Latest Exploration News

Manhattan Gold Corporation has kicked off a 4,000m reverse circulation drilling campaign at its underexplored Hook Lake Project in Nunavut, aiming to confirm and extend historic high-grade gold and polymetallic targets.

Ore Resources Ltd has revealed new assay results from a 3,300m RC drilling program at its Kangaroo Hills Lithium Project, confirming significant extensions at the Big Red and Potoroo pegmatites and advancing near-term commercialisation options.

Carnarvon Energy has boosted its Bedout Basin prospective resources by 92%, now holding over 6.2 billion barrels of oil equivalent across 130 prospects, with exploration drilling set to start in April 2027.

Lode Resources has unveiled promising high-grade antimony and gold intercepts from initial drilling at its New England Antimony Project, alongside large soil anomalies that hint at substantial mineralisation potential.

Encounter Resources has kicked off a 3,500-metre dual drilling campaign at its Yeneena Copper Project, aiming to extend known high-grade copper mineralisation along the Parbo system and complete a diamond hole at Haddon. Results are due in August 2026.

Greenvale Energy has secured the Thunderball Uranium Project and expanded its Northern Territory portfolio to a 2,466km² district-scale landholding, featuring multiple high-grade targets and a historic resource slated for upgrade.

Leeuwin Metals has uncovered multiple significant historical gold intercepts at its Marda Gold Project’s Red Boomerang and Deception Hill prospects, expanding exploration potential beyond the existing 342,300oz resource. Drilling plans for the second half of 2026 are progressing alongside a resource upgrade and assay results from 55 pending holes.

Chilwa Minerals has expanded its Mpyupyu West heavy mineral sands discovery to over 17 km², surpassing the combined area of the Mpyupyu Dune and Flat deposits. This expanded target borders the recently doubled 109.6 Mt Mpyupyu resource, with drilling underway to test a potential physical merger.

Dreadnought Resources has nearly doubled the high-confidence Indicated gold resource at its Metzke’s Find deposit in WA’s Illaara Project, lifting total ounces to about 25,000 at a robust 5.2 g/t grade. The shallow, high-grade resource sits on a granted mining lease and remains open for expansion.

Basin Energy's maiden drilling at Newmans Prospect outlines a 3.3 km corridor of magnet rare earth mineralisation, validating a preserved-weathering exploration model and identifying two priority target zones for follow-up.

Discovery Alaska is progressing preparations for its first drilling campaign at the Boulder Creek project in Idaho, targeting historic high-grade zones identified in the 1980s alongside recent encouraging rock samples.

Duketon Mining's first-ever drilling at Barlee delivers broad gold intercepts, confirming promising mineralisation and setting the stage for expanded exploration.