Latest Base Metals News

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.

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.

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.

Impact Minerals is reigniting exploration at its vast Broken Hill project in NSW, leveraging rising metal prices and a proprietary multi-metal ratio to uncover high-grade platinum group metals and base metals.

Prospect Resources has agreed to sell its Step Aside Lithium Project in Zimbabwe for up to US$2.2 million, marking a strategic shift to focus on its larger Mumbezhi Copper Project in Zambia. The deal includes upfront and milestone payments tied to the buyer's development progress.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd has completed the acquisition of a key exploration licence in the South Cobar Basin, expanding its footprint to 2,600 km² and setting the stage for accelerated exploration.

Patronus Resources has confirmed significant high-grade gold mineralisation extensions at its Mertondale Project in Western Australia, highlighting strong growth potential along the Mertondale Shear Zone.

Legend Mining has secured key exploration licences and rights adjacent to its Pinnacle Well Project, significantly enlarging its footprint near Leonora, WA. These acquisitions enhance the project's gold prospectivity and set the stage for upcoming exploration activities.