Latest Copper Gold Mining News

Heavy Minerals reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss and a $3.15 million net working capital deficit, with its auditor flagging material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet pressure sits alongside stronger project milestones, including a post-year-end Port Gregory study and the push to fund Kanmantoo.

QMines has moved its Mt Chalmers copper-gold project into a Definitive Feasibility Study after securing a $15 million strategic package from QIC. The development push comes alongside a larger annual loss, $9.21 million in operating cash outflow and continued reliance on future funding.

Terrain Minerals has released a maiden inferred mineral resource estimate at its Lightning Gold Project alongside advancing multiple critical and precious metals projects across Western Australia and Queensland.

Loyal Metals has secured full ownership of the Highway Reward Copper-Gold Mine and progressed its North American lithium projects, while moving forward with a A$79.1 million cash takeover by PT Bumi Resources.

Encounter Resources has pinpointed a 1.2-kilometre copper-gold target zone at its Elsa prospect in WA’s Paterson Province, following a 10,000m RC drilling program that intersected broad, shallow mineralisation coinciding with extensive weathering and potential deeper sulphide zones.

Zeus Resources (ASX:ZEU) is set to acquire the Diaguili copper-gold project in Mauritania for US$2 million, backed by a fully funded $2 million placement. The shallow historical drilling shows promising copper grades, with mineralisation open at depth and along strike.

Everest Metals has obtained a critical mining lease for its Revere Gold Project in WA, marking a major step from exploration to development with a 260,780-ounce maiden resource and ongoing approvals.

G11 Resources has confirmed a significant 90m zone of hydrothermal alteration at its Zig Zag target in Tasmania, with further drilling and surveys underway to test the open-ended geophysical anomaly.

Antilles Gold’s Cuban joint venture Minera La Victoria has been designated a US Specially Designated National, forcing suspension of management and mine construction activities while the company seeks a resolution.

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.

Loyal Metals has completed the acquisition of the high-grade Highway Reward Copper-Gold Mine and confirmed a large-scale VHMS mineral system, while agreeing to a cash takeover by PT Bumi Resources valuing the company at A$79.1 million.

Alara Resources maintained steady copper-gold production at its Al Wash-hi Majaza Mine despite regional geopolitical shipping disruptions, while advancing exploration and managing ongoing legal proceedings in Oman.