Latest Exploration Risk News

Pacific Resources (ASX: PXR) has secured 100% ownership of the Snowstorm Project, a high-grade gold asset in Victoria’s Eastern Goldfields, for $400,000. The acquisition complements its existing foothold in the region and sets the stage for underground bulk sampling and deeper exploration.

Corella Resources has completed due diligence on the Chobe Project tenements, advancing its plan to acquire a 75% stake from Caprice Resources. The project, rich in carbonatite potential, awaits final capital raising and regulatory approvals.

Orion Minerals has delivered a standout high-grade copper intercept at its Flat Mine East prospect, reinforcing the Okiep Copper Project's substantial growth prospects and ongoing resource optimisation plans.

Stelar Metals (ASX:SLB) is accelerating exploration at its Hill of Leaders Tungsten Project in the Northern Territory, aiming to capitalise on soaring tungsten prices and critical mineral demand driven by Chinese export restrictions.

Strata Minerals’ Phase 2 drilling at Zelica confirms consistent shallow high-grade gold over a 1km strike, revealing new plunging shoots and a hanging-wall lode that could expand the system across a 9.5km corridor.

88 Energy is gearing up to drill its Augusta-1 exploration well in Alaska’s North Slope, targeting a stacked oil resource estimated at 133.7 million barrels gross unrisked. The company has secured key operational assets and is progressing farm-out talks to share drilling risks ahead of the planned Q1 2027 spud.

Austin Metals has mapped over 12 km of prospective BIF and identified five drill-ready gold targets at Brunswick Hill within its Austin Gold Project. A 4,000m RC drilling campaign is set to begin in June, initially focusing on Brunswick Hill and Mt Sandy.

Ballymore Resources has kicked off a detailed gravity survey across a 32km corridor at its Ruddygore Project, aiming to refine targets for silver-lead-zinc and skarn-porphyry deposits. Funded by $383,000 in Queensland government grants, the survey complements ongoing high-grade drilling at Torpy's.

TechGen Metals has identified a 2.5km gold soil anomaly and returned high-grade gold and arsenic results near historic workings at its Dalgaranga Gold Project in WA, while initiating key geophysical surveys ahead of planned drilling.

Atomic Eagle Limited has secured an option to acquire the Sitwe Uranium Project in Zambia, increasing its exploration acreage by 38% and complementing its flagship Muntanga asset with promising historical uranium intercepts.

GreenX Metals has leveraged a 2000 airborne hyperspectral survey to identify fresh high-priority tungsten, antimony, and gold targets at its Eleonore North Project in East Greenland. The discoveries sit adjacent to historical high-grade estimates, setting the stage for 2026 fieldwork aimed at advancing drill-ready targets.

Conico Ltd has applied for two extensive exploration licences in East Greenland targeting rare earth elements and gold-PGE mineralisation, significantly boosting its strategic landholding and critical minerals exposure.