Latest Geochemistry News

Patronus Resources is taking a well-funded exploration campaign into a busy phase, with 30,000 metres of multi-rig drilling underway at Pine Creek and a stated $65 million in cash and investments. The investor presentation also highlights a 2.3Moz AuEq resource base, although parts of the portfolio rely on historical estimates and future WA work remains dependent on heritage access.

Daly Resources has begun systematic soil sampling at the Hot Spring zinc target in the Northern Territory, using surface geochemistry to refine drill locations ahead of maiden diamond drilling. The target lies along the same structural corridor as the HYC and Teena zinc deposits, although no mineralisation has yet been identified at Hot Spring.

Tali Resources ended its first full year as an ASX-listed explorer with A$5.19 million in cash, a larger West Arunta exploration program and a A$1.48 million loss. The annual report also records a A$516,170 impairment after early drilling returned only moderately anomalous results, keeping the company firmly in the high-risk pre-discovery phase.

Corazon Mining has secured key gold rights over two tenements near its Chalice Gold Project, unlocking historic high-grade targets and extending its greenstone belt tenure to over 40 km. The acquisition dovetails with a recently defined Exploration Target, positioning Corazon for resource growth in a prolific WA gold district.

Right Resources has boosted its Blue Prospect gold target with a standout 5.16 g/t rock-chip assay, refining a 4 km gold corridor and setting the stage for maiden drilling in September.

Koonenberry Gold has identified compelling drill-ready copper and gold targets at its Wilga Flats Project near Evolution Mining’s Cowal Gold Mine, with drilling set to begin after Dunedoo operations conclude.

Neometals reports significant gold intersections from recent drilling at its Barrambie Gold Project, confirming a high-grade plunging corridor at Ironclad and outlining plans for diamond drilling to test deeper extensions.

Nex Metals Explorations and Wangkatja Tjungula Aboriginal Corporation have significantly enlarged their East Scotia Gold Project in Western Australia, submitting four new exploration licence applications that boost the project area to approximately 873.1 square kilometres.

Lightning Minerals has identified two distinct gold target corridors within the Western Zone of its Mt Turner Project, highlighting a 1km-long intrusion-related gold anomaly and multiple epithermal-style trends. Follow-up sampling and trenching are planned to refine these targets ahead of drilling.

Exultant Mining has kicked off fieldwork at Watsons Prospect and identified two additional priority copper-gold targets at its 390km² Black Hammer Project in the Macquarie Arc. The company is pursuing a staged exploration strategy while awaiting assay results from its maiden Balerion drill program.

King River Resources has delivered compelling high-grade gold assay results from its Mindoolah Project, reinforcing a robust pipeline of drill-ready targets ahead of an October RC program.

Altair Minerals has kicked off maiden Reverse Circulation drilling at its South Oko and North Peters projects, ramping up to an expected 8,000 metres per month by October 2026. Early trench results at South Oko’s W1 target reveal significant gold mineralisation, setting the stage for a critical exploration phase.