Latest Exploration Licences News

Bougainville Copper Limited’s key exploration licence EL01 is suspended after a 25-year large-scale mining lease was granted to Bougainville Minerals Limited over the same land, prompting the company to form an independent committee to assess legal and strategic options.

Deep Yellow Limited has secured a 50% interest in the Cooper Creek Joint Venture, significantly enlarging its tenure in the Alligator Rivers Uranium Province and reinforcing its uranium exploration portfolio in Australia.

New Frontier Minerals is ramping up exploration at its Harts Range Project, focusing on 40 untested geophysical targets with an initial spotlight on the Kings Cross magnetic anomaly. Recent independent research underscores the district-scale copper-nickel-PGE potential of the region, reinforcing the strategic value of NFM's tenure.

Platina Resources has secured full ownership of the Sunrise Bore Project near Laverton, WA, and kicked off a 2,775-metre drilling program targeting a historically mineralised gold corridor.

S2 Resources has secured key exploration licences covering 35 kilometres of the Karbah shear zone and plans to launch a 30,000-metre aircore drilling campaign starting July, targeting a major gold-bearing structure in Western Australia.

Renascor Resources has identified extensive copper mineralisation across multiple prospects at its Flat Hill project in South Australia, prompting a strategic program of re-assays and geophysical surveys to unlock a district-scale system.

Mantle Minerals has boosted its Carlton Hill Project by acquiring Far West Metals and securing a new exploration licence, positioning itself near Boab Metals' Sorby Hills deposit with promising base metal potential.

Golden Dragon Mining's latest drilling at Behring Bore within the Cue Gold Project has intersected further high-grade gold near surface, reinforcing the prospect’s potential as a large-scale mineralised system with open extensions.

Greenvale Energy has completed a detailed airborne magnetics-radiometrics survey over its Thunderball Uranium Project in the Northern Territory, supported by a government co-funding grant for further electromagnetic exploration.

Burley Minerals has wrapped up a key heritage survey over 290 hectares at its Cane Bore iron ore project, setting the stage for a maiden reverse circulation drilling campaign planned for July 2026.

Castle Minerals has secured a comprehensive historical exploration dataset worth over US$3 million for its Nielle Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire, positioning the company for faster drill targeting and advancing the project towards maiden drilling.

Lode Resources has unveiled promising high-grade antimony and gold intercepts from initial drilling at its New England Antimony Project, alongside large soil anomalies that hint at substantial mineralisation potential.