Latest Copper Exploration News

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Catalina Resources has extended the mineralised strike at its Breakaway Dam Copper Project in WA to approximately 1.2 kilometres, delivering copper intercepts up to 2.17% Cu from recent drilling that confirms a structurally complex, copper-rich VMS system.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
6 May 2026
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.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
6 May 2026
Austral Resources has kicked off its 2026 drilling campaign with a standout 10m intercept grading 7.52% copper at the Snow Queen Prospect near its Rocklands facility, underpinning its strategy to build regional scale through satellite deposits.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
6 May 2026
White Cliff Minerals has visually confirmed copper sulphides over a 1.8 km strike at its Danvers copper project, doubling the known mineralised footprint and intersecting thick chalcocite-rich zones within a major geophysical anomaly.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
4 May 2026
Midas Minerals has delivered its highest-grade copper and silver intercepts yet at the T-13 deposit in Namibia, with ongoing drilling poised to expand resources and accelerate exploration.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
4 May 2026
Alchemy Resources has finalised the sale of its Karonie and Lake Rebecca projects to Forrestania Resources, securing over 7.7 million shares and a royalty, while gearing up for copper exploration in New South Wales.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
4 May 2026
White Cliff Minerals has recommenced drilling at its Rae Copper Project, delivering high-grade copper-silver results and metallurgical testwork supporting simplified processing. The company agreed to sell its Great Bear Project for A$5.8 million, refocusing resources on Rae.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
1 May 2026
Scorpion Minerals has solidified its position in Western Australia’s Murchison region by acquiring the Old Prospect gold tenements and progressing strategic partnerships, setting the stage for extensive drilling and resource upgrades.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
30 Apr 2026
Horseshoe Metals has unveiled a new copper Exploration Target of up to 3.6 million tonnes at its Motters Zone, while advancing Direct Shipping Ore operations supported by strong copper prices and precious metals credits.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
30 Apr 2026
Freehill Mining’s aggregates business surged with a 59% jump in quarterly sales, while new copper project options promise to shift the company’s growth trajectory.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
30 Apr 2026
C29 Metals is making a bold entry into Namibia’s Tier 1 Otavi Copper Belt through an 80% acquisition of a large copper-gold portfolio, backed by a $4.7 million capital raise and promising high-grade drill results.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
30 Apr 2026
Encounter Resources (ASX:ENR) has reported a major 83% increase in the Green deposit’s inferred niobium resource at its Aileron project, lifting the combined inferred mineral resource by 54%. Meanwhile, copper-gold drilling advances in the Paterson Province as the company targets Havieron-style systems.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
30 Apr 2026