Latest Permitting News

Ausgold has locked in a $30.1 million EPC contract with ADD Business Group to build a 250-room workforce village near its Katanning Gold Project, marking a key step towards a final investment decision in late 2026.

Alara Resources maintained steady copper-gold production at its Al Wash-hi Majaza Mine despite regional geopolitical shipping disruptions, while advancing exploration and managing ongoing legal proceedings in Oman.

Perpetual Resources has launched a detailed trenching campaign at its Igrejinha Lithium and Caesium Project in Brazil, aiming to refine multiple pegmatite targets ahead of a mid-year drilling push. Concurrent exploration planning is progressing at the Renaldinho Project, reinforcing the company’s foothold in Brazil’s Lithium Valley.

Beetaloo Energy has bolstered its financial footing with a $66.3 million equity placement and a $15.4 million R&D tax refund, underpinning key developments at the Carpentaria Gas Plant and local frac sand project.

Buxton Resources has secured all key approvals to start drilling at its Madman Project and agreed to sell its 49% interest in the Copper Wolf JV to IGO for about A$6.15 million, shifting its focus to Australian exploration.

American West Metals reported a 20% increase in contained copper at its Storm Copper Project and intersected promising skarn mineralisation in initial West Desert drilling, highlighting significant exploration upside across its North American base metals portfolio.

Australian Strategic Materials reports a 70% surge in NdFeB alloy production, installs pilot heavy rare earth furnace, and progresses its acquisition by Energy Fuels with regulatory approvals underway.

Many Peaks Minerals has delivered robust diamond drill results at its Ferké Gold Project, expanding the maiden Ouarigue Mineral Resource Estimate to 1.32 million ounces and reinforcing geological continuity.

Top End Energy is progressing farm-out talks in the Beetaloo Basin amid growing industry validation, while its Kansas hydrogen project attracts new partners and it broadens into US AI data centre energy solutions.

Chalice Mining has bolstered its leadership and financing strategy while advancing a Feasibility Study for its Gonneville palladium-nickel-copper project, amid improving market conditions and promising exploration results.

Celsius Resources appoints Bardin Davis as MD to lead financing efforts for the MCB Copper-Gold Project, extends Final Investment Decision timeline to late 2026, and navigates a complex ownership dispute in the Philippines while raising A$9.3 million.

Boss Energy has trimmed its FY26 uranium production guidance due to severe weather disruptions at its Honeymoon project, while advancing a new feasibility study targeting cost reductions with wide-spaced wellfields.