Latest Copper And Nickel News

Pivotal Metals has extended its diamond drilling program at the Lorraine Mine East in Quebec, targeting untested copper-nickel and gold anomalies adjacent to a historic mine. The move aims to explore both magmatic sulphide and vein-hosted mineralisation, with drilling underway at the Shanty Lake target and a resource update due for Horden Lake.

Verity Resources has kicked off a systematic soil sampling and geological mapping campaign across its 903km² PL123/2024 tenement in Botswana, targeting copper, nickel, cobalt, silver and gold mineralisation analogous to the nearby Selebi Ni-Cu mine.

Mandrake Resources has secured a drilling contract to advance exploration at its Berinka Project in the Northern Territory’s Pine Creek Orogen, targeting gold and copper mineralisation with a 3,200m reverse circulation program planned for August 2026.

Litchfield Minerals, supported by BHP Xplor, has transformed its view of Harts Range into a belt-scale copper-nickel mineral system, identifying a key deep conductor beneath known prospects and planning detailed surveys to unlock drill targets.

Blaze Minerals has uncovered significant copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation at its newly named Krokodil Prospect within the Dinokwe Project, setting the stage for trenching and potential drilling in Botswana’s Limpopo Mobile Belt.

Pivotal Metals has kicked off its first modern exploration program at the LaForce copper-nickel project in Quebec, aiming to unlock new targets with advanced geophysical surveys ahead of a planned 2026 drill campaign.

GreenTech Metals has confirmed thicker, high-grade PGE-Cu-Ni mineralisation at its Munni Munni Project through Phase 1 drilling and historic core resampling, setting the stage for a JORC 2012 resource update.

Terra Metals has unveiled a significant platinum group metal sulfide system at its Southwest Prospect within the Dante Project, backed by robust assay results and a strong cash position following a recent $85 million capital raise.

Chalice Mining has bolstered its leadership and financing strategy while advancing a Feasibility Study for its Gonneville palladium-nickel-copper project, amid improving market conditions and promising exploration results.

Terra Metals has linked two drill holes to reveal a 172.4-metre continuous zone of platinum group metals, copper, and nickel mineralisation at its Southwest Prospect, Dante Project, with high-grade pockets up to 31.11 g/t PGE3. The system remains open for expansion along strike and at depth.

Asian Battery Metals has completed its acquisition of the Maikhan Uul Cu-Au VMS Project and is poised to start a fully permitted 2026 drilling campaign across its Mongolian copper and battery metals assets, backed by $5.25 million in cash.

GreenTech Metals has consolidated a dominant West Pilbara position by acquiring 70% of the Munni Munni PGE-Cu-Ni Project and completed a cost-saving Phase 1 drilling and historic core resampling program. Early data hints at significant resource expansion ahead of a JORC 2012 upgrade.