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Liberty Metals has locked in a four-year option to acquire a dominant 180km2 land package in Guyana’s rapidly consolidating Oko gold district, backed by a A$5 million placement to fund exploration.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
12 Aug 2026
Altair Minerals has kicked off Phase I diamond drilling at North Peters, part of a fully funded 75,000m exploration program across its Greater Oko gold project in Guyana. The initial 22,600m drilling phase targets high-grade gold mineralisation with plans to expand following assay results.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
10 Aug 2026
Altair Minerals has unveiled an ambitious and fully funded 75,000m drilling program at its Greater Oko gold project in Guyana, marking one of the largest inaugural gold exploration campaigns in the country. The strategy targets multiple zones including South Oko, North Peters, and new regional prospects, backed by a robust cash position and enhanced operational capabilities.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
16 July 2026
Altair Minerals has strengthened its exploration leadership by appointing Dr. Sonia Scarselli as Specialist Advisor and forming a joint Technical Committee with Endeavour Mining to accelerate its Greater Oko Project in Guyana.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
22 June 2026
Altair Minerals has brought on geoscience veteran Simon Bolster as Technical Advisor to refine drill targets and accelerate exploration at its Greater Oko gold project, leveraging his expertise in regolith geochemistry and rapid assay technology.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
1 June 2026
Altair Minerals has landed a A$28.2 million strategic placement from Endeavour Mining’s subsidiary at a premium, boosting its treasury to about A$40 million and enabling a major expansion of exploration at the Greater Oko gold project in Guyana.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
27 Apr 2026
Altair Minerals has launched a major 12-month, 30,000m drilling campaign at its Greater Oko Project in Guyana, focusing on validating historic high-grade gold trenches at North Peters and exploring a large untested anomaly at South Oko.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
14 Apr 2026
Altair Minerals has identified two significant gold anomalies at its South Oko project in Guyana, setting the stage for a major drilling campaign starting in April 2026. The discovery of a blind target beneath duricrust highlights the project's promising potential in a premier gold jurisdiction.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
2 Apr 2026
Altair Minerals has defined multiple high-priority gold drill targets at its South Oko prospect in Guyana following a comprehensive ground geophysics survey. The findings reinforce the potential for a major discovery along the prolific Oko Shear Contact.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
26 Mar 2026
Altair Minerals has revealed major untested geophysical anomalies at its North Peters gold project in Guyana, highlighting significant potential to expand its high-grade mineralisation footprint. Historic surveys and drilling data point to compelling targets ahead of planned drilling in Q1 2026.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
5 Feb 2026
Altair Minerals has confirmed a 1km southward extension of its South Oko gold soil anomaly, unveiling three open targets and setting the stage for maiden drilling. Meanwhile, its Olympic Domain copper-gold project remains a strategic focus amid ongoing commercial talks with BHP.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
27 Jan 2026
Altair Minerals has unlocked significant high-grade gold intercepts from historic drilling at its North Peters Prospect and identified a new promising target at Kmung within the Greater Oko Project in Guyana.
Maxwell Dee
Maxwell Dee
8 Jan 2026

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