Latest Geophysical Surveys News

New Age Exploration (ASX: NAE) has completed Phase 2 drilling at its Lammerlaw Gold-Antimony Project in New Zealand, revealing a new shear-hosted gold discovery at the Bella Prospect. Concurrently, the company has begun field exploration at its recently acquired Wallah Silver Project in NSW, setting the stage for maiden drilling.

Andean Silver has boosted its Cerro Bayo silver-gold project Indicated Resource by 230%, reaching 60 million ounces silver equivalent, underpinning its push toward feasibility and production restart.

Lux Copper has completed its first-ever geophysical survey at the Baird Copper Project in Alaska and is mobilizing two diamond drill rigs ahead of a maiden drilling campaign set for mid-August 2026.

Many Peaks Minerals has reported a landmark maiden Mineral Resource Estimate of 1.32 million ounces at its Ferké Gold Project, underpinning an aggressive exploration and development push supported by a A$27.5 million capital raise.

Prospect Resources has boosted its Mumbezhi Copper Project resource by 20%, notably doubling gold content, while commencing an extensive Phase 3 drilling program aimed at further expansion and upgrading.

DeSoto Resources has launched a 10,000m maiden drilling program at its Timbakouna Gold Project and secured a major new ground package in Guinea’s prolific Siguiri Basin, backed by a strong cash position of A$9.2 million.

Australian Critical Minerals has completed its initial diamond drilling at the Flint Project in Peru, revealing a substantial high-sulphidation hydrothermal system and signs of porphyry-style mineralisation. Assay results from the standout drill hole are awaited, with further drilling planned to explore the system’s broader extent.

Bison Resources (ASX: BSR) has launched its maiden exploration campaign across four Nevada projects following a $5.5 million IPO, revealing a promising 1.5-kilometre arsenic-antimony anomaly at Bald Peaks indicative of a Carlin-type gold system.

Vantage Metals (ASX: VAN) has kicked off drilling at its Kalahari Copper Project in Botswana following a comprehensive airborne electromagnetic survey, while high-grade polymetallic assays emerge from its Argentine TMT Project. The company also raised A$6 million from strategic investors and rebranded from BRX to VAN.

Encounter Resources has lifted its Aileron niobium resource by over half, hitting 120 million tonnes with robust metallurgical results, while advancing copper-gold drilling in WA and the NT.

Leeuwin Metals has secured a key mining lease at Evanston, placing all its Marda Gold Project resources on granted leases, while promising drill results and a strategic collaboration set the stage for resource expansion and project development.

Piche Resources completed its maiden RC drilling at Cerro Chacón, confirming a low-sulphidation epithermal gold-silver system at Toro Hosco, while a strategic review of Ashburton highlights high-grade rare earths and uranium potential.