Latest Drilling Campaigns News

Metal Hawk has reported its strongest Leinster South drilling result to date, including 9 metres at 12.3g/t gold at the Numbat lode. A $1.2 million placement is funding further RC and diamond drilling, with the next assays due in November.

Li-FT Power has returned a 56-metre intersection grading 1.43% Li₂O from the first assays of its 2026 drilling campaign in Quebec. The results strengthen the company’s geological interpretation ahead of a planned resource estimate and preliminary economic assessment in early 2027, although most of the program remains to be reported.

Xpedra Resources has completed its first 31 Springfield RC holes with broad gold mineralisation now traced across 400 metres of strike and open at depth and along strike. A larger 4,000 to 5,000 metre drilling campaign is due to begin shortly, while the company has added the historic Neeld Gold Project to its NSW portfolio.

Industrial Minerals has cleared a key licensing hurdle at its newly acquired Laverton Gold Project, positioning the North Pool prospect for maiden RC drilling once heritage and regulatory approvals are complete. The company ended September with $2.50 million in cash after completing its $3 million placement and issuing shares tied to the acquisition and board changes.

Raptor Metals has returned broad copper-rich and polymetallic assays from archived Chester core, including up to 32 metres at 1.38% copper. The results will feed an updated resource estimate, but they remain downhole results from within the existing resource footprint rather than a new resource declaration.

Elementos has secured approval for the 8.1km access corridor at its Oropesa tin project in Spain and made its Robledollano smelter option unconditional. The company ended September with A$38.6 million in cash, but still needs primary permits, financing and offtake agreements before a final investment decision.

Manhattan Gold has completed its largest-ever Hook Lake drilling campaign, with strong gold results at Jaws and polymetallic sulphide intercepts at Spectre widening the project’s exploration case. But five assays remain outstanding, the next funding tranche still needs shareholder approval, and the company reports only 1.54 quarters of cash coverage on its current spending basis.

Avira Resources has completed its 4,234-metre Mt Cattlin drilling campaign, with assays still pending from first-pass holes at the historically high-grade Sirdar and Ellendale prospects. The exploration momentum comes alongside $860,000 in cash and an estimated 1.45 quarters of funding.

88 Energy has secured more than 80% of the services and long-lead items needed for its planned Augusta-1 well, while several bids have emerged for a South Prudhoe farm-out. The progress comes with A$5.0 million in cash and a reported 2.85 quarters of funding based on current outgoings.

Turaco Gold has reported high-grade gold extensions at Begnopan and Asupiri-Adiopan, including a 6-metre hit at 18.52g/t, as it prepares to update Afema’s 4.65Moz Mineral Resource. The results remain exploration data rather than a new resource or reserve, but several intersections sit beyond existing models and Ore Reserve boundaries.

QMines has doubled its Mt Chalmers drilling campaign to 20,000 metres while reporting $10.7 million in cash and a further $1.4 million in contracted receivables. The September quarter also delivered a higher Mount Mackenzie resource, fresh Botos drilling and a pipeline of assays that could shape the next resource update.

Venus Metals has completed a second 1,541-metre RC drilling program at Bellchambers after intersections including 20 metres at 2.72 g/t gold. The explorer ended September with $25.8 million in cash and Rox Resources shares, despite returning about $35 million to shareholders during the quarter.