Latest Nickel Copper News

Nordic Resources (ASX:NNL) has reported final assays from its 1H 2026 drilling in Finland, revealing record gold grades at Kopsa and significant resource extensions across its key gold projects. Metallurgical testing is underway, with updated resource estimates expected later this year.

Blaze Minerals has reported significant copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation at its Krokodil Prospect within Botswana’s Dinokwe Project, supported by trenching and rock-chip sampling results. The company is advancing exploration amid tight cash reserves, aiming for a capital raise to sustain operations.

Trek Metals has completed its maiden manganese drilling at the Kuro discovery in WA, with visual manganese logged in 63 of 72 holes. The drilling confirms Induced Polarisation as an effective tool for uncovering concealed manganese mineralisation, with assay results expected by early August.

Galileo Mining has identified a previously unrecognised mineralised ultramafic sill beneath its Callisto Resource, boosting the prospectivity of its Norseman PGM project and kicking off a 5,000-metre aircore drilling program targeting multiple high-priority sulphide zones.

West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) has delivered a maiden 2.8 million ounce silver resource at Elizabeth Hill, with recent drilling revealing new high-grade zones and potential nickel-copper-palladium mineralisation, underpinning a clear growth and development plan.

OZZ Resources moves closer to acquiring Sulphide Minerals and regaining ASX listing with a $5 million capital raise, while navigating legal challenges on key tenements.

Raiden Resources progresses environmental approvals for its Brazilian gold tailings project, identifies new arsenic anomalies in Bulgaria, and moves to sell a major stake in its Western Australian nickel project.

Galileo Mining has pinpointed a new drill target at its Norseman project, just 2km from the Callisto resource, following rock chip samples grading up to 1.87 g/t combined palladium, platinum and gold. An aircore drilling program is planned to test the untested mineralised zone beneath outcrop.

Ardea Resources is pushing forward its Kalgoorlie Nickel Project’s Goongarrie Hub with a fully funded $98.5 million Definitive Feasibility Study, underpinned by multi-jurisdictional government support and strategic partnerships with Japanese industry giants.

Mantle Minerals has secured a key exploration licence and acquired an adjoining tenement application, strengthening its Carlton Hill Project in WA, while advancing drilling plans at Yule River amid ongoing native title talks.

Terra Metals has unveiled diamond drilling results confirming a massive 448m thick continuous PGE-Cu-Ni mineralised system at its Southwest Discovery, expanding beyond the existing Dante resource and pointing to a major new growth opportunity.

Stavely Minerals advances its Freddy’s Find gold-silver discovery with deep diamond drilling confirming low-sulphidation epithermal mineralisation, while its Thursday’s Gossan and Cayley Lode copper-gold-silver Scoping Study enters final documentation.