Latest Copper Mineralisation News

Titan Minerals has reported broad, near-surface gold-silver-copper mineralisation at Kaliman and wider, higher-grade intercepts at Brecha-Comanche within its Dynasty project in Ecuador. The results add momentum to a 20,000-metre drilling program ahead of a planned Q1 2027 resource update and scoping study.

Tasman Resources has received South Australian approval for its Parkinson Dam environmental programme, clearing the regulatory path for a 20-hole drilling campaign. The programme now hinges on contractor appointments and a drilling start date, with historical high-grade gold and silver results providing the geological rationale.

White Cliff Minerals has identified copper sulphides on a previously untested parallel structure mapped over 2.8km at its Rae Copper Project. Sulphides also appeared in all three northeast infill holes, but laboratory assays remain six to eight weeks away.

Altitude Minerals is abandoning its Byrock copper-gold earn-in after disappointing assays and redirecting exploration towards drill-ready silver and gold targets in Nevada. The pivot comes with $817,000 in cash, 1.5 quarters of estimated funding and further capital still to be secured.

Lux Copper’s first three diamond holes at the Baird project in Alaska have intersected broad zones of visually identified copper mineralisation from surface and at depth. The company now faces the more consequential test: laboratory assays expected in November.

AusQuest’s latest CSAMT survey has outlined an interpreted porphyry copper footprint at least 2.5km by 1km at Cangallo in southern Peru. The geophysics also points to untested targets at depth and two possible additional porphyry centres, although none has yet been confirmed by drilling.

Manhattan Gold’s first drilling at the Spectre VMS target has returned high-grade copper, gold, silver and zinc, including 6.10 metres at 3.18% copper. Mineralisation was repeated 77 metres along strike, but the early-stage results are reported as downhole lengths and do not yet establish true widths or a resource.

Somerset Minerals reported a $2.17 million statutory profit for 2026, but the result was driven mainly by a gain on divesting its Blackdome-Elizabeth subsidiaries rather than recurring operations. The company’s Coppermine copper campaign delivered strong Jura and Talisker drilling results while its auditor warned that further funding is needed to sustain exploration.

Vantage Metals has reported high-grade silver-zinc-copper-gold intersections in Argentina, but the exploration win sits alongside a A$26.7 million impairment and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company ended June with A$2.5 million in cash and remains reliant on further funding.

Rumble Resources has moved Western Queen closer to a potential 2027 gold start, pairing a larger resource with third-party processing access and A$10 million in royalty funding. The project remains pre-production, however, with approvals, financing, feasibility work and a final investment decision still outstanding.

Westar Resources has reported a $3.30 million FY2026 loss after impairing $2.20 million of exploration assets, predominantly at Gidgee North. The explorer ended the year with $1.85 million in cash after raising $1.98 million, while adding several early-stage gold and copper projects.

Rubix Resources ended FY2026 with a $1.283 million loss, only $95,001 in cash and a net asset deficit, prompting its auditor to flag a material uncertainty over going concern. The company’s Paperbark drilling produced an encouraging copper signal, but further exploration depends on fresh funding.