Latest Metallurgical Testwork News

Orbminco has completed key drilling and metallurgical milestones at Majestic North, keeping its development timeline on track for a September Mining Development and Closure Proposal lodgement and final investment decision.

Pure Resources has achieved a key early milestone with Oak Ridge National Laboratory confirming the recovery of heavy rare earth elements from garnet concentrate at its Garnet Hills Project. While still at proof-of-concept stage, this validates the potential for a new source of critical minerals.

Larvotto Resources has kicked off staged commissioning at its Hillgrove Mine processing plant, marking a pivotal step toward becoming Australia’s top antimony producer with promising gold and tungsten prospects.

Berkeley Energia has delivered a maiden Mineral Resource Estimate for its Conchas Project in Spain, revealing significant lithium and rubidium grades near surface and confirming the project's potential for bulk open-pit mining.

West Cobar Metals is gearing up for near-term drilling at its Cobar West copper project in NSW and high-grade scandium zones at the Salazar project in WA, aiming to unlock significant resource potential across both.

PC Gold has significantly expanded its Spring Hill gold resource to 1.51 million ounces, unveiling a new high-grade Link Zone that could underpin a long-life mining operation in the Northern Territory.

Terra Metals has unveiled diamond drilling results confirming a massive 448m thick continuous PGE-Cu-Ni mineralised system at its Southwest Discovery, expanding beyond the existing Dante resource and pointing to a major new growth opportunity.

Stavely Minerals advances its Freddy’s Find gold-silver discovery with deep diamond drilling confirming low-sulphidation epithermal mineralisation, while its Thursday’s Gossan and Cayley Lode copper-gold-silver Scoping Study enters final documentation.

Maronan Metals bolsters its financial and technical position with a $22 million strategic investment from Kinterra Capital, accelerating infill drilling that confirms high-grade silver-lead and copper-gold mineralisation at the Maronan Project.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited reveals significant heavy rare earth oxide mineralisation at its Subron project, with a peak HREO ratio of 70% and multiple high-grade domains identified within a 159Mt JORC resource.

Nelson Resources has reported exceptional underground channel sampling results from its Orleans Mine in Nevada, revealing bonanza silver and high-grade gold mineralisation. The company is preparing to launch diamond drilling to test extensions beyond existing workings.

Neometals Ltd has restarted exploration drilling at its Barrambie Project in Western Australia, focusing on expanding known copper and gold mineralisation at the Rinaldi and Ironclad deposits.