Latest Mamba Exploration (ASX:M24) News

Small-cap shares delivered the week’s biggest moves, led by Mamba’s exploration funding and Cettire’s rebound. Clinical failures, cash shortages and delayed projects kept the broader market cautious.

Small-cap materials shares produced wide gains and losses as fresh discoveries competed with funding warnings and delayed mine starts.
Rare earths, lithium, gold and copper projects added scale, but approvals, cash and construction remain the key tests.

Mamba Exploration has secured a $6.0 million placement, attracted a $500,000 investment from New Murchison Gold and added former Westgold founder Peter Cook as a strategic adviser. The funding will support drilling at Meeka East and a staged earn-in over the early-stage Poison Hills project, where selective rock chips returned high silver, gold, copper and lead grades.

Mamba Exploration cut its FY2026 loss sharply and ended the year with A$1.19 million in cash after acquiring 70% of the Meeka East Gold Project. But the annual report says additional debt or equity funding is required to sustain exploration, creating a clear financial test for the new Western Australian strategy.

Mamba Exploration has confirmed 165 historical copper intersections across a 3km corridor at its 70%-owned Meeka East project, supporting a new felsic volcanic exploration model. The company plans further mapping, geophysics and drilling, although the historical data is not sufficient to define a mineral resource.

Mamba Exploration has completed its acquisition of a 70% stake in the Meeka East Gold Project, identified over 20km of gold anomalies through soil sampling, and secured $90,000 in government co-funding for an upcoming drilling program.

Mamba Exploration has significantly increased its landholding at the Meeka East Gold Project through acquisition and new licence pegging, setting the stage for reverse circulation drilling pending heritage approvals.

Mamba Exploration has identified over 20km of gold mineralisation strike at its Meeka East Gold Project, extending the Mulga Bill trend and unveiling new anomalies. The company secured up to $90,000 in co-funding from the WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme to advance drilling plans.

Mamba Exploration has secured a controlling stake in the Meeka East Gold Project, bolstered by a $2 million capital raise and promising early exploration work including extensive soil sampling and historic data validation.

Mamba Exploration has secured a 70% stake in the Meeka East Gold Project following a $2 million placement and completed a major soil sampling program, setting the stage for a maiden drilling campaign pending assay results and approvals.

Mamba Exploration has integrated historic airborne electromagnetic data with a major soil sampling program at its Meeka East Gold Project, confirming promising gold anomalies and setting the stage for a maiden drilling campaign.

A single drill program in WA delivered a once-a-year spike, while several small caps fell hard after reopening with price gaps. This week also saw big money raised for gold and uranium builds, and a run of resource upgrades across critical minerals.