Latest Drilling Campaigns News

Tasman Resources has received South Australian approval for its Parkinson Dam environmental programme, clearing the regulatory path for a 20-hole drilling campaign. The programme now hinges on contractor appointments and a drilling start date, with historical high-grade gold and silver results providing the geological rationale.

Canterbury Resources is advancing two sizeable Queensland copper projects, but its FY2026 annual report puts the company’s funding position firmly in the spotlight. The explorer ended June with $220,503 in cash and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Macro Metals has secured approximately A$3.28 million through a placement and the proposed conversion of its chairman’s loan, funding drilling across iron ore, copper and gold assets. The raise also completes the acquisition of Yandi South, but much of the capital remains tied to exploration outcomes that are yet to be established.

Turaco Gold has reported one of its strongest Woulo Woulo intercepts, with 56 metres at 3.87g/t gold including 16 metres at 10.19g/t. The results extend a high-grade structural shoot beneath the existing resource and trigger another six-hole deep drilling campaign.

Cobre has outlined a three-stage plan to lift Sierra Atacama’s copper cathode capacity from its existing configuration to 18,000 tonnes per annum, then 25,000 tonnes, with a larger 50,000-tonne case under consideration. The targets depend on refurbishment, permitting, further drilling and resource modelling.

Hamelin Gold has expanded its Day Dawn drilling campaign after intersecting multiple high-grade gold lodes, including 3 metres at 93.4 g/t Au from 9 metres. The company raised approximately $8 million during the quarter and held $9 million in cash as it prepares for diamond drilling and further exploration across Western Australia.

Nordic Resources has increased the pit-constrained resource at its Kopsa gold-copper-silver deposit in Finland by 86% to 1.52 million ounces of gold equivalent. The update gives the company a larger, more defined resource base, but the project remains at the Mineral Resource stage rather than a development decision.

Recharge Metals has completed its 100% acquisition of the Ironstone Well Gold Project, expanding its Prospero gold exploration trend near Leonora to more than 15km. The deal lands just as the company prepares to start its first 30,000m drilling campaign at the adjoining Sunset Well project.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining has secured the full A$1.14 million targeted through its underwritten entitlement offer, despite eligible shareholders subscribing for only A$314,170. The capital is earmarked for drilling at the Lighthorse discovery, aircore work at LTZ Flexure and working capital.

Dalaroo Metals will drill five holes totalling about 1,250 metres around its high-grade Wilfred gold intercept in Côte d’Ivoire. The work is designed to establish whether the 18-metre zone at 7.31 g/t gold extends at depth and along strike, while new assays and a diamond rig add near-term exploration catalysts.

Tennant Minerals has begun a multi-stage diamond drilling campaign targeting extensions and possible repetitions of its high-grade Bluebird copper-gold-bismuth discovery. The program tests an interpreted 1.5km structural corridor, but the Warrego-scale comparison remains an exploration target rather than an estimate of mineralisation.

Daly Resources has emerged from its June ASX debut with $11.05 million in cash, a 6,500 km² Northern Territory exploration portfolio and a growing list of drill targets. The catch is familiar for early-stage explorers: the company has yet to define a mineral resource or reserve, while its strongest Huckitta results remain surface sampling rather than drilling.