Latest Australian Mining Sector News

Ark Mines has awarded a contract for a 2,500m drilling campaign at its Sandy Mitchell project, aiming to significantly expand its rare earth mineral resource ahead of a key feasibility study.

Saturn Metals has reported a new zone of thick, high-grade gold intersections at its Apollo Hill project, significantly enhancing its exploration potential. The newly defined 'Iris Zone' shows promising mineralisation open along strike and down plunge.

Australian Rare Earths Limited has achieved over 60% recovery of magnet rare earths in a bulk heap leach test at its Koppamurra project, demonstrating rapid leach times and scalability that underpin its low-cost development strategy.

North Stawell Minerals (ASX, NSM) confirms significant high-grade gold mineralisation at its Wildwood and Darlington projects, reinforcing the potential for large, shallow gold deposits in Victoria’s prolific Stawell Mineralised Corridor.

Charger Metals NL has secured a significant farm-in agreement with Rio Tinto Exploration to fund up to $43.7 million at its Lake Johnston lithium project, while confirming high-grade spodumene discoveries at multiple prospects. The company also highlights promising exploration potential at its Bynoe Lithium Project in the Northern Territory.

Core Energy Minerals has initiated its first drilling campaign at the Cummins Uranium Project in South Australia, aiming to validate historic uranium anomalies and explore high-grade mineralisation potential.

Sunshine Metals has initiated an 840 line-kilometre helicopter-borne VTEM Max geophysics survey over the Coronation–Highway area, backed by a $231,000 Queensland Government grant. The survey aims to uncover massive sulphide deposits analogous to Sunshine’s Liontown and the historic Highway-Reward mines.

North Stawell Minerals has completed a $1 million placement, issuing over 33 million shares to fund its exploration efforts in Victoria's Stawell Mineralised Corridor.

Golden Horse Minerals has initiated a significant diamond drilling campaign at its Hopes Hill gold project, aiming to deepen geological insights and expand high-grade mineralisation zones with government-backed support.

Lunnon Metals has revealed significant gold assay results from both recent and historical drilling at its Cooee prospect, highlighting a promising new target within its Kambalda Gold & Nickel Project. These findings elevate Cooee to a high-priority status alongside established prospects in the Foster Gold Belt.

Advance Metals has resumed diamond drilling at the high-grade Happy Valley Prospect within its Myrtleford Project, targeting extensions of previously exceptional gold intersections. The new program aims to build on earlier successes and expand the known mineralisation footprint.

Dreadnought Resources has reported promising assay results from recent drilling at its Mangaroon Gold Project, confirming extensions of shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation and setting the stage for further exploration.