Latest Iocg News

Miramar Resources has doubled its gold Exploration Target at the Gidji JV near Kalgoorlie and completed its first drilling program at Chain Pool in over 60 years, while finalising the sale of Randalls Project and securing government grants to fund ongoing exploration.

Aurora Energy Metals progresses the Aurora Uranium Project with a major drill program imminent under Eagle Nuclear Energy, while broadening its Western Australian footprint with new exploration licences at Mukinbudin.

Encounter Resources has lifted its Aileron niobium resource by over half, hitting 120 million tonnes with robust metallurgical results, while advancing copper-gold drilling in WA and the NT.

True North Copper’s latest diamond drilling at Mt Oxide validates the Aquila discovery as a broad, continuous copper-cobalt-silver system with well-defined higher-grade zones, extending mineralisation over 1.8km strike and reinforcing its standalone development potential.

Tasman Resources (ASX:TAS) is gearing up for a significant ramp-up in drilling activity across its Lake Torrens and Parkinson Dam projects, with Fortescue (ASX:FMG) set to drill two maiden holes at the Titan West IOCG target starting late August 2026. Meanwhile, Tasman plans up to twenty new drill holes at Parkinson Dam targeting high-priority epithermal and hydrothermal prospects.

Talisman Mining’s recent aircore drilling has revealed broad, shallow gold mineralisation over an 800m strike at Sheepyard, NSW, aligned with a sizeable untested IP anomaly. Follow-up drilling is planned to explore this emerging large-scale gold system further.

Great Bear Exploration (ASX:GBL) has secured $6.5 million to back its acquisition of the Great Bear Project in Canada, gearing up for a two-year exploration campaign starting August 2026. The company also reshapes its focus by restructuring HCD Technologies rights.

Patriot Resources has extended its copper exploration corridor in Zambia by 5.5km, identifying two new high-priority IOCG-style targets that could signal a multi-centre mineralised system.

Tasman Resources is gearing up for dual drilling campaigns at Lake Torrens and Parkinson Dam, supported by a recent $4 million placement and strategic asset sales.

Tarrina Resources has revealed substantial high-grade gold intersections over a strike exceeding 1km at its Christmas Gift project, alongside compelling new copper-gold IOCG targets at Walparuta, signalling expanded exploration potential.

Zeus Resources (ASX:ZEU) is set to acquire the Diaguili copper-gold project in Mauritania for US$2 million, backed by a fully funded $2 million placement. The shallow historical drilling shows promising copper grades, with mineralisation open at depth and along strike.

Cobre Limited deepens its footprint in Botswana’s Kalahari Copper Belt through a new partnership with Equinor to optimise in-situ copper recovery at Ngami, while drilling campaigns at Ngami and Okavango reinforce mineralisation continuity and highlight fresh exploration targets.