Latest Refining News

Arrow Minerals has uncovered seven decades-old drill cores at the GSWA library, validating historical mineralisation at its Yarraloola Copper Project in WA's Pilbara and setting the stage for a targeted 2026 drilling campaign.

Beacon Minerals has delivered robust diamond drilling results at its Iguana deposit, confirming significant high-grade gold mineralisation and enhancing the geological model ahead of a resource update planned for Q1 FY26/27.

Horseshoe Metals has outlined a substantial copper Exploration Target of 20–30 million tonnes at its Horseshoe Lights Project, complementing an existing 12.85Mt resource, while gearing up for near-term Direct Shipping Ore operations.

GoldArc Resources has delivered its strongest gold intercept at Mt Stirling Well, reinforcing high-grade continuity and advancing mine planning under a fully funded drilling program.

Accelerate Resources' gravity survey reveals structural controls aligning with high-grade manganese outcrops at Woodie Woodie North, enhancing targeting for a maiden drill campaign.

Pioneer Minerals has identified a high-priority bedrock electromagnetic conductor adjacent to the historic Springfield Tungsten Mine in Idaho, refining drill targets ahead of its maiden drilling campaign.

Patagonia Lithium’s Well 8 at the Cilon project hit basement at 485m, delivering promising lithium assays and robust brine flow rates. Plans for porosity testing and a 72-hour pump test are underway to refine resource estimates.

Australian Rare Earths (ASX: AR3) has successfully commissioned and begun pilot-scale processing of 30 tonnes of ore at ANSTO’s Sydney facility, producing high-purity rare earth oxide samples to support commercialisation and a bankable feasibility study.

Augustus Minerals has unveiled high-grade gold assays up to 19.5g/t from its June drilling at the Music Well Gold Project, setting the stage for targeted follow-up drilling to explore higher-grade vein zones.

Altoro Metals has reported outstanding high-grade zinc results from systematic channel sampling at the historic Emilia mine in Spain, reinforcing the potential for resource expansion along the Novales zinc trend ahead of a planned drilling campaign.

St George Mining has delivered a major upgrade to its Araxá Project in Brazil, increasing measured and indicated resources by 155% and confirming the world's largest undeveloped niobium resource alongside rare earths.

New Age Exploration (ASX: NAE) has refined its drill targets at the Wallah Silver Project in NSW by reprocessing historic 2009 induced polarisation (IP) data with modern techniques, confirming untested high-grade mineralisation along strike and at depth. Drilling is scheduled for Q3 2026 to test these promising zones.