Latest Exploration Permits News

Metal Bank has made Homestead its preferred route to first Western Australian gold production, targeting 2027 while reporting a $4.38 million annual loss and a material going-concern uncertainty. The company ended June with $1.86 million in cash and says further funding may be required.

Apollo Minerals ended 2026 with A$7.74 million in cash and no debt after raising A$9.3 million, but remains a loss-making explorer with no JORC Mineral Resources or production. The company is now concentrating its exploration story on the reinstated Couflens tungsten-gold project in France, while carrying a conceptual zinc-lead target in Gabon.

Latitude 66 returned to a A$1.71 million FY2026 profit as asset sales funded a larger gold resource base and major KSB milestones. But the auditor flagged material uncertainty over the explorer’s ability to continue without further funding.

Minerals Exploration has pivoted decisively into New Zealand gold and tungsten, but its annual report carries a material going-concern warning after a $2.66 million loss and $949,097 operating cash outflow. Exploration has produced encouraging surface samples and broad gold zones, though no mineral resource has been established.

Altamin has completed the core technical work for its Lazio geothermal brine Scoping Study, but auditors have flagged material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The ASX-listed developer ended FY2026 with A$2.39 million in cash after raising A$5.39 million during the year.

Iltani Resources has paired a substantial Orient silver-indium resource with $8 million in QIC backing, giving the explorer a stronger platform for its next phase of drilling and technical studies. The company remains loss-making and pre-revenue, but ended FY26 with $7.5 million in cash.

ActivEX has eliminated its borrowings and reported a 310,000-ounce gold resource at Mt Hogan, but the balance sheet remains dependent on future funding. The ASX-listed explorer posted a $2.149 million loss after impairing exploration assets by $2.616 million.

Tamboran Resources has moved into initial Beetaloo gas sales, but its first annual report after the milestone still records no fiscal 2026 revenue, a $30.5 million loss and substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. The company held $219.1 million in cash at June 30, yet faces heavy development spending, no proved reserves and a material weakness in financial controls.

Kingsrose Mining is entering FY27 with A$18.1 million in cash, a fresh CEO and a portfolio that now depends more heavily on permitting, partnerships and capital discipline. The company’s nearest-term opportunity is Penikat drilling in Finland, while its Norwegian projects require new routes to funding or value realisation.

Equatorial Resources has completed the final procedural steps in its high-value Congo arbitration, with an ICSID award indicatively expected in the first half of 2027. The cash-backed explorer is also defending a separate A$4.85 million claim from former legal adviser Clifford Chance.

MetalsGrove Mining has expanded its Côte d’Ivoire gold footprint and begun a 10,000-metre auger campaign, but its FY2026 annual report carries a material going-concern uncertainty. The company ended the year with $1.97 million in cash after raising $2.70 million, while exploration commitments due within 12 months total $1.09 million.

Castle Minerals has identified six ranked gold targets across its 212km² Nielle project in Côte d’Ivoire, including previously unreported intercepts of up to 8m at 3.65g/t gold from surface. The company is preparing an Exploration Target for the historically drilled zone while planning new drilling, subject to the permit being granted.