Latest Drill Planning News

Emerald Resources NL posted a record March quarter pre-tax operating cash flow of A$143 million from its Okvau Gold Mine, maintaining full-year gold production guidance while progressing development and exploration at its Dingo Range and Memot projects.

Nelson Resources has initiated rehabilitation at the Orleans Mine within its Gold Point Project, setting the stage for a maiden underground drilling campaign in Q3 2026 aimed at unlocking high-grade gold-silver veins.

Yandal Resources has commissioned a new exploration camp enabling a large-scale drilling campaign at its Ironstone Well-Barwidgee Gold Project. Recent results confirm a continuous mineralised system at Arrakis and high-grade gold at New England Granite, underpinning an ambitious 30,000m program for H1 2026.

Bubalus Resources reports encouraging gold intercepts from maiden Avon Plains drilling while streamlining its portfolio to prioritise Victorian assets and critical minerals projects. The company maintains a solid $3 million cash buffer amid cost cuts and plans multiple exploration campaigns in the coming quarters.

Lion Energy has secured funding for its East Seram Bula Karang-1 exploration well, reduced capital risk by divesting its Seram (Non-Bula) PSC stake, and put green hydrogen development on hold pending commercial clarity.

Iltani Resources has unveiled outstanding assay results from the Link Zone between its Orient East and West deposits, highlighting significant silver-lead-zinc-indium mineralisation outside current resource estimates. The company is gearing up for an aggressive 2026 drilling campaign to expand and upgrade its largest known silver-indium deposit.

Impact Minerals has reported standout assays from the first two holes in its Commonwealth JV drilling program, confirming rich gold, silver, and base metal mineralisation that extends known zones and sets the stage for an expanded Phase II campaign.

Altitude Minerals confirms high-priority drill targets and secures permits for a 2,600m reverse circulation program at its 100% owned Firenze silver-gold epithermal project in Nevada, targeting a promising 1.2km structural corridor.

AuKing Mining has wrapped up a drone-based magnetics and LiDAR survey across its Tundulu rare earths project, setting the stage for a drilling campaign targeted for May. The high-resolution data aims to sharpen drill targeting within the 5km carbonatite complex.

Galileo Mining maintains a strong cash position of approximately A$8.2 million as it confirms extensive PGE-nickel-copper mineralisation at Norseman's Mission Sill and completes deep diamond drilling beneath the Callisto deposit.

Encounter Resources has boosted its Aileron project’s inferred niobium resource by 54%, lifting the total to 120 million tonnes at 0.77% Nb2O5. The 2025 drilling campaign notably grew the Green deposit’s contained niobium by 83%, underpinning plans for a potential long-life mining operation in Western Australia’s West Arunta region.

Kuniko Limited has delivered strong assay results from its maiden drilling at the Commonwealth Main Shaft in NSW, confirming high-grade gold, silver and base metals and extending mineralisation down-dip. These findings set the stage for a more ambitious Phase II drilling campaign.