Latest Produce News

Otto Energy’s attempt to sell its Gulf of America assets as a package has produced no actionable transaction, with GC 21’s decommissioning liabilities emerging as the central obstacle. The company will now pursue a separate sale of SM 71 while weighing other ways to manage GC 21.

Black Cat Syndicate has extended gold mineralisation beyond the current resource boundary at Trojan after completing a 56-hole, 6,804-metre RC drilling program. The results support further drilling and a potential resource upgrade, although the new intercepts are exploration results rather than an updated Mineral Resource.

Image Resources has expanded the Mineral Resource at its Durack mineral sands project by 43% to 37.7 million tonnes, while lifting contained heavy minerals and zircon content. The upgraded estimate gives the company a stronger technical base for an economic evaluation due later in 2026, although changes to the cut-off and mineral definitions complicate direct comparisons.

Pathkey.AI has appointed Nanyang Technological University chip design and AI specialist Professor Anupam Chattopadhyay to the new Advisory Board supporting Chipforge. The appointment adds technical and commercialisation experience as the AI-native semiconductor platform moves from development towards a product launch, although no launch date or commercial contract was disclosed.

Native Mineral Resources has produced 340.9 ounces of doré in its latest Blackjack smelt, while more than 815,000 tonnes of material has been moved across two active pits. The latest bars still require assay and refinery results before their gold contribution is known.

Gorilla Gold Mines has extended its Lakeview drilling story with a 7.0-metre intercept grading 12.6g/t gold, while securing the final permit for underground activities at Sovereign. Metallurgical testing across three Comet Vale deposits also returned average 94.6% gold recovery after 48 hours at a relatively coarse grind size.

Viking Mines has hit 14 metres at 0.56% WO3 in the first assay from maiden drilling at its Linka tungsten project in Nevada. The result confirms mineralisation below historic workings, although a duplicate sample returned a lower grade and no resource has yet been defined.

Australian Rare Earths has moved its Koppamurra pilot plant beyond heap leaching, recovering rare earths from about 5,000 litres of leach solution into a Mixed Rare Earth Hydroxide intermediate product. The result provides an early test of the downstream flowsheet, although commercial economics and final product quality remain unproven.

Red Sky Energy has started drilling Yarrow 5 in South Australia, the second well in a three-well development program operated by Santos. The well is expected to reach 2,775 metres by 14 September, with a further re-entry planned before first gas from Yarrow North 1 is targeted for early 2027.

Challenger Gold has set early 2029 as the target for commercial production from a stand-alone heap leach operation at its Hualilán project in Argentina. The roadmap brings engineering, drilling and financing into sharper focus, but still depends on a US$15 million debenture refinancing and a much larger project funding package.

Green Technology Metals has completed the environmental assessment for its Seymour Lithium Project in Ontario, removing a major step from the mine’s permitting pathway. The milestone does not yet amount to final development approval, with a mine closure plan and several permits still required.

Manuka Resources has reported several high-grade, shallow gold intersections from its Pipeline Ridge drilling campaign, led by 32 metres at 7.98 grams per tonne. The results support a maiden resource estimate, but metallurgy, true widths and resource classification remain unresolved.