Latest Mine Planning News

Loyal Metals has secured a binding option to acquire the Highway Reward Copper Gold Mine, one of the world’s highest-grade copper assets, marking a significant step in its 2025 plan to expand into copper amid soaring commodity prices.

Silver Mines Limited has completed its acquisition of the Calico North Project and initiated an earn-in agreement for up to 80% of the Kramer Hills Project in California, marking a strategic expansion into a tier-one mining jurisdiction.

Carnavale Resources reports strong diamond and RC drilling results at its Kookynie Gold Project, extending mineralisation depth and strike at Swiftsure and Tiptoe lodes. An updated resource estimate and scoping study are due in September, underpinning advancing development plans.

Gorilla Gold has completed its maiden drilling at Mulwarrie and accelerated exploration at Comet Vale, aiming for significant resource upgrades in 2025. Recent drilling extends high-grade gold mineralisation, setting the stage for expanded Mineral Resource Estimates later this year.

Magnetite Mines Limited has updated its Razorback Iron Ore Project Mineral Resource Estimate, increasing tonnage by 600 million tonnes through a revised cut-off grade that aligns with Ore Reserves. This reinforces the project's strategic position in South Australia's Braemar iron province.

Green Critical Minerals’ McIntosh Graphite Project Pre-Feasibility Study confirms robust economics with a post-tax NPV of A$235 million and a 32.5-year mine life, underpinning plans for staged development and market entry.

Ausgold Limited has released a Definitive Feasibility Study for its Katanning Gold Project in Western Australia, confirming a robust 10-year mine life with strong economic returns and aggressive exploration underway.

Ausgold Limited’s Definitive Feasibility Study for the Katanning Gold Project confirms a robust 10-year open pit mine with strong production and financial metrics, setting the stage for rapid project advancement.

Black Cat Syndicate reports ongoing underground drilling success at its Paulsens Gold Operation, revealing significant high-grade gold mineralisation in newly targeted Gabbro Veins. The results underpin resource growth and support an accelerated production ramp-up.

Sunrise Energy Metals has reported promising assay results from its latest drilling campaign at the Syerston Scandium Project, revealing multiple new zones of high-grade scandium mineralisation. These findings come as global scandium supply tightens following recent Chinese export restrictions.

Coda Minerals reports a metallurgical breakthrough at its Elizabeth Creek project, achieving copper recoveries up to 95.9% and silver recoveries of 97.3% using whole-ore leach techniques, promising significant cost savings and project simplification.

Horizon Minerals has initiated a major two-phase drilling program at its Burbanks gold project to upgrade resource confidence and explore extensions, underpinning plans for a refurbished processing plant and first gold production by 2026.