Latest Murchison News

Voltaic Strategic Resources has expanded its foothold in Western Australia's Meekatharra gold district with the acquisition of the Ruby Gem Project and initiated field exploration across its portfolio.

Valiant Gold is fast-tracking the restart of its Comet Gold Mine in Western Australia, securing major infrastructure contracts and advancing technical studies to target production resumption by Q2 FY27.

PLC Resources is set to resume drilling at Rochefort in September, aiming to expand on promising gold signals from its maiden program. Meanwhile, a fresh structural interpretation has revealed a major regional gold corridor at Abbotts North, broadening exploration prospects.

King River Resources has delivered compelling high-grade gold assay results from its Mindoolah Project, reinforcing a robust pipeline of drill-ready targets ahead of an October RC program.

Castle Minerals has raised $4 million through a share placement to fast-track exploration at its Nielle Gold Project in Côte d'Ivoire and support its Western Australian portfolio. The funding positions Nielle as the company’s flagship asset with near-term drilling plans underway.

Westgold Resources delivered a landmark FY26 with record gold output, soaring profits, and a strong balance sheet underpinning a 10 cents per share fully franked dividend.

Caprice Resources has reported significant drilling success at its Island Gold Project, extending gold mineralisation at the Vadrians deposit both along strike and at depth. The results highlight a structurally controlled system with ongoing exploration potential.

Westgold Resources outlines a $100 million brownfields expansion to raise Meekatharra processing capacity to 2.9Mtpa, aiming to add 47,000 ounces of annual gold production by FY28 and lift project NPV by up to $1.6 billion at spot gold prices.

Discovery Alaska Limited (ASX: DAF) has secured a strategic foothold in Western Australia’s Murchison Goldfields through the acquisition of the Cuddingwarra Gold Project, backed by a $900,000 placement to fund exploration and expansion.

E79 Gold Mines has secured essential tenements at its Cue Gold Project, paving the way for a major drilling campaign targeting over 10,000 metres of gold-bearing structures starting in October 2026.

Meeka Metals has encountered visible gold at a record depth of 632.8m in its Turnberry underground project, prompting the mobilisation of a second diamond drill rig to accelerate exploration of this expanding high-grade system.

Terrain Minerals’ 2026 IP survey at Smokebush has pinpointed seven top-tier gold drill targets, including the strongest chargeability anomaly near its Lightning deposit, setting the stage for a 2027 drilling campaign.