Latest Refining News

Dalaroo Metals has completed drill pad preparations at its Bondoukou Gold Ridge Project, setting the stage for a fully funded 12,000-metre maiden RC drilling campaign targeting three priority gold zones.

Sentinel Metals’ first diamond drill hole at Montana’s Columbia Project reveals a robust 46.8m intercept averaging 5.5 g/t gold, including a standout 13.5m at 16.6 g/t, confirming mineralisation extends into fresh rock below historical drilling depths.

Minerals Exploration Limited has reported rock chip assays with gold grades up to 37.4 g/t and tungsten up to 2.63% at its Glenorchy Tungsten Project in Otago, New Zealand. The company plans a maiden drilling program in late 2026, pending regulatory approvals.

Iltani Resources has intercepted significant lead, zinc, and copper sulphides over a 1,230m strike at its Union Jack Prospect in Northern Queensland, validating geophysical VTEM targets and setting the stage for expanded exploration within the Herberton Project.

Impact Minerals reports ultra-low uranium and thorium levels in Lake Hope high purity alumina, with three of four samples exceeding 99.99% purity. The results meet semiconductor industry standards without dedicated radionuclide removal steps, supporting ongoing pilot optimisation.

Pilbara Gold (ASX: PGL) has formalised control over mineral rights at the Mt York Gold Project, unlocking exploration over an additional 367 square kilometres of prospective ground adjacent to its 2.1Moz resource in Western Australia.

Dreadnought Resources has unveiled assay results from nearly 500 air core holes at Illaara, revealing 13 gold mineralised corridors stretching over 40 kilometres. With just 10% of the greenstone belt tested, the company plans infill drilling this August to sharpen targets ahead of more rigorous RC drilling.

Basin Energy has kicked off follow-up drilling at its Newmans rare earth discovery in northwest Queensland, aiming to confirm continuity along a 3.3 km mineralised corridor. Assay results are expected by mid to late September, marking the start of a busy second half of 2026 for the company.

Sunrise Energy Metals has landed a conditional US$400 million loan commitment from the U.S. Department of War’s Office of Strategic Capital to back its Syerston Scandium Project, while also initiating plans for a U.S. securities listing.

Galileo Mining has delineated two new PGM target zones at its Mission Sill prospect and uncovered a fresh gold prospect at Callisto South within its Norseman project, setting the stage for expanded drilling campaigns.

Duketon Mining is ramping up exploration at its Barlee Gold Project with a 1,100-sample UltraFine+® soil program and a follow-up 2,500m RC drilling campaign targeting promising gold prospects.

West Cobar Metals is fast-tracking its scandium exploration at the Salazar Project in Western Australia, targeting higher-grade zones with aircore drilling planned for late 2026 alongside advancing metallurgical testwork.