Latest Copper Recovery News

Alma Metals has acquired a fully equipped 16-person exploration camp at its Briggs Copper Project, enabling a second drill rig deployment and accelerating resource growth and pre-feasibility studies.

Infinity Mining (ASX:IMI) has achieved almost 100% copper extraction from century-old smelter waste at its Cangai site using Orivium’s advanced technology, advancing plans for a new processing plant.

Godolphin Resources’ mineralogical study at Lewis Ponds reveals talc dilution in lead concentrate, proposing a pre-flotation step that could double lead grade and boost precious metals recovery.

Prospect Resources has reported robust metallurgical testwork results from the Kabikupa deposit within its Mumbezhi Copper Project, achieving copper concentrate grades exceeding 25% with recoveries above 94%. These findings bolster the project's processing strategy and underpin upcoming scoping studies.

Caravel Minerals has lifted the confidence in its Caravel Copper Project with a 48% increase in Proved Ore Reserve tonnage, maintaining stable total contained copper while adding new metal grades to the reserve estimate.

CuFe Limited has dramatically increased the confidence in its Gecko Copper-Gold Deposit at Tennant Creek, raising the Indicated resource category from 4% to 66%, enabling more robust economic evaluation and mine planning.

Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) has completed the detailed process flow sheet for a novel hydrometallurgical technology licensed from the University of Edinburgh to extract gold and copper from electronic waste. The low-temperature, reagent-recycling method aims to disrupt traditional smelting with environmental and cost benefits.

Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) has demonstrated near-complete recovery of gold and copper from electronic waste using a novel, low-temperature hydrometallurgical process developed by the University of Edinburgh. This breakthrough supports its push into sustainable metal recycling and lithium supply chain projects.

Austral Resources is advancing its Rocklands Copper Project refurbishment with major milestones met, including securing a new SAG mill and confirming infrastructure readiness for 3Mtpa processing, keeping the project on track and budget.

Lithium Universe (ASX: LU7) has launched a detailed development program to commercialise a novel hydrometallurgical process for extracting gold and copper from electronic waste, aiming to disrupt traditional smelting with a more sustainable, low-energy method.

Final assays from drillhole 26LHDD073 at the Southern Porphyry target within the Llahuin Project Joint Venture validate a broad copper-gold-molybdenum mineralised system. Integration of geological and geophysical data aims to pinpoint the higher-grade core ahead of Phase II drilling.

White Cliff Minerals has extended copper mineralisation at its Rae Copper Project in Nunavut to over 5.4km, with visible sulphides in every hole across 2.6km of strike from its 2026 drilling campaign. Assays reveal multiple high-grade intervals, underscoring the project's scale and continuity.