Latest Gold And Base Metals News

Korab Resources reports significant gold and base metals exploration progress at its Rum Jungle Project, alongside innovative mining method evaluations and ongoing legal challenges to key lease renewals.

Lightning Minerals Ltd is set to launch a fully funded Phase 2 drilling campaign at its Mt Turner Gold Project in Queensland, following Phase 1 success that revealed a large mineralised system along a 12km strike of the Drummer Fault.

Dome Gold Mines Ltd is launching a $7 million convertible note offering aimed at funding key developments in its Fiji mining projects, including the Sigatoka feasibility study and exploration programs.

Sunshine Metals has identified seven promising volcanogenic massive sulphide targets at its Ravenswood Consolidated Project, highlighted by exceptional gold-in-soil grades reaching 8.45 g/t at Truncheon East. The findings, supported by a Queensland Government grant, set the stage for intensified exploration in 2026.

Kingston Resources has reported strong underground drilling results at its Mineral Hill mine, confirming and expanding the high-grade Southern Ore Zone with significant gold and copper assays.

Strickland Metals has announced a maiden inferred mineral resource of 1.2 million ounces of gold at its Gradina Deposit in Serbia, boosting the Rogozna Project’s total resource to 8.6 million ounces gold equivalent. The deposit remains open for expansion, setting the stage for further growth in 2026.

Antares Metals Limited (ASX, AM5) has announced a significant acquisition of gold and base metals assets in Western Australia, positioning itself for a maiden drilling campaign in early 2026.

Antares Metals (ASX – AM5) announces the acquisition of full interests in two promising Western Australian gold and copper-zinc projects, backed by a $2 million capital raise to fund exploration and drilling in early 2026.

Tennant Minerals has initiated a new diamond drilling campaign at its Bluebird discovery, aiming to expand a high-grade gold zone beneath a recently defined copper-gold-silver-bismuth resource. The program seeks to enhance resource definition and metallurgical recovery ahead of potential underground extensions.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd has reported outstanding assay results from diamond drilling at its Achilles deposit in NSW, revealing a high-grade zone extending over 150m wide and 250m deep. These results reinforce the deposit's potential amid rising silver prices.

Strickland Metals reports significant high-grade gold intersections at the Kotlovi Prospect, extending mineralisation over 300 metres near the Medenovac deposit within Serbia’s Rogozna Project.

Mammoth Minerals has identified a major new 5.5km by 4.2km intrusive complex at its Excelsior Gold Project in Nevada, drawing parallels to the prolific 4.2Moz Goldfield Caldera. Concurrent surveys at its Skyline Project in Canada bolster its base metals exploration pipeline, while plans for a strategic spinout are underway.