Latest Bulk Sampling News

IRIS Metals posted a $22.3 million loss for FY26, driven by major impairments on exploration assets and elevated share-based payments. The company pivots away from Edison and Tin Mountain projects, focusing on lithium-rubidium in South Dakota and tungsten in Montana.

Macarthur Minerals narrowed its loss to $1.82 million for FY26, bolstered by a major new investor and joint venture at its Lake Giles iron ore project in Western Australia.

Flagship Minerals has wrapped up its metallurgical drilling and trenching at the 2.1Moz Isidora Gold Project in Chile, progressing to pilot scale heap leach test work and ongoing infill drilling targeting a resource update later this year.

Krakatoa Resources has kicked off its 2026 drilling campaign at the Zopkhito Project in Georgia, aiming to convert a significant foreign resource estimate into a JORC-compliant Mineral Resource Estimate while advancing early mine development studies.

Alliance Nickel has begun vat leach testing on a bulk sample from its NiWest project, targeting a significant reduction in capital costs by replacing heap leaching with a lower-cost atmospheric process. Results are expected by late Q3 2026 and could reshape the project’s economics.

High-Tech Metals Ltd has wrapped up a 41-hole reverse circulation drilling program at its Mt Fisher gold project, with assays pending. Early sampling of a carbonaceous stockpile revealed gold grades up to 20.1 g/t, prompting further bulk sampling and metallurgical testwork to evaluate economic potential.

Canadian Phosphate (ASX: CP8) secured $5.2 million through a rights issue and follow-on placement, positioning itself to accelerate exploration and development across key projects in Canada and the US.

Osmond Resources has expanded the high-grade heavy mineral zone at its Orión EU Critical Minerals Project in Spain, with drill hole SOR-08 intersecting key quartzite layers 1.25km from prior discoveries. This development supports the maiden Mineral Resource Estimate and keeps the company on track for a Q3 2026 Scoping Study.

Rapid Critical Metals has obtained a five-year BC Mines Act Permit for its Prophet River Project in Canada, enabling a maiden drilling campaign targeting critical gallium and germanium deposits amid global supply concerns.

Aurelia Metals has completed a Pre-Feasibility Study for its New Occidental Tailings Retreatment Project, declaring a maiden Ore Reserve and outlining strong economics and a clear path to production at its Peak Operation in NSW.

Temas Resources is on track to fully commission its Ontario metallurgical lab by July 2026, initiating large-scale testing of La Blache project material to refine its proprietary RCL technology and support commercialization.

St George Mining’s initial beneficiation testwork at its Araxá Project in Brazil has delivered high-grade niobium concentrates and a promising rare earth concentrate, validating its dual commodity approach and underpinning next-stage pilot plant plans.