Latest Exploration Permits News

Somerset Minerals has identified extensive copper mineralisation zones at its Coppermine Project in Nunavut, Canada, with a 17km Talisker anomaly near the Danvers deposit and high-grade assays extending Jura North's mineralised system. A maiden Talisker drilling campaign is set for July 2026.

The ASX has suspended trading of Canadian Phosphate Limited’s CP8O securities pending compliance with specific listing rules, a move that isolates this security class without affecting the company’s other quoted shares.

Nordic Resources has punched a new high-grade gold assay record at its Kopsa project in Finland, confirming a significant northern extension to the deposit. Early 2026 drilling reveals grades far surpassing previous intersections, setting the stage for a resource update later this year.

BPH Energy and Bounty Oil & Gas await a Federal Court judgement on their challenge against the refusal to extend the PEP-11 offshore permit. The decision, reserved since February, will be handed down mid-June, potentially shaping the companies' exploration prospects.

Lion Rock Minerals has reported robust drilling results from its expansive Minta Project in Cameroon, reinforcing its ambition to become a major global producer of rutile and monazite. The company targets a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate later this year amid promising assay outcomes from key tenements.

EQ Resources Ltd has agreed to acquire six exploration permits near its Mt Carbine tungsten mine for A$250,000, aiming to expand its regional resource pipeline and support a hub-and-spoke processing model.

Magnum Mining has significantly increased its exploration footprint around the Piracanjuba rare earth clay discovery in Brazil, securing 14 new permits and advancing a major drilling campaign targeting a large-scale deposit.

Megado Minerals is poised to kick off its maiden drilling campaign at the Iberian Copper Project in northern Spain, targeting historic copper oxide deposits and exploring for deeper sulphide mineralisation with new geophysical surveys underway.

European Resources has identified six fresh passive seismic anomalies outside prior survey bounds at its Korsnäs rare earth project, prompting an exploration area increase and ongoing survey phases.

Haranga Resources has wrapped up its Phase 3 Reverse Circulation drilling at Senegal’s Ibel South, revealing pervasive hydrothermal alteration and pyrite mineralisation consistent with a Birimian-style gold system. Assay results expected by end June will determine the next exploration steps.

Manhattan Gold Corporation has gained final regulatory approval and a CA$250,000 grant to kick off its maiden 4,000m RC drilling campaign at the Hook Lake Project in Nunavut, Canada.

DeSoto Resources has wrapped up a large-scale Bulk Leach Extractable Gold (BLEG) stream sediment sampling program across six projects in Guinea’s prolific Siguiri Basin, with 143 samples now awaiting assay results.