Latest Copper Exploration News

Culpeo Minerals has started a four-hole, 2,000-metre maiden diamond drilling programme at Vista Montana, testing a copper-molybdenum target north-east of its Lana Corina discovery. The company is also using IP surveys to refine targets, while assays from El Quillay South returned several narrow copper-gold intersections.

Middle Island Resources has unveiled substantial copper anomalies at its Jelaca and Oglavak prospects within the Priboj Project, bolstering its volcanogenic massive sulphide exploration thesis.

White Cliff Minerals has expanded the ultra high-grade Danvers 3 copper zone at its Rae Project, hitting a new peak assay of 23.5% copper and extending the mineralised strike to over 220 metres. Follow-up drilling aims to unlock further growth across the emerging copper system.

True North Copper (ASX:TNC) has expanded its Mt Oxide copper-cobalt-silver system to a 2.3km strike length, unveiling a new ~300m wide mineralised zone at Chidna alongside multiple high-grade shoots at Aquila.

PolarX Limited has intersected significant massive sulphide copper mineralisation in new zones approximately 60m west of the existing Caribou Dome resource in Alaska, potentially expanding the known deposit. Drilling by the Alaska Range Joint Venture with Northern Star continues, with assays expected in October 2026.

Kaoko Metals has reported broad zones of visible copper mineralisation in the first two diamond drill holes at its Chalkos Copper-Silver Project in Namibia, with assays pending in the coming weeks.

Southern Hemisphere Mining has reported substantial new copper sulphide zones at its Llahuin project in Chile, reinforcing an exploration target of up to 340 million tonnes and setting the stage for further drilling and beneficiation work.

New Frontier Minerals spotlights Eldorado as a priority copper target with extensive surface anomalies, while pushing forward with regulatory approval for its flagship Big One Deposit mining lease.

Eagle Mountain Mining has kicked off a 6,000-metre drilling program at its Oracle Ridge copper project in Arizona, funded and operated by JV partner Nittetsu Mining. The campaign aims to expand known mineralisation and explore new targets identified by recent geophysical surveys.

Lodestar Minerals has taken a strategic step into Chile’s prolific copper belt by acquiring the Pacifico Cu-Mo-Au Porphyry Project, consolidating over 22 square kilometres of tenure with a rich historical drilling record. The company plans maiden drilling in the second quarter of 2027, aiming to unlock potential along a six-kilometre porphyry corridor.

Coda Minerals is set to begin a focused reverse circulation drilling program at its Oakden prospect, aiming to validate historical shallow copper mineralisation and assess its potential as early mill feed for the Elizabeth Creek project.

Culpeo Minerals has identified two robust chargeability anomalies linked to surface copper mineralisation at its Fortuna Project in Chile, setting the stage for imminent diamond drilling campaigns.