Latest Drill Results News

AuKing Mining has extended its high-grade rare earths story at Tundulu while reporting just 1.21 quarters of funding at its current cash burn. The company is also building a broader critical minerals portfolio across Malawi and Greenland, but much of the next phase depends on assays, option exercises and further funding.

Patagonia Lithium has completed its latest Cilon drilling campaign with Well 8 delivering 2,043 litres per hour and rapid aquifer recovery, while a corrected estimate put the pumped lithium at a preferred 30kg. The result now feeds into a resource upgrade, but a disappointing Well 9 infill hole adds uncertainty about aquifer continuity.

AIC Mines fell short of its September-quarter production plan, but maintained FY27 guidance as Jericho moved into first-stoping production and the expanded Eloise plant neared commissioning. The company is also asking shareholders to approve a A$120 million Mt Cuthbert acquisition backed by a A$70 million placement.

BPM Minerals has completed 9,060 metres of drilling at Beachcomber and 2,854 metres at Bonnie and Clyde, with a stream of assays due through early 2027. The company is targeting a maiden JORC-compliant resource at Beachcomber in the first half of 2027, while a looming BPMOB option expiry could provide up to $3.24 million in additional capital.

Solara Minerals has identified gold and silver in selective rock-chip samples along a quartz vein extending more than 400 metres at Myrnas Hill. The explorer is also preparing follow-up drilling at Wilgeena, while its $1.642 million cash balance points to a measured exploration runway.

Maronan Metals has completed more than 15,000 metres of a 40,000-metre infill program and is preparing to accelerate work at its Queensland project with a proposed A$20 million placement. The funding remains subject to shareholder approval, while a new chief executive is due to take charge in November.

PC Gold has reported a run of thick, stacked gold intercepts at its 1.51Moz Spring Hill project, with five of eight diamond holes delivering best single intercepts of about 70 gram-metres or more. The results add momentum ahead of a targeted December Mineral Resource Estimate update, while coarse-gold sampling and pending assays remain important variables.

Kingfisher Mining has reported strong September-quarter drilling results across its Broken Hill portfolio and secured approximately $2.25 million for further exploration. The next test is whether follow-up drilling can turn high-grade intersections into a larger, coherent mineralised system.

Kali Metals has expanded its Marble Bar gold pipeline after reporting shallow high-grade drilling and nine additional targets identified after quarter end. The explorer also ended September with $5.242 million in cash and a binding agreement for up to $700,000 of JX Advanced Metals-funded exploration in the Southern Lachlan Fold Belt.

CuFe is seeking to take full ownership of its Tennant Creek copper-gold-bismuth project by issuing 1.6 billion shares to the holders of the remaining 45% interest. The deal could simplify development decisions, but would also leave Gold Valley and its associates with about 53% of CuFe if completed.

Alkane Resources has extended the known gold-antimony system beneath Nagambie’s West Pit, with drilling identifying mineralisation outside the existing Inferred Resource. The results strengthen the exploration case, but do not yet change the resource estimate or establish an economic mine plan.

Aureka is approaching a decisive shareholder vote on its proposed acquisition of the Fiddlers Creek mine and Wedderburn mill, after raising $7.25 million and ending September with $6.993 million in cash. Exploration results at Irvine and Comstock add further upside, but the company’s transition from explorer to producer is not yet complete.