Latest Exploration Targeting News

Mount Hope Mining has raised $1.82 million in a strategic placement led by Ronin Metals, a fund managed by ex-Spartan Resources executives, aiming to accelerate exploration at its Mt Hope Project.

Novo Resources has progressed its Belltopper Gold Project with a planned diamond drilling campaign and completed maiden Pilbara drilling programs, while reporting a $3.9 million net loss for H1 2026 and bolstering liquidity through capital raises.

Diablo Resources has secured an 80% stake in the historic Horn Silver Project in Utah, unlocking a portfolio of high-grade silver, gold, copper, and antimony targets. The acquisition complements its nearby Star Range assets and aligns with US critical minerals priorities.

Laramide Resources has secured strategic uranium exploration licences in Sweden’s Hotagen and Arjeplog-Arvidsjaur provinces, capitalising on the country’s recent policy reversal to permit uranium mining.

Surefire Resources is initiating an on-market share buy-back of up to 15 million shares, about 8.3% of its issued capital, aiming to correct what it sees as a significant undervaluation relative to its gold assets.

Tarrina Resources (ASX:TR8) posted a $3.63 million loss for FY2026 as it ramped up exploration at its newly acquired gold and base metal projects following a $5 million capital raise and ASX relisting.

Galilee Energy has raised A$3.5 million to fund a sidetrack drilling program at Zydeco-1, targeting 13.7 Bcf of gas and 610,000 barrels of condensate in Louisiana, while selling its Glenaras Gas Project to sharpen focus on US growth.

Eminence Minerals is ramping up its Campo Grande drilling campaign in Brazil, adding two fresh high-priority targets to test rare earth and bauxite-gallium mineralisation models, while awaiting assay results from earlier drilling phases.

Challenger Gold has raised A$85 million and revamped its leadership to accelerate development of the Hualilán Gold Project, shifting from toll treatment to an integrated mining and processing operation backed by a new 35,000-metre drilling campaign.

Accelerate Resources has identified over 200 manganese outcrops spanning nearly 10 hectares at its Woodie Woodie North Project, with rock-chip assays hitting up to 58.4% manganese. The company is gearing up for its maiden reverse circulation drilling campaign in September 2026.

Brazilian Rare Earths (ASX: BRE) has delivered a striking scoping study for its Rocha da Rocha Rare Earths Province in Brazil, anchored by the Monte Alto deposit’s world-class 11.3% TREO grade, projecting robust economics and a low-cost production path.

Corazon Mining (ASX:CZN) has kicked off a 2,000m reverse circulation drilling program at its Wembley gold prospect within the Feather Cap Project, aiming to test the continuity of historically high-grade, shallow gold mineralisation and explore a broader structural corridor in Western Australia’s Bryah-Padbury Basin.