Latest Assay Testing News

Marmota has expanded drilling across its Greenewood and Mainwood gold targets after intersecting geology resembling earlier favourable zones. With 313 holes now completed, the first assays are expected next week, although the announcement contains no new grades or quantified mineralisation.

Metal Hawk has secured $1.2 million from sophisticated investors as RC drilling begins at the Numbat lode in Western Australia. The campaign will test whether the company’s strongest Leinster South gold intercept extends along strike and at depth.

Elk Range Mining has logged seven visible native-gold observations in its maiden drill hole at the Friday Gold Project in Idaho. The result offers fresh structural information, but assays remain the decisive test and are not expected until late October or early November.

Elk Range Mining has identified coarse visible gold in retained historical core from its Friday Gold Project in Idaho, inside an interval previously reported at 26.54 g/t gold. The observation is encouraging but not an assay result, leaving Photon Assay results and current drilling assays as the decisive tests.

Kuniko has extended the interpreted Silica Hill mineralised system by about 100 metres, with drilling encountering a broad sulphide zone and veins up to 50 centimetres thick. The key test now shifts to laboratory assays, due in four to six weeks, ahead of a planned December 2026 resource upgrade.

Lux Copper has begun its maiden drilling campaign at the 100%-owned Baird Copper Project in Alaska, targeting historical high-grade copper results at Omar and Frost. The first assay results are expected in October, creating a near-term test of the project's exploration potential.

ActivEX has identified preliminary rare earth element anomalies across an 8km soil grid at its Aramac Project in Queensland, including 28 samples above 1,000ppm TREE. The readings come from handheld pXRF analysis and must be confirmed by laboratory assays now pending from ALS.

Hot Chili has reported a 398-metre copper-gold intersection from surface at its La Verde discovery in Chile, including 62 metres at 0.91% CuEq. The results extend the case for a higher-grade starter pit, but the project remains an exploration discovery with no Mineral Resource declared.

Ore Resources’ July diamond drilling at Kangaroo Hills confirms thick, near-surface lithium mineralisation and advances development studies, setting the stage for a Direct Shipping Ore assessment.

Patagonia Lithium’s Well 8 at the Cilon project hit basement at 485m, delivering promising lithium assays and robust brine flow rates. Plans for porosity testing and a 72-hour pump test are underway to refine resource estimates.

Tali Resources (ASX: TR2) is gearing up for a major exploration push across its 4,000km2 West Arunta tenure, targeting copper and critical metals with multiple drilling programs scheduled throughout 2026.

Patagonia Lithium has reached 38 metres in drilling Well 8 at its Cilon project in Argentina, with encouraging early core porosity and community approvals progressing.