Latest Copper Exploration News

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.

Prospect Resources has completed key diamond and aircore drilling at its Mumbezhi Copper Project, uncovering new copper mineralisation zones and progressing a Scoping Study on schedule.

Kaoko Metals has unveiled a new copper discovery at its Chalkos Project in Namibia, significantly enlarging the mineralised surface area between existing prospects and setting the stage for imminent drilling.

BOA Resources has appointed geologist Graeme Purcell as Managing Director following its acquisition of the Thaduna and Green Dragon copper deposits, setting the stage for a drilling campaign at Neds Creek.

Somerset Minerals (ASX:SMM) has kicked off a $3.17 million capital raise combining a $2 million placement and a $1.17 million entitlement offer, aiming to advance exploration at its Coppermine copper project in Nunavut, Canada. The offer includes attaching options and management incentives, with participation restricted to shareholders in select jurisdictions.

Infinity Mining has flagged significant concerns over the historical copper resource estimate at its Cangai Project, prompting a comprehensive revision expected within three months.

Buxton Resources has sold its 49% interest in the Copper Wolf Project joint venture to IGO for nearly AUD 6 million while keeping full ownership of surrounding prime exploration tenements in Arizona.

White Cliff Minerals has expanded the Danvers copper system at its Rae Project, intersecting more than 70 metres of copper sulphides in its first diamond drill hole, refining the geological model and extending the mineralised footprint by 50 metres northeast.

Midas Minerals’ initial diamond drilling at the Deblin deposit within Namibia’s Otavi Copper Project reveals two wide zones of visible copper sulphides, underscoring the project’s exploration potential ahead of assay results expected in September 2026.

Orion Minerals has confirmed the down-dip continuity of a high-grade copper zone at its Flat Mine East prospect with a new drill intercept of 3.96m at 4.64% Cu, including 0.95m at 14.19% Cu, extending the deposit beyond previous drilling.

White Cliff Minerals’ 2026 drilling at the Rae Copper Project in Nunavut confirms visible copper sulphides along a key geological boundary, expanding the Hulk sediment-hosted system’s footprint to 6.3 square kilometres and validating its district-scale potential.