Latest Exploration Activities News

Dateline Resources confirms Colosseum as a high-margin gold project with strong BFS economics and pushes rare earth exploration at Music Valley with assays up to 7.1% TREO.

Venus Metals Corporation (ASX:VMC) has fortified its balance sheet with a $47 million sale of its Youanmi Gold Project royalty, rebuffed a hostile takeover, and set in motion significant shareholder returns including a $35 million cash dividend.

Basin Energy’s maiden drilling at Newmans confirms a thick, shallow rare earth oxide corridor, validating a key exploration model and expanding its Queensland footprint. Meanwhile, the sale of its Canadian uranium project progresses with strategic upside retained.

McLaren Minerals delivered strong drilling results at its McLaren Titanium Project, hitting bonanza heavy mineral grades up to 34.6% HM and completing the first stage of its Bankable Feasibility Study on time and budget.

Austral Gold lifted Guanaco production by 17% in Q2 2026, cut unit costs, and filed a new technical report extending mine life to 2040 with a US$192 million NPV. Toll processing at Casposo added US$5.9 million in fees, while exploration advanced in Chile and Argentina.

Kaiser Reef delivered 6,000 ounces of gold in Q2 2026, maintained a robust A$37.2 million cash position, and advanced exploration at its Maldon Gold Project with new drilling and soil survey results.

CZR Resources has launched a recommended takeover bid for Zuleika Gold, backed by a robust $65 million cash position and promising drilling results at its Croydon Gold Project.

Kuniko Limited has unveiled robust Phase 1 drilling results at its Commonwealth-Silica Hill gold-silver project in NSW, including a new high-grade zone outside the current resource. Phase 2 drilling is underway with assays expected in September and a resource upgrade planned for year-end.

Yugo Metals is pushing ahead with exploration in Bosnia and Herzegovina, backed by a fresh $5 million capital raise and encouraging early gold results at its Sinjakovo Project. Preparations are underway for new drilling at Cajnice, while the company continues to expand its footprint in battery and base metals.

Moonlight Resources has significantly extended the Leo Grande gold system at its Clermont Project, with Phase 2 drilling pushing mineralisation 200 metres southeast and 250 metres northwest. The company holds a solid A$6.1 million cash balance as it advances towards a maiden resource estimate.

Omnia Metals has made a strategic leap into the US critical minerals market by acquiring the Stibnite Ridge antimony and silver project and directly staking the Radix rare earth and gallium project in Montana. Supported by a $1.5 million placement, the company completed maiden field programs and secured key assay results that set the stage for follow-up exploration.

Kaoko Metals has rapidly transitioned from IPO to active exploration in Namibia, securing key project acquisitions and fast-tracking maiden diamond drilling at its Chalkos Copper-Silver Project while confirming high-grade assays at Karibib.