Latest Copper Gold Molybdenum News

Coppermoly Limited’s Managing Director and CEO Dickson Leah has resigned immediately, prompting a board-led strategic review focused on short-term shareholder value amid ongoing exploration and acquisitions.

Golden Globe Resources has highlighted significant copper-gold potential at its Burns Spur area within the Ridler Creek tenement, supported by recent high-grade rock chip assays and a re-evaluation of 1970s Noranda drilling that revealed extensive copper mineralisation.

Hammer Metals has released final assay results from its Kalman drilling program, revealing thick, high-grade copper-gold-molybdenum-rhenium mineralisation and confirming Blackrock's copper-gold potential near the Barkly Highway.

Southern Hemisphere Mining has reported substantial copper sulphide mineralisation at its Llahuin project in Chile, with drill intercepts confirming a large porphyry system and prompting a resource upgrade.

Austral Resources Australia Ltd has lodged a binding proposal to acquire Hammer Metals, offering a 29.9% premium over a rival bid and proposing a SpinCo demerger of Hammer's WA gold assets. The deal would create a larger, more diversified Queensland copper producer with operational synergies and enhanced exploration potential.

Hammer Metals has agreed to be acquired by Larvotto Resources in a $61.2 million scheme that includes a demerger of its WA gold assets, while facing a higher non-binding $80.7 million proposal from Austral Resources. The board backs Larvotto’s offer pending independent expert approval, as drilling at Kalman advances resource confidence.

FMR Resources reports encouraging assay results from its maiden drill program at the Llahuin JV, revealing extensive copper-gold-molybdenum mineralisation. The company also progresses its acquisition of the La Lorena Project with high-grade rock chip samples and identifies multiple magnetic targets for follow-up.

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.

Ballymore Resources has kicked off a deep Magnetotelluric survey at its Dittmer Project, aiming to pinpoint a concealed porphyry copper-gold system beneath a historic high-grade gold mine while advancing underground development and resource drilling.

Austral Resources Australia Ltd has tabled a non-binding proposal to acquire Hammer Metals Ltd at A$0.087 per share, outbidding Larvotto Resources and aiming to bolster its Rocklands copper operations with a substantial new feed source.

Koonenberry Gold (ASX:KNB) has pinpointed a significant near-surface porphyry copper-gold target at its Dunedoo Project in NSW, backed by robust geological, geophysical, and geochemical data. Drill permits are secured for a Q3 2026 campaign targeting multiple priority prospects including Bolinda Vale, Hillside, and Tucklan.

Larvotto Resources is set to acquire Hammer Metals in a $54 million all-scrip deal, expanding its Mt Isa copper portfolio to over 530,000 tonnes of copper equivalent and backed by a $15 million strategic placement from Glencore.