Latest Metallurgical Testwork News

Raiden Resources has uncovered extensive new arsenic-in-soil anomalies at its Vuzel Gold Project in Bulgaria, signaling a potentially larger mineralised system beyond the previously drilled zone. Follow-up exploration and permitting efforts continue alongside pending metallurgical test results.

Jindalee Lithium has locked in a strongly supported A$11 million capital raise through a placement and entitlement offer to fund its McDermitt Lithium Project and the proposed NASDAQ listing of US Elemental Inc.

Norwest Minerals reports strong metallurgical results from Bulgera, with gold recoveries up to 92% on coarse crushed samples, supporting a low-cost heap leach development pathway.

Odyssey Gold’s metallurgical testwork on weathered material from its Cable deposit starter pit has delivered a rapid 95.9% gold leach recovery, supporting early mining potential at the Tuckanarra Project in WA.

Fortuna Metals has appointed mineral sands marketing veteran Ian Hind to lead its marketing strategy as it ramps up drilling at the Mkanda and Kampini rutile projects in Malawi, aiming to advance resource definition and commercial viability in 2026.

OD6 Metals has secured a valuable historical dataset from Union Carbide to fast-track exploration and resource definition at its Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, cutting costs and timelines significantly.

Stavely Minerals has confirmed significant gold-silver mineralisation at its Freddy’s Find prospect and plans deeper diamond drilling alongside new RC holes to explore a large-scale porphyry target nearby.

Southern Hemisphere Mining has launched a 1,000-metre diamond drilling campaign at its Llahuin copper project in Chile, aiming to extend known mineralisation and test for higher-grade copper-gold-molybdenum zones within a 218Mt JORC resource.

TG Metals targets a potential doubling of its laterite gold resources at Van Uden, advancing heap leach project designs and awaiting drilling approvals.

CuFe’s expanded scoping study for its Orlando copper-gold project integrates underground mining and new bismuth and silver revenue streams, lifting project NPV to A$908 million at spot prices and shortening payback to 10 months.

West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) has unveiled a comprehensive Growth & Development Plan for its Elizabeth Hill Silver Project, targeting a rapid transition to production via a high-grade, low-capex open pit operation supported by ongoing drilling and resource expansion.

PhosCo Ltd has delivered maiden Mineral Resource Estimates for the KM and SAB phosphate deposits at its Gasaat Project in Tunisia, adding 20.2 Mt at 20.5% P₂O₅ and lifting the total resource to 166.6 Mt. The shallow, low-strip deposits promise improved early production and underpin an updated scoping study due in Q3 2026.