Latest Copper Gold Exploration News

Antares Metals has completed its first ever drilling at Conglomerate Creek Target 2, intersecting the quartz vein system beneath high-grade surface mineralisation and setting the stage for upcoming assay results and follow-up drilling.

Breakthrough Minerals has launched a significant diamond drilling program at its Turpentine copper-gold deposit in North West Queensland, aiming to expand its largest resource within the Hazel Creek Copper-Gold Project.

AusQuest’s maiden drilling at Playa Kali in Peru has delivered encouraging copper and molybdenum assays, validating the prospectivity of a large iron-oxide copper-gold system and setting the stage for targeted follow-up exploration.

TechGen Metals has completed all preparations for maiden drilling at its Blue Devil copper-gold project in WA, uncovering a new gossanous zone at Red Devil with high-grade assays pending.

Sierra Nevada Gold’s maiden drilling at As Safra in Saudi Arabia reveals a significant, continuous copper system with strong vertical and strike continuity along a 5.5km corridor. Phase 1 drilling is complete with promising assays, and a larger Phase 2 program is planned.

Empire Resources has reported promising preliminary assay results from its April 2026 RC drilling campaign at the Yuinmery Copper-Gold Project, revealing new copper and gold mineralisation across multiple prospects including the newly identified Hillside and Microbe Well zones.

Kincora Copper has sealed definitive agreements to divest its Mongolian subsidiaries for US$10 million, marking a strategic pivot to focus on its Australian gold-copper projects.

True North Copper (ASX:TNC) has confirmed a new high-grade copper-gold structure at its Wallace North deposit in Queensland, with drill results highlighting significant resource growth potential.

Great Western Exploration has kicked off a reverse circulation drilling campaign at its Juggernaut copper-gold project in Western Australia's Yerrida Basin, testing six volcanic-hosted massive sulphide targets with strong parallels to the nearby DeGrussa deposit.

Golden Globe Resources has launched Phase 2 diamond drilling at its Dooloo Creek project, focusing on deeper copper-gold mineralisation following encouraging Phase 1 results at Eastern Breccia and Northern Gold.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) has raised $1.5 million through a discounted share placement and a fully underwritten share purchase plan to back a high-impact drilling campaign at its Diamantina Copper-Gold Project in Queensland.

Sunstone Metals has raised $10 million through a discounted share placement, with strategic investor DGR Global acquiring a 10% stake and board representation. The funds will boost exploration and development at Sunstone’s high-potential gold-copper projects in Ecuador.