Latest Drill Permitting News

Kingsrose Mining has cleared a major Finnish permitting hurdle that supports a targeted January 2027 drilling campaign at Penikat, although appeals remain possible until 20 November. The explorer also reported A$16.7 million in cash, late-year Finnmark assays and ongoing efforts to secure a funding partner for its Norwegian portfolio.

Rapid Critical Metals has completed maiden drilling at its Prophet River gallium-germanium project, with visible sphalerite and galena logged in all seven holes. The strongest downhole intervals widened at Pad 2, but laboratory assays will determine whether the visual results contain economic zinc, germanium or gallium grades.

BMC Minerals has reported high-grade polymetallic drilling near its proposed Yukon mine, alongside a US$8.6 million quarterly operating cash outflow and five quarters of funding at current spending rates. The company also detailed the secured Wheaton financing arrangement that underpins part of the KZK project’s funding position.

Strata Minerals advanced technical and environmental work at its Zelica Gold Project during the September quarter, while a 42,000oz maiden resource announced after quarter end gave the project a clearer development base. The company ended the period with A$1.4 million in cash and no debt, but remains pre-production and dependent on approvals, further studies and its BML Ventures partnership.

S2 Resources has secured heritage and drilling approvals for two Jillewarra gold targets, while diamond drilling is now underway at Warraweena’s T37 prospect. The explorer ended September with A$17.35 million in cash and a further A$5.24 million Valkea Resources stake.

Minerals Exploration has shifted decisively into New Zealand gold and tungsten, but its annual report flags a $2.66 million loss and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue without further funding. Exploration results are encouraging, though the company has yet to establish a mineral resource or economic discovery.

Patriot Resources has completed 38 surface samples at its Tassa silver-gold project in Peru, where mapping identified a 120-metre breccia interpreted as the upper part of a preserved epithermal system. The company is now moving south into the newly acquired Tassa 5 tenement while its maiden drill permit application progresses.

Flagship Minerals has outlined a conceptual 22 million to 40 million tonne tungsten Exploration Target at its Khao Soon project in southern Thailand. The company is now weighing a sale, spin-out or joint venture for the non-core asset, but the target remains well short of a Mineral Resource.

Venari Minerals has moved Red Mountain from grassroots discovery to a 3.03Mt lithium carbonate equivalent inferred resource, backed by 99.5% battery-grade lithium carbonate test work. The next test is commercial rather than geological, with drilling, permitting and a planned Scoping Study now competing against a large loss and ongoing funding needs.

Charger Metals has reduced its FY2026 loss and secured $3.75 million from the sale of Bynoe, giving the lithium explorer more room to advance its Lake Johnston assets. The company’s Medcalf resource now stands at 10.6Mt, although further drilling and funding will be needed to test its economic potential.

Felix Gold advanced bulk extraction, processing and refinery plans at its Alaska antimony project in FY26, but the push came with a larger loss, falling cash and an auditor-documented material uncertainty over going concern. A potential US$18 million Department of Energy award remains subject to negotiation rather than a committed funding source.

Resolution Minerals has turned Horse Heaven into the centre of its strategy, pairing broad gold drilling with high-grade antimony and tungsten test work. The expansion came with a sharply higher A$53.3 million FY2026 loss and a disclosed dependence on future funding.