Latest Environmental Approval News

Sentinel Metals has kicked off its first diamond drilling campaign at the Columbia Gold-Silver Project in Montana, marking a major regulatory milestone and deploying a low-emission rig to test high-priority targets.

Native Mineral Resources (ASX:NMR) reported its strongest operational performance since restarting Blackjack, with a June gold smelt producing 488.5 oz doré and May metallurgical metrics showing record gold recovery over 95%. Multiple mining fronts and ongoing exploration position NMR for growth in FY2027.

Greenwing Resources has renewed its Que River mining lease through to 2035, solidifying tenure and enabling advancement of its two-stage development strategy focused on mining restart and data infrastructure opportunities.

McLaren Minerals is launching a 19-hole drilling campaign targeting a newly identified Eastern Shoreline at its McLaren Titanium Project, aiming to unlock an older mineralised sequence that could expand the resource base.

Macarthur Minerals has approved a joint venture where Gold Valley assigns half its interest in the Lake Giles Ularring Hematite Project to Destec, bringing fresh operational expertise to the venture while Macarthur retains full ownership of its tenements.

Variscan Mines is ramping up exploration at its Novales Project in northern Spain, advancing underground and surface drilling with infrastructure upgrades and capital raising support.

Savannah Goldfields is edging closer to resuming mining at its Agate Creek project, awaiting a key environmental approval expected by mid-July. Early site works are underway, while gold production continues from alternative sources at the Georgetown plant.

Botala Energy’s Pitse Pilot well 3.5B reveals 30% thicker and cleaner coal seams than expected, reinforcing the project's reservoir continuity and commercial gas production potential in Botswana.

Greatland Resources has locked in a $500 million debt facility with major banks, boosting liquidity to over $1.7 billion as it commits to developing its Havieron gold-copper project.

Botala Energy’s Pitse Pilot well 3.5B at the Serowe CBM Project in Botswana has reached total depth, intersecting coal seams as predicted and advancing toward flow testing and commercial production.

VRX Silica has kicked off a $6.23 million renounceable entitlement offer, underwritten to $2 million, to fund key development activities at its Arrowsmith North silica sand project including a strategic property purchase and engineering works.

EV Resources has cleared a critical regulatory hurdle by obtaining the Change of Use of Soil permit for its Tecomatlán Plant, enabling the final environmental report filing and grid connection application that pave the way for near-term antimony production.