Latest Copper News

Rio Tinto reported robust third quarter 2025 production results, highlighted by record outputs in bauxite and copper, and an upgraded bauxite production forecast. Key projects like Simandou and Oyu Tolgoi continue to progress on schedule, underpinning the company’s growth trajectory.

Canterbury Resources is on the cusp of completing a pivotal scoping study for its Briggs Copper Project, while deep drilling advances to unlock higher-grade mineralisation. The company also moves forward with new exploration initiatives and a share purchase plan to bolster funding.

Verity Resources has acquired the remaining 34% joint venture interest in its Botswana copper-silver and nickel projects, gaining 100% ownership of a strategically significant critical metals portfolio. This move positions Verity to accelerate development in a region benefiting from major US export-import bank financing.

Strickland Metals has reported multiple thick, high-grade gold intercepts at its Gradina Deposit within the Rogozna Project, reinforcing the deposit’s significant potential ahead of a maiden resource estimate due late 2025.

Ballymore Resources has identified significant shallow copper-gold mineralisation at its Andromache prospect through a recent induced polarisation survey, setting the stage for upcoming drilling campaigns across multiple Queensland projects.

Asian Battery Metals PLC’s due diligence drilling at the Maikhan Uul copper-gold project confirms more than 20 metres of massive sulphide mineralisation, validating historic data and advancing its acquisition option.

Koonenberry Gold is set to embark on an aggressive 10,000-metre drilling campaign at its Enmore Gold Project in northeast NSW, aiming to expand promising high-grade gold mineralisation and explore new targets along the Sunnyside Shear Zone.

White Cliff Minerals has revealed promising airborne geophysical data identifying multiple new high-priority copper targets adjacent to the Danvers deposit in Nunavut, signaling significant exploration upside at the Rae Copper Project.

Resource Minerals International Ltd reports impressive high-grade gold and silver assays from rock chip sampling at its Shaib Marqan and Wadi Salamah projects in Saudi Arabia, setting the stage for maiden drilling campaigns.

Litchfield Minerals has reported a significant copper-zinc sulphide intercept exceeding 100 metres at its Oonagalabi Project, with ongoing drilling targeting major geophysical anomalies that could expand the resource.

Gateway Mining’s recent Induced Polarisation survey at the Yandal Gold Project has refined key gold targets, setting the stage for a significant diamond drilling campaign starting this week.

AusQuest has initiated a targeted Reverse Circulation drilling campaign at its Mt Davis project in WA, aiming to test significant VTEM electromagnetic and soil geochemical anomalies for copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation.