Latest Drilling News

LE Minerals has significantly expanded its White Plains Lithium Brine Project in Utah by securing an additional 2,340 hectares of mineral leases, boosting its total landholding to around 8,520 hectares. The company now holds exclusive rights to explore lithium and other mineral salts for three years, with the option to enter a 10-year extraction lease thereafter.

Adavale Resources has reported assay results from 13 additional drillholes at its London-Victoria gold mine, confirming and expanding gold mineralisation beneath the historic open pit. The ongoing drilling program supports a larger mineralised system along the Parkes Thrust corridor, with promising metallurgical testwork and a planned resource update.

Lefroy Exploration’s metallurgical tests reveal up to 97% gold recovery from its Burns High-Grade Deposit, underpinning plans for a resource update by September 2026.

Canadian Phosphate (ASX: CP8) secured $5.2 million through a rights issue and follow-on placement, positioning itself to accelerate exploration and development across key projects in Canada and the US.

Azzuro Resources has completed its first phase of drilling at the Red Hill Copper-Gold VMS Project in Mongolia, confirming continuity of a substantial massive sulphide system and identifying a high-grade copper interval. Assays are pending as geophysical surveys prepare to refine targeting.

Cosmo Metals has delineated extensive antimony mineralisation along an 8km corridor at its Bingara Project in NSW, with surface samples hitting up to 10.3% Sb at the Plunkett & Cassidy prospect. The findings highlight significant exploration potential near a world-class antimony-gold deposit.

Everest Metals Corporation (ASX: EMC) has completed a 3,078m grade control drilling program at its Mt Dimer Taipan Gold Project, delivering multiple high-grade gold intersections and advancing mining operations ahead of a resource update targeted for Q3 2026.

Galilee Energy has finished construction of the Zydeco-1 drilling site in Louisiana, setting the stage for drilling to commence in early July 2026. The well targets a substantial 13.7 billion cubic feet of gas and 610,000 barrels of condensate, underpinning the company’s US Gulf Coast growth ambitions.

Hawk Resources has secured $1.11 million through a rights issue to fund its critical minerals projects across Western Australia and the US, with directors backing the raise in full.

Dundas Minerals has delivered high-grade gold assay results from 1m re-assays at its Rockland project near Kalgoorlie, validating a mineralised corridor extending over 2km from Capricorn through Rockland. The company is gearing up for extensive drilling to test depth extensions and linkages along this emerging gold system.

Unity Metals Limited’s shares surged from 6.8 cents to 17 cents on 23 June 2026, prompting an ASX inquiry. The company denies any undisclosed information behind the spike and confirms compliance with continuous disclosure rules.

Mount Ridley Mines has confirmed that high-grade scandium mineralisation at its Grass Patch Complex extends beyond the current Block 1 resource in all directions, based on re-assays of 481 historical drill samples. This expansion supports a resource upgrade and highlights the project's strategic importance amid tightening global scandium supply.