Latest Exploration And Evaluation News

Ragusa Minerals has secured a controlling stake in Pegasus Tel Inc., gaining the Purple Pansy manganese-gold project in Arizona. Recent surveys and assays highlight promising high-grade manganese and gold mineralisation, positioning the company in a strategically important US critical minerals sector.

Carnaby Resources has agreed to a scheme of arrangement with Evolution Mining, offering shareholders a 60.4% premium and exposure to Evolution’s portfolio, while reporting significant new high-grade copper-gold results at its Greater Duchess project.

Turaco Gold’s Pre-Feasibility Study for the Afema Project in Côte d’Ivoire outlines a robust gold development producing around 200,000 ounces annually over a decade, backed by a maiden 1.91Moz Ore Reserve and a US$2.1 billion post-tax NPV.

PolarX Limited has reported standout high-grade copper and gold assay results from its Alaska Range Project, with Northern Star increasing its joint venture stake and fully funding a major 10,000m drilling campaign scheduled for 2026.

WA1 Resources has bolstered its Luni Niobium Project’s Indicated Mineral Resource by 20 million tonnes and reported promising beneficiation testwork, setting the stage for its Pre-Feasibility Study due in Q4 2026.

Pivotal Metals has boosted its Horden Lake Mineral Resource Estimate to 52 million tonnes at 1.05% copper equivalent, underpinning plans for a scalable open pit operation as it advances a scoping study and ongoing exploration at Belleterre.

Marmota Limited’s maiden drilling program at Greenewood in South Australia delivers multiple bonanza-grade gold intersections, while Stage 3 drilling accelerates resource expansion efforts.

Revolver Resources has completed critical design and infrastructure upgrades at its Dianne Copper Mine Project, edging closer to a Final Investment Decision and first copper production within a year.

Pacific Resources (ASX: PXR) has secured 100% ownership of the Snowstorm Gold Project, a high-grade asset in Victoria’s Eastern Goldfields, while progressing due diligence on a strategic Victorian portfolio and reporting encouraging assay results from its Tasmanian projects.

Solis Minerals has secured a strategic lithium asset in Brazil's Araçuaí–Salinas Lithium Valley and initiated drilling at Mandacaru, while advancing copper projects in Peru with fresh capital backing.

Aurora Energy Metals progresses the Aurora Uranium Project with a major drill program imminent under Eagle Nuclear Energy, while broadening its Western Australian footprint with new exploration licences at Mukinbudin.

IRIS Metals is gearing up for a substantial tungsten drilling campaign in Montana while delivering a fresh lithium-rubidium resource estimate for its South Dakota project, underpinning its North American critical minerals ambitions.