Latest Mine Planning News

Catalyst Metals has converted the Cinnamon underground discovery into a maiden 232koz Ore Reserve, supporting a 7.5-year mine plan at the Plutonic Gold Belt. The deposit’s total Resource has grown 370% to 541koz, although part of the production target still relies on Inferred material.

AuKing Mining has reported a 50-metre interval grading 2.03% TREO from surface at its Tundulu rare earths project in Malawi. The result, from drilling about 400 metres west of earlier holes, supports a broader near-surface mineralised footprint but remains exploration-stage evidence.

Coda Minerals has reported average copper and silver extraction of 94.4% and 95.9% respectively from representative Emmie Bluff samples, strengthening the case for its preferred whole-ore chloride leach process. The preliminary laboratory results also suggest Elizabeth Creek site water is suitable for processing, although cobalt recovery, plant-scale performance and capital requirements remain unresolved.

Pantoro Gold says Norseman has produced 19,130 ounces quarter-to-date, keeping FY2027 output within reach of its 90,000 to 105,000-ounce target. A second open pit is now delivering ore while Racetrack drilling continues to build a potential future mine source.

Ramelius Resources has lifted its FY30 production outlook to as much as 610,000 ounces while committing up to A$570 million of growth capital in FY27. The plan puts a larger Mt Magnet processing hub at the centre of the company’s expansion, but also raises the execution and cost stakes.

Sunstone Metals has expanded its Bramaderos gold-equivalent resource to 3.6Moz and reported new Porotillo and Copete discoveries, but its FY2026 accounts carry a material uncertainty over going concern. A post-year-end A$9.94 million placement has improved liquidity, although further equity funding remains central to the exploration plan.

Pivotal Metals has used its FY2026 annual report to position Horden Lake as a larger, better-understood Quebec copper project, with a maiden scoping study targeted for September. The company also expanded Belleterre drilling and added the Bambino project, but remains loss-making and dependent on further funding.

WA1 Resources has ended FY26 with a larger, higher-confidence Luni niobium resource, encouraging processing results and A$123.8 million in cash. The project now moves towards a targeted Q4 CY2026 Pre-Feasibility Study, with permitting, funding and commercial viability still ahead.

New Hope Corporation Limited (ASX:NHC) has lifted its reported coal resources to 2.96 billion tonnes, driven by major model updates at Bengalla and New Acland. The larger inventory comes with important qualifications: much of Bengalla’s addition is inferred, while a substantial portion of New Acland’s reserves still depends on future approvals.

QMines is spending $2.388 million on two freehold properties that remove a key access constraint over the Botos deposit near Mt Chalmers. The acquisition clears the way for modern drilling, but the deposit remains an untested conceptual opportunity rather than a defined resource.

Tesoro Gold has established a maiden 1.28 million-ounce JORC Ore Reserve at Ternera in Chile, entirely within a single open pit. The reserve gives the El Zorro project a 13-plus-year production base, but the next test is funding and permitting a development still at PFS stage.

Antipa Minerals has expanded its Minyari Project resource to 3.6 million ounces of gold equivalent and advanced key pre-feasibility work, including conventional processing and deeper open-pit studies. The progress comes with an auditor-highlighted going-concern uncertainty as the company prepares for further exploration and development spending.