Latest Mining Exploration News

Marquee Resources has initiated a non-renounceable rights issue priced at $0.005 per share, aiming to raise just over $1 million. Eligible shareholders will receive free attaching options, with the offer closing on 27 July 2026.

Lodestar Minerals has expanded its Virgin Mountain project in Arizona by 40%, locking in a 5 km corridor of high-grade heavy rare earth mineralisation highlighted by rock chip assays reaching 14.68% TREO with a 59% heavy rare earth oxide content.

Nelson Resources has kicked off metallurgical testing on samples from its high-grade Orleans Mine and completed underground rehabilitation, setting the stage for a follow-up core drilling program to extend known mineralisation at the Gold Point Project in Nevada.

OD6 Metals has transformed its portfolio with the acquisition and rapid expansion of the Quinn Fluorspar Project in Nevada, revealing extensive high-grade mineralisation and advancing metallurgical and permitting work.

Great Bear Exploration is gearing up for a major 2026 field campaign at its vast Great Bear Project in Canada, armed with fresh high-grade assay results and a cutting-edge airborne geophysics survey to refine drill targets.

Western Yilgarn NL (ASX: WYX) is offering eligible shareholders in Australia and New Zealand a chance to buy up to $30,000 in new shares at 3 cents each, sweetened with free attaching options exercisable at 10 cents. The company aims to raise $500,000 to fund exploration and working capital.

Western Ridge Resources has unveiled an initial Exploration Target of up to 14.5 million ounces of silver at its Keystone Mine in Nevada, backed by recent sampling and geological modelling. The company is gearing up for its first drilling campaign in over 80 years to test and expand this promising target.

Octava Minerals has outlined a colossal exploration target of up to 7.4 billion tonnes of mineralised black shale at its Byro Project, featuring rare earths, lithium, and vanadium grades that align with promising bioleaching recoveries. Further drilling and metallurgical testing aim to advance the project towards a maiden resource.

Resolution Minerals has completed 16 diamond core holes totalling 4,470 metres at its Golden Gate South prospect in Idaho, progressing one third of its 2026 drill program aimed at defining gold and tungsten mineralisation.

G11 Resources has confirmed a significant 90m zone of hydrothermal alteration at its Zig Zag target in Tasmania, with further drilling and surveys underway to test the open-ended geophysical anomaly.

Dalaroo Metals' 2026 field campaign at Blue Lagoon in southern Greenland has transformed the project from a concept into a well-defined rare earth system, identifying four new target areas and setting the stage for targeted drilling.

Hawk Resources has launched an options offer following a $3 million placement, aiming to fund exploration at its scandium and copper projects in Australia and the US.