Latest Drilling Programmes News

Neu Horizon Uranium has completed its first major Swedish uranium exploration campaign since listing, generating more than 12,000 line kilometres of airborne data and preparing a maiden drill programme at Storvallflon. The ASX newcomer ended September with A$8.623 million in cash, while assays and target interpretations remain pending.

Jade Gas has begun drilling Mongolia’s first multilateral coal bed methane well at Red Lake, testing a five-branch design intended to improve future production. The milestone arrives as negotiations for a proposed US$762.5 million Phase 1 development advance, but binding agreements are now targeted for November.

Macro Metals has completed its A$1 million acquisition of the Yandi South Iron Ore Project, receiving previously undisclosed geological data that identifies nine additional prospects. Surface samples returned iron grades as high as 66.2%, but drilling is still needed to establish continuity, thickness and depth.

Haranga Resources has opened its second Lincoln drilling campaign with a high-grade 32-metre gold intercept, including a 1-metre section at 51.4g/t. The result is encouraging for a resource-confidence programme, but the reported interval is downhole rather than true width and the campaign remains unfinished.

QEM has completed its move into Idaho, acquiring the Big It and Garden Valley projects and outlining staged exploration of historical tungsten, antimony, gold and rare-metal targets. The company ended September with $3.98 million in cash while keeping major Julia Creek expenditure on hold.

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.

Aurum Resources has confirmed that the Boundiali assay information was market-sensitive, while defending the timing and validity of a cleansing notice issued before the results were released. ASX has not indicated whether it accepts the company’s explanation.

D3 Energy has re-established gas flow at its NGT245 E well in South Africa and confirmed a 5.2% helium composition in a new sample. Further remediation is still required before production testing, while the methane result is being retested.

Toubani Resources says construction of its Kobada Gold Project in Mali remains on schedule for first gold in Q3 2027, with CIL tank erection now underway and more than 70% of project costs committed. About US$50 million of the company’s US$160 million stream facility has been drawn as construction moves into a more intensive phase.

Barkly Rare Earths has reported rare earth mineralisation in 43 of 44 holes at its Northern Territory project, with high-grade intervals in 30 holes. The results strengthen the case for a larger resource, but more than 300 holes and further assays are still ahead before that potential can be tested.

Aldoro Resources has expanded its Kameelburg rare earths, strontium and niobium resource in Namibia to 804.5 million tonnes, including a maiden 162.1Mt Indicated category. The technical progress is substantial, but the annual report also flags a $15.7 million loss, just $78,561 in year-end cash and material uncertainty over ongoing funding.

Barkly Rare Earths has entered its first full year as an ASX-listed explorer with A$5.38 million in cash, a 10,000-metre drilling programme underway and an early 99% magnet rare earth oxide extraction result. The technical signals are encouraging, but both the drilling data and metallurgy remain at an early stage.