed to a bounty of clean, high-purity limestone, with intersections up to 55 metres thick, averaging a rich 84 per cent calcium carbonate. The company says the broad, consistent intersections support the push

Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy signing a memorandum of understanding to study the use of coal seam gas as an added fuel source, alongside TMK Energy representatives. Credit: File TMK Energy (ASX: TMK) and Mongolia’s Ministry of Energy have inked a deal to jointly study the rapid take-up of natural gas in the nation’s energy mix, with potential to supercharge the company if coal seam gas is given the green light as an additional fuel source. The memorandum of understanding (MO

The highlighted stockpiles resource next to Kaiser Reef’s historic Maldon gold mine in Victoria. Credit: File Kaiser Reef (ASX: KAU) has wrapped a resource around the historical waste dumps at its Union Hill site within the Maldon gold project in Victoria, delivering a stockpile estimate of 566,000 tonnes at 0.48 grams per tonne (g/t) gold for 8649 ounces. The company drilled 163 holes for 2212 metres before combining assays with volumetric drone estimates and bulk density w

A drill rig in action at Zenith Minerals’ Dulcie gold project in Western Australia. Credit: File Final drill assays from the company’s Consolidated Dulcie gold project in Western Australia have confirmed the scale, continuity and grade needed to underpin a maiden resource across its broader corridor, due within weeks. With feasibility studies already underway and toll-treating options on the table, Dulcie, which already holds its own mining license with existing heap leach op

Viking Mines is conducting a geophysical program at its picturesque Linka tungsten project in Nevada, USA. Viking Mines (ASX: VKA) has kicked off a suite of detailed ground geophysics programs at its flagship Linka tungsten project in Nevada, as it seeks to unlock the strategic subsurface potential of the high-grade skarn system. The company says it has mobilised contractors to conduct a highly detailed ground gravity survey to identify the key target contact between sedimen

Diamond drilling underway at Lindian’s Kangankunde rare earth project. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has moved decisively into the next phase of growth at its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi, kicking off a stage two resource definition and geotechnical drilling program aimed squarely at lifting scale, confidence and potential mine life. The aggressive campaign is designed to convert approximately 20–40 million tonnes of existing inferred resource materia

Dalaroo Metals is gearing up for a fresh round of exploration at its Blue Lagoon rare earths project in southwest Greenland this year. Credit: File Dalaroo Metals (ASX: DAL) has pulled off a savvy double play, locking in one of Greenland’s best-known rare earths brains while lining up a run at US investors hungry for a secure critical minerals supply. The company has appointed veteran geologist Greg Barnes as special advisor for Greenland, a move that instantly adds deep loc

Locksley Resources’ Desert Antimony Mine project in California, with the adjacent MP Materials’ huge Mountain Pass rare earths mine in the background. Locksley Resources (ASX: LKY) has scored a prized Affiliate Membership role with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Critical Materials Innovation Hub (CMI), a consortium focused on the security of US critical mineral supply chains. The company’s flagship Mojave project in the US state of California, prospective for antimony a

Olympio Metals’ Bousquet project is within Quebec’s famed Abitibi belt. Perth-based Olympio Metals (ASX: OLY) is back on the drill bit at its Bousquet gold project in Quebec, restarting diamond drilling at the Paquin prospect as it looks to build on the highly successful maiden program completed last year. The new campaign is focused squarely on following up standout high-grade results delivered last year, which included intercepts of 6.40 metres at a stellar 6.54 grams per t

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Diamond drill rig in action at Southern Hemisphere Mining and FMR’s Target K, part of their Llahuin copper-gold project in Chile. Credit: File JV partners FMR Resources (ASX: FMR) and Southern Hemisphere Mining (ASX: SUH) have kicked off a new deep diamond hole in the Southern Porphyry system, part of their Llahuin copper-gold-moly project in Chile. The positioning of the new drillhole in Target K was based on refining integrated geological indicators and geophysical data fr

Novo Resources reconnaissance area at its Wyloo SE target area, looking southwest from the mapped rhyolite dome. Credit: File Novo Resources (ASX: NVO) has reported highly encouraging new exploration results from its Wyloo gold-silver-antimony project in WA’s southern Pilbara, confirming multiple high-priority drill targets and paving the way for the company’s maiden reverse circulation (RC) drilling program. Recent work has significantly upgraded the company’s Wyloo SE pros

A drill rig in action at True North Copper’s Cloncurry copper project in Queensland. Credit: File In a timely boost that adds weight and confidence to its looming prefeasibility study, True North Copper (ASX: TNC) has upped its Cloncurry project resource in Queensland. Contained copper has climbed by seven per cent to 109,000 tonnes, while gold ounces have risen by nine per cent to 84,000 ounces. The uplift was driven by advanced grade-control drilling, targeted exploration a

Exceptional metallurgical recoveries up to 97% from Reach Resources’ Murchison South gold project in WA have confirmed its ore as free-milling, soft and amenable to gravity and cyanide leach processing.

Semi massive nickel sulphide in drill core from the Western Mines Group’s Mulga Tank project. Credit: File Western Mines Group (ASX: WMG) has fired up plans for a phase five exploration program at its Mulga Tank nickel project in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields. The drilling assault has been designed to squeeze more tonnes and grade out of what is already the country’s biggest nickel sulphide resource. The company has mapped out 32 holes for 10,000 metres of combined

Dateline Resources’ South open pit at the company’s historic Colosseum mine site in California. Credit: File Dateline Resources (ASX: DTR) has wrapped up a key infill geophysics program at its wholly owned Colosseum gold and rare earths project in California, USA, setting the stage for a near-term diamond core drilling blitz. The recent work has followed on from the company’s induced polarisation (IP) survey last December and included a high-resolution ground gravity survey c

Lindian Resources’ Kangankunde mining team with owner-operated machinery on site. Credit: File Lindian Resources (ASX: LIN) has kicked its Kangankunde rare earths project in Malawi into full execution mode, locking in critical long-lead processing gear as construction crews press ahead across multiple work fronts. The company says procurement of critical plant items, including the SAG mill, thickener and flocculation plant, shaking tables and belt filters, has materially str