Latest Drilling News

Benz Mining has completed its acquisition of the Glenburgh and Mt Egerton gold projects in Western Australia from Spartan Resources, marking a strategic expansion with Spartan becoming a significant shareholder and board participant.

Nordic Resources has secured three additional exploration licences at its Pulju nickel-copper-cobalt project in Finland, expanding its granted tenure to 46 square kilometres and consolidating 12 kilometres of continuous strike within a key mineralised formation. This strategic move enhances the company’s potential to develop a significant European critical metals resource.

Matrix Composites & Engineering has landed a new A$7 million contract to supply a deepwater drilling riser buoyancy system to Stena Drilling, reinforcing its leadership in the subsea buoyancy market amid a recovering drilling sector.

Arrow Minerals is fast-tracking a Scoping Study for a Direct Shipping Ore operation at its Niagara Bauxite Project in Guinea, leveraging strong drilling results and strategic infrastructure access to capitalise on record bauxite prices.

Orbminco Limited's maiden drilling program at the Bronze Fox Copper-Gold Project in Southern Mongolia reveals significant copper and gold intersections, confirming expansion and higher-grade potential within the West Kasulu resource.

Orbminco's maiden drilling at the Bronze Fox Project in Southern Mongolia reveals significant copper and gold intersections, confirming the potential for resource expansion and higher grades at the West Kasulu deposit.

ADX Energy has suspended testing at its Welchau-1 gas well in Upper Austria following a landmark Austrian Constitutional Court ruling that repealed a legal provision preventing environmental objections from halting operations. This development introduces regulatory uncertainty amid ongoing evaluation of the well’s potential.

Eagle Mountain Mining’s recent age-dating confirms Laramide-age latite dykes at its Silver Mountain Project, aligning it with world-class copper porphyry deposits in Arizona and enhancing its exploration prospects.

Saturn Metals made significant progress on its Apollo Hill Gold Project during the December 2024 quarter, reporting strong drilling results and advancing its Pre-Feasibility Study despite a tragic on-site fatality. The company ended the quarter with a solid cash position of $9.5 million.

Brazilian Critical Minerals has released an updated Mineral Resource Estimate for its Ema rare earth project in Brazil, defining a robust 350Mt starter zone at 778ppm TREO. This milestone underpins the imminent Scoping Study and signals promising economic potential for the project.

Basin Energy advances its Scandinavian uranium exploration with new land applications and awaits key sampling results, buoyed by Sweden's move to lift its uranium mining ban.

McLaren Minerals has successfully raised $1.5 million through a shortfall placement, bolstering its efforts to advance the Pre-Feasibility Study for its McLaren Mineral Sands Project in Western Australia.