Latest Drilling Campaigns News

Caprice Resources has put its Murchison gold portfolio at the centre of a larger exploration campaign after extending Vadrians mineralisation and raising A$12.8 million. The company remains pre-production and loss-making, with a maiden resource estimate still to come.

Altair Minerals finished 2026 with A$33.7 million in cash after major equity raisings, giving it room to pursue a large Greater Oko drilling campaign in Guyana. The balance-sheet improvement came alongside a wider A$4.81 million loss, substantial dilution and an unresolved dispute with BHP over Olympic Domain.

Vantage Metals has reported high-grade silver-zinc-copper-gold intersections in Argentina, but the exploration win sits alongside a A$26.7 million impairment and a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company ended June with A$2.5 million in cash and remains reliant on further funding.

Dalaroo Metals has moved from a Western Australian base-metals explorer into a three-country gold and critical-minerals play, but its next phase depends on drilling success and continued access to capital. The annual report records a $2.63 million loss, $509,442 in year-end cash and a material uncertainty over going concern.

Adavale Resources is presenting its 610-square-kilometre Parkes Gold Project as a belt-scale opportunity with 383,300 ounces of reported gold resources and existing processing infrastructure. The next test is whether metallurgical work, a scoping study and funding can turn that inventory into a credible development plan.

Zenith Minerals more than doubled its flagship Dulcie gold resource to 675,000 ounces in FY26, but the company’s next chapter is now tied to Forrestania Resources’ conditional takeover offer. The annual report also details Takeovers Panel intervention, ongoing drilling and a cash balance of $4.23 million.

Cobre Limited (ASX:CBE) says its Sierra Atacama turnaround delivered a first cash-positive quarter, higher recovery and 879 tonnes of copper cathode production. The company remains loss-making at group level, but enters FY27 with more cash, a larger project stake and an ambitious drilling and expansion programme.

Killi Resources has emerged from FY2026 with $14.68 million in cash and a far larger strategic ambition, centred on its proposed 80% acquisition of the Lodestone Iron Ore Project. The company remains loss-making and the transaction was still conditional at year-end, but a 20,000-metre drilling campaign is now targeting rapid resource growth.

Raptor Metals completed its transformation into a Canadian copper and polymetallic explorer in FY2026, backed by drilling success at Chester and new Bathurst Mining Camp acquisitions. But the company’s $3.28 million loss, $3.97 million operating cash outflow and auditor-flagged funding uncertainty leave the next capital raise as a central investor question.

Emu NL has moved from geological validation at Fiery Creek into a larger drilling campaign at its Yataga Valley copper project, after ending FY2026 with $3.15 million in cash. The progress comes with a material warning: the auditor said the company’s ability to continue as a going concern depends on securing further capital.

Emperor Energy has secured NOPSEMA approval for the Judith-2 appraisal well, removing a major regulatory barrier ahead of targeted drilling in April 2027. The well will test a 166 Bcf contingent gas resource and investigate deeper prospective sands, although commercial conversion remains unproven.

Barton Gold has moved deeper into development after raising $40.9 million, completing its largest-ever drilling campaign and ending FY2026 with $31.9 million in cash. The progress came alongside a $22.4 million loss as spending accelerated across Tunkillia, Challenger, Tolmer and Wudinna.