Latest Gold Exploration News

Orbminco Limited's latest infill drilling at Majestic North delivers standout shallow gold grades, setting the stage for a resource upgrade and advancing mining studies.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) has raised $1.5 million through a discounted share placement and a fully underwritten share purchase plan to back a high-impact drilling campaign at its Diamantina Copper-Gold Project in Queensland.

Sunstone Metals has raised $10 million through a discounted share placement, with strategic investor DGR Global acquiring a 10% stake and board representation. The funds will boost exploration and development at Sunstone’s high-potential gold-copper projects in Ecuador.

Asara Resources has adjusted its $60 million institutional placement after Barbet LLC FZ reduced its subscription significantly, with the balance placed to other investors to keep the raise on track. The funds will accelerate drilling and development at the Kada Gold Project in Guinea.

New Talisman Gold Mines commissioned its processing plant and secured commercial offtakes while reporting a $2.26 million net loss in FY26. The company is refocusing on geological modelling and targeted drilling to boost resource confidence and production.

Viking Mines has agreed to sell its non-core First Hit Gold Project in Western Australia to First Au Limited for up to $5 million, allowing it to concentrate resources on its flagship Linka Tungsten Project in Nevada with drilling imminent.

Toubani Resources (ASX: TRE) is acquiring a near 20% equity interest in Avanti Gold (CSE: AGC) via a share swap, gaining exposure to the Misisi Gold Project in the DRC with a 3.1 million ounce inferred resource.

Astral Resources has reported significant deep gold mineralisation extending well below the current Theia Deposit resource at its Mandilla Gold Project, alongside ongoing in-fill drilling to upgrade open pit resources.

Benz Mining’s latest drilling at Glenburgh’s Icon Camp continues to underpin a multi-million-ounce gold target, delivering thick high-grade intercepts and expanding mineralised zones towards Apollo.

Flagship Minerals has wrapped up its metallurgical drilling and trenching at the 2.1Moz Isidora Gold Project in Chile, progressing to pilot scale heap leach test work and ongoing infill drilling targeting a resource update later this year.

Aurum Resources has reported exceptional high-grade gold intercepts at its Boundiali BDT2 deposit in Côte d'Ivoire, reinforcing resource growth potential ahead of a major Mineral Resource Estimate update and Definitive Feasibility Study.

Venus Metals has unveiled promising auger soil sampling results at its Henderson Gold Project and significant base metals anomalies at Youanmi, alongside initiating a titanium extraction research program with Murdoch University.