Latest Nickel News

Ardea Resources’ subsidiary Kalgoorlie Nickel Pty Ltd has received conditional, non-binding letters of support from Export Finance Australia and the US Export-Import Bank for up to AUD 1 billion in financing for its Goongarrie Hub nickel-cobalt project.

Stellar Resources has gained consent to apply for a mining licence adjacent to its Heemskirk Tin Project, advancing plans for a key tailings storage facility and exploring regional processing options.

Terra Metals’ latest drilling results at Reef 2 (Hyperion) within the Dante Project reveal thick, continuous, high-grade polymetallic mineralisation from surface, reinforcing the project’s scale and economic potential.

Leeuwin Metals has reported promising high-grade gold assay results from its 2026 drilling campaign at the Evanston prospect within the Marda Gold Project, signalling potential resource expansion.

Nimy Resources reveals a significant extension to its Block 3 gallium deposit in Western Australia, with a high-resolution magnetic survey indicating a 3.5km strike beyond the current resource boundary. The company is also advancing metallurgical test work and seeking federal funding to support development.

GreenTech Metals has completed a transformative acquisition of a majority interest in the Munni Munni platinum group elements project in Western Australia, with drilling underway to verify and expand historic resources.

WIN Metals Ltd has launched a prospectus offering up to 78.57 million free attaching options to recent placement participants and its Executive Chairman, aiming to remove trading restrictions and enable market liquidity. The offer follows a $5.5 million capital raise and comes amid ongoing litigation risks.

Kairos Minerals has been granted a 21-year mining lease for its 1.4 million ounce Mt York Gold Project in Western Australia, marking a pivotal step towards advancing the project into production.

Pivotal Metals has revealed ore sorting test results at its Horden Lake project that deliver up to a 2.1 times uplift in copper grade, promising substantial cost savings and flexible development options in Quebec’s Tier 1 mining jurisdiction.

Small caps did the heavy lifting this week, led by two big discovery stories in resources. Funding raises and takeover moves kept attention on who can pay for the next step, not just promise it.

Speculative money piled into new discoveries and tight-supply metals, while a handful of small caps were sold hard on thin liquidity. The week’s biggest moves came from PGMs and tungsten on the way up, and micro-cap gas on the way down.

Aura Energy advances its Tiris Uranium Project in Mauritania and secures strategic investment for its Häggån Polymetallic Project in Sweden following the lifting of Sweden’s uranium mining ban.