Latest Processing Agreements News

Star Minerals has secured a 24-month Ore Purchase Agreement with Forrestania Resources for up to 400,000 tonnes of Tumblegum South mill feed. Haulage of the first batch is scheduled to begin on 23 October, putting the company’s planned first gold pour closer to an operational test.

Scorpion Minerals has outlined a materially larger open-pit opportunity at Old Prospect, with an optimisation identifying 16,159 ounces of gold from two pits. The result is an early development signal, but it depends on a A$6,000 per ounce gold assumption and is not yet a feasibility study or ore reserve.

Javelin Minerals has advanced its proposed all-scrip takeover by FirstAU while securing Eureka’s final mining approval and reporting further gold intersections. The deal offers a broader exploration portfolio, but the loss of Eureka’s processing pathway and a cash runway of about 2.57 quarters remain material constraints.

Odyssey Gold has terminated its toll milling agreement with Gylden Resources after a dispute with its Tuckanarra joint venture partner over the authority to sign the deal. A replacement agreement remains under discussion, leaving the project’s proposed processing pathway unresolved.

Gold Fields’ proposed acquisition of BHP’s Kambalda Nickel Concentrator could give Lunnon Metals a new processing angle for its nearby Foster-Baker nickel assets. The opportunity remains exploratory, with completion not expected until 2027 and no commercial arrangement disclosed.

Heavy Minerals reported a sharply wider FY2026 loss and a $3.15 million net working capital deficit, with its auditor flagging material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The balance sheet pressure sits alongside stronger project milestones, including a post-year-end Port Gregory study and the push to fund Kanmantoo.

West Coast Silver has crossed from explorer to resource-stage company after defining 2.795 million ounces of contained silver at Elizabeth Hill. The project has generated strong drilling results and fresh funding, but the company remains loss-making and yet to establish an economic development case.

Western Gold Resources has expanded the Gold Duke resource and production target, but its annual report carries a material uncertainty over the company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The project still needs a processing pathway, heritage consultation and further funding before production can begin.

Strike Energy has moved South Erregulla into final commissioning and lifted West Erregulla’s net 2P reserves by about 20%, but the project-heavy year came with sharply lower earnings and operating cash flow. The company is now relying on execution, financing and new production to convert a larger asset base into cash generation.

TG Metals has strengthened its gold and lithium resource base, but the annual report carries a material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company ended June with $641,906 in cash, before securing a further $2.5 million placement after year end.

Western Gold Resources is pursuing multiple processing alternatives for Gold Duke after Wiluna Mining deferred third-party tolling, while revising the project’s study around a larger resource. The company is also considering corporate opportunities, but no processing agreement, transaction or expanded mine plan has been secured.

Kingfisher Mining has remade itself around a 700 square kilometre New South Wales exploration portfolio, with Copper Blow emerging as the flagship after high-grade drilling. The shift came alongside a $1.16 million FY2026 loss, $1.21 million in cash and an explicit reliance on future funding.