Latest Permitting And Funding News

Central Petroleum has swung to a $4.9 million FY2026 statutory loss after writing down two Amadeus Basin permits, but its gas business generated higher revenue and margins. The company is now betting on Palm Valley drilling, long-term contracts and new east coast acreage to restore growth.

Pan African Resources has completed a definitive feasibility study for a ZAR3.68 billion Soweto tailings project with a projected 29.55% real ungeared IRR. The proposed operation could add up to 40,000 ounces of annual gold production, but financing, permits and board approval remain ahead of a targeted December 2026 investment decision.

BMC Minerals has moved the Kudz Ze Kayah project through a key regulatory gateway and reported high-grade drilling beyond the current reserve, but its first full year as an ASX-listed company also exposed the funding challenge ahead. The Canadian developer ended FY2026 with US$50.3 million in cash, no revenue and an auditor-highlighted material uncertainty over going concern.

Sovereign Metals says a simple add-on circuit at its Malawi project could generate US$722 million of pre-tax value from monazite by-product recovery. The opportunity is commercially striking, but remains a preliminary scoping result dependent on further testwork, approvals, funding and customer qualification.

Impact Minerals’ 50%-owned Alluminous project reveals a strong financial case for a staged US high purity alumina plant, projecting a post-tax NPV₈ of A$518 million and a 42.3% IRR under a modular development approach.

Noronex Limited has kicked off its first modern exploration program at the Sleitat Tin Project in Alaska, deploying detailed geophysical surveys and fieldwork to refine targets ahead of a planned 2027 drilling campaign.

Felix Gold's US subsidiary is in line for a substantial non-dilutive federal grant to advance its Treasure Creek antimony pilot processing facility, accelerating its plan for a domestic US supply chain.

Black Bear Minerals’ latest scoping study for its Independence Gold Project in Nevada outlines a low-capital open-pit heap-leach operation with a post-tax NPV of around A$511 million and a rapid 1.4-year payback, based on a portion of the near-surface epithermal resource.

Everest Metals has reported strong progress across its Western Australian projects, including maiden and upgraded resource estimates at Revere, Mt Edon, and Mt Dimer, alongside advancing mining and proprietary processing technology.

IRIS Metals is gearing up for a substantial tungsten drilling campaign in Montana while delivering a fresh lithium-rubidium resource estimate for its South Dakota project, underpinning its North American critical minerals ambitions.

Evion Group will pay a mandatory 3% initial CAPEX levy to Madagascar's government as part of mining permit approvals for its Maniry Graphite Project, aligning with the country’s 2023 Mining Law.

Aureka Limited has secured a three-year, project-agnostic toll milling agreement with the Wedderburn Gold Processing Mill, positioning its Comstock Gold & Silver Project for early production and exploring processing options for its flagship Irvine Gold Project.