Latest Diamond Drilling News

Great Plains Metals has secured a 51% interest in Godolphin’s Yeoval and Goodrich copper-gold projects and is moving to increase its stake to 70%, committing another $1 million in exploration. Godolphin will continue as operator while drilling progresses, with assay results due by mid-July.

Aruma Resources’ downhole electromagnetic survey at the Tillex Copper-Silver Project reveals a strong, continuous conductor extending along strike and depth, sharpening drill targets ahead of Phase 2.

Ausgold Limited is ramping up its drilling efforts at the Katanning Gold Project with an imminent 25,000m infill program aimed at tightening drill spacing and underpinning early mine life. Recent results confirm robust resource growth potential and support advancing underground mining studies at Datatine.

PC Gold has reported compelling new gold assay results from its Spring Hill project, alongside a strategic tenement acquisition that expands its landholding by 68km². The company is ramping up exploration with four rigs and a $22 million cash buffer, setting the stage for resource growth beyond the imminent update.

Somerset Minerals has identified extensive copper mineralisation zones at its Coppermine Project in Nunavut, Canada, with a 17km Talisker anomaly near the Danvers deposit and high-grade assays extending Jura North's mineralised system. A maiden Talisker drilling campaign is set for July 2026.

Podium Minerals has confirmed a substantial vertical extension of its Parks Reef PGM deposit in Western Australia, with new drilling revealing strong platinum group metal and copper-gold mineralisation to depths of around 450-500 metres.

Wia Gold’s latest drilling at Kokoseb uncovers a new high-grade mineralised zone beneath the Central Zone, extending underground potential and supporting an updated resource estimate ahead of a Q3 2026 feasibility study.

Eclipse Metals has unveiled high-grade fluorite alongside a suite of critical minerals including gallium and rubidium at Greenland’s Ivigtût mine, repositioning the asset beyond its historic cryolite legacy.

Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) is embarking on its largest drilling campaign to date at its Western Australian gold projects, aiming to extend mineralisation at Golden Boulder, Amy Clarke, and Mon Ami. Recent diamond drilling has revealed deeper gold potential, underpinning the aggressive program.

TG Metals has expanded the Van Uden gold resource by 1.8km to a total strike of 4.3km, revealing significant high-grade gold intercepts and advancing a near-term heap leach opportunity supported by promising laterite drilling.

Chilwa Minerals’ latest assays from drill hole MPYDD007 at Nakombe South in Malawi confirm a multi-commodity critical minerals system with significant niobium, tantalum, rare earth elements, and gallium mineralisation. The company has defined a maiden conceptual Exploration Target and is advancing drilling towards a maiden Mineral Resource.

Newmont Exploration has kicked off a fully funded diamond drilling campaign at Koonenberry Gold’s Junee JV, targeting a large gold-in-soil anomaly at the Allawah Prospect with results expected late 2026.