Latest Copper Exploration News

Somerset Minerals has pushed back the closing date for its non-renounceable entitlement offer, giving shareholders until 5 August 2026 to participate in the capital raise aimed at funding its copper exploration projects in Nunavut and Ecuador.

Belararox, soon to be Vantage Metals, has sharpened its exploration focus at Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Project with new airborne electromagnetic data revealing additional copper targets. The company has locked in a drilling contractor and plans to start drilling imminently.

White Cliff Minerals has intersected over 90 metres of copper sulphides in its maiden diamond drillhole at the Rae Copper Project, confirming extensive mineralisation and securing A$6.5 million to accelerate exploration.

New Frontier Minerals has reported strong surface copper grades at its Mt Storm prospect in Queensland, with assays up to 6.88% Cu and promising acid-leach recoveries, reinforcing the prospect’s potential within the NWQ Copper Project.

Raptor Metals has validated a large-scale copper system at its Chester Project in Canada, delivering some of the broadest and highest-grade intercepts from its maiden diamond drilling program and revealing significant resource expansion potential.

Noronex has completed a 7,112m drilling phase across its Kalahari Copper Belt projects, confirming copper-silver mineralisation and refining its exploration model with South32’s backing. A 3,000m drill program is slated for late 2026.

Somerset Minerals has dispatched its entitlement offer prospectus to shareholders, opening a non-renounceable offer from 9 July to 22 July 2026. The capital raising supports ongoing exploration at its Nunavut copper projects.

Eagle Mountain Mining’s joint venture with Nittetsu has contracted Boart Longyear for a 6,000-metre drilling campaign at Oracle Ridge, marking a significant step in exploring near-mine copper extensions and testing new geophysical targets.

Patriot Resources’ maiden drilling at the Tonic prospect in Zambia has unveiled a new high-grade copper-silver-zinc-cobalt discovery, validating its exploration model and opening avenues for further resource growth near key infrastructure.

Culpeo Minerals (ASX:CPO) has launched a pro-rata entitlement issue of approximately 198 million unlisted options, aiming to raise nearly A$500,000 to fund accelerated copper exploration in Chile. The options offer a low exercise price and long expiry, providing shareholders with leveraged exposure to the company’s drilling programs at El Quillay and Vista Montana.

Marimaca Copper has expanded its high-grade bornite zone at Pampa Medina with new drilling revealing significant copper and silver grades, including intersections in basement metasediments for the first time, indicating potential for further resource growth.

Somerset Minerals has launched its first-ever reverse circulation drilling campaign at the Talisker copper target within its Coppermine Project, aiming to test a newly identified high-grade copper corridor. The initial 2,500-metre program marks a significant step in exploring a 17-kilometre anomaly near White Cliff Minerals' Danvers deposit.