Latest Iocg News

Taiton Resources has issued nearly 1.8 million shares and close to 900,000 options to a sophisticated investor, part of an ongoing placement raising $125,000 so far. Additional shares and options will follow as funds come in.

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.

Cobre Limited has secured an option to acquire 100% of 25 mining concessions adjacent to its Sierra Atacama copper project, significantly enlarging its landholding in northern Chile's IOCG belt with a staged, low-cost payment plan.

Turnstone Resources has reported standout rock chip assays up to 31.6g/t gold and 12.9% copper at its Glava project in Sweden, alongside validation of historic drill core at Torsby West, reinforcing the potential for a sizeable copper-gold system.

AusQuest has paused its maiden drilling at the Coober Pedy IOCG project after encountering difficult sand cover, with plans to resume in Q3 2026 using a new drilling method and contractor. Assay results from the limited completed holes are due by the end of July.

Sabre Resources is poised to kick off a major drilling campaign at its Kurundi North Project, aiming to unlock copper-gold deposits analogous to Tennant Creek. This follows a transformative acquisition pending shareholder approval and includes government-backed funding for follow-up diamond drilling.

Lodestar Minerals’ recent 12,344m drilling campaign at Ned’s Creek confirms high-grade gold continuity and reveals new mineralisation zones beyond the December 2025 Exploration Target, setting the stage for a maiden resource in 2026.

Strategic Energy Resources (ASX:SER) is set to embark on a busy 2026 drilling season with three funded diamond drill programs across its Canobie, Diamantina, and Bulimba projects, targeting multiple high-potential copper and gold prospects in Queensland.

Cooper Metals has completed site and heritage preparations to begin RC drilling at its Ardmore North and Attina prospects, both showing significant copper-gold anomalies. Drilling will test 2,000m of combined strike with assays pending from recent surface sampling.

Lodestar Minerals’ first drill hole at the Three Saints IOCG Project in Chile has confirmed a large, multi-element mineralised system with copper, gold, cobalt, and molybdenum over 600 metres of vertical extent and a footprint wider than 1.6 kilometres.

Artemis Resources has raised A$8 million through a heavily oversubscribed placement led by Jupiter Asset Management, boosting funds for maiden drilling at its Cassowary Copper-Gold Project and exploration in the Pilbara.

Riversgold’s farm-in partner AIS Resources reports standout rock chip assays from the Saint John Project in New Brunswick, with multiple samples exceeding upper detection limits for copper, gold, silver, and antimony. These results underpin plans for systematic exploration and drilling.