Latest Base Metals News

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd has completed its acquisition of the Browns Reef tenement package, doubling its South Cobar Project area and setting the stage for a maiden resource estimate at the Evergreen target.

Ballymore Resources’ maiden reverse circulation drilling at the historic Torpy’s Crooked Creek mine reveals significant massive sulphide lead-zinc mineralisation, confirming extensions to the old high-grade silver-lead-zinc workings. Assay results are pending, promising further insights into this emerging Queensland base metals play.

Middle Island Resources has reported strong channel sampling results from the historic Bobija Mine in Serbia, confirming significant gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation. The company has completed its Phase 1 drilling program, with assay results expected soon.

Tali Resources has advanced its exploration in the underexplored West Arunta region, focusing on copper and critical minerals, with key drilling results expected in December 2025. The company’s significant landholding and strong local partnerships position it well in Australia’s emerging mineral province.

Strickland Metals has reported its largest-ever mineralised intercept at the Gradina Deposit in Serbia, with over 700 metres of continuous gold and zinc mineralisation. This breakthrough supports confidence in expanding the Rogozna Project’s resource ahead of a maiden estimate due late 2025.

Corazon Mining has lodged a new tenement application adjacent to its Two Pools Gold Project in WA, revealing promising surface gold anomalies and a compelling structural setting for further exploration.

Ballymore Resources has kicked off drilling at the Torpy’s Crooked Creek silver-lead-zinc mine near Chillagoe, targeting extensions of a historically rich deposit with promising modern geophysical data.

Apollo Minerals has identified significant gallium enrichment alongside high-grade zinc-lead mineralisation at its Kroussou project in Gabon, revealing new potential for critical mineral credits in future mining.

Lightning Minerals reports strong assay results from its inaugural Mt Turner drilling campaign, confirming high-grade gold and base metals mineralisation and setting the stage for expanded exploration in 2026.

Alvo Minerals’ recent ground gravity survey at its Palma Project in Brazil has revealed three promising untested drill targets adjacent to the C1 deposit, potentially expanding its copper-zinc resource base.

Argent Minerals is set to commence a significant drilling program targeting silver and gold mineralisation at its flagship Kempfield and Trunkey Creek projects in New South Wales. The campaign aims to expand known resources and explore new zones across multiple high-priority targets.

Eclipse Metals has completed over 700 metres of diamond drilling at its Grønnedal project in Greenland, confirming continuous rare earth mineralisation and reinforcing its substantial inferred resource estimate. Drilling has now progressed to the polymetallic Ivigtût prospect, broadening the company’s critical minerals footprint.