Latest Metallurgical Recovery News

Challenger Gold has poured its first gold bar from the Hualilán project in Argentina, initiating a production ramp-up under a toll milling agreement that secures processing capacity for three years.

Forrestania Resources has updated its MacPhersons deposit resource to 73,800 ounces, pushing its global JORC-compliant gold resource past the one million ounce mark. This milestone underscores the company’s growing footprint in Western Australia’s Eastern Goldfields.

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.

Encounter Resources inks a non-binding MoU with Echion Technologies and Switch Technologies to develop a lithium-niobium battery industry leveraging its high-grade Aileron niobium resource.

Dreadnought Resources has secured a mining lease for its Metzke’s Find deposit within the Illaara Gold Project, a key step towards commercial production of its 14,900 oz high-grade gold resource. The lease enables infrastructure development and supports ongoing drilling that aims to expand the resource.

Auric Mining has upgraded its Munda Gold Deposit resource by 32% to 192,000 ounces, supported by high-grade drilling and production that outperformed expectations. The deposit remains open for expansion, with a scoping study underway to integrate mining with the Burbanks Processing Plant.

Advance Metals Limited (ASX:AVM) is acquiring the remaining 20% of its Myrtleford and Beaufort gold projects, moving to 100% ownership following a string of high-grade drill results and promising metallurgical recoveries at Happy Valley.

Maronan Metals has landed a $22 million strategic investment from Kinterra Capital, boosting its cash reserves to $36.6 million and fully funding an expanded 2026 drilling campaign and Preliminary Feasibility Study for its Maronan Project.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (ASX:AGC) has intersected a 6.5m semi-massive chalcopyrite zone at its Evergreen project, marking its broadest copper interval to date in the South Cobar Basin. The company aims to deliver an initial resource estimate for Evergreen by July while continuing to extend its 38.5Moz silver-equivalent Achilles deposit.

Encounter Resources has identified a new copper zone at its Elsa prospect in Western Australia's Paterson Province, prompting an expansion of its drilling program to better delineate the breccia system.

Ora Banda Mining has significantly expanded its gold resources and reserves at Waihi and Round Dam, while greenlighting a $375 million new mill and Waihi Underground development as part of its DRIVE to 300 growth plan.

Encounter Resources has achieved strong metallurgical recoveries of 51-53% niobium and up to 57% Nb2O5 concentrate grade from the Green deposit at its Aileron Project, validating conventional processing methods and supporting multi-decade mining potential.