Latest Mining Licence News

Pacific Resources (ASX: PXR) has secured 100% ownership of the Snowstorm Project, a high-grade gold asset in Victoria’s Eastern Goldfields, for $400,000. The acquisition complements its existing foothold in the region and sets the stage for underground bulk sampling and deeper exploration.

Aurum Resources has cleared a major regulatory hurdle with three environmental certificates granted for its 3.22Moz Boundiali Gold Project in Côte d’Ivoire, bringing the project closer to mining licence approval.

Strata Minerals’ Phase 2 drilling at Zelica confirms consistent shallow high-grade gold over a 1km strike, revealing new plunging shoots and a hanging-wall lode that could expand the system across a 9.5km corridor.

Prospect Resources has updated its Mumbezhi Copper Project Mineral Resource Estimate, boosting tonnage by 20% to 208.1 million tonnes and doubling gold resources to 262,100 ounces. The project now boasts tier-1 copper grades comparable to Zambia’s top mines, with Phase 3 drilling underway to expand resources further.

Estrella Resources has launched a cutting-edge UAV-based electromagnetic survey at its Ira Miri manganese project to explore deeper and lateral extensions of high-grade mineralisation, aiming to refine geological models and support mining licence applications.

Brazilian Rare Earths Limited (ASX: BRE) is demerging its Amargosa Bauxite-Gallium Project into a new ASX-listed entity, Alurion Resources, aiming to unlock value and sharpen focus on distinct mineral opportunities.

Chariot Resources has broadened its Nigerian lithium acquisition by adding a key small-scale mining licence and converting three leases to mining leases, extending the acquisition timeline and increasing regulatory costs.

EV Resources’ maiden drilling at Los Lirios reveals a broad, shallow antimony carbonate replacement system with promising high-grade intercepts, setting the stage for a potential bulk-tonnage open-pit development and a maiden JORC resource by Q3 2026.

Estrella Resources has completed a Category B market appraisal at its Ira Miri manganese project, confirming a 27,371 tonne stockpile including nearly 5,000 tonnes of high-grade manganese. Exploration upside remains significant with open mineralisation and upcoming geophysical surveys.

Power Minerals has kicked off a 3,800-metre diamond drilling campaign at its Morro do Ferro Rare Earths Project in Brazil, aiming to expand high-grade rare earth mineralisation and advance metallurgical studies following recent acquisition completion.

Asian Battery Metals (ASX:AZ9) has kicked off its 2026 drilling at the Red Hill copper-gold project in Mongolia, intersecting significant visible copper sulphides in the first hole, validating key geophysical targets and setting the stage for assay results.

Aurum Resources has delivered robust drilling results from the BDT2 deposit at its Boundiali Gold Project, confirming significant resource growth potential and underpinning its development timeline with a strong financial position.