Latest Nickel Copper News

Miramar Resources has received a A$238,456 refundable R&D tax offset for FY2025, supporting innovative exploration techniques at its Whaleshark and Bangemall projects. This non-dilutive funding strengthens the company’s cash position ahead of planned drilling and surveys.

West Coast Silver (ASX:WCE) has intersected a fresh, high-grade silver zone beneath historical workings at Elizabeth Hill, alongside broad near-surface extensions beyond its maiden resource, signalling significant growth potential.

Legend Mining advances gold exploration at its Pinnacle Well Project, confirming extensive hydrothermal alteration and coincident IP anomalies at Pyrophyllite Hill and Alpha North, with drilling set to follow heritage surveys.

Avira Resources has appointed Andrew van Bentum as CEO, bringing over 25 years of expertise to lead its gold and base metals exploration strategy across Western Australia and Sweden.

Verity Resources has kicked off a systematic soil sampling and geological mapping campaign across its 903km² PL123/2024 tenement in Botswana, targeting copper, nickel, cobalt, silver and gold mineralisation analogous to the nearby Selebi Ni-Cu mine.

Terra Metals appoints Debra Bakker as Chair alongside Jeff Quartermaine and Jennifer Purdie to steer the company’s shift from exploration to development at its promising Dante Project in Western Australia.

Litchfield Minerals, supported by BHP Xplor, has transformed its view of Harts Range into a belt-scale copper-nickel mineral system, identifying a key deep conductor beneath known prospects and planning detailed surveys to unlock drill targets.

Blaze Minerals has completed a 443-metre trenching campaign at its Krokodil Prospect in Botswana, confirming in-situ copper, lead, and zinc mineralisation with notable spot XRF readings. Laboratory assay results are expected in 6-8 weeks as the company plans further soil sampling to extend the target zone.

Argent Minerals appoints mining veteran Mike McKevitt as CEO to spearhead advancement of its flagship Kempfield Silver Project and evaluate growth across gold and copper assets.

Solstice Minerals has broadened its exploration horizons at the Nanadie Copper-Gold Project in Western Australia, unveiling multiple new targets including the Stark prospect. Ongoing Phase 2 drilling aims to build on the existing 40.4Mt resource, while a strategic review of Eastern Goldfields projects is underway.

Cobalt Blue Holdings and Glomar Minerals have shortlisted four US sites and begun testwork for Project Infinity, aiming to build the first commercial polymetallic nodule refinery in the United States.

Great Southern Mining (ASX: GSN) is embarking on its largest drilling campaign to date at its Western Australian gold projects, aiming to extend mineralisation at Golden Boulder, Amy Clarke, and Mon Ami. Recent diamond drilling has revealed deeper gold potential, underpinning the aggressive program.