Latest Pilbara News

Kalamazoo Resources has wrapped up its Mt Olympus Resource Definition Drilling Program, delivering strong high-grade gold intercepts and narrowing drill spacing to support resource upgrades at the Ashburton Gold Project.

Rio Tinto reported a 3% year-on-year increase in copper equivalent production for H1 2026, driven by Oyu Tolgoi’s 31% growth and record iron ore output in the Pilbara, while maintaining full-year guidance amid geopolitical headwinds.

MB Gold has identified a promising new high-grade gold zone at its Twin Veins East prospect, extending mineralisation 500 metres east and setting the stage for an expanded Phase 2 drilling campaign.

Macro Metals has secured 100% of the Yandi South Iron Ore Project, adding a historical 4.28Mt resource and promising exploration upside near major Pilbara mines. The deal complements its existing Extension Iron Project stake and mining services contracts.

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.

CZR Resources has reported promising assay results from its 2026 drilling and sampling campaigns across its Pilbara projects, highlighting significant copper-gold mineralisation at Croydon and strong iron ore potential at Yarraloola.

Anax Metals (ASX: ANX) is launching a high-impact 18-hole diamond drilling campaign at its Whim Creek Project, aiming to extend the Mons Cupri VHMS deposit and uncover new mineralisation with modern techniques.

Infinity Mining has reported standout rock chip assays from its Hillside Project in Western Australia, revealing copper grades up to 9.4% and silver at 163 g/t over a 9km corridor. The results open the door for drilling in a historically underexplored area near Develop Global’s Sulphur Springs deposit.

Wildcat Resources has delivered promising early metallurgical results from its Bolt Cutter Central lithium discovery in WA’s Pilbara, showing spodumene recoveries averaging 82.5% using flotation methods from its Tabba Tabba project. Exploration drilling has extended the mineralised footprint to over 2.3km with multiple significant lithium intercepts.

Trek Metals’ maiden drilling at the Kuro manganese discovery continues to reveal significant visual mineralisation aligned with Induced Polarisation (IP) anomalies, validating IP as an effective tool for undercover manganese targeting.

GreenTech Metals is gearing up for a substantial 8,300-metre drilling campaign across its Munni Munni and Whundo projects, backed by government co-funded geophysics and advancing metallurgical work to sharpen copper recovery.

Monadelphous Group has landed over $200 million in new contracts spanning wind turbine installation, maintenance, and construction services across Australia and Papua New Guinea.