Latest Project Development News

Strata Minerals has shifted from broad exploration to a Zelica-centred Western Australian gold strategy, pairing strong drilling results with a proposed capital-light mining pathway funded by BML Ventures. The opportunity is growing, but the company remains loss-making and warns that further funding may be required to continue as a going concern.

Prairie Lithium has moved its Saskatchewan project closer to commissioning, with Pad #1 construction advancing and Hydro Lithium agreeing to buy all Phase 1 output. The progress came alongside a A$3.46 million FY2026 loss, further equity issuance and a year-end cash balance of A$5.85 million.

Sovereign Metals has expanded Kasiya into a potential rutile, graphite and heavy rare earths project, with a rare earths study adding an estimated US$722 million of pre-tax NPV8. The opportunity comes with a sharper execution challenge: Rio Tinto will not become operator, while Sovereign still needs a mining licence, binding offtakes and substantial funding.

Unity Metals has secured an oversubscribed $3.5 million placement and plans a further $1 million share purchase plan to accelerate drilling across its Cambodian gold projects. The raise gives the explorer funding to test extensions at O’Phlay and new targets at Ngot, but also brings dilution and shareholder-approval hurdles.

Astral Resources has strengthened its balance sheet and expanded its Mandilla gold resource as it moves from explorer toward developer. The next test is converting deep drilling, permitting progress and a proposed early-production joint venture into funded construction decisions.

Latrobe Magnesium has moved its demonstration plant into the final installation stage for magnesium metal, but its annual report flags a material uncertainty over whether the loss-making group can continue as a going concern. The company had $1.09 million in cash at 30 June and has since secured an $8.5 million equity raising to fund commissioning and corporate costs.

WIN Metals has lodged two major Western Australian permit applications covering the proposed restart of its Radio Gold Project. The milestone advances the project toward construction, but funding, approvals and a final investment decision remain outstanding.

Cannindah Resources has expanded drilling at its Mt Cannindah copper-gold project, identifying the Southern Shoot and extending the Southern Porphyry Target, while equity raisings lifted cash to $14.1 million. The exploration-led result came with a larger annual loss and a substantially expanded share count.

Stellar Resources has lifted its Heemskirk tin resource to 115.3kt of contained tin while technical studies move toward a prefeasibility study outcome. The company is better funded, but remains pre-revenue and faces the usual capital, permitting and execution hurdles of mine development.

Australian Silica Quartz Group is shifting its centre of gravity from exploration to development after adding the 47.3Mt White Swan Kaolin Project. The project has an approved 250,000-tonne-per-year mining concept, but commercial offtake and feasibility work remain ahead.

Cobalt Blue has cleared important technical and regulatory hurdles at its Kwinana refinery, but the pre-revenue developer says further funding is needed and auditors flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern. The company reported an A$8.797 million loss for FY2026 despite ending the year with A$4.265 million in cash.

Stavely Minerals has outlined a potentially valuable 13-year copper-gold-silver project, but its latest annual report makes clear that funding remains the immediate constraint. The company ended June with A$3.1 million in cash and an auditor-flagged material uncertainty over its ability to continue as a going concern.