Latest Heap Leach Processing News

Red Metal’s Sybella project has moved closer to a development decision after heap-leach testing delivered strong rare earth extractions with low impurity levels. The company also reported a $19.17 million FY2026 profit, although most of that result came from the accounting gain tied to its Maronan Metals restructuring.

Bannerman Energy has completed a fully underwritten A$124 million institutional placement, giving the Etango uranium project a funding pathway through construction and ramp-up. The company now turns to a targeted Q4 2026 Final Investment Decision, while a further non-underwritten shareholder offer could raise up to A$10 million.

Broken Hill Gold (ASX:BH6) has identified several promising gold-copper targets near its White Dam project in South Australia, setting the stage for a significant exploration push focused on deeper sulphide mineralisation following the Icebreaker discovery.

Sun Silver’s 2026 drilling at Nevada’s Maverick Silver Project reveals broad, high-grade silver and antimony mineralisation beyond the current resource, underpinning resource expansion and development progress.

Sun Silver Limited’s latest drilling at the Maverick Silver Project in Nevada confirms extensive high-grade silver, gold, and antimony mineralisation beyond its current resource estimate, validating its geological model and underpinning resource growth ambitions.

OzAurum Resources has locked in consistent high-grade gold mineralisation along its Mulgabbie North Paleochannel, driving a shift from study to construction with heap leach plant refurbishment near completion and civil works underway.

Alliance Nickel has kicked off vat leach testing at its NiWest Nickel-Cobalt Project, aiming to slash capital costs, while raising $2.4 million through a partial entitlement offer and extending loan facilities to mid-2027.

Cobalt Blue has completed a key metallurgical sampling program at its Halls Creek Project, setting the stage for an updated Scoping Study and increasing its interest to 75%.

TG Metals' recent drilling at Van Uden reveals extensive near-surface laterite gold mineralisation beyond existing resources, underpinning a promising heap leach development with low capital costs and high recoveries.

TG Metals is progressing a scoping study for a heap leach operation at Van Uden, highlighting a higher grade initial production phase and strong metallurgical recoveries that could underpin near-term gold output.

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.

Alliance Nickel has begun vat leach testing on a bulk sample from its NiWest project, targeting a significant reduction in capital costs by replacing heap leaching with a lower-cost atmospheric process. Results are expected by late Q3 2026 and could reshape the project’s economics.