Latest Mining Regulation News

Kingsrose Mining is entering FY27 with A$18.1 million in cash, a fresh CEO and a portfolio that now depends more heavily on permitting, partnerships and capital discipline. The company’s nearest-term opportunity is Penikat drilling in Finland, while its Norwegian projects require new routes to funding or value realisation.

Resource Minerals International has expanded its exploration push across Tanzania and Saudi Arabia, but auditors flagged a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue without future capital raisings. The ASX-listed explorer ended FY2026 with $2.12 million in cash after raising funds through placements and convertible securities.

Eminence Minerals has begun field exploration across three pending licence applications at its Tayra rare earth project in Bahia, Brazil, while continuing a planned 70-hole auger campaign at Campo Grande. The work remains early-stage, with no Mineral Resource defined and Tayra’s tenure still awaiting confirmation from Brazil’s mining regulator.

Native Mineral Resources has told ASX it is unaware of any undisclosed information behind recent trading in its shares. The company pointed to record August gold output, a Citigold joint venture, Blackjack drilling results and stronger gold prices instead.

PT ANTAM (ASX:ATM) posted a 6% increase in net sales to Rp62.71 trillion in the first half of 2026, driven by steady gold, nickel, and bauxite sales. Profit after tax surged 34% to Rp6.91 trillion, supported by improved margins and foreign exchange gains.

Evolution Energy Minerals has regained full rights to its Chilalo Graphite Project licence in Tanzania, clearing a significant regulatory hurdle and reaffirming its target to begin production by October 2027.

Sierra Nevada Gold (ASX: SNX) has discovered a new high-grade gold-silver-polymetallic breccia beneath shallow cover at its As Safra project in Saudi Arabia, revealing a more complex and extensive mineral system than previously known.

Jindalee Lithium’s US subsidiary, HiTech Minerals, has partnered with environmental nonprofit RESOLVE to investigate a voluntary stewardship area around its McDermitt Lithium Project, aiming to balance responsible lithium development with conservation efforts.

Sweden's Parliament has amended legislation to remove uranium mining from nuclear facility regulations, simplifying permits and strengthening Aura Energy's prospects for its Häggån uranium deposit.

Zimplats acknowledges Zimbabwe’s classification of platinum group metals as critical minerals and commits to working with the government to navigate the new policy framework while supporting local value addition.

Golden Deeps Ltd has reported significant progress at its Otavi Critical Metals Belt projects in Namibia, unveiling exceptional high-grade copper, silver, zinc, lead, germanium, and rare metal results from drilling and sampling at the Graceland prospect alongside resource expansions and ongoing exploration.

Connected Minerals (ASX:CML) is set to acquire Frontier Group CRM, gaining control of an 80% interest in the Bailundo carbonatite project in Angola, boasting near-surface high-grade niobium and rare earth mineralisation. Backed by a $4.5 million capital raise, the company aims to fast-track exploration in this emerging critical minerals jurisdiction.