Latest Refining News

Valiant Gold is fast-tracking the restart of its Comet Gold Mine in Western Australia, securing major infrastructure contracts and advancing technical studies to target production resumption by Q2 FY27.

Nova Minerals has kicked off geotechnical drilling for the West Susitna Access Road after AIDEA approved up to US$25 million in additional funding, aiming to unlock critical mineral development and improve logistics for its Estelle Project and antimony refinery.

White Cliff Minerals has expanded the ultra high-grade Danvers 3 copper zone at its Rae Project, hitting a new peak assay of 23.5% copper and extending the mineralised strike to over 220 metres. Follow-up drilling aims to unlock further growth across the emerging copper system.

Pacific Resources has confirmed a new high-grade copper zone at its Dogwood project, with assays revealing the highest copper grade recorded to date alongside a first-ever polymetallic porphyry signature from laboratory tests.

Minbos Resources edges closer to operational readiness at Cabinda with a US$1.3 million initial drawdown from Banco de Fomento Angola and steel framework shipment underway for Phase 2 construction.

True North Copper (ASX:TNC) has expanded its Mt Oxide copper-cobalt-silver system to a 2.3km strike length, unveiling a new ~300m wide mineralised zone at Chidna alongside multiple high-grade shoots at Aquila.

PLC Resources is set to resume drilling at Rochefort in September, aiming to expand on promising gold signals from its maiden program. Meanwhile, a fresh structural interpretation has revealed a major regional gold corridor at Abbotts North, broadening exploration prospects.

Exultant Mining has kicked off fieldwork at Watsons Prospect and identified two additional priority copper-gold targets at its 390km² Black Hammer Project in the Macquarie Arc. The company is pursuing a staged exploration strategy while awaiting assay results from its maiden Balerion drill program.

Kalgoorlie Gold Mining’s recent RC drilling at Lighthorse has delivered its highest-grade intercept yet, alongside broad mineralised zones that hint at a significant concealed gold system in the Pinjin Project.

Geopacific Resources has completed a drilling campaign at its Woodlark Gold Project, delivering significant high-grade gold intercepts that reinforce and extend known mineralisation, potentially enhancing project economics.

Australian Gold and Copper Ltd (ASX: AGC) has delivered a major new high-grade polymetallic discovery at its South Cobar Evergreen prospect, with drill hole 26DDBR017 returning standout assays that extend the known mineralisation by 150 metres. The company is advancing follow-up drilling to define this promising zone.

King River Resources has delivered compelling high-grade gold assay results from its Mindoolah Project, reinforcing a robust pipeline of drill-ready targets ahead of an October RC program.