Latest Drilling Campaign News

Viking Mines has uncovered significant tungsten mineralisation in historical rock stockpiles at its Linka Tungsten Project, Nevada, with assay results reaching 1.8% WO3, well above the historical mined average. The findings open the door to potential ore sorting applications and advance the project towards a brownfields restart.

Pursuit Minerals has unveiled a comprehensive geological mapping study at its Sascha Marcelina Project in Argentina, defining a district-scale volcanic-hydrothermal system with five priority targets and setting the stage for maiden drilling from September 2026.

Barton Gold has wrapped up an intensive 39,000m Phase 2 drilling campaign at its Tunkillia Gold Project, aiming to upgrade resource classifications ahead of a Pre-Feasibility Study due in Q1 2027. Early assay results suggest potential for improved grade and resource size, underpinning robust project economics.

Hammer Metals has released final assay results from its Kalman drilling program, revealing thick, high-grade copper-gold-molybdenum-rhenium mineralisation and confirming Blackrock's copper-gold potential near the Barkly Highway.

Beach Energy (ASX:BPT) reported a 742% jump in net profit to $281 million for FY26 despite a 9% revenue decline, driven by Waitsia Gas Plant reaching full capacity and stringent cost control. The company declared a fully franked final dividend of 2 cents per share.

Enova Mining’s latest auger drilling results at East Salinas confirm significant near-surface rare earth element mineralisation, reinforcing the project’s potential as a large saprolite-hosted REE system in Brazil.

Sabre Resources has secured 4,000km2 of prime gold-copper ground near Tennant Creek and kicked off its maiden drilling campaign at Kurundi North, aiming to replicate world-class mineralisation.

Kaoko Metals has kicked off its first-ever diamond drilling campaign at the Chalkos Copper-Silver Project in Namibia, targeting key prospects Donkey Hill and Otniel with a 2,000-3,000 metre program designed to test mineralisation continuity and structural controls.

Black Bear Minerals’ re-analysis of historic drill core at Texas’s Shafter Silver Project reveals up to 147% higher silver grades and confirms polymetallic potential, prompting an expanded resource review and plans for a JORC upgrade.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX:HRE) has secured $2.028 million through a placement and entitlement offer to advance drilling programs and a strategic review across its key projects in South Australia and Western Australia.

Magnum Mining has reported robust rare earth element results from 92 new auger holes at its Piracanjuba North project in Brazil, confirming widespread mineralisation across multiple centres and accelerating its 10,000m drilling program ahead of schedule.

QMines Limited has boosted the Mount Mackenzie gold and silver resource by 32% in gold ounces, with 70% now classified as Indicated, following a comprehensive 73-hole drilling campaign that enhanced geological confidence and resource scale.