Latest Diamonds News

Adavale Resources has lifted its Parkes Project gold inventory to 383,300 ounces, led by a 228% increase at London-Victoria after an 85-hole drilling campaign. The company is now moving from resource definition towards metallurgical testing and a Scoping Study, although no production decision or project economics has been disclosed.

Anax Metals has moved its Whim Creek copper-zinc project closer to a targeted investment decision, backed by strong feasibility economics and new drilling. But the annual report makes clear that development still depends on securing further funding, with the auditor warning of a material uncertainty over going concern.

OzAurum Resources has shifted Mulgabbie North from feasibility work into early construction, backed by encouraging laboratory heap leach results and a $4.10 million placement. But the company remains loss-making, cash-burning and dependent on further funding, with its auditor flagging a material uncertainty over going concern.

AusQuest has materially expanded its Cangallo copper-gold discovery in Peru, but the exploration push came with a larger loss, a sharp rise in cash outflows and an auditor warning that further funding is likely within 12 months. The company ended FY2026 with $6.35 million in cash after a $10 million placement.

North Stawell Minerals has extended a steep west-dipping gold-bearing structure at Darlington with a 0.5-metre intercept, though the latest grade is well below nearby high-grade results. The company says the trend remains open at depth and along strike, with further drilling needed to test its potential scale.

Argent Minerals has reported its first laboratory assays from Trunkey Creek, with narrow but high-grade gold intersections beyond a void interpreted as historic underground workings. The results strengthen the case for deeper drilling, while leaving the size and continuity of the mineralisation unresolved.

Saturn Metals has extended the Apollo Hill gold system up to 1km north of its existing 2.83Moz Mineral Resource, with several high-grade intersections among the latest results. A 50-hole, 10,000m RC program is now underway to test continuity and support a planned resource update.

American Rare Earths has reported broad, near-surface rare earth mineralisation from the first six holes of its 2026 feasibility drilling program in Wyoming. The results are encouraging for geological continuity, but they cover only part of the program and do not yet represent a new resource estimate.

Western Mines Group has identified broad nickel sulphide mineralisation across six holes on the western margin of Mulga Tank, including a shallow 13m zone grading 0.41% nickel. The results also support a geological model that could guide follow-up drilling towards richer zones, ahead of a government-backed seismic survey.

Killi Resources has intersected a 50-metre zone of visually estimated crystalline magnetite 600 metres south of Lodestone’s existing 110Mt inferred resource. The result also identified a separate 16-metre hanging-wall zone, but assays and metallurgical testing are still pending.

Nexus Minerals has secured firm commitments for a A$5.4 million placement to fund drilling and exploration across its Wallbrook Gold Project and NSW Mineral Project. The raise is priced below recent market benchmarks and is expected to lift cash above A$8.7 million before costs.

Tambourah Metals has tightened drilling across its Tambourah King gold lode, returning several encouraging intersections ahead of a planned maiden resource estimate. Shallow results at Western Chief add a second exploration thread, although the system remains lightly tested at depth.