Latest Copper News

Verity Resources has upgraded its Monument Gold Project with a maiden indicated resource and is progressing development studies, while its Botswana copper-silver and Brazil rare earth projects offer multiple growth avenues.

Golden Horse Minerals is set to showcase its dominant Southern Cross tenements and robust drilling success at the upcoming Diggers and Dealers Mining Forum. The company underscores proven gold production and a growing exploration pipeline ahead of a maiden resource estimate.

FireFly Metals has delivered a fresh wave of high-grade copper and gold drilling results at its Green Bay project in Canada, setting the stage for an updated Mineral Resource Estimate and a Preliminary Economic Assessment due by the end of August 2026.

Sunstone Metals has uncovered a substantial new zone of gold-copper mineralisation at its Bramaderos Project in Ecuador, with all 24 recent drill holes outside the existing 3.6Moz resource delivering long intersections. The Porotillo prospect alone now spans a 520m by 230m area, setting the stage for a resource update in December 2026.

Austral Resources has lodged a binding offer to acquire Hammer Metals for $80.7 million, trumping Larvotto Resources' earlier $61.2 million scheme. The proposal includes a demerger of Hammer’s WA gold assets and positions Hammer shareholders to own about 31% of the combined entity.

TechGen Metals (ASX: TG1) enters a catalyst-rich 2026 with fully funded drilling across four copper-gold projects adjacent to multi-million-ounce mines. The company’s $3.7 million cash position supports maiden drilling at Blue & Red Devil and resource development at John Bull.

Ardea Resources has reinforced the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project's Goongarrie Hub as a critical global nickel-cobalt source with a 6.1 million tonne contained nickel resource and a fully funded $98.5 million Definitive Feasibility Study backed by Japanese partners and multi-jurisdictional government support.

Solstice Minerals continues to push the boundaries of its Nanadie copper-gold project in WA, reporting multiple wide, high-grade copper intercepts from recent drilling that extend mineralisation beyond the current resource estimate.

Encounter Resources has significantly extended the shallow, high-grade niobium mineralisation at its Emily deposit and confirmed thick, high-grade zones at Green within the Aileron Project. A 70,000m drilling campaign is underway, underpinning resource growth and development plans.

Nelson Resources has identified a promising copper-gold target at its Cinnamon Property in Nevada, delivering rock-chip samples with significant grades and outlining a clear path for advancing both copper-gold and tungsten prospects.

Hamelin Gold's maiden drilling at Day Dawn reveals multiple high-grade gold lodes and a reef-style system akin to Telfer, signalling potential for a major new discovery in Western Australia's Paterson Province.

Somerset Minerals reports standout surface rock chip assays from its Coppermine Project in Nunavut, with peak copper grades hitting 46.3% at Skye and 36.4% at Talisker, underpinning a district-scale opportunity as maiden drilling advances.