Latest Exploration Funding News

PDI Gold has paired a strong September quarter with high-grade drilling beneath its Kiniéro pits, strengthening the case for further resource growth at Guinea’s producing gold operation. The results remain exploration-stage, but the company is preparing a 140,000-metre campaign for 2027.

Peregrine Gold has secured $2.25 million through a discounted placement backed by major shareholder Mark Creasy, Lion Selection Group and company directors. The funding is earmarked for maiden drilling and broader gold and iron ore exploration in Western Australia, subject to heritage and Programme of Work approvals.

Mamba Exploration has secured a $6.0 million placement, attracted a $500,000 investment from New Murchison Gold and added former Westgold founder Peter Cook as a strategic adviser. The funding will support drilling at Meeka East and a staged earn-in over the early-stage Poison Hills project, where selective rock chips returned high silver, gold, copper and lead grades.

Piche Resources has identified a broad gold-silver system at Toro Hosco in Argentina after completing its maiden 5,911-metre drilling campaign. The exploration progress came alongside a $5.27 million annual loss, $5.22 million operating cash outflow and reliance on post-year-end equity funding.

Desert Metals expanded its Côte d’Ivoire exploration portfolio during FY2026, with high-grade results at King Kong and Tiogo and a new 7km Nyan gold corridor. The operational progress sits alongside a sharp fall in cash to A$409,355 and an auditor warning that further funding is critical to continuing as a going concern.

Canterbury Resources enters FY2027 with just $220,503 in cash, net current liabilities and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The explorer is targeting at least $2 million in additional funding while advancing the Monto and Briggs copper projects.

Hot Chili’s La Verde copper-gold discovery has expanded rapidly enough to become a cornerstone of the Costa Fuego project, while new funding gives the company room to pursue the next studies and permits. The key test now is whether drilling can translate into a maiden resource and a credible development case.

Ballymore Resources enters FY2027 with Dittmer moving towards underground resource drilling, bulk sampling and trial mining, while Torpy’s has emerged as a second high-grade polymetallic opportunity. The progress came alongside a $3.10 million loss, a $10.92 million royalty liability and a disclosed material uncertainty over ongoing funding.

Magmatic Resources has used FY2026 to turn the newly acquired Weebo Gold Project into its main exploration engine, while Fortescue-funded drilling continued to test copper-gold targets at Myall. The company ended the year with $5.54 million in cash, but a larger annual loss and continued exploration spending keep execution and funding firmly in focus.

Barys Resources reported a wider A$2.30 million loss for FY2026 as it secured two gold exploration licences in Kazakhstan but made no progress at its Niger uranium project. With A$2.06 million in cash at year-end, the company is now pursuing a partially underwritten A$2.6 million entitlement offer to fund its next phase of exploration.

Renegade Exploration has sharpened its portfolio around Nevada and Yukon exploration, with several targets moving towards drilling after high-grade surface results. But the ASX-listed junior ended FY2026 with just $59,869 in cash and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.

Unity Metals has secured an oversubscribed $3.5 million placement and plans a further $1 million share purchase plan to accelerate drilling across its Cambodian gold projects. The raise gives the explorer funding to test extensions at O’Phlay and new targets at Ngot, but also brings dilution and shareholder-approval hurdles.