Latest Exploration Spending News

Apollo Minerals has completed a detailed airborne survey and identified the Véronique-Upper Zone as the first target for planned underground drilling at its Couflens tungsten-gold project in France. The company ended September with $6.4 million in cash and $0.4 million in listed investments, while its reinstated exploration permit remains subject to a five-year work plan.

Sierra Nevada Gold has started a 25,000-metre second-phase drilling campaign at its As Safra copper-gold project in Saudi Arabia, with the first assay results due in November. The company is directing capital and management attention to Saudi Arabia while exploring commercial options for its Nevada portfolio.

Trek Metals has confirmed a shallow, high-grade manganese discovery at Kuro in Western Australia, with 38 of 72 Phase 1 holes returning significant intercepts. Follow-up drilling is complete, while the company has also secured an option over a second manganese project in Arizona.

Westgold Resources has completed a A$33.3 million infrastructure program at Beta Hunt, where an annualised 2Mtpa mining rate was reached in September. The company is now targeting sustained performance at that rate from Q2 FY27, while warning that the mine’s original life-of-mine ventilation system still requires repair, recommissioning or replacement.

Neu Horizon Uranium has completed its first major Swedish uranium exploration campaign since listing, generating more than 12,000 line kilometres of airborne data and preparing a maiden drill programme at Storvallflon. The ASX newcomer ended September with A$8.623 million in cash, while assays and target interpretations remain pending.

Regis Resources maintained FY27 production and cost guidance after September rainfall cut first-quarter output to 83.0koz and pushed AISC to $3,617/oz. Cash and bullion still rose to $1.28 billion, although a large tax payment and dividend have created a significant near-term cash call.

Sunshine Metals is moving Mt Moss toward a planned mid-2027 first gold pour, but its annual report carries a material uncertainty over going concern as the company faces a $10 million deferred payment and roughly $30 million of development spending. The ASX-listed explorer reported a narrower FY2026 loss and $20.57 million in cash after a year of major capital raisings and project expansion.

S2 Resources has secured heritage and drilling approvals for two Jillewarra gold targets, while diamond drilling is now underway at Warraweena’s T37 prospect. The explorer ended September with A$17.35 million in cash and a further A$5.24 million Valkea Resources stake.

BPM Minerals has completed 9,060 metres of a record Forelands drilling campaign, with post-quarter assays returning its best Beachcomber result to date. The company is now advancing maiden drilling at Bonnie & Clyde while working towards a maiden resource estimate targeted for the first half of 2027.

Bounty Oil & Gas reported a larger FY2026 loss and weaker production, while reshaping its portfolio around Queensland oil development and a proposed deepwater Liberia entry. The strategy is backed by fresh equity, but depends on further funding, regulatory progress and a production sharing contract that has not yet been finalised.

Great Southern Mining has reported a run of high-grade gold intercepts at Golden Boulder, extending mineralisation across the northern 1.1 kilometres of a 3.5-kilometre trend. The exploration gains arrive alongside A$2.524 million in cash and a reported 1.13 quarters of funding at the quarter-end spending rate.

Pioneer Minerals is pursuing staged options over a 3,477-hectare Argentina gold-copper-silver project where historical drilling returned broad, high-grade polymetallic intervals. The proposed acquisition is paired with an A$1.8 million funding package, but both the transaction and most of the capital raise require shareholder approval.