Latest Copper And Gold News

TechGen Metals has secured A$2.7 million through an oversubscribed placement to fast-track maiden drilling at its flagship Blue Devil copper-gold project in WA, alongside advancing exploration at Dalgaranga and John Bull gold assets.

Taruga Minerals has pinpointed seven high priority exploration targets at its Kol Mountain Project in Papua New Guinea, launching its first active field program focused on a large undrilled copper-gold porphyry anomaly and high-grade gold shear zone.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) is set to embark on a busy 2026 drilling season with three funded diamond drill programs across its Canobie, Diamantina, and Bulimba projects, targeting multiple high-potential copper and gold prospects in Queensland.

Cooper Metals has completed site and heritage preparations to begin RC drilling at its Ardmore North and Attina prospects, both showing significant copper-gold anomalies. Drilling will test 2,000m of combined strike with assays pending from recent surface sampling.

Hawk Resources has pushed the boundaries of its Cactus Corridor copper-gold project in Utah with new assay results from drill hole DD26CT005, revealing extended near surface mineralisation and high-grade copper zones. The findings suggest the mineralised trend remains open and drilling is set to resume in July 2026.

Newmont Exploration has kicked off a fully funded diamond drilling campaign at Koonenberry Gold’s Junee JV, targeting a large gold-in-soil anomaly at the Allawah Prospect with results expected late 2026.

Culpeo Minerals has reported standout copper and gold assays from rock chip sampling at its Fortuna Project in Chile, highlighting potential new target zones at La Florida and El Quillay prospects.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd’s maiden drilling at Evergreen reveals significant copper and gold mineralisation, underpinning plans for a Mineral Resource Estimate.

Lodestar Minerals’ first drill hole at the Three Saints IOCG Project in Chile has confirmed a large, multi-element mineralised system with copper, gold, cobalt, and molybdenum over 600 metres of vertical extent and a footprint wider than 1.6 kilometres.

Artemis Resources has raised A$8 million through a heavily oversubscribed placement led by Jupiter Asset Management, boosting funds for maiden drilling at its Cassowary Copper-Gold Project and exploration in the Pilbara.

Sunshine Metals has agreed to sell its Hodgkinson Project to EQ Resources for $250,000, freeing up capital and management bandwidth to accelerate gold production at Mt Moss and exploration at Sybil.

Riversgold’s farm-in partner AIS Resources reports standout rock chip assays from the Saint John Project in New Brunswick, with multiple samples exceeding upper detection limits for copper, gold, silver, and antimony. These results underpin plans for systematic exploration and drilling.