Latest Heap Leach News

Sentinel Metals has successfully completed its first diamond drill hole at the Columbia Gold-Silver Project, intersecting a hydrothermal breccia zone beneath the historically targeted oxide horizon, validating a geophysical conductor and opening new exploration avenues.

Maiden drilling at Austral Resources' Canyon Prospect reveals a significant copper oxide system extending over 1.2km strike near the Mt Kelly SX-EW facility, with intercepts including 24m at 1.03% copper. The mineralisation remains open, offering substantial upside and potential to leverage existing processing infrastructure.

Red Metal’s large-scale column leach tests confirm high rare earth recoveries from coarsely crushed Sybella ores using weak sulphuric acid, underpinning a low-cost heap leach development pathway.

Turaco Gold’s pre-feasibility study for the Afema Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire reveals a maiden 1.91 million ounce Probable Ore Reserve and robust project economics, underpinning a 10.3-year mine life producing over 2 million ounces of gold.

TG Metals has expanded the Van Uden gold resource by 1.8km to a total strike of 4.3km, revealing significant high-grade gold intercepts and advancing a near-term heap leach opportunity supported by promising laterite drilling.

Far Northern Resources has increased the Mineral Resource Estimate at its Bridge Creek Central Gold Deposit by 31%, lifting contained gold ounces to 93,000 and total Northern Territory project ounces to 117,000. The resource remains open for expansion, underpinning plans for early mining studies.

Great Northern Minerals has unveiled a maiden Inferred Mineral Resource Estimate at its Iron Butte Gold-Silver Project in Nevada, quantifying 480,000 ounces of gold and 11.5 million ounces of silver. The deposit remains open for expansion, with drilling planned for Q3 2026 backed by $3.9 million in cash.

OzAurum Resources has delivered another round of strong near-surface gold intercepts at its Mulgabbie North Paleochannel Project, reinforcing a low-cost heap leach development pathway and progressing site construction.

Pacgold Limited is demerging its North Queensland gold-antimony projects into a new company, Manda Resources, which will pursue an ASX listing in late 2026. Shareholders will retain exposure to the North Queensland portfolio via free shares while Pacgold sharpens its focus on ramping up production at White Dam.

Austral Resources is advancing its Rocklands Copper Project refurbishment with major milestones met, including securing a new SAG mill and confirming infrastructure readiness for 3Mtpa processing, keeping the project on track and budget.

Tartana Minerals has kicked off an ambitious drilling program at its Tartana Copper Project aiming to more than double its contained copper resource beyond the existing open pit. Early drilling progress and operational upgrades signal a push toward expanding production and resource depth.

Helix Resources has boosted the inferred Mineral Resource at its Gold Basin project in Arizona to 280,000 ounces of gold, underpinning its farm-in strategy and advancing development prospects.