Latest Drilling Programmes News

Raptor Metals has identified two conductive systems across its Chester copper project, including the strongest off-hole response recorded near a high-grade drill intersection. The results give the company specific targets for follow-up drilling, but the conductors remain exploration targets rather than a resource estimate.

Viking Mines has hit 14 metres at 0.56% WO3 in the first assay from maiden drilling at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada. The result confirms mineralisation below historic workings, although a duplicate sample returned a lower grade and no resource has yet been defined.

Amplitude Energy has approved completion of its Juliet-1 exploration well after preliminary testing indicated at least 49 metres of net pay, strong reservoir quality and estimated carbon dioxide below 2 mol%. The well is ahead of schedule and budget, but flow rates, gas composition and recoverable resource estimates remain outstanding.

Terrain Minerals has secured a $1 million commitment from Gandel Metals at a 33.33% premium to market, anchoring a broader $2.513 million placement and rights issue. The funds will support the company’s largest planned RC drilling campaign at the Lightning gold and silver project.

Magnum Mining has defined a connected 32.5km² Plateau Zone at its Piracanjuba North project in Brazil after positive results from another 86 auger holes. The company is targeting a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate in November 2026, but the latest desorption figures remain laboratory screening results rather than recoveries or economic data.

Golden Mile Resources says follow-up surface sampling has expanded the exposed Aurora gold anomaly in Arizona to at least 280 metres wide and 450 metres along strike. The results strengthen the case for drilling, although the prospect remains an early-stage, undrilled target with open boundaries.

Culpeo Minerals has started a four-hole, 2,000-metre maiden diamond drilling programme at Vista Montana, testing a copper-molybdenum target north-east of its Lana Corina discovery. The company is also using IP surveys to refine targets, while assays from El Quillay South returned several narrow copper-gold intersections.

Haranga Resources is preparing to begin a 16-hole underground drilling campaign at its Lincoln Gold Project, targeting the southern resource and an under-drilled gap between the Lincoln and Comet zones. The programme arrives alongside new underground power infrastructure, completed dewatering and several assays that could shape a later resource update.

Evion has identified a previously unmined 200m by 200m prospect at its Carp Fluorspar Project in Nevada, just 300m from the historic South Pit. Assays are pending, with geophysical surveys and a potential maiden drilling programme next in line.

Rua Gold has reported its highest-grade Auld Creek drilling results to date, including 0.6 metres at 136.2 g/t gold equivalent and 2.9 metres at 38.8 g/t gold equivalent. The company has completed 19,600 metres of resource drilling and is targeting an updated resource, approvals application and pre-feasibility study before year-end.

Emperor Energy has signed a term sheet to secure the Valaris 107 jack-up rig for its Judith-2 appraisal well, targeted for April 2027. The deal commits US$3.5 million before the full drilling contract is finalised, while environmental approval remains outstanding.

Nordic Resources is heading into a key investor conference with a 1.23Moz gold-equivalent resource base, expanding Kopsa mineralisation and a near-term resource update in prospect. The company says it has A$8.5 million in cash and no debt to fund its next drilling phase.