Latest Exploration Spending News

Enova Mining has secured an exclusive 30-day option over a large Brazilian monazite project while lining up almost $2 million in funding. The opportunity remains conditional on due diligence, shareholder approval and Enova’s decision to exercise the option.

King River Resources has shifted its operational centre of gravity to the Mindoolah Gold Project, where it identified 467,659 cubic metres of historical stockpile and waste material for evaluation. The company’s $15.9 million annual profit was driven mainly by gains on Tivan securities rather than mining revenue, leaving drilling results and funding capacity as the next tests.

Evolution Mining has set out a capital-heavy FY27 strategy, combining a record fully franked 41 cents per share dividend with major spending across Cowal, Northparkes and Ernest Henry. The miner also plans to lift exploration and maintain gold and copper guidance, though much of the production upside remains several years away.

Raptor Metals has sold its remaining Australian Gold and Copper stake for approximately $468,200, converting a legacy asset into cash without issuing new shares. The proceeds add funding flexibility as the company advances copper exploration in New Brunswick.

Benz Mining’s quarterly loss widened sharply as exploration spending surged at its Western Australian projects, but a subsequent C$148.02 million placement has given the company substantial funding to accelerate Glenburgh drilling. The project’s 10.1-12.0 million ounce Exploration Target remains conceptual rather than a Mineral Resource.

Enova Mining reduced its half-year loss to $790,000, but an explicit going-concern warning puts future funding at the centre of its rare earth exploration story. The company ended June with $723,000 in cash while advancing several high-grade exploration targets across Brazil and Australia.

Kuniko-funded drilling has extended the interpreted Silica Hill sulphide system beyond Impact Minerals’ existing resource model, with assays due within four to six weeks. The results could feed a December resource update, but the latest intersections remain visual observations rather than confirmed gold or silver grades.

WhiteRock Lithium has sharply reduced a prospectus accounting adjustment after determining 11.8 million unexercised warrants should not have been remeasured. The correction comes as the newly ASX-listed explorer reports a C$3.19 million after-tax loss and more than C$33 million raised in 2026.

Golden Horse Minerals has expanded the interpreted Hopes Hill gold system beyond 3 kilometres after completing 52,762 metres of drilling in the six months to June 30. The exploration push delivered multiple high-grade intersections and free-milling metallurgy, but came with no revenue, a $4.37 million loss and a sharp drawdown in cash.

Aeris Resources delivered FY26 production within guidance while building a much larger investment program around Tritton, including the Constellation and Mallee Bull developments. The company enters FY27 with no debt, $202 million in cash and receivables, and a sharper test of whether higher spending can convert expanded resources into longer mine life and production.

Red Hill Minerals has more than doubled FY2026 net profit to A$20.1 million as its Onslow Iron royalty delivered A$28.8 million in income. The ASX-listed miner declared a fully franked final dividend of 10.8 cents per share, taking FY2026 distributions to 22.4 cents per share.

First Au Limited has secured a foothold in the Sandstone gold district of Western Australia by acquiring five tenements with substantial historical drilling data, aiming to fast-track a maiden JORC-compliant Mineral Resource.