Latest Copper 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.

Terra Metals has reported thick, continuous platinum group metal-copper-nickel sulfide mineralisation over a 950m strike at the Southwest zone of its Dante Project, with deeper assays pending and exploration advancing rapidly.

Avira Resources has appointed Andrew van Bentum as CEO, bringing over 25 years of expertise to lead its gold and base metals exploration strategy across Western Australia and Sweden.

Venus Metals Corporation has secured $47 million from selling its Youanmi Gold Project royalty, while exploration at Henderson and Youanmi Base Metals projects reveals promising targets. The company also initiates titanium extraction R&D and plans special dividends for shareholders.

Albright Metals has completed its second staged payment milestone for the Golden Pike Gold and Antimony Project, issuing shares and cash to Globex Mining Enterprises as exploration and development progress.

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.

Venus Metals has unveiled promising auger soil sampling results at its Henderson Gold Project and significant base metals anomalies at Youanmi, alongside initiating a titanium extraction research program with Murdoch University.

New Frontier Minerals is ramping up exploration at its Harts Range Project, focusing on 40 untested geophysical targets with an initial spotlight on the Kings Cross magnetic anomaly. Recent independent research underscores the district-scale copper-nickel-PGE potential of the region, reinforcing the strategic value of NFM's tenure.

Terra Metals’ latest drilling confirms a large-scale, continuous PGM-Cu-Ni-Co sulfide system at its Southwest Prospect, extending the mineralised footprint beyond the existing Dante resource and setting the stage for a maiden Southwest Mineral Resource Estimate later this year.

Nimy Resources has uncovered a second significant gold anomaly at its Mons Project in Western Australia, expanding the prospective gold corridor to around 16 kilometres and setting the stage for a maiden drill campaign in the coming quarter.

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.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) is set to embark on a busy 2026 drilling season with three funded diamond drill programs across its Canobie, Diamantina, and Bulimba projects, targeting multiple high-potential copper and gold prospects in Queensland.