Latest Gold Exploration News

Austin Metals has sharpened its gold targets at Brunswick Hill and Mt Sandy after completing 4,215 metres of reverse circulation drilling, including a standout 12-metre intersection at 1.67 g/t gold. The exploration progress comes with a near-term funding question, as the company ended September with $1.091 million in cash and estimated funding of 1.11 quarters.

Evergold Minerals has completed a busy exploration quarter at Mt Monger, where drilling confirmed broad and high-grade gold mineralisation and identified the new Vanguard zone. The progress comes with a lower cash balance of $2.765 million and an estimated 2.28 quarters of funding at the latest spending rate.

Eminence Minerals has exercised options to earn an initial 30% interest across five Côte d’Ivoire gold projects covering about 1,508 km². The interests remain subject to completion conditions, while the company prepares to lead exploration across 871 km² of granted tenure.

Vita Resources will seek up to A$500,000 from eligible Australian and New Zealand shareholders at A$0.021 a share, a 4.5% discount to its recent market price. The non-underwritten offer is intended to fund Ninnis exploration and further gold opportunities, but the final amount raised remains uncertain.

Talisman Mining has expanded the shallow gold footprint at its Sheepyard Prospect in New South Wales and is preparing RC drilling to test an untested anomaly at depth. The company has also raised about A$4 million, although part of the funding and director participation still require shareholder approval.

DeSoto Resources has expanded its Timbakouna power auger program by 200 holes after airborne geophysics generated new targets across Guinea’s Siguiri Basin. The company ended September with A$7.74 million in cash, while initial drilling assays are expected in early November.

Tambourah Metals has reported high-grade gold at Baxters Sth, including a fresh-rock intersection of 3 metres at 35.5 g/t, while opening a $2.2 million entitlement offer to fund its exploration program. The results are encouraging, but the mineralisation remains an early-stage discovery with continuity and orientation yet to be established.

BPM Minerals has completed 9,060 metres of drilling at Beachcomber and 2,854 metres at Bonnie and Clyde, with a stream of assays due through early 2027. The company is targeting a maiden JORC-compliant resource at Beachcomber in the first half of 2027, while a looming BPMOB option expiry could provide up to $3.24 million in additional capital.

Mt Malcolm Mines has reported high-grade shallow gold intercepts and mineralisation extending roughly 350 metres west of the previously drilled Golden Crown area. The results broaden the exploration target, but pending split assays and unknown true widths leave the resource-growth case unfinished.

Golden Dragon Mining has finished an approximately 2,800-metre RC drilling program at its Cue Gold Project after reporting high-grade results and a more than 3-kilometre gold corridor. The company also ended the September quarter with A$4.11 million in cash following a strategic A$2.2 million investment from Chengtun Gold.

Silver Mines has begun its first modern drilling program at the Kramer Hills gold project in California, targeting shallow oxide mineralisation and possible deeper sulphide zones. The 22-hole campaign will test a conceptual exploration target of up to 445,000 ounces, but the project remains well short of a JORC Mineral Resource.

Evergold Minerals will acquire the Rabbit Warren tenements near Leonora for $50,000 cash and $150,000 in shares, gaining access to a historic gold discovery with an untested 1982 intercept of 3 metres at 23 g/t. The opportunity is inexpensive, but the geological evidence remains largely historical and unverified.