Latest Production Restart News

Manuka Resources updates its Mt Boppy exploration with low-grade gold findings and structural insights, while resource drilling at Pipeline Ridge progresses, supporting a near-term production restart.

Regis Resources Ltd (ASX:RRL) and Vault Minerals Ltd (ASX:VAU) have agreed to merge via a scheme of arrangement, forming a new senior gold producer with over 700,000 ounces annual production and a market cap near A$10.7 billion.

Pacgold Limited has poured its first gold doré bar from the White Dam Gold Project, signalling its shift from exploration to production and initiating cash flow to support growth.

Manuka Resources has drawn down a US$26 million tranche of a US$30 million debt facility, exited care and maintenance at Wonawinta, and signed a major mining contract as it targets production restart in late Q2 2026.

Tartana Minerals has raised $4.5 million to accelerate drilling and boost copper sulphate production, underpinning its extensive critical metals portfolio in Far North Queensland.

Phoslock Environmental Technologies reported a stable sales volume and improved cash flow compared to last year, while ramping up production after reopening its Chinese factory. The company is advancing R&D on a new lanthanum product and faces ongoing legal challenges with mediation set for June.

Manuka Resources has begun crushing and screening at its Mt Boppy gold project, moving closer to restarting production at Wonawinta by June 2026. Initial gold processing will precede silver production, with key milestones largely complete.

Tartana Minerals has closed a $275,000 share placement to its directors at a significant premium, issuing 5.5 million shares and promising options exercisable at 5.5 cents. The company also flagged imminent settlement of a larger $1.7 million placement from earlier this year.

Tartana Minerals has finished stacking 50,000 tonnes of copper-rich pit fill and is finalising a key plant upgrade, setting the stage for copper sulphate production to resume within weeks.

Barton Gold's recent drilling at the Challenger Gold Project has revealed previously unmodelled high-grade gold mineralisation up to 170.7 g/t Au adjacent to historical open pits, boosting prospects for a low-risk operational restart.

Brightstar Resources has wrapped up its largest-ever processing campaign under the Genesis Minerals Ore Purchase Agreement, delivering nearly 8,000 ounces of gold and $53 million in gross revenue. This milestone strengthens Brightstar’s financial position ahead of its own processing plant construction and mine restarts in 2027.

Barton Gold Holdings has completed a significant drilling campaign at its Challenger Gold Project, setting the stage for a pivotal feasibility study and potential production restart by mid-2026.