Latest Metallurgical Testing News

Dalaroo Metals' 2026 field campaign at Blue Lagoon in southern Greenland has transformed the project from a concept into a well-defined rare earth system, identifying four new target areas and setting the stage for targeted drilling.

New Frontier Minerals has reported strong surface copper grades at its Mt Storm prospect in Queensland, with assays up to 6.88% Cu and promising acid-leach recoveries, reinforcing the prospect’s potential within the NWQ Copper Project.

Raptor Metals has validated a large-scale copper system at its Chester Project in Canada, delivering some of the broadest and highest-grade intercepts from its maiden diamond drilling program and revealing significant resource expansion potential.

Krakatoa Resources has verified significant visual antimony mineralisation in early 2026 drilling at its Zopkhito project, advancing efforts to formalise a JORC-compliant resource estimate. Assays remain pending as the company prepares for underground sampling and metallurgical testing.

Norwest Minerals is raising $1.89 million through a partly underwritten 1-for-4 entitlement offer priced at $0.007 per share to fund key stages of its Bulgera Heap Leach Scoping Study and secure solvency for FY2026. The offer is supported by director and major shareholder commitments and opens to eligible shareholders on 21 July 2026.

Great Divide Mining and Dart Mining have completed a 4,100m drilling campaign at the Banshee Prospect, confirming gold mineralisation over a 730m strike that remains open. The results advance the project toward a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate.

Tennant Minerals (ASX:TMS) has launched a prospectus offering more than 800 million new options, aiming to clear trading restrictions and raise funds for advancing its Bluebird project and broader exploration activities.

Meteoric Resources has surged its Measured Resources by 246% to 128 million tonnes at its Caldeira Rare Earth Element Project in Brazil, significantly de-risking the upcoming Definitive Feasibility Study and underpinning future development plans.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has extended the known mineralised strike at its South Ridge Tin Project to 1.85km and secured all drilling approvals, enabling an expanded drilling campaign aimed at defining a maiden resource.

Rimfire Pacific Mining has engaged UK-based Xcelsior Capital Advisors to support funding, government relations, and marketing for its NSW scandium projects, leveraging Xcelsior’s ties to the Wogen group and global critical minerals networks.

Astral Resources reports strong assay results from infill drilling at Theia, underpinning resource upgrades and de-risking early Mandilla mine development near Kalgoorlie.

Cyprium Metals has identified significant oxide copper mineralisation across a large section of the Nifty waste dump, potentially adding a low-cost feed source for its heap leach and SXEW operations as it advances the copper complex restart.