Latest Base Metals Exploration News

Miramar Resources has received a A$238,456 refundable R&D tax offset for FY2025, supporting innovative exploration techniques at its Whaleshark and Bangemall projects. This non-dilutive funding strengthens the company’s cash position ahead of planned drilling and surveys.

Variscan Mines is set to begin a 1,430-metre diamond drilling campaign at its Guajaraz polymetallic project in central Spain, aiming to test high-priority zinc and associated base metal targets and secure a tenement extension.

Infinity Mining has reported standout rock chip assays from its Hillside Project in Western Australia, revealing copper grades up to 9.4% and silver at 163 g/t over a 9km corridor. The results open the door for drilling in a historically underexplored area near Develop Global’s Sulphur Springs deposit.

Daly Resources has won $150,000 in Northern Territory Government funding to conduct a major airborne electromagnetic survey at its Broughton copper-zinc project, aiming to refine exploration targets in the McArthur Basin.

Ballymore Resources has expanded its high-grade silver-lead-zinc-indium discovery at Torpy's through 22 drill holes and a detailed gravity survey, revealing multiple new targets across the Ruddygore Project. Assays and 3D modelling are expected soon to guide further exploration.

Avira Resources has appointed Andrew van Bentum as CEO, bringing over 25 years of expertise to lead its gold and base metals exploration strategy across Western Australia and Sweden.

Ballymore Resources has expanded its gravity survey at the Ruddygore Project, revealing several high-priority targets beyond its flagship Torpy’s discovery. The results validate prior drilling and set the stage for a busy exploration campaign backed by government funding.

Mantle Minerals has boosted its Carlton Hill Project by acquiring Far West Metals and securing a new exploration licence, positioning itself near Boab Metals' Sorby Hills deposit with promising base metal potential.

Miramar Resources' detailed gravity survey at the Joy Helen prospect reveals untested anomalies beneath known high-grade copper-lead-silver mineralisation, prompting plans for deeper drilling following pending auger assay results.

Daly Resources has debuted on the ASX after a $12 million IPO, positioning itself to explore fluorite, copper, and zinc in the Northern Territory, led by the Huckitta project.

The NSW Supreme Court has approved Aeris Resources' takeover of Peel Mining, setting in motion key dates for shareholder entitlements and trading suspension.

Litchfield Minerals, supported by BHP Xplor, has transformed its view of Harts Range into a belt-scale copper-nickel mineral system, identifying a key deep conductor beneath known prospects and planning detailed surveys to unlock drill targets.