Latest Lachlan Fold Belt News

Adavale Resources has agreed to sell its Marree Embayment uranium licences to Orpheus Uranium for $650,000 cash and 5 million shares, sharpening its focus on a 166,000-ounce gold resource in New South Wales.

Xpedra Resources has unveiled robust assay results from its maiden drilling at the Springfield Gold Deposit in NSW, revealing extensive shallow gold mineralisation with multiple high-grade zones and plans for deeper follow-up drilling.

Kuniko Limited, Impact Minerals’ JV partner, is set to begin Phase 2 diamond drilling in early July 2026 at the Commonwealth-Silica Hill Gold-Silver Project in NSW, targeting extensions to recently discovered high-grade mineralisation.

Kuniko Limited is set to kick off Phase 2 diamond drilling at its Commonwealth–Silica Hill Project in early July 2026, aiming to extend mineralisation and deliver a resource upgrade by year-end. The move follows a successful Phase 1 campaign that intersected mineralisation in all holes and unveiled a significant new zone at Silica Hill.

Koonenberry Gold’s maiden diamond drilling at Postman’s Gully within the Enmore Project has confirmed substantial gold mineralisation associated with the Borah Fault, revealing promising intersections up to 12m at 1.02g/t Au and extending mineralisation open in multiple directions.

Lightning Minerals has locked in A$1.85 million through a two-tranche placement to accelerate drilling and exploration at its Mt Turner Gold Project, underpinning its strategic pivot to gold-led growth.

Adavale Resources has boosted its Parkes Project gold resource by 44% to 166,000 ounces through a 100% scrip acquisition of the Calarie mining licence and three exploration licences, consolidating its belt-scale position in NSW’s Lachlan Fold Belt.

Xpedra Resources continues to hit broad, shallow gold zones at its Springfield Gold Deposit in NSW, with a standout 52-metre intercept at 1.35g/t gold reinforcing the project's scale and potential for expansion.

Kuniko Limited has wrapped its Phase 1 diamond drilling at the Commonwealth-Silica Hill project in NSW, revealing robust gold, silver, and base metal grades. The company is gearing up for a more expansive Phase 2 drilling campaign starting in July to test extensions and new targets within this prolific polymetallic system.

Tarrina Resources has expanded the known gold anomaly at its Christmas Gift Gold Project by over a kilometre, unveiling 29 new soil geochemical targets including 12 high priorities that could reshape exploration plans.

Koonenberry Gold has identified a third major fault structure at its Enmore Project, with rock chip samples from Queen of Sheba returning up to 87g/t Au and historical samples up to 180g/t Au, underscoring the district-scale potential of the NSW project.

Godolphin Resources is spinning out its Narraburra Rare Earths Project into a new ASX-listed entity, Matrix Critical Minerals, with MST Financial appointed to spearhead the IPO expected in the second half of 2026.