Latest Exploration Incentive Scheme News

Lachlan Star has delivered further high-grade gold hits from its maiden diamond drilling at New Waverley, confirming a shallow, continuous quartz vein system with strike potential beyond 800 metres. A substantial reverse circulation drilling campaign is poised to expand the discovery.

Trek Metals has marked a breakthrough year with a high-grade manganese discovery at its Christmas Creek Project in Western Australia, supported by strong assay results and expanded exploration tenure. The company bolstered its balance sheet with $19.5 million raised to fund drilling and further exploration.

Lachlan Star’s maiden diamond drilling at New Waverley confirms shallow, high-grade gold mineralisation within a continuous shear corridor, setting the stage for an extensive follow-up drilling campaign.

Cosmo Metals has launched the diamond drilling phase at its Kanowna Gold Project near Kalgoorlie, focusing on a 400m deep hole co-funded by the WA Government to test key structural gold targets.

Evergold Minerals has kicked off a 3,000m reverse circulation drilling campaign at its Mt Monger Gold Project, aiming to confirm high-grade gold mineralisation at Duchess of York and test a newly defined intrusive-related target at Gladiator.

Galileo Mining’s latest diamond drilling at Norseman reveals a newly identified ultramafic sill with 109 metres of PGM mineralisation, reinforcing the project’s potential for multiple stacked intrusive systems along extensive strike lengths.

Mamba Exploration has identified over 20km of gold mineralisation strike at its Meeka East Gold Project, extending the Mulga Bill trend and unveiling new anomalies. The company secured up to $90,000 in co-funding from the WA Government’s Exploration Incentive Scheme to advance drilling plans.

Antares Metals (ASX: AM5) has landed $237,500 in non-dilutive government funding to jumpstart drilling and geophysical surveys at its Quinns Copper-Gold-Zinc Project in Western Australia, targeting the historic Austin VMS deposit and nearby prospects.

Lunnon Metals has delivered significant gold intercepts at its Paringa West prospect, including visible gold in reverse circulation chips for the first time, reinforcing the potential of the Paringa Gold Belt near its Lady Herial mine. Meanwhile, a second government co-funded drill hole is underway at the Plentiful prospect to better define host rock structures.

Hamelin Gold has been granted the Day Dawn exploration licence near the Telfer mine and secured a $180,000 co-funded drilling grant, setting the stage for a significant 3,000 metre RC drilling program targeting high-grade gold mineralisation.

Arika Resources has won a $211,000 government grant to fund deep diamond drilling targeting high-grade extensions at the historic Cosmopolitan Gold Mine in WA’s Kookynie district. The drilling aims to unlock a large, underexplored mineral system with parallels to major regional deposits.

TechGen Metals (ASX: TG1) has reported promising high-grade copper and gold results from multiple Western Australian projects, while gearing up for extensive drilling campaigns through 2026.