Latest Base Metals News

Minerals Exploration Limited has completed its first phase of diamond drilling at the historic Jubilee Gold Mine within the Waitekauri Gold Project, confirming multiple quartz-mineralised zones and exceptional high-grade rock chip assays. Exploration continues with promising results at the Invincible Gold and Glenorchy Tungsten projects.

Critical Resources (ASX:CRR) spotlighted its multi-commodity pipeline and breakthrough battery cooling technology at the July 2026 TechKnow Invest Roadshow, highlighting exploration progress and exclusive global licensing deals.

Patronus Resources has confirmed that high-grade gold mineralisation extends well below the historical Tally Ho pit and outside the current Mineral Resource at its Pine Creek Project in the Northern Territory, following final assay results from a four-hole diamond drilling program.

Critical Resources identified 14 pegmatite bodies at Mavis Lake’s Corona Field and confirmed high-grade tungsten and gold systems in New Zealand, while progressing its solid-state lithium-ion battery technology to full-format pouch cells.

Broken Hill Mines (ASX: BHM) has hit a significant new bulk tonnage discovery at its Rasp Mine, revealing a 40m wide high-grade silver-lead-zinc zone that dwarfs previous resource estimates in the Centenary Zone.

Bubalus Resources identified broad geochemical anomalies at its Murrindindi Gold Project and is preparing to restart exploration at its Amadeus Critical Minerals Project, supported by a solid $3.03 million cash position.

Mammoth Minerals has kicked off its maiden RC drilling program at the Blue Dick Prospect, aiming to extend exceptional surface silver and gold grades over a mapped 6.5km strike at its Excelsior Springs Project in Nevada.

Nimy Resources advances gold exploration with new priority targets and secures funding to pioneer gallium processing research at its Mons Project in Western Australia.

Miramar Resources has delivered auger drilling results at its Joy Helen prospect that bolster the case for deeper bedrock drilling, revealing copper-lead anomalies and large alteration halos indicative of a potentially substantial SEDEX-style deposit.

Patronus Resources has kicked off its 2026 exploration season with promising high-grade gold results at the Tally Ho deposit in the Northern Territory and secured full ownership of the Guppy prospect in Western Australia, while executing a strategic uranium rights sale.

Duketon Mining has delivered promising results from its maiden 6,000m drill program at Barlee, secured the Killarney Gold Project, and reported a combined nickel resource exceeding 102,000 tonnes across Rosie and C2 deposits.

Altoro Metals, formerly Variscan Mines, has officially rebranded and is set to begin maiden diamond drilling at its Guajaraz polymetallic project in Spain, backed by a $5 million capital raise.