Latest Mine Restart News

Broken Hill Mines (ASX: BHM) posted its highest quarterly ore throughput since 2020, powered by the Pinnacles Mine restart and a multi-source ore feed strategy advancing plant utilisation and production growth.

Savannah Goldfields has obtained a critical Environmental Authority for its Agate Creek project, enabling mining to resume this quarter and targeting 36,800 ounces from Ore Reserves over two years.

Ballymore Resources has kicked off a deep Magnetotelluric survey at its Dittmer Project, aiming to pinpoint a concealed porphyry copper-gold system beneath a historic high-grade gold mine while advancing underground development and resource drilling.

Prodigy Gold is progressing key regulatory approvals to restart mining at its Old Pirate gold mine, supported by encouraging ore sorting testwork that significantly upgrades gold grades and promises operational efficiencies.

Brightstar Resources is progressing construction at its Goldfields Project on time and budget, targeting first gold by June 2027 while securing gold price downside protection through put options.

Black Bear Minerals has extended high-grade silver intercepts outside its existing Shafter Mineral Resource Estimate, with assays up to 1,333g/t Ag and promising polymetallic potential, advancing resource validation and mine restart plans.

Broken Hill Mines has restarted open pit mining at its Pinnacles Mine, delivering the first silver-lead-zinc ore to its Rasp Processing Plant and adding a third high-grade feed source to improve plant utilisation.

Forrestania Resources is set to acquire the Edna May Gold Hub from Ramelius Resources for A$300 million, including a 2.9Mtpa mill and a 945,000-ounce gold resource, aiming to restart processing by mid-2027.

Forrestania Resources is set to acquire Ramelius Resources’ Edna May Gold Hub for A$300 million, aiming to restart the 2.9Mtpa Edna May mill by mid-2027 and expand its processing capacity.

Resources & Energy Group (ASX:REZ) has reported significant gold intercepts from its February 2026 drilling at East Menzies, validating extensions beyond the current Goodenough resource and setting the stage for an updated mineral resource estimate.

Kingston Resources secures $12.9 million through placement and entitlement offer to fund a 25,000m drilling program and plant expansion at its Mineral Hill polymetallic mine, bolstering cash reserves to $32.3 million ahead of a planned operational restart.

Cokal Limited has secured regulatory approval to resume mining at its Bumi Barito Mineral project, with operations set to restart mid-June and a 10,000 MT coal shipment planned for late June.