Latest Refining News

Australian Oil Company Limited (ASX: AOK) has completed a second crude oil lifting from its Emu Apple Oil Field and identified fresh exploration anomalies in the Surat Basin, while progressing development plans and commercial negotiations for its Riverslea and Major Gas Fields.

Lodestar Minerals’ first drill hole at the Three Saints IOCG Project in Chile has confirmed a large, multi-element mineralised system with copper, gold, cobalt, and molybdenum over 600 metres of vertical extent and a footprint wider than 1.6 kilometres.

Eminence Minerals has contracted Eco Sondagem for a 2,000-metre auger drilling campaign targeting rare earth corridors adjacent to Brazilian Rare Earths’ Sulista district in Bahia, Brazil, marking a key step toward resource definition.

ANTAM's 2025 AGM approved a record Rp5.04 trillion dividend distribution, reflecting a 106% profit surge. The company also greenlit a government-backed nickel downstreaming program to build Indonesia's EV battery ecosystem.

St George Mining’s initial beneficiation testwork at its Araxá Project in Brazil has delivered high-grade niobium concentrates and a promising rare earth concentrate, validating its dual commodity approach and underpinning next-stage pilot plant plans.

Mount Hope Mining (ASX:MHM) has completed two drilling phases at its Mt Solitary gold project in NSW’s Cobar Basin, delivering significant high-grade gold intercepts and preparing to launch an expanded Phase 3 drilling campaign targeting resource growth.

Felix Gold has created Frontier Antimony Refinery Corp., a US-focused refining platform with secured access to military-grade antimony ore from its Treasure Creek Project in Alaska, aiming to address critical supply gaps.

OzAurum Resources has delivered another round of strong near-surface gold intercepts at its Mulgabbie North Paleochannel Project, reinforcing a low-cost heap leach development pathway and progressing site construction.

Ballymore Resources has significantly extended its Torpy’s silver-lead-zinc-indium discovery in North Queensland, identifying four new mineralised shoots beyond the historic mine area through recent drilling. With assays pending and multiple targets open, the Ruddygore Project’s potential continues to grow.

Legacy Minerals has kicked off an 8-hole, 4,000m diamond drilling program at its Emu Copper-Gold Prospect, marking the first modern exploration of this historically significant target within the Mt Carrington Project in northern NSW.

Adavale Resources has agreed to sell its Marree Embayment uranium licences to Orpheus Uranium for $650,000 cash and 5 million shares, sharpening its focus on a 166,000-ounce gold resource in New South Wales.

Orpheus Uranium has secured a binding agreement to acquire seven exploration licences from Adavale Resources, significantly expanding its Marree Project landholding in South Australia’s Northern Flinders Ranges and advancing the project to advanced exploration status.