Latest Mine Planning News

Challenger Gold's Pre-Feasibility Study for the Hualilan Project delivers a robust US$1.45 billion pre-tax NPV, 1.84 million ounces gold equivalent production, and a low upfront capital strategy.

Reach Resources has locked in a binding option with Andel Resources that fully funds mining and processing at Murchison South, with a profit-sharing model and a strategic equity investment.

Wildcat Resources is progressing its Definitive Feasibility Study for the Tabba Tabba lithium-tantalum project, targeting accelerated processing plant expansion and incorporating tantalum and petalite to boost project economics.

Sky Metals has reported a series of broad, shallow, high-grade tin-tungsten-silver intercepts from infill drilling at its Tallebung Project in NSW, reinforcing open-pit mining potential and underpinning an updated Mineral Resource Estimate and Pre-Feasibility Study due this quarter.

Coda Minerals has launched critical drilling and environmental programmes at its Elizabeth Creek Copper-Silver Project, underpinning its Pre-Feasibility Study and potential resource expansion.

Encounter Resources has achieved strong metallurgical recoveries of 51-53% niobium and up to 57% Nb2O5 concentrate grade from the Green deposit at its Aileron Project, validating conventional processing methods and supporting multi-decade mining potential.

GoldArc Resources has locked in A$7.2 million through a placement to fast-track exploration along the largely untested 9km Ursus Fault corridor at Leonora North, aiming to expand its 152,000-ounce resource and advance production plans.

Maronan Metals has reported robust assay results from its 2025 infill drilling, revealing significant shallow copper-gold and silver-lead mineralisation that could boost early mining inventory. A revised boxcut design also promises to cut excavation volumes substantially.

Carnaby Resources has unveiled a significant new high-grade copper-gold mineralised structure at its Trek 1 prospect in the Greater Duchess Project, Queensland, with drill results pointing to resource expansion beyond current estimates.

Hillgrove Resources reports underground drilling at Kavanagh surpassing 2025 resource grades, pushing mineralisation deeper and wider, while securing new tenements to boost regional copper exploration.

Andean Silver has uncovered new bonanza-grade silver-gold veins near its Laguna Verde processing plant in Chile, setting the stage for a resource upgrade and feasibility studies.

Medallion Metals has unveiled multiple high-grade gold-copper-silver intercepts from its Kundip Mining Centre drilling, boosting confidence in early mine plan stages before underground development begins in August 2026.