Latest Drilling Plans News

Chilwa Minerals has more than doubled its Mpyupyu heavy mineral sands resource to 109.6 million tonnes, defined a maiden niobium-rare earths exploration target at Nakombe, and progressed its planned Nasdaq dual listing with the SEC.

Odessa Minerals has reported encouraging exploration results at its WA projects, confirming potential carbonatite-hosted rare earth elements and new base metal anomalies, while securing $2.65 million in fresh capital to fund a maiden 10,000m drilling campaign and project acquisitions.

Verity Resources’ first-pass aircore drilling at the Monument Gold Project has confirmed gold mineralisation across a 9km banded iron formation corridor, expanding the footprint beyond its existing 137,700oz Korong–Waihi Mineral Resource.

AusQuest has confirmed a continuous 1.5km copper-gold mineralised corridor at its Cangallo project in Peru, with broad intercepts and emerging high-grade zones. Diamond drilling has begun, revealing significant vertical extent and setting the stage for deeper exploration.

Tali Resources plans to start diamond drilling at its Khya prospect in mid-August, aiming to test a significant concealed copper-gold system within Western Australia's Lake Mackay Fault Zone.

Koba Resources has completed maiden drilling at its Mt Garnet tin-tungsten prospects and expanded the uranium mineralised strike at Yarramba, setting the stage for significant assay results and follow-up drilling.

Yandal Resources has expanded the Arrakis gold discovery with high-grade mineralisation at depth and confirmed fresh rock gold at Flushing Meadows, underpinning a busy September quarter exploration schedule.

Pantera Minerals has solidified its position in the US antimony market with exceptional assay results at its Gillham Project, while its strategic investment in EnergyX has surged in value following a capital raise price increase.

Tolu Minerals has reported robust new gold intersections from 17 diamond drill holes at its Tolukuma Gold Mine, bolstering a revised geological model and supporting an updated Mineral Resource Estimate due in August 2026.

Stelar Metals has secured environmental approval for its inaugural ~3,000m Reverse Circulation drilling campaign at the Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project, set to begin in August 2026. This marks the first deep drilling beneath a high-grade tungsten system with significant strike and width in the Northern Territory.

Prominence Energy has validated elevated helium and natural hydrogen levels in South Australia, backed by independent lab and satellite data, while securing $1.56 million to fund its next exploration phase targeting mid-2027 drilling.

IRIS Metals is gearing up for a substantial tungsten drilling campaign in Montana while delivering a fresh lithium-rubidium resource estimate for its South Dakota project, underpinning its North American critical minerals ambitions.