Latest Metallurgical Testwork News

Sentinel Metals’ first diamond drill hole at Montana’s Columbia Project reveals a robust 46.8m intercept averaging 5.5 g/t gold, including a standout 13.5m at 16.6 g/t, confirming mineralisation extends into fresh rock below historical drilling depths.

Flynn Gold is kicking off a 2,500m drilling campaign at its Brilliant Prospect in northeast Tasmania, aiming to convert promising trench assay results into a formal Mineral Resource and fast-track project development.

Stavely Minerals has released a comprehensive Scoping Study for its Thursday’s Gossan and Cayley Lode deposits in western Victoria, outlining a 13-year open pit copper-gold-silver operation with strong financial metrics and a 4Mtpa processing plant.

West Cobar Metals is fast-tracking its scandium exploration at the Salazar Project in Western Australia, targeting higher-grade zones with aircore drilling planned for late 2026 alongside advancing metallurgical testwork.

EV Resources has secured its first binding five-year ore supply agreement with Chinantla, underpinning its Proof-of-Concept antimony processing campaign at Tecomatlán and advancing its regional hub strategy.

Mount Ridley Mines’ first TIMA automated mineralogy study at Grass Patch reveals rare earth elements are locked in discrete phosphate minerals, supporting flotation as a key beneficiation step ahead of leaching and Phase 1 metallurgical testwork.

Flynn Gold has inked a non-binding Ore Purchase Agreement with Kaiser Reef's Henty Gold Mine, opening a potential low-capital route to production for its Golden Ridge project in Tasmania.

Viking Mines has uncovered significant tungsten mineralisation in historical rock stockpiles at its Linka Tungsten Project, Nevada, with assay results reaching 1.8% WO3, well above the historical mined average. The findings open the door to potential ore sorting applications and advance the project towards a brownfields restart.

Adavale Resources has reinforced the continuity of gold mineralisation beneath its London-Victoria open pit, reporting significant drill intercepts including 31m at 1.29g/t Au just 16m below the pit floor, underpinning near-term production prospects and a forthcoming resource update.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited (ASX:HRE) has secured $2.028 million through a placement and entitlement offer to advance drilling programs and a strategic review across its key projects in South Australia and Western Australia.

QMines Limited has boosted the Mount Mackenzie gold and silver resource by 32% in gold ounces, with 70% now classified as Indicated, following a comprehensive 73-hole drilling campaign that enhanced geological confidence and resource scale.

Killi Resources has kicked off a major drilling campaign at its Lodestone Iron Ore Project, aiming to grow and upgrade its 110Mt resource of high-purity magnetite expected to command a price premium.