Latest Hammer Metals (ASX:HMX) News

Hammer Metals has submitted a Mining Lease Application for its Orelia North gold deposit in Western Australia, aiming to accelerate development amid a buoyant gold price. Recent drilling results extend mineralisation, supporting resource growth ahead of a planned 2026 upgrade.

Small caps did the heavy lifting this week, led by two big discovery stories in resources. Funding raises and takeover moves kept attention on who can pay for the next step, not just promise it.

Speculative money piled into new discoveries and tight-supply metals, while a handful of small caps were sold hard on thin liquidity. The week’s biggest moves came from PGMs and tungsten on the way up, and micro-cap gas on the way down.

Hammer Metals reported steady progress across its Western Australian and Queensland gold and copper projects, highlighted by new drilling completions and a strategic acquisition at Mount Sefton. Assay results from key programs are eagerly awaited as the company strengthens its exploration pipeline.

Carnaby Resources, Hammer Metals' JV partner, has announced a maiden high-grade copper-gold resource at South Hope, part of the Greater Duchess Project, which now totals 29.2Mt at 1.3% copper and 0.2 g/t gold.

Hammer Metals has initiated a targeted 1,500m reverse circulation drilling campaign at its Yandal Gold Project, focusing on extending known gold mineralisation at Orelia North and exploring new anomalies at Bronzewing South.

Hammer Metals has secured an option to acquire the Mt Sefton Gold Project in Western Australia, expanding its portfolio into a largely unexplored greenstone belt near the Gruyere deposit. Historic soil sampling shows promising gold and arsenic anomalies, setting the stage for upcoming exploration.

Hammer Metals Limited has launched a focused Phase 2 diamond drilling campaign at its Bullrush Joint Venture, aiming to expand on promising initial results and refine its geological model for a potential large-scale IOCG system.

Hammer Metals has regained full ownership of the Mount Philp and Even-Steven areas within its Mount Isa East Joint Venture, opening fresh exploration avenues including advancing the Trafalgar copper-gold deposit.

Hammer Metals reports promising gold mineralisation at its Yandal Gold Project and defines fresh copper-gold targets at Mount Isa, with multiple funded drilling programs underway.

Hammer Metals has identified a third mineralised gold zone near the Bronzewing Mining Lease boundary, with ongoing drilling revealing promising extensions at its Yandal Gold Project in Western Australia.

Hammer Metals has reported promising high-grade gold assays from its Bronzewing South Project near the historic Bronzewing Mine, signalling potential for a significant new gold discovery in Western Australia.