Latest Gold And Base Metals News

Reward Minerals has kicked off field activities at its Mountain Pond and Copper Lance projects in Newfoundland, advancing towards maiden drilling at the Jackpot Gold Prospect with sampling results due soon.

Sunshine Metals has agreed to sell its Hodgkinson Project to EQ Resources for $250,000, freeing up capital and management bandwidth to accelerate gold production at Mt Moss and exploration at Sybil.

Legacy Minerals has locked in a farm-in deal with Aurelia Metals for its Cobar Project, allowing Aurelia to earn up to 90% by funding exploration. This partnership leverages Aurelia's established Cobar Basin operations while Legacy focuses on its flagship Mt Carrington project.

Trek Metals has marked a breakthrough year with a high-grade manganese discovery at its Christmas Creek Project in Western Australia, supported by strong assay results and expanded exploration tenure. The company bolstered its balance sheet with $19.5 million raised to fund drilling and further exploration.

Catalina Resources is fast-tracking exploration across its newly acquired Mid-West portfolio in WA, targeting gold and base metals with drilling planned within six weeks. The company’s strategic positioning near the Kirkalocka processing plant and a recent capital raise underpin its near-term development ambitions.

Orange Minerals NL has agreed to sell its 51% interest in the Calarie Project tenements to Adavale Resources, receiving shares and options in return. This move supports Orange Minerals' focus on its core gold projects in Ghana and Western Australia.

Dart Mining has acquired a vast tenement package in the mineral-rich Pine Creek Orogen, adding gold, copper, uranium, and tungsten prospects to its portfolio while raising A$1.3 million to fund exploration.

Critical Resources Limited showcased its diversified critical metals portfolio and advanced battery tech at its 2026 AGM, spotlighting growth prospects in lithium, gold, and base metals across Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.

Sunshine Metals has secured $7.7 million through an oversubscribed Share Purchase Plan, exceeding its $3 million target, to fund the Mt Moss processing facility acquisition and Liontown mine start-up.

Strickland Metals has expanded the Gradina Deposit's inferred gold resource by 600,000 ounces, pushing the Rogozna Project's total resource to 9.24 million ounces gold equivalent and reinforcing its Tier-1 status.

Ballymore Resources has pushed the boundaries of its Torpy’s silver-lead-zinc-indium discovery in North Queensland, with initial results from a fresh 3,000m drilling campaign revealing broad zones of massive sulphide mineralisation closer to surface. Assays are due in June, while a government-backed gravity survey aims to unlock further targets across the Ruddygore corridor.

TechGen Metals has identified a 2.5km gold soil anomaly and returned high-grade gold and arsenic results near historic workings at its Dalgaranga Gold Project in WA, while initiating key geophysical surveys ahead of planned drilling.