Latest Exploration Targeting News

VHM Limited has secured a significant offtake framework with Mitsui and a US$200 million financing interest from the US Export-Import Bank for its Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project, alongside key environmental approvals. These milestones set the stage for a Final Investment Decision in the first half of 2026.

VHM Limited has significantly expanded its Exploration Target at the Goschen Project in Victoria, revealing a potential resource of up to 4 billion tonnes of ore rich in valuable heavy minerals and rare earths. This update underscores Goschen's emerging status as a major player in Australia's mineral sands sector.

Catalina Resources unveils a revitalised strategy targeting gold, rare earths, and lithium across Western Australia’s underexplored regions, backed by strong leadership and a solid cash position.

Axel REE Limited reports encouraging auger drilling results at its Caldas Project in Brazil, confirming broad near-surface rare earth mineralisation and initiating new drilling at Caldas South. The company aims to define an Exploration Target and advance metallurgical studies to support resource development.

Haranga Resources has raised $14 million through an oversubscribed placement led by Collins St Gold Fund, aiming to fast-track exploration and development at its Lincoln and Ibel South gold projects.

Iltani Resources has locked in an $8 million investment from Queensland’s government-backed QIC fund to fast-track its Orient Silver-Indium Project, positioning the company at the forefront of critical minerals development in Northern Queensland.

Fortuna Metals has launched phase one hand auger drilling at its Mkanda and Kampini projects in Malawi, targeting significant rutile mineralisation near Sovereign Metals’ giant Kasiya deposit. Early assay results are expected by late 2025, with a larger phase two program planned.

Patagonia Lithium prepares to drill a key lithium well in Argentina while advancing rare earth exploration in Brazil, backed by recent funding and promising early results.

Sunstone Metals has completed an extensive surface sampling campaign at its Bramaderos Gold-Copper Project in Ecuador, aiming to expand its 2.7 million ounce gold equivalent resource ahead of a scoping study. Assay results expected this month could unlock significant resource growth and new exploration avenues.

Middle Island Resources has initiated its first reverse circulation drilling campaign at the Bobija Project in western Serbia, aiming to unlock polymetallic gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation beneath a historic open pit mine. This drilling marks a key step in advancing the company’s strategic acquisition of Konstantin Resources and its foothold in a prolific mineral province.

OD6 Metals has initiated Phase 2 drilling at its Gulf Creek Copper Project in NSW, aiming to explore large geophysical anomalies and untested prospects that could expand on previously confirmed high-grade copper mineralisation.

Aureka’s latest drilling at the Irvine Project in Victoria has intercepted visible gold across multiple holes, hinting at significant high-grade potential and the prospect of expanding its current inferred resource.