Latest New Zealand Mining News

Minerals Exploration has intersected broad, lower-grade gold mineralisation with higher-grade structures in four holes at Jubilee South, expanding the interpreted system toward Sovereign. The company is preparing a six-hole, 1,200-metre Sovereign program, subject to approvals, while caution remains around recovery and unproven continuity.

RUA GOLD has obtained regulatory approval to start exploration drilling at its Glamorgan Project, a promising epithermal gold target adjacent to a major OceanaGold deposit in New Zealand. The company plans a 9,000-metre drill program to test three high-priority targets identified through extensive geophysical and geochemical surveys.

Vita Resources has inked a Heads of Agreement with Otago Gold, marking its strategic entry into New Zealand's gold sector with exclusive rights to explore hard-rock deposits below 10 metres depth across key Southland and Otago tenements.

Rua Gold’s Auld Creek Project has qualified for New Zealand’s new Fast-Track Approvals Act 2024, promising a faster permitting timeline and reduced regulatory risk as the company advances toward mine development.

Santana Minerals has reported exceptional high-grade gold intercepts from infill drilling at its Rise and Shine orebody, including a standout 24.4m at 10.9 g/t Au and a deeper 2m section grading 89.5 g/t Au. These results enhance confidence in the deposit’s grade model and the upcoming mining schedule.

Minerals Exploration Limited (ASX: MEX) is progressing diamond drilling at its Waitekauri Gold Project in New Zealand, focusing on shallow, high-grade gold systems historically mined at Jubilee and Sovereign prospects. Assay results from initial holes are pending, while planning continues for a significant follow-up campaign at Sovereign.

New Age Exploration (ASX: NAE) has revealed a significant new shear-hosted gold discovery at its Lammerlaw Project in New Zealand, with drill hole LAMRC015 intersecting 24 metres at 1.66 g/t Au. This breakthrough expands the potential of the Lammerlaw Mineral Trend, a 5-kilometre prospective zone hosting multiple metals.

Minerals Exploration’s latest drilling at Waitekauri’s Jubilee prospect confirms mineralised zones in all holes, while rock chip sampling reveals spectacular gold grades up to 2,273 g/t near Sovereign, opening fresh avenues for exploration.

Critical Resources Limited’s initial sampling at the Lammerlaw Gold Project in New Zealand has verified high-grade gold mineralisation at Devils Creek and revealed a fresh 600-metre arsenic soil anomaly, setting the stage for focused follow-up exploration.

Minerals Exploration Limited (ASX/NZX: MEX) has revealed wide gold mineralisation from its maiden drilling at the Scotia Prospect, while ongoing drilling at Jubilee confirms deeper structures. High-grade assays at Invincible set the stage for maiden drilling there.

Rua Gold has lodged a Fast-Track Referral application for its Auld Creek gold and antimony project in New Zealand's Reefton Goldfield, aiming to speed up permitting and development under new government legislation.

Critical Resources has completed the transfer of five New Zealand prospecting permits, consolidating a significant 1,694 km² gold-antimony portfolio in the South Island and gaining approvals to commence early-stage exploration.