Latest Precious Metals News

Black Bear Minerals’ re-analysis of historic drill core at Texas’s Shafter Silver Project reveals up to 147% higher silver grades and confirms polymetallic potential, prompting an expanded resource review and plans for a JORC upgrade.

ActivEX Limited has identified multiple high-grade gold, silver, and base metal targets from surface rock sampling at its Georgetown Project in Queensland, revealing promising prospects for further exploration.

Fitzroy River Corporation has appointed Argonaut Corporate Finance as exclusive adviser to test market interest in selling its Bowdens Silver Project royalty, with no sale decision yet made.

Future Metals NL has launched an updated Scoping Study for its Panton PGM-Ni-Cr Project, weighing a greenfield standalone operation against leveraging the idle Savannah processing facility to identify a cost-effective development route.

Kuniko Limited has secured A$1.30 million through a well-supported placement to advance its Commonwealth-Silica Hill gold-silver project in NSW, underpinning a Phase 2 drilling campaign targeting resource growth and exploration across a district-scale system.

Ardea Resources has reinforced the Kalgoorlie Nickel Project's Goongarrie Hub as a critical global nickel-cobalt source with a 6.1 million tonne contained nickel resource and a fully funded $98.5 million Definitive Feasibility Study backed by Japanese partners and multi-jurisdictional government support.

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.

Terrain Minerals has released a maiden inferred mineral resource estimate at its Lightning Gold Project alongside advancing multiple critical and precious metals projects across Western Australia and Queensland.

PT ANTAM (ASX:ATM) posted a 12% rise in gold production in 2Q26 and advanced key downstream projects including EV battery ecosystem development, while securing multiple ESG awards.

Larvotto Resources has kicked off processing at Hillgrove's Metz mine while securing the Blockade Copper Mine and moving to acquire Hammer Metals, broadening its critical minerals portfolio.

Middle Island Resources has reported strong Phase 2 drilling results at its Bobija project in Serbia, revealing an extensive shallow gold-silver-base metal system. Soil sampling at Tisovik further highlights large polymetallic targets with high-grade antimony, supporting a carbonate replacement deposit model.

KGL Resources has secured comprehensive funding for its Jervois Copper-Silver-Gold Project, combining a US$300 million streaming deal and a A$300 million equity raise, positioning the project for construction start in Q3 2026 and first copper output in 2028.