Latest Copper And Gold News

Kincora Copper has accelerated exploration across its Australian and Mongolian assets, leveraging new AI and quantum technology partnerships alongside partner-funded drilling, while reporting a modest net income and a strong cash position in Q1 2026.

Locksley Resources has secured an option to acquire the Iron Duke Copper & Gold Project in NSW, enhancing its district-scale strategy near Tottenham with high-grade mineralisation and multiple drill-ready targets.

Hillgrove Resources reports underground drilling at Kavanagh surpassing 2025 resource grades, pushing mineralisation deeper and wider, while securing new tenements to boost regional copper exploration.

Austral Resources has bolstered its Cameron River Project with final assays revealing gold and silver alongside high-grade copper at Snow Queen, underpinning its regional growth strategy.

GreenTech Metals has raised $7.5 million through an oversubscribed placement to accelerate exploration and development at its Munni Munni and Whundo projects in Western Australia's West Pilbara.

S2 Resources has confirmed and expanded a broad corridor of gold and multielement soil anomalies north of the historic Wedderburn gold field, highlighting intrusion-related mineralisation potential at its Yeungroon project.

Nelson Resources has expanded its footprint at Gold Point, Nevada, confirming multiple high-grade gold-silver mineralisation styles and staking additional claims ahead of its maiden underground drilling program.

Lodestar Minerals has identified five new copper-molybdenum-gold porphyry targets at Los Loros, Chile, and confirmed encouraging IOCG-style alteration at Three Saints, setting the stage for maiden drilling campaigns.

Asian Battery Metals (ASX:AZ9) has kicked off its 2026 drilling at the Red Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia, intersecting significant visible copper sulphides in the first hole, validating key geophysical targets and setting the stage for assay results.

Raptor Metals has expanded its footprint in New Brunswick’s prolific Bathurst Mining Camp with the acquisition of key mining claims, adding the Coyote and Foghorn projects to its portfolio. The deal brings historical high-grade copper, silver, gold, zinc, and lead prospects under one roof, setting the stage for imminent drilling results and exploration.

AusQuest’s latest drilling at Cangallo confirms a 1.5km mineralised copper-gold corridor with emerging higher-grade zones, setting the stage for a major diamond drilling campaign targeting deeper sulphides.

Peel Mining’s scheme of arrangement with Aeris Resources, coupled with the demerger of Spectre Metals, gains strong endorsement from an independent expert, positioning shareholders for exposure to both a copper producer and a zinc-focused explorer.