Latest Copper And Gold News

Neometals Ltd has restarted exploration drilling at its Barrambie Project in Western Australia, focusing on expanding known copper and gold mineralisation at the Rinaldi and Ironclad deposits.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) has completed its acquisition of 100% of the Diamantina Copper-Gold Project from Anglo American, setting the stage for a maiden diamond drilling campaign targeting promising copper-gold mineralisation in northwest Queensland.

CGN Resources has bolstered its position in the Leonora gold district by acquiring the 142 km² Desdemona Project, expanding its landholding to 386 km². The company has initiated its first reverse circulation drilling program at Christmas Well targeting multiple high-priority gold prospects.

Tennant Minerals has completed a $2.8 million placement to accelerate drilling and development at its Bluebird copper-gold-bismuth discovery, aiming to extend high-grade zones and explore new targets along a 2.5km corridor.

Lodestar Minerals has expanded its Virgin Mountain project in Arizona by 40%, locking in a 5 km corridor of high-grade heavy rare earth mineralisation highlighted by rock chip assays reaching 14.68% TREO with a 59% heavy rare earth oxide content.

Azzuro Resources has confirmed high-grade copper-gold-zinc-silver mineralisation over nearly 550 metres of strike at its Red Hill project in Mongolia, with the system remaining open in all directions and metallurgical testing set to begin in Q3 2026.

Lincoln Minerals has kicked off air core drilling at its Minbrie Copper Project in South Australia and secured a $3.1 million placement from a strategic investor to fund exploration and follow-up drilling.

Nelson Resources has kicked off metallurgical testing on samples from its high-grade Orleans Mine and completed underground rehabilitation, setting the stage for a follow-up core drilling program to extend known mineralisation at the Gold Point Project in Nevada.

Great Bear Exploration is gearing up for a major 2026 field campaign at its vast Great Bear Project in Canada, armed with fresh high-grade assay results and a cutting-edge airborne geophysics survey to refine drill targets.

Hammer Metals has confirmed broad and continuous copper-gold-molybdenum-rhenium mineralisation at its Kalman project, highlighted by a standout 165m intercept grading 1.96% recovered copper equivalent in drill hole K162. The results bolster resource confidence ahead of a planned Scoping Study.

Sabre Resources has secured $2 million in a placement to fund drilling across its newly acquired 4,000km2 copper and gold projects near Tennant Creek, targeting high-potential IOCG and gold mineralisation.

New Frontier Minerals has reported strong surface copper grades at its Mt Storm prospect in Queensland, with assays up to 6.88% Cu and promising acid-leach recoveries, reinforcing the prospect’s potential within the NWQ Copper Project.