Latest Minerals Exploration News

CZR Resources Ltd (ASX:CZR) has launched an all-scrip off-market takeover bid for Zuleika Gold Limited (ASX:ZAG), offering 0.1742 CZR shares per Zuleika share, valuing Zuleika at approximately $44.8 million and representing a premium of over 40% to recent prices.

Impact Minerals (ASX:IPT) has initiated a renounceable pro-rata entitlement offer to raise up to $4.13 million at $0.032 per share, with two free attaching options for every three new shares. The partially underwritten raise aims to fund exploration and development across its key projects including High Purity Alumina.

Heavy Rare Earths Limited has updated key dates for its non-renounceable entitlement offer aimed at raising $728,119 before costs, adjusting the ex-date and record date among other milestones.

Li-FT Power has consolidated its Quebec lithium assets through the Winsome acquisition, secured an option on the Renard mine site, and bolstered its balance sheet with a C$20 million financing to fuel exploration and development.

Cygnus Metals has cleared a key legal hurdle with the WA Supreme Court approving a shareholder meeting to vote on Central Asia Metals' acquisition proposal. The Scheme Booklet, including an Independent Expert’s Report, will be dispatched next week ahead of the September meeting.

Estrella Resources has identified multiple high-conductivity anomalies at its Ira Miri project via a novel UAV geophysical survey, prompting plans for the deepest mineral exploration drilling ever in Timor-Leste starting September 2026.

Resouro Strategic Metals has closed its $2.5 million private placement, issuing 10 million shares at 25 cents each to support the environmental program and feasibility study for its Tiros project in Brazil.

Minerals Exploration Limited has reported rock chip assays with gold grades up to 37.4 g/t and tungsten up to 2.63% at its Glenorchy Tungsten Project in Otago, New Zealand. The company plans a maiden drilling program in late 2026, pending regulatory approvals.

Ozz Resources reported a $1.06 million loss for FY2025, deepening net liabilities and maintaining voluntary ASX suspension while advancing key exploration projects in Western Australia.

Godolphin Resources intensifies exploration at Mt Aubrey and Copper Hill East, leveraging a streamlined portfolio and a strategic pivot to precious and base metals in NSW’s Lachlan Fold Belt.

Cygnus Metals has lodged its draft scheme booklet with ASIC, moving closer to a planned acquisition by Central Asia Metals. Regulatory approvals in North Macedonia are complete, with Kazakhstan clearance still pending.

Lightning Minerals has executed a strategic reset focusing on Australian gold and critical minerals, securing $1.85 million to accelerate exploration at its flagship Mt Turner and Warby Tungsten projects. Key technical milestones include an independent petrology study validating Mt Turner's gold system and promising tungsten assay results at Warby.